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h-index: 38
Works: 158
Citations: 7,374

Most-cited papers

Diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa: from clinical care to health policy.
R. Atun, J. Davies, E. Gale, T. Bärnighausen +67 more
2017The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology476 citations Open access
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Prevalence of obesity, hypertension, and diabetes, and cascade of care in sub-Saharan Africa: a cross-sectional, population-based study in rural and urban Malawi
Alison J. Price, A. Crampin, A. Amberbir, Ndoliwe Kayuni-Chihana +14 more
2018The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology297 citations Open access
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Developmental Origins of Health and Disease: the relevance to developing nations
M. Mandy, M. Nyirenda
2018International Health213 citations Open access
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Non-communicable diseases in sub-Saharan Africa: understanding the drivers of the epidemic to inform intervention strategies.
M. Nyirenda
2016International Health124 citations Open access
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The burden of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and cardiovascular risk factors among adult Malawians in HIV care: consequences for integrated services
O. Divala, A. Amberbir, Zahra Ismail, T. Beyene +15 more
2016BMC Public Health117 citations Open access
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Understanding the manifestation of diabetes in sub Saharan Africa to inform therapeutic approaches and preventive strategies: a narrative review
D. Kibirige, W. Lumu, A. Jones, L. Smeeth +2 more
2019Clinical Diabetes and Endocrinology95 citations Open access
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Transferability of genetic risk scores in African populations
A. Kamiza, Sounkou M Touré, Marijana Vujković, T. Machipisa +12 more
2022Nature Medicine93 citations Open access
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Burden, risk factors and maternal and offspring outcomes of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA): a systematic review and meta-analysis
B. Natamba, A. Namara, M. Nyirenda
2019BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth90 citations Open access
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Prevalence and risk factors for anemia severity and type in Malawian men and women: urban and rural differences
Aishatu L. Adamu, A. Crampin, N. Kayuni, A. Amberbir +4 more
2017Population Health Metrics87 citations Open access
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The causal effects of lipid traits on kidney function in Africans: bidirectional and multivariable Mendelian-randomization study.
Christopher Kintu, Opeyemi S. Soremekun, A. Kamiza, A. Kalungi +10 more
2023EBioMedicine61 citations
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Integrating health services for HIV infection, diabetes and hypertension in sub-Saharan Africa: a cohort study
J. Birungi, S. Kivuyo, A. Garrib, L. Mugenyi +22 more
2021BMJ Open61 citations Open access
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Understanding the pathogenesis of lean non-autoimmune diabetes in an African population with newly diagnosed diabetes
D. Kibirige, I. Sekitoleko, W. Lumu, A. Jones +3 more
2022Diabetologia54 citations Open access
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Systematic Review of Hypertension and Diabetes Burden, Risk Factors, and Interventions for Prevention and Control in Malawi: The NCD BRITE Consortium.
A. Amberbir, Sabrina H Lin, J. Berman, A. Muula +15 more
2019Global Heart44 citations Open access
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Patient and health provider costs of integrated HIV, diabetes and hypertension ambulatory health services in low-income settings — an empirical socio-economic cohort study in Tanzania and Uganda
T. Shiri, J. Birungi, A. Garrib, S. Kivuyo +13 more
2021BMC Medicine42 citations Open access
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Uganda Genome Resource: A rich research database for genomic studies of communicable and non-communicable diseases in Africa
S. Fatumo, J. Mugisha, Opeyemi S. Soremekun, A. Kalungi +11 more
2022medRxiv37 citations Open access
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Integrated care for human immunodeficiency virus, diabetes and hypertension in Africa.
A. Garrib, J. Birungi, S. Lesikari, I. Namakoola +10 more
2018Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene33 citations
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Accessing Clinical Services and Retention in Care Following Screening for Hypertension and Diabetes Among Malawian Adults: an Urban/Rural Comparison
C. Musicha, A. Crampin, N. Kayuni, O. Koole +6 more
2016Journal of Hypertension33 citations Open access
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Discovery and fine-mapping of kidney function loci in first genome-wide association study in Africans
S. Fatumo, T. Chikowore, Robert Kalyesubula, R. Nsubuga +13 more
2020bioRxiv31 citations Open access
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Understanding and acting on the developmental origins of health and disease in Africa would improve health across generations
S. Norris, A. Daar, D. Balasubramanian, P. Byass +19 more
2017Global Health Action31 citations Open access
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Prevalence and factors associated with overweight and obesity among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Uganda—a descriptive retrospective study
Salome Tino, B. Mayanja, M. Mubiru, E. Eling +3 more
2020BMJ Open30 citations Open access
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REPRINT OF: CLASSIFICATION OF DIABETES MELLITUS.
A. Adler, P. Bennett, Stephen Colagiuri Chair, E. Gregg +15 more
2021Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice29 citations Open access
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Operationalising kangaroo Mother care before stabilisation amongst low birth Weight Neonates in Africa (OMWaNA): protocol for a randomised controlled trial to examine mortality impact in Uganda
Melissa M. Medvedev, Victor S Tumukunde, I. Mambule, C. Tann +13 more
2020Trials28 citations Open access
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Brain MRI and cognitive function seven years after surviving an episode of severe acute malnutrition in a cohort of Malawian children
N. Lelijveld, A. Jalloh, S. Kampondeni, A. Seal +7 more
2018Public Health Nutrition28 citations Open access
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Lipid traits and type 2 diabetes risk in African ancestry individuals: A Mendelian Randomization study
Opeyemi S. Soremekun, V. Karhunen, Yi-Yan He, Skanda Rajasundaram +23 more
2022EBioMedicine27 citations Open access
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How to estimate glomerular filtration rate in sub-Saharan Africa: design and methods of the African Research into Kidney Diseases (ARK) study
R. Kalyesubula, J. Fabian, W. Nakanga, R. Newton +12 more
2020BMC Nephrology27 citations Open access
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Evaluating a complex research capacity-building intervention: Reflections on an evaluation of the African Institutions Initiative
S. Marjanovic, G. Cochrane, Enora Robin, N. Sewankambo +5 more
201727 citations Open access
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Strengthening integration of chronic care in Africa: protocol for the qualitative process evaluation of integrated HIV, diabetes and hypertension care in a cluster randomised controlled trial in Tanzania and Uganda
M. Van Hout, M. Bachmann, J. Lazarus, E. Shayo +7 more
2020BMJ Open26 citations Open access
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Investigating associations between rural-to-urban migration and cardiometabolic disease in Malawi: a population-level study
F. Chilunga, C. Musicha, Terence Tafatatha, Steffen Geis +3 more
2019International Journal of Epidemiology23 citations Open access
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The Kathmandu Declaration on Global CVD/Hypertension Research and Implementation Science
Angela A. Aifah, J. Iwelunmor, C. Akwanalo, J. Allison +43 more
2019Global Heart23 citations Open access
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Dietary sodium intake in urban and rural Malawi, and directions for future interventions
J. Prynn, L. Banda, A. Amberbir, Alison J. Price +5 more
2018American Journal of Clinical Nutrition23 citations Open access
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Prevalence of impaired renal function among rural and urban populations: findings of a cross-sectional study in Malawi
W. Nakanga, J. Prynn, L. Banda, R. Kalyesubula +3 more
2019Wellcome Open Research22 citations Open access
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Prevalence and risk factors for anemia severity and type in Malawian men and women: urban and rural differences
Aishatu L. Adamu, A. Crampin, N. Kayuni, A. Amberbir +4 more
2017Population Health Metrics21 citations Open access
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Prevalence and risk factors for chronic kidney disease of unknown cause in Malawi: a cross-sectional analysis in a rural and urban population
Sophie A. Hamilton, W. Nakanga, J. Prynn, A. Crampin +5 more
2020BMC Nephrology19 citations Open access
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Metabolomics in plasma of Malawian children 7 years after surviving severe acute malnutrition: “ChroSAM” a cohort study
C. Bourdon, N. Lelijveld, D. Thompson, P. Dalvi +9 more
2019EBioMedicine19 citations Open access
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The added value of a mobile application of Community Case Management on referral, re-consultation and hospitalization rates of children aged under 5 years in two districts in Northern Malawi: study protocol for a pragmatic, stepped-wedge cluster-randomized controlled trial
Victoria Hardy, Y. O'Connor, C. Heavin, Nikolaos Mastellos +11 more
2017Trials19 citations Open access
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Integrating HIV, diabetes and hypertension services in Africa: study protocol for a cluster randomised trial in Tanzania and Uganda
S. Mfinanga, M. Nyirenda, G. Mutungi, J. Mghamba +27 more
2021BMJ Open17 citations Open access
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The Malawi NCD BRITE Consortium
J. V. van Oosterhout, M. Hosseinipour, A. Muula, A. Amberbir +20 more
2019Global Heart17 citations Open access
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Multi-trait discovery and fine-mapping of lipid loci in 125,000 individuals of African ancestry
A. Kamiza, Sounkou M Touré, Feng Zhou, Opeyemi S. Soremekun +14 more
2023Nature Communications16 citations Open access
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HIV treatment is associated with a two-fold higher probability of raised triglycerides: Pooled Analyses in 21 023 individuals in sub-Saharan Africa
K. Ekoru, E. Young, D. G. Dillon, D. Gurdasani +41 more
2018Global Health, Epidemiology and Genomics16 citations Open access
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Tools for assessing child and adolescent stunting: Lookup tables, growth charts and a novel appropriate-technology “MEIRU” wallchart ‐ a diagnostic accuracy study
P. Chanyarungrojn, N. Lelijveld, A. Crampin, Lawrence Nkhwazi +3 more
2023PLOS Global Public Health15 citations Open access
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Comparison of oral glucose tolerance test and ambulatory glycaemic profiles in pregnant women in Uganda with gestational diabetes using the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system
J. Milln, E. Walugembe, S. Ssentayi, H. Nkabura +2 more
2020BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth13 citations Open access
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Community-Level Knowledge and Perceptions of Stroke in Rural Malawi
Hazzie Mvula, Christina Chisambo, V. Nyirenda, Steffen Geis +6 more
2019Stroke13 citations Open access
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Pregnancy, programming, and predisposition.
M. Nyirenda, P. Byass
2019Lancet Global Health13 citations Open access
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Adolescent girls and young women: Policy-to-implementation gaps for addressing sexual and reproductive health needs in South Africa.
E. L. Davids, T. Kredo, A. Gerritsen, Carol A. Mathews +3 more
2020South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde12 citations Open access
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Metformin for the prevention of diabetes among people with HIV and either impaired fasting glucose or impaired glucose tolerance (prediabetes) in Tanzania: a Phase II randomised placebo-controlled trial
A. Garrib, S. Kivuyo, K. Bates, K. Ramaiya +10 more
2023Diabetologia11 citations Open access
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A comparison of the associations between adiposity and lipids in Malawi and the United Kingdom
A. Soares, L. Banda, A. Amberbir, Shabbar Jaffar +5 more
2020BMC Medicine11 citations Open access
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Scaling up integrated care for HIV and other chronic conditions in routine health care settings in sub-Saharan Africa: Field notes from Uganda
F. Moyo, J. Birungi, A. Garrib, I. Namakoola +6 more
2023International Journal of Integrated Care10 citations Open access
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First social impact bond for the SAMRC: A novel financing strategy to address the health and social challenges facing adolescent girls and young women in South Africa.
F. Abdullah, T. Naledi, E. Nettleship, E. L. Davids +11 more
2019South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde10 citations Open access
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Self-reported disability in rural Malawi: prevalence, incidence, and relationship to chronic conditions
J. Prynn, A. Dube, Elenaus Mwaiyeghele, Oddie Mwiba +5 more
2019Wellcome Open Research10 citations Open access
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How does the association of general and central adiposity with glycaemia and blood pressure differ by gender and area of residence in a Malawian population: a cross-sectional study
K. Mudie, D. Lawlor, N. Pearce, A. Crampin +6 more
2018International Journal of Epidemiology10 citations Open access
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