Tilahun Haregu

The effect of multimorbidity on functional limitations and depression amongst middle-aged and older population in China: a nationwide longitudinal study.

Yang William Zhao, Tilahun Nigatu Haregu, Li He, Shurong Lu, Ameera Katar, Haipeng Wang, Zhibin Yao, Luwen Zhang

Journal article  |  2020  |  Age and Ageing

BACKGROUND: multimorbidity contributes to a large portion of the disease burden in low- and middle-income countries. However, limi..

Effective coverage for hypertension treatment among middle-aged adults and the older population in China, 2011 to 2013: A nationwide longitudinal study.

Yang Zhao, Ajay Singh Mahal, Shenglan Tang, Tilahun Nigatu Haregu, Brian Oldenburg

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Global Health

Methods: We used the baseline survey and first follow-up surveys of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study of middle-a..

Prevalence and correlates of normal body mass index central obesity among people with cardiovascular diseases in Australia

TN Haregu, S Nanayakkara, M Carrington, D Kaye

Journal article  |  2020  |  Public Health

OBJECTIVE: Obesity is one of the most common risk factors for cardiometabolic diseases in Australia and worldwide. Recent studies ..

High prevalence of health and social risk behaviours among men experiencing suicidal thoughts and behaviour: The imperative to undertake holistic assessments

Gregory Armstrong, Tilahun Haregu, Eric D Caine, Jesse T Young, Matthew J Spittal, Anthony F Jorm

Journal article  |  2020  |  Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

OBJECTIVE: We aimed to examine whether suicidal thoughts and behaviour were independently associated with a wide range of health a..

Multimorbidity and multiple causes of death in heart failure

Tilahun Nigatu Haregu, Shane Nanayakkara, Melinda Carrington, David Kaye

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Public Health

Improving diabetes prevention and management amidst varied resources: from local implementation to global learnings.

Tilahun Nigatu Haregu, Kishori Mahat, Suzanne M Miller, Brian Oldenburg

Journal article  |  2020  |  Translational Behavioral Medicine

A scoping review of non-communicable disease research capacity strengthening initiatives in low and middle-income countries

Tilahun Nigatu Haregu, Allison Byrnes, Kavita Singh, Thirunavukkarasu Sathish, Naanki Pasricha, Kremlin Wickramasinghe, Kavumpurathu Raman Thankappan, Brian Oldenburg

Journal article  |  2019  |  Global Health Research and Policy

Introduction: As the epidemic of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is rapidly developing in low and middle-income countries (LMICs)..

Trends and Inequalities in the Health Care and Hypertension Outcomes in China, 2011 to 2015

Yang Zhao, Ajay Singh Mahal, Tilahun Nigatu Haregu, Ameera Katar, Brian Oldenburg, Luwen Zhang

Journal article  |  2019  |  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Background: Hypertension is one of the most significant and common risk factors for cardiovascular disease, yet it remains poorly ..

The Baker Biobank: Understanding Cardiovascular Outcomes.

Tilahun Nigatu Haregu, Shane Nanayakkara, Bronwyn Kingwell, Garry Jennings, Anthony Dart, Melinda Carrington, David Kaye

Journal article  |  2019  |  Heart, Lung and Circulation

BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and diabetes are two of the most important public health problems. Outcomes for patient..

Strengthening Noncommunicable Disease Research Capacity and Chronic Disease Outcomes in Low- and Middle-Income Countries in South Asia: Implementation and Evaluation of the ASCEND Program

Allison Byrnes, Tilahun Nigatu Haregu, Naanki Pasricha, Kavita Singh, Sathish Thirunavukkarasu, Kremlin Wickkramasinghe, Kavumpurathu Raman Thankappan, Brian Oldenburg

Journal article  |  2019  |  Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health

A longitudinal study examining uptake of new recreation infrastructure by inactive adults

Ben J Smith, Ruth MacKenzie-Stewart, Fiona J Newton, Tilahun N Haregu, Adrian Bauman, Robert J Donovan, Ajay Mahal, Michael T Ewing, Joshua D Newton

Journal article  |  2019  |  International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

BACKGROUND: The built environment is reported to influence physical activity in populations, but longitudinal evidence about the i..

Temporal trends and geographic disparity in hypertension care in China.

Yang Zhao, Brian Oldenburg, Siqi Zhao, Tilahun Nigatu Haregu, Luwen Zhang

Journal article  |  2019  |  Journal of Epidemiology

BACKGROUND: This study examines trends and geographic disparities in the diagnosis, treatment and control of hypertension in China..

Classical Cardiovascular Risk Factors and HIV are Associated With Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Adults From Sub-Saharan Africa: Findings From H3Africa AWI-Gen Study

Engelbert A Nonterah, Palwende R Boua, Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch, Gershim Asiki, Lisa K Micklesfield, Godfred Agongo, Stuart A Ali, Felistas Mashinya, Herman Sorgho, Seydou Nakanabo-Diallo, Cornelius Debpuur, Catherine Kyobutungi, Marianne Alberts, Shane Norris, Stephen Tollman, Halidou Tinto, Cassandra C Soo, Freedom Mukomana, Scott Hazelhurst, Alisha N Wade, et al.

Journal article  |  2019  |  Journal of the American Heart Association

Levels and determinants of perceived health risk from solid wastes among communities living near to dumpsites in Kenya

Dickson A Amugsi, Tilahun Nigatu Haregu, Blessing U Mberu

Journal article  |  2019  |  International Journal of Environmental Health Research

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

Shukri F Mohamed, Tilahun Nigatu Haregu, Christopher Khayeka-Wandabwa, Stella Kagwiria Muthuri, Catherine Kyobutungi

Journal article  |  2019  |  Global Health Action

Background: Normal-weight central obesity is associated with higher mortality than general obesity as defined by body mass index, ..

Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension and their determinants: results from a national survey in Kenya

Shukri F Mohamed, Martin K Mutua, Richard Wamai, Frederick Wekesah, Tilahun Haregu, Pamela Juma, Loise Nyanjau, Catherine Kyobutungi, Elijah Ogola

Journal article  |  2018  |  BMC Public Health

Patterns of non-communicable disease and injury risk factors in Kenyan adult population: a cluster analysis

Tilahun Nigatu Haregu, Frederick M Wekesah, Shukri F Mohamed, Martin K Mutua, Gershim Asiki, Catherine Kyobutungi

Journal article  |  2018  |  BMC Public Health

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

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

Journal article  |  2018  |  BMC Public Health

Body mass index and wealth index: positively correlated indicators of health and wealth inequalities in Nairobi slums

TN Haregu, SF Mohamed, S Muthuri, C Khayeka-Wandabwa, C Kyobutungi

Journal article  |  2018  |  Global Health, Epidemiology and Genomics

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

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

Journal article  |  2018  |  BMC Health Services Research

Blood Pressure and Arterial Stiffness in Kenyan Adolescents With the Sickle Cell Trait

Anthony O Etyang, Christopher K Wandabwa, Sailoki Kapesa, Esther Muthumbi, Emily Odipo, Marylene Wamukoya, Nicholas Ngomi, Tilahun Haregu, Catherine Kyobutungi, Thomas N Williams, Johnstone Makale, Alex Macharia, J Kennedy Cruickshank, Liam Smeeth, J Anthony G Scott

Journal article  |  2018  |  American Journal of Epidemiology

Ethnicity and breast cancer characteristics in Kenya

Shahin Sayed, Zahir Moloo, Ronald Wasike, Peter Bird, Raymond Oigara, Faith Wambui Njoroge, Asim Jamal Shaikh, Satya Vara Prasad, Sudhir Vinayak, Gretchen L Gierach, Sanford M Dawsey, Maya Palakal, Shaoqi Fan, Maeve Mullooly, Rajendra Chauhan, Patricia Okiro, Samuel Gakinya, Ancent Nzioka, Catherine Kyobutungi, Shukri Mohamed, et al.

Journal article  |  2018  |  Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Genomic and environmental risk factors for cardiametabolic diseases in Africa: methods used for Phase 1 of the AWI-Gen population cross-sectional study

Stuart A Ali, Cassandra Soo, Godfred Agongo, Marianne Alberts, Lucas Amenga-Etego, Romuald P Boua, Ananyo Choudhury, Nigel J Crowther, Cornelius Depuur, F Xavier Gomez-Olive, Issa Guiraud, Tilahun N Haregu, Scott Hazelhurst, Kathleen Kahn, Christopher Khayeka-Wandabwa, Catherine Kyobutungi, Zane Lombard, Felistas Mashinya, Lisa Micklesfield, Shukri F Mohamed, et al.

Journal article  |  2018  |  Global Health Action

An assessment of the evolution of Kenya's solid waste management policies and their implementation in Nairobi and Mombasa: analysis of policies and practices

Tilahun Nigatu Haregu, Abdhalah K Ziraba, Isabella Aboderin, Dickson Amugsi, Kanyiva Muindi, Blessing Mberu

Journal article  |  2017  |  Environment and Urbanization

National disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 257 diseases and injuries in Ethiopia, 1990-2015: findings from the global burden of disease study 2015.

Awoke Misganaw, Yohannes Adama Melaku, Gizachew Assefa Tessema, Amare Deribew, Kebede Deribe, Semaw Ferede Abera, Muluken Dessalegn, Yihunie Lakew, Tolesa Bekele, Tilahun N Haregu, Azmeraw T Amare, Molla Gedefaw, Mesoud Mohammed, Biruck Desalegn Yirsaw, Solomon Abrha Damtew, Tom Achoki, Jed Blore, Kristopher J Krohn, Yibeltal Assefa, Mahlet Kifle, et al.

Journal article  |  2017  |  Population health metrics

BACKGROUND: Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) provide a summary measure of health and can be a critical input to guide health..

National mortality burden due to communicable, non-communicable, and other diseases in Ethiopia, 1990-2015: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

Awoke Misganaw, Tilahun N Haregu, Kebede Deribe, Gizachew Assefa Tessema, Amare Deribew, Yohannes Adama Melaku, Azmeraw T Amare, Semaw Ferede Abera, Molla Gedefaw, Muluken Dessalegn, Yihunie Lakew, Tolesa Bekele, Mesoud Mohammed, Biruck Desalegn Yirsaw, Solomon Abrha Damtew, Kristopher J Krohn, Tom Achoki, Jed Blore, Yibeltal Assefa, Mohsen Naghavi

Journal article  |  2017  |  Population Health Metrics

National disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 257 diseases and injuries in Ethiopia, 1990-2015: findings from the global burden of disease study 2015

Awoke Misganaw, Yohannes Adama Melaku, Gizachew Assefa Tessema, Amare Deribew, Kebede Deribe, Semaw Ferede Abera, Muluken Dessalegn, Yihunie Lakew, Tolesa Bekele, Tilahun N Haregu, Azmeraw T Amare, Molla Gedefaw, Mesoud Mohammed, Biruck Desalegn Yirsaw, Solomon Abrha Damtew, Tom Achoki, Jed Blore, Kristopher J Krohn, Yibeltal Assefa, Mahlet Kifle, et al.

Journal article  |  2017  |  Population Health Metrics

Regional and Sex Differences in the Prevalence and Awareness of Hypertension An H3Africa AWI-Gen Study Across 6 Sites in Sub-Saharan Africa

F Xavier Gomez-Olive, Stuart A Ali, Felix Made, Catherine Kyobutungi, Engelbert Nonterah, Lisa Micklesfield, Marianne Alberts, Romuald Boua, Scott Hazelhurst, Cornelius Debpuur, Felistas Mashinya, Sekgothe Dikotope, Hermann Sorgho, Ian Cook, Stella Muthuri, Cassandra Soo, Freedom Mukomana, Godfred Agongo, Christopher Wandabwa, Sulaimon Afolabi, et al.

Journal article  |  2017  |  Global Heart

Blood Pressure and Arterial Stiffness in Kenyan Adolescents With alpha( )Thalassemia

Anthony O Etyang, Christopher Khayeka-Wandabwa, Sailoki Kapesa, Esther Muthumbi, Emily Odipo, Marylene Wamukoya, Nicholas Ngomi, Tilahun Haregu, Catherine Kyobutungi, Metrine Tendwa, Johnstone Makale, Alex Macharia, J Kennedy Cruickshank, Liam Smeeth, J Anthony G Scott, Thomas N Williams

Journal article  |  2017  |  Journal of the American Heart Association

Improving the health and welfare of people who live in slums

Richard J Lilford, Oyinlola Oyebode, David Satterthwaite, GJ Melendez-Torres, Yen-Fu Chen, Blessing Mberu, Samuel I Watson, Jo Sartori, Robert Ndugwa, Waleska Caiaffa, Tilahun Haregu, Anthony Capon, Ruhi Saith, Alex Ezeh

Journal article  |  2017  |  The Lancet

The history, geography, and sociology of slums and the health problems of people who live in slums

Alex Ezeh, Oyinlola Oyebode, David Satterthwaite, Yen-Fu Chen, Robert Ndugwa, Jo Sartori, Blessing Mberu, GJ Melendez-Torres, Tilahun Haregu, Samuel I Watson, Waleska Caiaffa, Anthony Capon, Richard J Lilford

Journal article  |  2017  |  The Lancet

A review and framework for understanding the potential impact of poor solid waste management on health in developing countries

Abdhalah K Ziraba, Tilahun Nigatu Haregu, Blessing Mberu

Journal article  |  2016  |  Archives of Public Health

Analysis of Patterns of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior in an Urban Slum Setting in Nairobi, Kenya.

Tilahun Nigatu Haregu, Christopher Khayeka-Wandabwa, Nicholas Ngomi, Samuel Oti, Thaddaeus Egondi, Catherine Kyobutungi

Journal article  |  2016  |  Journal of Physical Activity and Health

BACKGROUND: Insufficient physical activity and sedentary behavior are key risk factors for the emergence of noncommunicable diseas..

Analysis of Patterns of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior in an Urban Slum Setting in Nairobi, Kenya

Tilahun Nigatu Haregu, Christopher Khayeka-Wandabwa, Nicholas Ngomi, Samuel Oti, Thaddaeus Egondi, Catherine Kyobutungi

Journal article  |  2016  |  JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY & HEALTH

Health and health-related indicators in slum, rural, and urban communities: a comparative analysis

Blessing U Mberu, Tilahun Nigatu Haregu, Catherine Kyobutungi, Alex C Ezeh

Journal article  |  2016  |  Global Health Action

Dietary diversity, socioeconomic status and maternal body mass index (BMI): quantile regression analysis of nationally representative data from Ghana, Namibia and Sao Tome and Principe

Dickson A Amugsi, Zacharie T Dimbuene, Pauline Bakibinga, Elizabeth W Kimani-Murage, Tilahun Nigatu Haregu, Blessing Mberu

Journal article  |  2016  |  BMJ Open

Measurement of overweight and obesity an urban slum setting in sub-Saharan Africa: a comparison of four anthropometric indices.

Tilahun Nigatu Haregu, Samuel Oti, Thaddaeus Egondi, Catherine Kyobutungi

Journal article  |  2016  |  BMC Obesity

BACKGROUND: As a result of both genetic and environmental factors, the body composition and topography of African populations are ..

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

Tilahun Nigatu Haregu, Samuel Oti, Nicholas Ngomi, Christopher Khayeka Wandabwa, Thaddaeus Egondi, Catherine Kyobutungi

Journal article  |  2016  |  Global Health Action

Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

Mohammad H Forouzanfar, Lily Alexander, H Ross Anderson, Victoria F Bachman, Stan Biryukov, Michael Brauer, Richard Burnett, Daniel Casey, Matthew M Coates, Aaron Cohen, Kristen Delwiche, Kara Estep, Joseph J Frostad, KC Astha, Hmwe H Kyu, Maziar Moradi-Lakeh, Marie Ng, Erica Leigh Slepak, Bernadette A Thomas, Joseph Wagner, et al.

Journal article  |  2015  |  LANCET

A tool to guide the process of integrating health system responses to public health problems

Tilahun Nigatu Haregu, Geoffrey Setswe, Jullian Elliott, Brian Oldenburg

Journal article  |  2015  |  Healthcare in Low-resource Settings

Co-occurrence of behavioral risk factors of common non-communicable diseases among urban slum dwellers in Nairobi, Kenya

Tilahun Nigatu Haregu, Samuel Oti, Thaddaeus Egondi, Catherine Kyobutungi

Journal article  |  2015  |  Global Health Action

National Responses to HIV/AIDS and Non-Communicable Diseases in Developing Countries: Analysis of Strategic Parallels and Differences.

Tilahun Nigatu Haregu, Geoffrey Setswe, Julian Elliott, Brian Oldenburg

Journal article  |  2014  |  Journal of Public Health Research

HIV/AIDS and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) epidemics may have many important similarities in their aetiology, pathogenesis and ..

Developing an action model for integration of health system response to HIV/AIDS and noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in developing countries.

Tilahun Nigatu Haregu, Geoffrey Setswe, Julian Elliott, Brian Oldenburg

Journal article  |  2013  |  Global Journal of Health Science

INTRODUCTION: Although there are several models of integrated architecture, we still lack models and theories about the integratio..

Epidemiology, complications and management of diabetes in Ethiopia: A systematic review

Tilahun Nigatu

Journal article  |  2012  |  Journal of Diabetes

Integration of HIV and Noncommunicable Diseases in Health Care Delivery in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Tilahun Nigatu

Journal article  |  2012  |  Preventing Chronic Disease

Contribution of traditional birth attendants to the formal health system in Ethiopia: the case of Afar region.

Tedla Mulatu Temesgen, Jemal Yousuf Umer, Dawit Seyoum Buda, Tilahun Nigatu Haregu

Journal article  |  2012  |  The Pan African medical journal

BACKGROUND: Traditional birth attendants (TBAs) have been a subject of discussion in the provision of maternal and newborn health ..

Analysis of the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) Service utilization in Ethiopia: 2006-2010

Tilahun Nigatu, Yoseph Woldegebriel

Journal article  |  2011  |  Reproductive Health

Epidemiological analysis of tuberculosis trends in Ethiopia: 2000-2009.

Tilahun Nigatu, Mulu Abraha

Journal article  |  2010  |  Tuberkuloz ve Toraks

Tuberculosis has been one the major causes of morbidity and mortality in Ethiopia for long. Accordingly, the Ethiopian Ministry of..