Elijah Ogola

Datos Biográficos

ID7745864
NOMBREElijah Ogola
NOMBRESElijah
APELLIDOOgola
FIRMAOGOLA E
AFILIACIONESUniversity of Nairobi
ORCID0000-0002-6102-9232
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS4
TOTAL DE CITAS0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR4
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2017
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2020
ÍNDICE H0

  • Burden of prehypertension among adults in Kenya

    Open AccessJared Mecha, Jared O Mecha et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2020

    Approximately one in every two Kenyan adults has prehypertension. This calls for urgent development and roll-out of a national BP screening and control programme. It also provides a strong basis for the formulation of multisectoral national policies that will ensure implementation of evidence-based, low-cost public health interventions geared towards primary prevention of hypertension, especially in population groups that are traditionally consid…

  • Prevalence and predictors of physical inactivity levels among Kenyan adults (18–69 years)

    Open AccessMuthoni Gichu, Gershim Asiki et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2018

    A modest prevalence of physical inactivity slightly higher than in neighbouring countries was found in this study. Gender, age, education level and wealth index are evident areas that predict physical inactivity which can be focused on to develop programs that would work towards reducing physical inactivity among adults in Kenya

  • Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension and their determinants

    Open AccessShukri F Mohamed, Martin Kavao Mutua et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2018

    This study provides the first nationally-representative estimates for hypertension in Kenya. Prevalence among adults is high, with unacceptably low levels of awareness, treatment and control. The results also reveal that men are less aware of their hypertension status hence special attention should focus on this group

  • Research for Actionable Policies

    Open AccessSujha Subramanian, Joseph Kibachio et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2017

    ow-to middle-income countries (LMICs) are disproportionately affected by the rise in prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). According to the World Health Organization, four groups of diseases-cardiovascular disease, cancer, respiratory disease and diabetes -comprise 82% of NCD deaths worldwide and three-quarters of the deaths related to NCD occur in LMIC In Sub-Saharan Africa, the World Bank estimates that nearly 46% of all deaths will b…