Frederick Murunga Wekesah

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African Population and Health Research Center ORCID

Also Known As

F Wekesah, F. M. Wekesah, F. Wekesah, Fred Wekesah, Frederick M Wekesah, Frederick M. Wekesah, Frederick Murunga Wekesah, Frederick Wekesah

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1.9K

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African Population and Health Research Center University of the Witwatersrand University Medical Center Utrecht Loughborough University Utrecht University

About

Frederick Murunga Wekesah is an author at African Population and Health Research Center specializing in medicine, maternal health, and african development.

Top Concepts

#	Concept	H-Index	Publications	Citations
1	Medicine	5	5	125
2	Nursing	3	3	72
3	Public Health	3	3	67
4	Education	2	2	51
5	Social Sciences	1	1	19

Frederick Murunga Wekesah

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	Year	Citations
Vulnerability to Food Insecurity in Urban Slums: Experiences from Nairobi, Kenya Elizabeth Kimani‐Murage, Lilly Schofield, Frederick Murunga Wekesah, Journal of Urban Health	2014	200
Factors affecting actualisation of the <scp>WHO</scp> breastfeeding recommendations in urban poor settings in <scp>K</scp>enya Elizabeth Kimani‐Murage, Frederick Murunga Wekesah, Milka Wanjohi, Maternal and Child Nutrition	2014	141
Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension and their determinants: results from a national survey in Kenya Shukri F. Mohamed, Martin Kavao Mutua, Richard G. Wamai, BMC Public Health	2018	140
Sociocultural factors influencing breastfeeding practices in two slums in Nairobi, Kenya Milka Wanjohi, Paula Griffiths, Frederick Murunga Wekesah, International Breastfeeding Journal	2016	123
Individual and household level factors associated with presence of multiple non-communicable disease risk factors in Kenyan adults Frederick Murunga Wekesah, Loise Nyanjau, Joseph Kibachio, BMC Public Health	2018	56
Effectiveness of home-based nutritional counselling and support on exclusive breastfeeding in urban poor settings in Nairobi: a cluster randomized controlled trial Elizabeth Kimani‐Murage, Paula Griffiths, Frederick Murunga Wekesah, Globalization and Health	2017	54
Effectiveness of personalised, home-based nutritional counselling on infant feeding practices, morbidity and nutritional outcomes among infants in Nairobi slums: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial Elizabeth Kimani‐Murage, Catherine Kyobutungi, Alex Ezeh, Trials	2013	53
Understanding of and perceptions towards cardiovascular diseases and their risk factors: a qualitative study among residents of urban informal settings in Nairobi Frederick Murunga Wekesah, Catherine Kyobutungi, Diederick E. Grobbee, BMJ Open	2019	42
Social value of a nutritional counselling and support program for breastfeeding in urban poor settings, Nairobi Sophie Goudet, Paula Griffiths, Caroline Wainaina, BMC Public Health	2018	36
How does poverty affect children’s nutritional status in Nairobi slums? A qualitative study of the root causes of undernutrition Sophie Goudet, Elizabeth Kimani‐Murage, Frederick Murunga Wekesah, Public Health Nutrition	2016	35

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