Established research platform
Population cohorts / CP1 ↗
Co-principal investigator, KEMRI
Connecting long-term population follow-up with the measurements needed to investigate climate and health.
Role / research source ↗Site & project collaborator · Kenya
Dr Stephen Munga
CP1 co-investigator
Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)
Population cohortsField researchClimate & health
Scientific background & experience
Biography
Research and public-health practice
Stephen Munga is a researcher, technical adviser and public-health manager at the Kenya Medical Research Institute. KEMRI’s Centre for Global Health Research page identifies him as Deputy Director. His experience includes advising malaria programme reviews in Kenya, Botswana, Namibia and Uganda, with work on epidemic preparedness, indoor residual spraying and vector control. 2
Climate-sensitive population research
His institutional biography also documents contributions to malaria strategy, health-system strengthening and research management in western and north-eastern Kenya. In 2007 he undertook research on climate change and human health through the Nile Basin Research Programme at the University of Bergen. 3
Population-cohort collaboration
Within the DFG research unit, Stephen is a co-principal investigator of CP1, the population-cohort infrastructure project linking Burkina Faso and Kenya. This provides a specific connection between his local research responsibilities and shared CHEERS methods for environmental and individual health observation. 1
Projects & research connections
Projects and research contributions
Connected research settings
Siaya ↗Authored publications
Selected publications
These selected papers list Dr Stephen Munga as an author. Labels distinguish the CHEERS and connected-research library from selected wider scholarship.
2023Authored publication · Reviewed collectionMethods
Widening the lens of population-based health research to climate change impacts and adaptation: the climate change and health evaluation and response system (CHEERS) ↗
Introduces the modular CHEERS framework linking population surveillance, environmental measurements and individual health data.
2025Authored publication · Reviewed collectionStudy protocol
Wearable device monitoring of HIV health in the face of climate change and weather exposures: protocol for a mixed-methods study ↗
Plans wearable and survey research on weather exposure and health among people with and without HIV.
2024Authored publication · Reviewed collectionObservational study
Assessment of Heat Exposure and Health Outcomes in Rural Populations of Western Kenya by Using Wearable Devices: Observational Case Study ↗
Links weather exposure with wearable measurements of sleep, activity and heart rate in rural western Kenya.
2025Authored publication · Reviewed collectionFeasibility study
Acceptability and feasibility of research grade wearables for monitoring heat stress in Kenyan farmers ↗
Tests research-grade wearables for monitoring heat stress among subsistence farmers in Siaya HDSS.
2026Authored publication · Reviewed collectionAI & data quality
Overcoming Data Loss in Wearable Disease Detection with GAN-Based Imputation ↗
Studies generative reconstruction of missing wearable heart-rate data and its potential to support disease-signal detection.
View 10 authored publications in the website library ↗
This is a selected research bibliography. The institutional profile provides further information about the researcher’s work.
Profile references
Sources and updates
Profile reviewed 12 November 2026. Suggest an update ↗