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Adult non-communicable diseases mortality in Africa and Asia : evidence from IDEPTH health and demographic surveillance system sites [PDF]

, 2014
Background: Mortality from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is a major global issue, as other categories of mortality have diminished and life expectancy has increased.
Bhuiya, A., Delaunay, Valérie, Diallo, Aldiouma, Douillot, Laetitia, et al., Khan, W.A., Sokhna, Cheikh, Streatfield, P.K.   +7 more
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Prevalence and Social Risk Factors of Functional Limitations Among Slum-Dwelling Older Adults: Findings From the Nairobi Urban Health and Demographic Surveillance System. [PDF]

Gerontol Geriatr Med, 2022
Gyasi RM, Aboderin I, Asiki G.
europepmc   +1 more source

Community advisory committee as a facilitator of health and wellbeing: A qualitative study in informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya. [PDF]

Front Public Health, 2022
Chumo I, Kabaria C, Oduor C, Amondi C, Njeri A, Mberu B.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Cardiovascular disease prevention in the slums of Kenya [PDF]

, 2015
We can no longer ignore the increasing presence of the cardiovascular risk factors in the African continent. This thesis shows that among the urban poor of Nairobi the rates of cardiovascular risk factors like hypertension, diabetes and obesity are ...
van de Vijver, S.J.M.
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New Vaccine Introduction and Childhood Vaccination Timeliness in Two Urban, Informal Settlements in Nairobi, Kenya. [PDF]

Am J Trop Med Hyg, 2021
Janusz CB, Mutua MK, Wagner AL, Boulton ML.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

A socio-ecological framework examination of drivers of blood pressure control among patients with comorbidities and on treatment in two Nairobi slums; a qualitative study. [PDF]

PLOS Glob Public Health, 2023
Mohamed SF, Macharia T, Asiki G, Gill P.
europepmc   +1 more source

Reaching early adolescents with a complex intervention for HIV prevention: findings from a cohort study to evaluate DREAMS in two informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya. [PDF]

BMC Public Health, 2021
Mulwa S, Osindo J, Wambiya EO, Gourlay A, Maina BW, Orindi BO, Floyd S, Ziraba A, Birdthistle I.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The ethical implications of verbal autopsy: responding to emotional and moral distress. [PDF]

BMC Med Ethics, 2021
Hinga A, Marsh V, Nyaguara A, Wamukoya M, Molyneux S.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Patterns and predictors of private and public health care utilization among residents of an informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya: a cross-sectional study. [PDF]

BMC Public Health, 2021
Wambiya EOA, Otieno PO, Mutua MK, Donfouet HPP, Mohamed SF.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Accounting for clustering for self-reported outcomes in the design and analysis of population-based surveys: A case study of estimation of prevalence of epilepsy in Nairobi, Kenya. [PDF]

Front Res Metr Anal
Mwanga DM, Kipchirchir IC, Muhua GO, Newton CR, Kadengye DT.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source