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

    Article • BMJ Open, September 2019, BMJ

    Dr Frederick Murunga Wekesah

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

    Article • BMJ Open, June 2019, BMJ

    Dr Frederick Murunga Wekesah

  3. Gender and conservation agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review

    Article • International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, January 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Frederick Murunga Wekesah

  4. Personalized Nutrition for Women, Infants, and Children

    Article • January 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Frederick Murunga Wekesah

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. Knowledge and awareness of and perception towards cardiovascular disease risk in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review

    Article • PLoS ONE, December 2017, PLOS

    Dr Frederick Murunga Wekesah

  9. What does quality maternity care mean in a context of medical pluralism? Perspectives of women in Nigeria

    Article • Health Policy and Planning, October 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Frederick Murunga Wekesah

  10. Sociocultural factors influencing breastfeeding practices in two slums in Nairobi, Kenya

    Article • International Breastfeeding Journal, December 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Frederick Murunga Wekesah

  11. 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

  12. How does poverty affect children’s nutritional status in Nairobi slums? A qualitative study of the root causes of undernutrition

    Article • Public Health Nutrition, September 2016, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Frederick Murunga Wekesah

  13. Effective non-drug interventions for improving outcomes and quality of maternal health care in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review

    Article • Systematic Reviews, August 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Frederick Murunga Wekesah

  14. Poverty and Uneven Food Security in Urban Slums

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Frederick Murunga Wekesah, Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. Feasibility and effectiveness of the baby friendly community initiative in rural Kenya: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

    Article • Trials, September 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Frederick Murunga Wekesah

  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. 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

  21. 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