Nutritional status and HIV in rural South African childrenElizabeth W Kimani-Murage
MRC Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit Agincourt, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa
BMC Pediatr 11:23. 2011
..This study describes HIV prevalence in children, patterns of malnutrition by HIV status and determinants of nutritional status...
Exploring the paradox: double burden of malnutrition in rural South AfricaElizabeth W Kimani-Murage
African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya
Glob Health Action 6:19249. 2013
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- 'You opened our eyes': care-giving after learning a child's positive HIV status in rural South Africa
Elizabeth W Kimani-Murage
MRC Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit Agincourt, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2193, South Africa
Health Soc Care Community 18:264-71. 2010
..The results indicate an opportunity for paediatric HIV screening in communities with high HIV prevalence. This would facilitate early uptake of available interventions, so enhancing the survival of HIV positive children...
- Predictors of adolescent weight status and central obesity in rural South Africa
Elizabeth W Kimani-Murage
MRC Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit Agincourt, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Public Health Nutr 14:1114-22. 2011
..To investigate predictors of adolescent obesity in rural South Africa...
- Food security and nutritional outcomes among urban poor orphans in Nairobi, Kenya
Elizabeth W Kimani-Murage
African Population and Health Research Center, PO Box 10787, 00100 Nairobi, Kenya
J Urban Health 88:S282-97. 2011
..This study provides useful insights to inform policies and practice to identify target groups and intervention programs to improve the welfare of orphans and vulnerable children living in urban poor communities...
- Patterns and determinants of breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices in urban informal settlements, Nairobi Kenya
Elizabeth W Kimani-Murage
African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya
BMC Public Health 11:396. 2011
..Little evidence exists on breastfeeding and infant feeding practices in urban slums in sub-Saharan Africa. Our aim was to assess breastfeeding and infant feeding practices in Nairobi slums with reference to WHO recommendations...
- The prevalence of stunting, overweight and obesity, and metabolic disease risk in rural South African children
Elizabeth W Kimani-Murage
MRC Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit Agincourt, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
BMC Public Health 10:158. 2010
..This study aimed to investigate the prevalence and patterns of stunting and overweight/obesity, and hence risk for metabolic disease, in a group of children and adolescents in rural South Africa...
