Dr. Ednah Ototo is currently a Post-doctoral fellow at the University of Waterloo under the project Women Rise- Building back better which is a collaboration between University of Waterloo and Community Health Support (COHESU), an NGO in Kenya.
She is a Research expert with additional expertise in Climate change Adaptation, Mitigation and resilience, monitoring, evaluation, research and learning, Water and sanitation, food security, nutrition, disaster risk reduction and gender advocacy. She has a Ph.D. in Parasitology and is certified in implementation research for diseases of poverty and organizational development. She has over 12 years of experience and has worked with local and International Organizations funded by major institutional donors like USAID, DFID, IDRC and NIH undertaking Health, Climate Change, Food security, Water, Sanitation and Disaster Risk Reduction interventions aimed at improving the health and livelihoods of vulnerable and crisis affected populations. She loves reading scientific literature, music, humour and travelling.
Why GoHelP
"A great team, welcoming and helpful! A wonderful environment for research, collaboration and mentorship."
Research Interests
- Community Health
- Climate Change
- Women and Health
- Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
- Integrated Knowledge Translation
- Implementation research
Awards
- QES Post doctoral fellowship
- PhD Scholarship from University of California Irvine
- Masters Scholarship from University of California, Davis
Publications
- Ednah N. Ototo, Diana S Karanja and Susan J Elliott (2024). . “If I was in charge”: A qualitative investigation of water security, gender-based violence and wellbeing in Kenya." Wellbeing, Space and Society : 100230.
- Ototo, Ednah N., Joseph O. Ogutu, Andrew Githeko, Mohammed Y. Said, Lucy Kamau, Didacus Namanya, Stella Simiyu, and Stephen Mutimba. "Forecasting the Potential Effects of Climate Change on Malaria in the Lake Victoria Basin Using Regionalized Climate Projections." Parasitological Act (2022): 1-29.
- Andrew K. Githeko, Ednah Ototo, Pamela Muange, Guofa Zhou, Guiyun Yan, James Sang., 2018. The launch and operation of the malaria epidemic early warning system in Kenya. Science Publishing Group Journal 1(2).
- Ototo, E.N., Zhou, G., Kamau, L., Mbugi, J.P., Wanjala, C.L., Machani, M., Atieli, H., Githeko, A.K. and Yan, G., 2017. Age-specific Plasmodium parasite profile in pre and post ITN intervention period at a highland site in western Kenya. Malaria journal, 16(1), p.466.
- Ototo, E.N., Mbugi, J.P., Wanjala, C.L., Zhou, G., Githeko, A.K., Yan, G., 2015. Surveillance of malaria vector population density and biting behaviour in western Kenya. Malaria journal 14:244.
- Zhou G, Li JS, Ototo EN, Atieli HE, Githeko AK, Yan G. Evaluation of universal coverage of insecticide-treated nets in western Kenya: An in-depth analysis. Malar Journal. 2014 Sep 3; 13:351
- Githeko AK, Ogallo L, Lemnge M, Okia M, Ototo EN. Development and validation of climate and ecosystem-based early malaria epidemic prediction models in East Africa. Malar Journal, 2014, 13:329
- Githeko AK, Ototo EN, Guiyun Y. Progress towards understanding the ecology and epidemiology of malaria in the western Kenya highlands: opportunities and challenges for control under climate change risk. Acta Tropica2012, 121(1):19-25
- Ototo EN, Githeko AK, Wanjala CL, Scott TW. Surveillance of vector populations and malaria transmission during an El Niño in the Western Kenya highlands: Opportunities for early detection of malaria hyper-transmission. Parasites and Vectors. 2011, 4:144
- Ototo EN (2013). Relationship between biting frequency and surface proteins of circum-sporozoite and merozoite stages in highlands of western Kenya. Egerton University, http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/155
- Ototo, E.N and Githeko, A.K., 2018. Malaria control strategies reduce the caseload - but bring new challenges. The Conversation Africa. https://theconversation.com/malaria-control-strategies-reduce-the-caseload-but-bring-new-challenges-90094.
- Ototo, E.N and Githeko, A.K., 2017. Prompt response to malaria outbreak is critical as risk of disease spreads. The Conversation Africa. https://theconversation.com/prompt-response-to-malaria-outbreak-is-critical-as-risk-of-disease-spreads-86120
- East African Community current climate change and future projection scenarios of Malaria and Cholera (USAID/PREPARED, 2017)
- East African Community baseline reports of Vulnerability and Impact assessment on Health, Sanitation and Human Settlements (USAID/PREPARED, 2017).