Christopher Khayeka-Wandabwa

Biographic Data

ID6264803
NAMEChristopher Khayeka-Wandabwa
GIVEN NAMESChristopher
FAMILY NAMEKhayeka-Wandabwa
SIGNATUREKHAYEKA-WANDABWA C
AFFILIATIONSAfrican Population and Health Research Center
ORCID0000-0002-9891-6046
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS1
WORKS AS AUTHOR7
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2014
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
H-INDEX1

  • Nutritional and social contribution of meat in diets

    Open AccessEvans Atiah Asamane, Pamela A Marinda et al.ARTICLEAppetite2021Cited by: 1References: 42

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

    Open AccessShukri F Mohamed, Tilahun Haregu et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2019

    Background: Normal-weight central obesity is associated with higher mortality than general obesity as defined by body mass index, particularly in the absence of central fat distribution.Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the magnitude and predictors of normal-weight central obesity in an urban informal settlement setting in Kenya.Methods: We used data from the AWI-Gen study, a cross-sectional survey targeting randomly selected consen…

  • Genomic and environmental risk factors for cardiometabolic diseases in Africa

    Open AccessStuart A Ali, Cassandra Claire Soo et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2018

    There is an alarming tide of cardiovascular and metabolic disease (CMD) sweeping across Africa. This may be a result of an increasingly urbanized lifestyle characterized by the growing consumption of processed and calorie-dense food, combined with physical inactivity and more sedentary behaviour. While the link between lifestyle and public health has been extensively studied in Caucasian and African American populations, few studies have been con…

  • Regional and sex-specific variation in BMI distribution in four sub-Saharan African countries

    Open AccessMichèle Ramsay, Nigel J Crowther et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2018

    BACKGROUND: African populations are characterised by diversity at many levels including: demographic history, genetic ancestry, language, wealth, socio-political landscape, culture and behaviour. Several of these have a profound impact on body fat mass. Obesity, a key risk factor for cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, in the wake of the epidemiological and health transitions across the continent, requires detailed analysis together with other…

  • Challenges and opportunities of optimal breastfeeding in the context of HIV option B+ guidelines

    Open AccessPamela Marinda, Nkandu Chibwe et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2017

    Despite the ambitious timelines for PMTCT transition, the need to inculcate new knowledge and vary known practice among mothers and the shift in counseling content for health workers, the consolidated guidelines for PMTCT proved effective. Some mothers were hesitant of lifelong ARVs, rationalizing the debated paradigm that prolonged chemotherapy/polypharmacy may be a future challenge in the success of ART in PMTCT. Conflicting breast feeding prac…

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

    Open AccessTilahun Haregu, Tilahun Nigatu Haregu et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2016

    INTRODUCTION: The main cardio-metabolic diseases - mostly cardiovascular diseases such as stroke and ischemic heart disease - share common clinical markers such as raised blood pressure and blood glucose. The pathways of development of many of these conditions are also interlinked. In this regard, a higher level of co-occurrence of the main cardio-metabolic disease markers is expected. Evidence about the patterns of occurrence of cardio-metabolic…

  • Symptomatic malaria diagnosis overestimate malaria prevalence, but underestimate anaemia burdens in children

    Open AccessJoseph K Choge, Ng’wena Gideon Magak et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2014

    Symptomatic diagnosis of malaria overestimates malaria prevalence, but underestimates the anaemia burden in children. Good clinical practice dictates that a laboratory should confirm the presence of parasites for all suspected cases of malaria