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Present	Faculty Member, Aga Khan University ‐ Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi
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Professional image of nursing and midwifery in East Africa: an ...

BMC Nursing (2021)

Eunice Ndirangu, Ahmed Sarki, Columba Mbekenga and Grace Edwards

Background: Evidence suggests that there is a negative image of nursing and midwifery that does not promote these professions as ...

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Open and Distance Learning Programs for Nursing and Midwifery Education ...

JMIR Research Protocols (2021)

Kahabi Isangula, Grace Edwards, Tumbwene Mwansisya, Columba Mbekenga, et al.

Background: In the face of growing modernity and the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, open and distance learning (ODL) is ...

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Trends in and predictors of pregnancy termination among 15–24 ...

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth (2020)

Franklin I. Onukwugha, Monica A. Magadi, Ahmed Sarki and Lesley Smith

Background: Three-quarters of pregnancy terminations in Africa are carried out in unsafe conditions. Unsafe abortion is the leading cause of ...

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Modeling and mapping of girls' female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM ...

Reproductive Health (2017)

Ngianga-Bakwin Kandala, Damaris Kinyoki, Ahmed Sarki, David Gathara, et al.

The aim of this research study is analysis of successive household data for estimating and revealing trends, similarities, and differences ...

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Sociodemographic factors associated with mothers’ experiences of psychosocial care and ...

International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences (2019)

Jane Kabo, Eleanor Holroyd, Grace Edwards and Ahmed Sarki

Purpose: To clarify sociodemographic and socioeconomic factors associated with mothers’ experiences of psychosocial care and communication by midwives during childbirth ...

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Medical device-related pressure ulcers: A systematic review and meta-analysis

International Journal of Nursing Studies (2019)

Debra Jackson, Ahmed Sarki, Ria Betteridge and Joanne Brooke

Objective: To review observational studies reporting medical device-related pressure injuries and to identify the medical devices commonly associated with pressure ...

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Prevalence and dynamics of missed opportunities for vaccination among children ...

Expert Review of Vaccines (2019)

Abdu Adamu, Ahmed Sarki, Olalekan Uthman, Alison B. Wiyeh, et al.

Objective: To estimate the prevalence of missed opportunities for vaccination (MOV) among children aged 0 – 23 months attending healthcare ...

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Prevalence and spatial distribution of hypertension and its correlates in ...

International Journal of Preventive and Public Health Sciences (2017)

Rabiat Nura Abba, Ishaq Aliyu Abdulkarim and Ahmed Mohammed Sarki

Background: Hypertension is a major public health problem in Nigeria; it contributes to the double burden of morbidity and mortality ...

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Is there sufficient evidence for a causal association between antiretroviral ...

Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews (2017)

Chidozie Nduka, Saverio Stranges, Peter Kimani, Ahmed Sarki, et al.

The association of antiretroviral therapy (ART) with diabetes is inconsistent and varies widely across primary epidemiological studies. A comprehensive and ...

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Evidence of increased blood pressure and hypertension risk among people ...

Journal of Human Hypertension (2016)

Chidozie Nduka, Saverio Stranges, Ahmed Sarki, Peter Kimani, et al.

Owing to antiretroviral drug-induced endothelial dysfunction, HIV-infected patients on antiretroviral therapy (ART) may have elevated blood pressure. We conducted a ...

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Prevalence of Hypertension in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic ...

Medicine (2015)

Ahmed Sarki, Chidozie U. Nduka, Saverio Stranges, Ngianga-Bakwin Kandala, et al.

We aimed to obtain overall and regional estimates of hypertension prevalence, and to examine the pattern of this disease condition ...

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Impact of antiretroviral therapy on serum lipoprotein levels and dyslipidemias ...

International Journal of Cardiology (2015)

Chidozie Nduka, Ahmed Sarki, Olalekan Uthman and Saverio Stranges

Background: Antiretroviral drugs increase biosynthesis and reduce hepatic clearance of serum cholesterol. It is thus important to evaluate the impact ...

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Uganda as a Role Model for Pandemic Containment in Africa

AJPH COVID-19 INTERNATIONAL FORUM (2020)

Ahmed Sarki, Alex Ezeh and Saverio Stranges

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Schools health promotion among adolescents in Northern Nigeria

European Journal of Public Health (2020)

L. Smith, Ahmed Sarki, F. Onukwugha and M. Magadi

Background: Jigawa and Kano States, Northern Nigeria have some of the worst human development outcomes globally for adolescents across a ...

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This disease is “not for hospital”: myths and misconceptions about ...

Journal of Global Health Reports (2019)

Ahmed Sarki and Babangida L. Roni

Cancers are one of the major chronic diseases in Nigeria, with over 100,000 new cases and 70,000 cancer deaths recorded ...

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