Associations between low HDL, sex and cardiovascular risk markers are substantially different in sub-Saharan Africa and the UK: analysis of four population studies

by Louis Banda, Amelia Crampin, Andrew Hattersley, Angus Jones, Gershim Asiki, Robert Newton, Rosamund Greiner, Moffat Nyrienda, Lauren Rodgers, Beverly Shields
Published 2021-05-01

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

by Shukri F. Mohamed, Tilahun Nigatu Haregu, Olalekan A. Uthman, Christopher Khayeka-Wandabwa, Stella Kagwiria Muthuri, Gershim Asiki, Catherine Kyobutungi, Paramjit Gill
Published 2021-01-01

Benchmarking food environment policies for the prevention of diet-related non-communicable diseases in Kenya: National expert panel's assessment and priority recommendations.

by Gershim Asiki, Milkah N Wanjohi, Amy Barnes, Kristin Bash, Stella Muthuri, Dickson Amugsi, Danielle Doughman, Elizabeth Kimani, Stefanie Vandevijvere, Michelle Holdsworth
Published 2020-01-01

Cross-sectional study of IgG antibody levels to invasive nontyphoidal Salmonella LPS O-antigen with age in Uganda [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]

by Lisa Stockdale, Angela Nalwoga, Stephen Nash, Sean Elias, Gershim Asiki, Sylvia Kusemererwa, James J. Gilchrist, Robert Newton, Calman A. MacLennan
Published 2019-06-01

Prevalence of dyslipidaemia and associated risk factors in a rural population in South-Western Uganda: a community based survey.

by Gershim Asiki, Georgina A V Murphy, Kathy Baisley, Rebecca N Nsubuga, Alex Karabarinde, Robert Newton, Janet Seeley, Elizabeth H Young, Anatoli Kamali, Manjinder S Sandhu
Published 2015-01-01

The validity of an area-based method to estimate the size of hard-to-reach populations using satellite images: the example of fishing populations of Lake Victoria

by Stephen Nash, Victoria Tittle, Andrew Abaasa, Richard E. Sanya, Gershim Asiki, Christian Holm Hansen, Heiner Grosskurth, Saidi Kapiga, Chris Grundy, Lake Victoria Consortium for Health Research
Published 2018-08-01

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

by Gershim Asiki, Shuai Shao, Carol Wainana, Christopher Khayeka–Wandabwa, Tilahun N. Haregu, Pamela A. Juma, Shukri Mohammed, David Wambui, Enying Gong, Lijing L. Yan, Catherine Kyobutungi
Published 2018-05-01

Correction: Prevalence of Dyslipidaemia and Associated Risk Factors in a Rural Population in South-Western Uganda: A Community Based Survey.

by Gershim Asiki, Georgina A V Murphy, Kathy Baisley, Rebecca N Nsubuga, Dermot Maher, Alex Karabarinde, Robert Newton, Janet Seeley, Elizabeth H Young, Anatoli Kamali, Manjinder S Sandhu
Published 2017-01-01

Pneumonic Plague Cluster, Uganda, 2004

by Elizabeth M. Begier, Gershim Asiki, Zaccheus Anywaine, Brook Yockey, Martin Schriefer, Philliam Aleti, Asaph Ogen-Odoi, J. Erin Staples, Christopher Sexton, Scott Bearden, Jacob L. Kool
Published 2006-03-01

Nutrition-related non-communicable disease and sugar-sweetened beverage policies: a landscape analysis in Kenya

by Milkah N Wanjohi, Ann Marie Thow, Safura Abdool Karim, Gershim Asiki, Agnes Erzse, Shukri F Mohamed, Hermann Pythagore Pierre Donfouet, Pamela A Juma, Karen J Hofman
Published 2021-01-01

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

by Gershim Asiki, Damazo Kadengye, Clara Calvert, Marylene Wamukoya, Shukri F. Mohamed, Abdhalah Ziraba, Samuel Iddi, Martin Banga, Frederick Wekesah, Claudious Chikozho, Alison Price, Mia Crampin, Catherine Kyobutungi
Published 2021-11-01

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

by Pamela A. Juma, Clarisse Mapa-tassou, Shukri F. Mohamed, Beatrice L. Matanje Mwagomba, Catherine Ndinda, Mojisola Oluwasanu, Jean-Claude Mbanya, Misheck J. Nkhata, Gershim Asiki, Catherine Kyobutungi
Published 2018-08-01

Autozygosity influences cardiometabolic disease-associated traits in the AWI-Gen sub-Saharan African study

by Francisco C. Ceballos, Scott Hazelhurst, David W. Clark, Godfred Agongo, Gershim Asiki, Palwende R. Boua, F. Xavier Gómez-Olivé, Felistas Mashinya, Shane Norris, James F. Wilson, Michèle Ramsay
Published 2020-11-01

The legal feasibility of adopting a sugar-sweetened beverage tax in seven sub-Saharan African countries

by Safura Abdool Karim, Agnes Erzse, Anne-Marie Thow, Hans Justus Amukugo, Charles Ruhara, Gemma Ahaibwe, Gershim Asiki, Mulenga M. Mukanu, Twalib Ngoma, Milka Wanjohi, Abel Karera, Karen Hofman
Published 2021-01-01

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

by Frederick M Wekesah, Loise Nyanjau, Joseph Kibachio, Martin K Mutua, Shukri F Mohamed, Diederick E Grobbee, Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch, Christine Ngaruiya, Tilahun N Haregu, Gershim Asiki, Catherine K Kyobutungi
Published 2018-11-01

The political economy of sugar-sweetened beverage taxation: an analysis from seven countries in sub-Saharan Africa

by Anne Marie Thow, Safura Abdool Karim, Mulenga M. Mukanu, Gemma Ahaibwe, Milka Wanjohi, Lebogang Gaogane, Hans Justus Amukugo, Charles Mulindabigwi Ruhara, Twalib Ngoma, Gershim Asiki, Agnes Erzse, Karen Hofman
Published 2021-01-01

Study design: policy landscape analysis for sugar-sweetened beverage taxation in seven sub-Saharan African countries

by Anne-Marie Thow, Agnes Erzse, Gershim Asiki, Charles Mulindabigwi Ruhara, Gemma Ahaibwe, Twalib Ngoma, Hans Justus Amukugo, Milka N. Wanjohi, Mulenga M. Mukanu, Lebogang Gaogane, Safura Abdool Karim, Karen Hofman
Published 2021-01-01

The data availability landscape in seven sub-Saharan African countries and its role in strengthening sugar-sweetened beverage taxation

by Agnes Erzse, Safura Abdool Karim, Anne Marie Thow, Gemma Ahaibwe, Hans Justus Amukugo, Gershim Asiki, Lebogang Gaogane, Mulenga M. Mukanu, Twalib Ngoma, Charles Mulindabigwi Ruhara, Milkah N Wanjohi, Karen Hofman
Published 2021-01-01

Uptake of long acting reversible contraception following integrated couples HIV and fertility goal-based family planning counselling in Catholic and non-Catholic, urban and rural g...

by Jeannine Mukamuyango, Rosine Ingabire, Rachel Parker, Julien Nyombayire, Andrew Abaasa, Gershim Asiki, Sarah Rae Easter, Kristin M. Wall, Laetitia Nyirazinyoye, Amanda Tichacek, Nadine Kaslow, Matt A. Price, Susan Allen, Etienne Karita
Published 2020-08-01

Effect of high-intensity versus low-intensity praziquantel treatment on HIV disease progression in HIV and Schistosoma mansoni co-infected patients: a randomised controlled trial [...

by Andrew Abaasa, Gershim Asiki, Andrew Obuku Ekii, Josephine Wanyenze, Pietro Pala, Govert J. van Dam, Paul L.A.M. Corstjens, Peter Hughes, Song Ding, Giuseppe Pantaleo, Pontiano Kaleebu, Alison M. Elliott, Anatoli Kamali
Published 2019-04-01