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  1. Recovery and long-term health outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 infection in a prospective cohort in an urban setting, Kenya

    Article • November 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  2. From vaccine to visa apartheid, how anti-Blackness persists in global health

    Article • PLOS Global Public Health, February 2023, PLOS

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  3. Carotid intima media thickness (CIMT) in adults in the AWI-Gen Nairobi site study: Profiles and predictors

    Article • Hipertensión y Riesgo Vascular, January 2023, Elsevier

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  4. Strengthening Capacity for Implementation Research Amid COVID-19 Pandemic: Learnings From the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases Implementation Science School

    Article • International Journal of Public Health, August 2022, Frontiers

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  5. Readiness of health facilities to deliver non-communicable diseases services in Kenya: a national cross-sectional survey

    Article • BMC Health Services Research, August 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  6. How we classify countries and people—and why it matters

    Article • BMJ Global Health, June 2022, BMJ

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  7. Demand and supply-side barriers and opportunities to enhance access to healthcare for urban poor populations in Kenya: a qualitative study

    Article • BMJ Open, May 2022, BMJ

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  8. Factors associated with accessing and utilisation of healthcare and provision of health services for residents of slums in low and middle-income countries: a scoping review of recent literature

    Article • BMJ Open, May 2022, BMJ

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  9. Perspectives on returning individual and aggregate genomic research results to study participants and communities in Kenya: a qualitative study

    Article • BMC Medical Ethics, March 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  10. Population genomics of Escherichia coli in livestock-keeping households across a rapidly developing urban landscape

    Article • Nature Microbiology, March 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  11. Readiness Of Health Facilities To Deliver Non-Communicable Diseases Services In Kenya: A National Cross-Sectional Survey

    Article • March 2022, Research Square

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  12. Short- and long-read metagenomics of urban and rural South African gut microbiomes reveal a transitional composition and undescribed taxa

    Article • Nature Communications, February 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  13. Multimorbidity of communicable and non-communicable diseases in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review

    Article • Journal of Multimorbidity and Comorbidity, January 2022, SAGE Publications

    Lucy Kaluvu, Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  14. Primary care doctor and nurse consultations among people who live in slums: a retrospective, cross-sectional survey in four countries

    Article • BMJ Open, January 2022, BMJ

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  15. Addressing production gaps for vaccines in African countries

    Article • Bulletin of the World Health Organization, December 2021, WHO Press

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  16. Trends and risk factors for non-communicable diseases mortality in Nairobi slums (2008–2017)

    Article • Global Epidemiology, November 2021, Elsevier

    Damazo Kadengye, Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  17. Pharmacies in informal settlements: a retrospective, cross-sectional household and health facility survey in four countries

    Article • BMC Health Services Research, September 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  18. Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants

    Article • The Lancet, September 2021, Elsevier

    DR Bontha Veerraju Babu, Prof Suhad M Bahijri, Professor Yousef Khader, Dr Shariful Islam, Professor Erkin Mirrakhimov, Haroldo FERREIRA, Prof. Nader saki, Axel Carlsson, Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi, Sok King Ong

  19. Considerations for an integrated population health databank in Africa: lessons from global best practices

    Article • Wellcome Open Research, August 2021, Faculty of 1000, Ltd.

    Marta Vicente-Crespo, Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  20. Open letter to international funders of science and development in Africa

    Article • Nature Medicine, April 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  21. A Good Start to Lowering BP and CVD Risk in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, April 2021, Elsevier

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  22. Adiposity Phenotypes and Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Adults from Sub–Saharan Africa: An H3Africa AWI–Gen Study

    Article • Global Heart, March 2021, Ubiquity Press, Ltd.

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  23. Landscape genomics of Escherichia coli in livestock-keeping households across a rapidly developing urban city

    Article • February 2021, Research Square

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  24. Malaria is a cause of iron deficiency in African children

    Article • Nature Medicine, February 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  25. Reframing Non-Communicable Diseases and Injuries for Equity in the Era of Universal Health Coverage: Findings and Recommendations from the Kenya NCDI Poverty Commission

    Article • Annals of Global Health, January 2021, Ubiquity Press, Ltd.

    Dr Mary Flaviane Nyangasi, Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  26. Mobile consulting as an option for delivering healthcare services in low-resource settings in low- and middle-income countries: A mixed-methods study

    Article • Digital Health, January 2021, SAGE Publications

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  27. Multimorbidity from Chronic Conditions among Adults in Urban Slums: The AWI-Gen Nairobi Site Study Findings

    Article • Global Heart, January 2021, Ubiquity Press, Ltd.

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  28. Differential effects of socio-demographic factors on maternal haemoglobin concentration in three sub-Saharan African Countries

    Article • Scientific Reports, December 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  29. Mobile consulting (mConsulting) as an option for accessing healthcare services for communities in remote rural areas and urban slums in low- and middle- income countries: A mixed methods study

    Article • November 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  30. Height and body-mass index trajectories of school-aged children and adolescents from 1985 to 2019 in 200 countries and territories: a pooled analysis of 2181 population-based studies with 65 million participants

    Article • The Lancet, November 2020, Elsevier

    Prof Suhad M Bahijri, DR Bontha Veerraju Babu, Professor Yousef Khader, Dr Shariful Islam, Professor Erkin Mirrakhimov, Rajaa Al-Raddadi, Prof. Nader saki, Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi, Sok King Ong

  31. Challenges and prospects for implementation of community health volunteers’ digital health solutions in Kenya: a qualitative study

    Article • BMC Health Services Research, September 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  32. Challenges and prospects for implementation of community health volunteers’ digital health solutions in Kenya: a qualitative study

    Article • September 2020, Research Square

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  33. Chronic care models and opportunities for improving health care practice and outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa: Protocol for systematic review

    Article • August 2020, Research Square

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  34. Impact of the societal response to COVID-19 on access to healthcare for non-COVID-19 health issues in slum communities of Bangladesh, Kenya, Nigeria and Pakistan: results of pre-COVID and COVID-19 lockdown stakeholder engagements

    Article • BMJ Global Health, August 2020, BMJ

    Dr Yen-Fu Chen, Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  35. Cardiovascular risk in hypertension: open questions about HOPE 4

    Article • The Lancet, August 2020, Elsevier

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  36. Enhancing science preparedness for health emergencies in Africa through research capacity building

    Article • BMJ Global Health, July 2020, BMJ

    Marta Vicente-Crespo, Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  37. Measurement and accountability for maternal, newborn and child health: fit for 2030?

    Article • BMJ Global Health, July 2020, BMJ

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  38. Repositioning of the global epicentre of non-optimal cholesterol

    Article • Nature, June 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Anwar Mahmoud Batieha, Professor Yousef Khader, Professor Erkin Mirrakhimov, Prof. Nader saki, Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi, Sok King Ong

  39. Comparative performance of pooled cohort equations and Framingham risk scores in cardiovascular disease risk classification in a slum setting in Nairobi Kenya

    Article • IJC Heart & Vasculature, June 2020, Elsevier

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  40. Differential effects of socio-demographic factors on maternal haemoglobin concentration in three sub-Saharan African Countries

    Article • May 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  41. Need for an Integrated Deprived Area “Slum” Mapping System (IDeAMapS) in LMICs

    Article • April 2020, MDPI AG

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  42. Determinants of Mortality from Cardiovascular Disease in the Slums of Nairobi, Kenya

    Article • Global Heart, April 2020, Ubiquity Press, Ltd.

    Damazo Kadengye, Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  43. Global burden of respiratory infections associated with seasonal influenza in children under 5 years in 2018: a systematic review and modelling study

    Article • The Lancet Global Health, April 2020, Elsevier

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  44. Feasibility assessment of invigorating grassrooTs primary healthcare for prevention and management of cardiometabolic diseases in resource-limited settings in China, Kenya, Nepal, Vietnam (the FAITH study): rationale and design

    Article • Global Health Research and Policy, November 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  45. Target women: Equity in access to mHealth technology in a non-communicable disease care intervention in Kenya

    Article • PLOS One, September 2019, PLOS

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  46. Risk profile and death from cardiovascular diseases in the slums of Nairobi

    Article • BMJ Open, September 2019, BMJ

    Dr Frederick Murunga Wekesah, Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  47. Classical Cardiovascular Risk Factors and HIV are Associated With Carotid Intima‐Media Thickness in Adults From Sub‐Saharan Africa: Findings From H3Africa AWI‐Gen Study

    Article • Journal of the American Heart Association, July 2019, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  48. Double burden of malnutrition among women

    Article • BMJ Open, July 2019, BMJ

    Dr Zacharie Tsala Dimbuene, Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  49. Perceptions towards cardiovascular diseases and the risk factors in Nairobi slums

    Article • BMJ Open, June 2019, BMJ

    Dr Frederick Murunga Wekesah, Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  50. A protocol for a multi-site, spatially-referenced household survey in slum settings: methods for access, sampling frame construction, sampling, and field data collection

    Article • BMC Medical Research Methodology, May 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  51. Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults

    Article • Nature, May 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Stevo Popovic, Dr Andre Luiz Sena Guimaraes, Dr. Anwar Mahmoud Batieha, Professor Yousef Khader, Axel Carlsson, DR Bontha Veerraju Babu, Professor Erkin Mirrakhimov, Rajaa Al-Raddadi, Prof Suhad M Bahijri, Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi, Sok King Ong

  52. Advancing measurement and monitoring of reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health and nutrition: global and country perspectives

    Article • BMJ Global Health, May 2019, BMJ

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  53. Because space matters: conceptual framework to help distinguish slum from non-slum urban areas

    Article • BMJ Global Health, April 2019, BMJ

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  54. Household air pollution in Nairobi's slums: A long-term policy evaluation using participatory system dynamics

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, April 2019, Elsevier

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  55. Effect of Previous Exposure to Malaria on Blood Pressure in Kilifi, Kenya: A Mendelian Randomization Study

    Article • Journal of the American Heart Association, March 2019, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  56. A comparison of all-cause and cause-specific mortality by household socioeconomic status across seven INDEPTH network health and demographic surveillance systems in sub-Saharan Africa

    Article • Global Health Action, January 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Melkamu Merid Mengesha , Alberto Aniceto Chauque, Iwara Arikpo, Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  57. Gender responsive multidisciplinary doctoral training program: the Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa (CARTA) experience

    Article • Global Health Action, January 2019, Taylor & Francis

    EVELYN E. GITAU, Marta Vicente-Crespo, Anne Khisa, Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  58. Magnitude and predictors of normal-weight central obesity– the AWI-Gen study findings

    Article • Global Health Action, January 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  59. Regional and sex-specific variation in BMI distribution in four sub-Saharan African countries: The H3Africa AWI-Gen study

    Article • Global Health Action, November 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Stuart A Ali, Marianne Alberts, Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  60. Individual and household level factors associated with presence of multiple non-communicable disease risk factors in Kenyan adults

    Article • BMC Public Health, November 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Frederick Murunga Wekesah, Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  61. Patterns of non-communicable disease and injury risk factors in Kenyan adult population: a cluster analysis

    Article • BMC Public Health, November 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Frederick Murunga Wekesah, Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  62. Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension and their determinants: results from a national survey in Kenya

    Article • BMC Public Health, November 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Frederick Murunga Wekesah, Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  63. Predictors of cervical cancer screening among Kenyan women: results of a nested case-control study in a nationally representative survey

    Article • BMC Public Health, November 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Mary Flaviane Nyangasi, Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  64. Dietary risk factors for non-communicable diseases in Kenya: findings of the STEPS survey, 2015

    Article • BMC Public Health, November 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  65. Prevalence and factors associated with pre-diabetes and diabetes mellitus in Kenya: results from a national survey

    Article • BMC Public Health, November 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  66. Prevalence and predictors of physical inactivity levels among Kenyan adults (18–69 years): an analysis of STEPS survey 2015

    Article • BMC Public Health, November 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  67. Genomic and environmental risk factors for cardiometabolic diseases in Africa: methods used for Phase 1 of the AWI-Gen population cross-sectional study

    Article • Global Health Action, September 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Stuart A Ali, Marianne Alberts, Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  68. Facilitators and barriers in the formulation and implementation of tobacco control policies in Kenya: a qualitative study

    Article • BMC Public Health, August 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  69. Influence of the WHO framework convention on tobacco control on tobacco legislation and policies in sub-Saharan Africa

    Article • BMC Public Health, August 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  70. Multi-sectoral action in non-communicable disease prevention policy development in five African countries

    Article • BMC Public Health, August 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  71. The evolution of non-communicable diseases policies in post-apartheid South Africa

    Article • BMC Public Health, August 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  72. Sociodemographic and behavioural factors associated with body mass index among men and women in Nairobi slums: AWI-Gen Project

    Article • Global Health Action, July 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  73. Opportunities and challenges for evidence-informed HIV-noncommunicable disease integrated care policies and programs

    Article • AIDS, July 2018, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  74. Quantile regression analysis of modifiable and non-modifiable drivers’ of blood pressure among urban and rural women in Ghana

    Article • Scientific Reports, June 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Dickson A Amugsi, Dr Zacharie Tsala Dimbuene, Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  75. Policy environment for prevention, control and management of cardiovascular diseases in primary health care in Kenya

    Article • BMC Health Services Research, May 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  76. Countdown to 2030: tracking progress towards universal coverage for reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health

    Article • The Lancet, April 2018, Elsevier

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  77. Contributions of mean and shape of blood pressure distribution to worldwide trends and variations in raised blood pressure: a pooled analysis of 1018 population-based measurement studies with 88.6 million participants

    Article • International Journal of Epidemiology, March 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Erkin Mirrakhimov, Prof. Maciej Banach, Dr Andre Luiz Sena Guimaraes, Giovanni Veronesi, Dr. Anwar Mahmoud Batieha, Professor Yousef Khader, Axel Carlsson, DR Bontha Veerraju Babu, Rajaa Al-Raddadi, Prof Suhad M Bahijri, Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi, Sok King Ong

  78. Body mass index and wealth index: positively correlated indicators of health and wealth inequalities in Nairobi slums

    Article • Global Health, January 2018, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  79. Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults

    Article • The Lancet, December 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Erkin Mirrakhimov, Prof. Maciej Banach, Dr. Anwar Mahmoud Batieha, Dr. Stevo Popovic, Dr Andre Luiz Sena Guimaraes, Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi, Giovanni Veronesi, Francesco Panza, Professor Yousef Khader, Axel Carlsson, DR Bontha Veerraju Babu, Rajaa Al-Raddadi, Sok King Ong

  80. Effectiveness of home-based nutritional counselling and support on exclusive breastfeeding in urban poor settings in Nairobi: a cluster randomized controlled trial

    Article • Globalization and Health, December 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  81. From policy to practice: exploring the implementation of antiretroviral therapy access and retention policies between 2013 and 2016 in six sub-Saharan African countries

    Article • BMC Health Services Research, November 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  82. Catherine Kyobutungi: leading African health research capacity

    Article • The Lancet, October 2017, Elsevier

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  83. Ethnicity and breast cancer characteristics in Kenya

    Article • Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, September 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  84. The role of a decision-support smartphone application in enhancing community health volunteers’ effectiveness to improve maternal and newborn outcomes in Nairobi, Kenya: quasi-experimental research protocol

    Article • BMJ Open, July 2017, BMJ

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi, Abdhalah Ziraba

  85. Blood Pressure and Arterial Stiffness in Kenyan Adolescents With the Sickle Cell Trait

    Article • American Journal of Epidemiology, June 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  86. Blood Pressure and Arterial Stiffness in Kenyan Adolescents With α + Thalassemia

    Article • Journal of the American Heart Association, April 2017, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  87. Stark Regional and Sex Differences in the Prevalence and Awareness of Hypertension

    Article • Global Heart, March 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Stuart A Ali, Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  88. OUP accepted manuscript

    Article • International Journal of Epidemiology, January 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  89. Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015: a pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19·1 million participants

    Article • The Lancet, January 2017, Elsevier

    Dr. Anwar Mahmoud Batieha, Dr Andre Luiz Sena Guimaraes, Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi, Prof Suhad M Bahijri, Giovanni Veronesi, Francesco Panza, Professor Yousef Khader, Axel Carlsson, DR Bontha Veerraju Babu, Rajaa Al-Raddadi

  90. Health and health-related indicators in slum, rural, and urban communities: a comparative analysis

    Article • Global Health Action, December 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  91. Measurement of overweight and obesity an urban slum setting in sub-Saharan Africa: a comparison of four anthropometric indices

    Article • BMC Obesity, November 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  92. The connection between non-communicable disease risk factors and risk perception among urban slum dwellers in Nairobi, Kenya

    Article • African Population Studies, October 2016, Stellenbosch University

    Dr Frederick Murunga Wekesah, Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  93. Challenges and Opportunities for promoting Maternal, New born, and Child Health in urban informal settlements: perspectives of Community Health Volunteers in Nairobi, Kenya

    Article • African Population Studies, October 2016, Stellenbosch University

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  94. Use of Private and Public Health Facilities for essential Maternal and Child Health Services in Nairobi City informal settlements: Perspectives of Women and Community Health Volunteers

    Article • African Population Studies, October 2016, Stellenbosch University

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi, Abdhalah Ziraba

  95. Analysis of Patterns of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior in an Urban Slum Setting in Nairobi, Kenya

    Article • Journal of Physical Activity and Health, August 2016, Human Kinetics

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  96. A century of trends in adult human height

    Article • eLife, July 2016, eLife

    DR Bontha Veerraju Babu, Dr Andre Luiz Sena Guimaraes, Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi, Prof Suhad M Bahijri, Giovanni Veronesi, Axel Carlsson, Professor Yousef Khader

  97. Measuring exposure levels of inhalable airborne particles (PM 2.5 ) in two socially deprived areas of Nairobi, Kenya

    Article • Environmental Research, July 2016, Elsevier

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  98. Analysis of Non-communicable disease prevention policies in five Sub-Saharan African countries: Study protocol

    Article • Archives of Public Health, June 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  99. Outcomes and costs of implementing a community-based intervention for hypertension in an urban slum in Kenya

    Article • Bulletin of the World Health Organization, April 2016, WHO Press

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  100. Worldwide trends in diabetes since 1980: a pooled analysis of 751 population-based studies with 4·4 million participants

    Article • The Lancet, April 2016, Elsevier

    Dr. Anwar Mahmoud Batieha, Dr Andre Luiz Sena Guimaraes, Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi, Giovanni Veronesi, Francesco Panza, Professor Yousef Khader, Axel Carlsson

  101. Impact evaluation of a community-based intervention for prevention of cardiovascular diseases in the slums of Nairobi: the SCALE-UP study

    Article • Global Health Action, March 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  102. Interlinkage among cardio-metabolic disease markers in an urban poor setting in Nairobi, Kenya

    Article • Global Health Action, February 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  103. Data Resource Profile: Network for Analysing Longitudinal Population-based HIV/AIDS data on Africa (ALPHA Network)

    Article • International Journal of Epidemiology, February 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  104. H3Africa AWI-Gen Collaborative Centre: a resource to study the interplay between genomic and environmental risk factors for cardiometabolic diseases in four sub-Saharan African countries

    Article • Global Health, January 2016, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Stuart A Ali, Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  105. Poverty and Uneven Food Security in Urban Slums

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Frederick Murunga Wekesah, Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  106. Potential effectiveness of Community Health Strategy to promote exclusive breastfeeding in urban poor settings in Nairobi, Kenya: a quasi-experimental study

    Article • Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, December 2015, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Frederick Murunga Wekesah, Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  107. Challenges of health programmes in slums

    Article • The Lancet, November 2015, Elsevier

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  108. The Affordable Medicines Facility-malaria (AMFm): are remote areas benefiting from the intervention?

    Article • Malaria Journal, October 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Frederick Murunga Wekesah, Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  109. Co-occurrence of behavioral risk factors of common non-communicable diseases among urban slum dwellers in Nairobi, Kenya

    Article • Global Health Action, September 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  110. Effects of diabetes definition on global surveillance of diabetes prevalence and diagnosis: a pooled analysis of 96 population-based studies with 331 288 participants

    Article • The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, August 2015, Elsevier

    Dr. Anwar Mahmoud Batieha, Dr Andre Luiz Sena Guimaraes, Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi, Giovanni Veronesi, Francesco Panza, Professor Yousef Khader

  111. Profile of people with hypertension in Nairobi’s slums: a descriptive study

    Article • Globalization and Health, June 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  112. Evidence of a Double Burden of Malnutrition in Urban Poor Settings in Nairobi, Kenya

    Article • PLOS One, June 2015, PLOS

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  113. Results of a hypertension and diabetes treatment program in the slums of Nairobi: a retrospective cohort study

    Article • BMC Health Services Research, June 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  114. Strengthening health system governance using health facility service charters: a mixed methods assessment of community experiences and perceptions in a district in Kenya

    Article • BMC Health Services Research, June 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  115. Trends in Causes of Adult Deaths among the Urban Poor: Evidence from Nairobi Urban Health and Demographic Surveillance System, 2003–2012

    Article • Journal of Urban Health, March 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  116. Temperature Variation and Heat Wave and Cold Spell Impacts on Years of Life Lost Among the Urban Poor Population of Nairobi, Kenya

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, March 2015, MDPI AG

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  117. Cardiovascular prevention model from Kenyan slums to migrants in the Netherlands

    Article • Globalization and Health, January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  118. Factors affecting actualisation of the WHO breastfeeding recommendations in urban poor settings in K enya

    Article • Maternal and Child Nutrition, December 2014, Wiley

    Dr Frederick Murunga Wekesah, Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  119. HIV/AIDS-related mortality in Africa and Asia: evidence from INDEPTH health and demographic surveillance system sites

    Article • Global Health Action, October 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Daniel K. Azongo, Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  120. Trends in non-communicable disease mortality among adult residents in Nairobi's slums, 2003–2011: applying InterVA-4 to verbal autopsy data

    Article • Global Health Action, October 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  121. Adult non-communicable disease mortality in Africa and Asia: evidence from INDEPTH Health and Demographic Surveillance System sites

    Article • Global Health Action, October 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  122. Cause-specific mortality in Africa and Asia: evidence from INDEPTH health and demographic surveillance system sites

    Article • Global Health Action, October 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  123. Malaria mortality in Africa and Asia: evidence from INDEPTH health and demographic surveillance system sites

    Article • Global Health Action, October 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  124. Prevention of cardiovascular diseases in Nairobi slums: a cost-effectiveness study

    Article • The Lancet, October 2014, Elsevier

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  125. The effect of enhanced public–private partnerships on Maternal, Newborn and child Health Services and outcomes in Nairobi–Kenya: the PAMANECH quasi-experimental research protocol

    Article • BMJ Open, October 2014, BMJ

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi, Abdhalah Ziraba

  126. Vulnerability to Food Insecurity in Urban Slums: Experiences from Nairobi, Kenya

    Article • Journal of Urban Health, August 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Frederick Murunga Wekesah, Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  127. Enabling the genomic revolution in Africa

    Article • Science, June 2014, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  128. Correlates for cardiovascular diseases among diabetic/hypertensive patients attending outreach clinics in two Nairobi slums, Kenya

    Article • Pan African Medical Journal, January 2014, Pan African Medical Journal

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  129. Overweight, Obesity, and Perception of Body Image Among Slum Residents in Nairobi, Kenya, 2008–2009

    Article • Preventing Chronic Disease, December 2013, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  130. Reproductive Health Voucher Program and Facility Based Delivery in Informal Settlements in Nairobi: A Longitudinal Analysis

    Article • PLOS One, November 2013, PLOS

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  131. InterVA versus Spectrum: how comparable are they in estimating AIDS mortality patterns in Nairobi's informal settlements?

    Article • Global Health Action, October 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  132. Introducing a model of cardiovascular prevention in Nairobi's slums by integrating a public health and private-sector approach: the SCALE-UP study

    Article • Global Health Action, October 2013, Co-Action Publishing

    Charles Agyemang, Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  133. Community Perceptions of Air Pollution and Related Health Risks in Nairobi Slums

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, October 2013, MDPI AG

    Professor Nawi Ng, Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  134. The magnitude of diabetes and its association with obesity in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya: results from a cross‐sectional survey

    Article • Tropical Medicine & International Health, September 2013, Wiley

    Charles Agyemang, Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  135. HIV mortality in urban slums of Nairobi, Kenya 2003–2010: a period effect analysis

    Article • BMC Public Health, June 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  136. Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension among slum dwellers in Nairobi, Kenya

    Article • Journal of Hypertension, May 2013, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Charles Agyemang, Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  137. SCALE UP: Sustainable model for Cardiovascular health by Adjusting Lifestyle and treatment with Economic perspective in settings of Urban Poverty - Development, implementation and evaluation of a comprehensive intervention package for primary preventio...

    Article • April 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  138. Breast cancerdiagnosis in aresource poorenvironment through a collaborativemultidisciplinaryapproach: the Kenyan experience

    Article • Journal of Clinical Pathology, February 2013, BMJ

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  139. Inequalities in non-communicable diseases and effective responses

    Article • The Lancet, February 2013, Elsevier

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  140. Status report on hypertension in Africa - Consultative review for the 6th Session of the African Union Conference of Ministers of Health on NCD’ss

    Article • Pan African Medical Journal, January 2013, Pan African Medical Journal

    Charles Agyemang, Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  141. A community-based intervention for primary prevention of cardiovascular diseases in the slums of Nairobi: the SCALE UP study protocol for a prospective quasi-experimental community-based trial

    Article • Trials, January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Charles Agyemang, Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  142. Effectiveness of personalised, home-based nutritional counselling on infant feeding practices, morbidity and nutritional outcomes among infants in Nairobi slums: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial

    Article • Trials, January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Frederick Murunga Wekesah, Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  143. Correlates of HIV-status awareness among adults in Nairobi slum areas

    Article • African Journal of AIDS Research, December 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Frederick Murunga Wekesah, Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  144. Data Resource Profile: The World Health Organization Study on global AGEing and adult health (SAGE)

    Article • International Journal of Epidemiology, December 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  145. Malaria mortality estimates: need for agreeable approach

    Article • Tropical Medicine & International Health, November 2012, Wiley

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  146. Time-series analysis of weather and mortality patterns in Nairobi's informal settlements

    Article • Global Health Action, November 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  147. Optimizing breast cancer diagnosis in Kenya: Importance of standardization of technical methodologies for comparative breast cancer data.

    Article • Journal of Clinical Oncology, September 2012, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  148. Civil society organizations: Capacity to address the needs of the urban poor in Nairobi

    Article • Journal of Public Health Policy, August 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  149. Increase in facility-based deliveries associated with a maternal health voucher programme in informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya

    Article • Health Policy and Planning, March 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  150. Determinants for participation in a public health insurance program among residents of urban slums in Nairobi, Kenya: results from a cross-sectional survey

    Article • BMC Health Services Research, March 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  151. Ethnicity and Delay in Measles Vaccination in a Nairobi Slum

    Article • Tropical Medicine and Health, January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  152. P2-149 Behavioural risk factors for CVD among adult slum dwellers in Nairobi

    Article • Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, August 2011, BMJ

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  153. P2-232 Cardiovascular disease conditions: prevalence, awareness, treatment and control among the urban poor in Nairobi

    Article • Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, August 2011, BMJ

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  154. Fatal Injuries in the Slums of Nairobi and their Risk Factors: Results from a Matched Case-Control Study

    Article • Journal of Urban Health, June 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi, Abdhalah Ziraba

  155. Patterns and determinants of breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices in urban informal settlements, Nairobi Kenya

    Article • BMC Public Health, May 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  156. Does Socioeconomic Inequality in Health Persist among Older People Living in Resource-Poor Urban Slums?

    Article • Journal of Urban Health, March 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  157. Health inequalities among older men and women in Africa and Asia: evidence from eight Health and Demographic Surveillance System sites in the INDEPTH WHO-SAGE Study

    Article • Global Health Action, September 2010, Co-Action Publishing

    Professor Nawi Ng, Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  158. Ageing and adult health status in eight lower-income countries: the INDEPTH WHO-SAGE collaboration

    Article • Global Health Action, September 2010, Co-Action Publishing

    Professor Nawi Ng, Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  159. The health and well-being of older people in Nairobi's slums

    Article • Global Health Action, September 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  160. Verbal autopsy interpretation: a comparative analysis of the InterVA model versus physician review in determining causes of death in the Nairobi DSS

    Article • Population Health Metrics, June 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  161. Local scale prediction of Plasmodium falciparum malaria transmission in an endemic region using temperature and rainfall

    Article • Global Health Action, November 2009, Co-Action Publishing

    Dr Moshe B Hoshen, Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  162. Seasonal Pattern of Pneumonia Mortality among Under-Five Children in Nairobi’s Informal Settlements

    Article • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, November 2009, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  163. HIV/AIDS and the health of older people in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya: results from a cross sectional survey

    Article • BMC Public Health, May 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  164. Maternal mortality in the informal settlements of Nairobi city: what do we know?

    Article • Reproductive Health, April 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi, Abdhalah Ziraba

  165. Stomach cancer mortality in two large cohorts of migrants from the Former Soviet Union to Israel and Germany: are there implications for prevention?

    Article • European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, April 2009, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  166. Effects of residential changes and time patterns on external-cause mortality in migrants: Results of a German cohort study

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, July 2008, SAGE Publications

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  167. The burden of disease profile of residents of Nairobi's slums: Results from a Demographic Surveillance System

    Article • Population Health Metrics, March 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi, Abdhalah Ziraba

  168. Can Weekly Home Visits and Treatment by Non-Medical Personnel Reduce Malaria-Related Mortality Among Children Under Age 5 Years?

    Article • Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, May 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Moshe B Hoshen, Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  169. Micro-epidemiology of Plasmodium falciparum malaria: Is there any difference in transmission risk between neighbouring villages?

    Article • Malaria Journal, April 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  170. Mortality from cancer among ethnic German immigrants from the Former Soviet Union, in Germany

    Article • European Journal of Cancer, October 2006, Elsevier

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  171. Mortality from external causes among ethnic German immigrants from former Soviet Union countries, in Germany

    Article • European Journal of Public Health, February 2006, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  172. All-cause and Cardiovascular mortality among ethnic German immigrants from the Former Soviet Union: a cohort study

    Article • BMC Public Health, January 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  173. RE: “LUNG CANCER AND INDOOR POLLUTION FROM HEATING AND COOKING WITH SOLID FUELS: THE IARC INTERNATIONAL MULTICENTRE CASE-CONTROL STUDY IN EASTERN/CENTRAL EUROPE AND THE UNITED KINGDOM”

    Article • American Journal of Epidemiology, December 2005, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  174. Absolute Temperature, Temperature Changes and Stroke Risk: A Case-Crossover Study

    Article • European Journal of Epidemiology, August 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  175. Large-scale, Population-based Epidemiological Studies with Record Linkage can be done in Germany

    Article • European Journal of Epidemiology, December 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  176. Self-help: What future role in health care for low and middle-income countries?

    Article • International Journal for Equity in Health, April 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  177. S08.3: Mortality among migrants in Germany– a retrospective cohort study

    Article • Biometrical Journal, March 2004, Wiley

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  178. S40.3: New methods for conducting large-scale retrospective cohort studies among migrants in Germany

    Article • Biometrical Journal, March 2004, Wiley

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  179. The Outbreak and Control of Ebola Viral Haemorrhagic Fever in a Ugandan Medical School

    Article • Tropical Doctor, January 2002, SAGE Publications

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi