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    • The burden of hypertension in sub-Saharan Africa: a four-country cross sectional study. 

      Guwatudde, David; Nankya-Mutyoba, , Joan; Kalyesubula, Robert; Laurence, Carien; Adebamowo, Clement; Ajayi, IkeOluwap; Bajunirwe, Francis; Njelekela, Marina; S. Chiwanga, Faraja; Reid, Todd (BMC Public Health, 2015)
      Background: Hypertension, the leading single cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, is a growing public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Few studies have estimated and compared the burden of hypertension ...
    • Consumption of processed food dietary patterns in four African populations 

      Holmes, Michelle D; Dalal, Shana; Sewram, Vikash; Diamond, Megan B; Adebamowo, Sally N; Ajayi, Ikeoluwapo O; Adebamowo, Clement; Chiwanga, Faraja S; Njelekela, Marina; Laurence, Carien; Volmink, Jimmy; Bajunirwe, Francis; Mutyoba, Joan Nankya; Guwatudde, David; Reid, Todd G; Willett, Walter C; Adami, Hans-Olov; Fung, Teresa T (Public Health Nutrition:, 2018-02-01)
      Objective: To identify predominant dietary patterns in four African populations and examine their association with obesity. Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting/Subjects: We used data from the Africa/Harvard School of ...
    • Feasibility of a large cohort study in sub-Saharan Africa assessed through a four-country study 

      Dalal, Shona; Holmes, Michelle D.; Laurence, Carien; Bajunirwe, Francis; Guwatudde, David; Njelekela, Marina; Adebamowo, Clement; Mutyoba, Joan Nankya; Chiwanga, Faraja S.; Volmink, Jimmy; Ajayi, Ikeoluwapo; Kalyesubula, Robert; Reid, Todd G.; Dockery, Douglas; Hemenway, David; Adami, Hans-Olov (Global Health Action, 2015-05-25)
      Background: Large prospective epidemiologic studies are vital in determining disease etiology and forming national health policy. Yet, such studies do not exist in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) notwithstanding the growing burden ...
    • Neighborhood greenness and burden of non-communicable diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa: A multi-country cross-sectional study 

      Iyer, Hari S.; James, Peter; Valeri, Linda; Bajunirwe, Francis; Mutyoba, Joan Nankya-; Njelekela, Marina; Chiwanga, Faraja; Sewram, Vikash; Ajayi, IkeOluwapo; Adebamowo, Clement; Dalal, Shona; Reid, Todd G.; Rebbeck, Timothy R.; Adami, Hans-Olov; Holmes, Michelle D. (Environmental Research, 2021)
      Population growth, demographic transitions and urbanization in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) will increase non-communicable disease (NCD) burden. We studied the association between neighborhood greenness and NCDs in a multi-country ...
    • Non-communicable diseases in sub-Saharan Africa: what we know now 

      Dalal, Shona; Beunza, Juan Jose; Volmink, Jimmy; Adebamowo, Clement; Bajunirwe, Francis; Njelekela, Marina; Mozaffarian, Dariush; Fawzi, Wafaie; Willett, Walter; Adami, Hans-Olov; Holmes, Michelle D (International Journal of Epidemiology, 2011-04-28)
      Background: Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has a disproportionate burden of both infectious and chronic diseases compared with other world regions. Current disease estimates for SSA are based on sparse data, but projections ...
    • Prevalence and risk factor for injury in sub-Saharan Africa: a multicountry study 

      Diamond, Megan B; Dalal, Shona; Adebamowo, Clement; Guwatudde, David; Laurence, Carien; Ajayi, Ikeoluwapo O; Bajunirwe, Francis; Njelekela, Marina A; Chiwanga, Faraja; Adami, Hans-Olov; Nankya-Mutyoba, Joan; Kalyesubula, Robert; Reid, Todd G; Hemenway, David; Holmes, Michelle D (Injury prevention, 2018)
      Introduction Injury-related morbidity is a neglected health concern in many low-income and middle-income countries. Most injury data in Africa have been collected from hospital-based studies, and few studies have occurred ...
    • Updating vital status by tracking in the community among patients with epidemic Kaposi sarcoma who are lost to follow-up in sub-Saharan Africa 

      Semeere, Aggrey; Freeman, Esther; Wenger, Megan; Glidden, David; Bwana, Mwebesa; Kanyesigye, Micheal; Asirwa, Fredrick Chite; Rotich, Elyne; Busakhala, Naftali; Oga, Emmanuel; Jedy-Agba, Elima; Kwaghe, Vivian; Iregbu, Kenneth; Adebamowo, Clement; Jaquet, Antoine; Dabis, Francois; Phiri, Sam; Bohlius, Julia; Egger, Matthias; Yiannoutsos, Constantin T.; Wools-Kaloustian, Kara; Martin, Jeffrey (BMC cancer, 2017)
      Background: Throughout most of sub-Saharan Africa (and, indeed, most resource-limited areas), lack of death registries prohibits linkage of cancer diagnoses and precludes the most expeditious approach to determining cancer ...
    • Urban and rural prevalence of diabetes and prediabetes and risk factors associated with diabetes in Tanzania and Uganda 

      Chiwanga, Faraja S.; Njelekela, Marina A.; Diamond, Megan B.; Bajunirwe, Francis; Guwatudde, David; Mutyoba, Joan Nankya; Kalyesubula, Robert; Adebamowo, Clement; Ajayi, IkeOluwapo; Reid, Todd G. (Global Health Action., 2016)
      Background: The increase in prevalence of diabetes and pre-diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa underlines the importance of understanding its magnitude and causes in different population groups. We analyzed data from the ...
    • Urban–rural and geographic differences in overweight and obesity in four sub-Saharan African adult populations: a multi-country cross-sectional study 

      Ajayi, IkeOluwapo O.; Adebamowo, Clement; Adami, Hans-Olov; Dalal, Shona; Diamond, Megan B; Bajunirwe, Francis; Guwatudde, David; Njelekela, Marina (BMC Public Health, 2016)
      Background: Overweight and obesity are on the rise in developing countries including sub-Saharan Africa. We undertook a four-country survey to show the collective burden of these health conditions as they occur currently ...