N B Kandala

Summary

Affiliation: University of Warwick
Country: UK

Publications

  1. ncbi Factors associated with female genital mutilation in Burkina Faso and its policy implications
    Bue Karmaker
    University of Warwick, Warwick Medical School, Health Science Research Institute, Warwick Evidence, Gibbet Hill, Coventry CV4 7 AL, UK
    Int J Equity Health 10:20. 2011
  2. ncbi Malnutrition among children under the age of five in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): does geographic location matter?
    Ngianga Bakwin Kandala
    University of Warwick, Warwick Medical School, Health Sciences Research Institute, Warwick Evidence, Gibbet Hill, CV4 7AL, Coventry, UK
    BMC Public Health 11:261. 2011
  3. ncbi Millennium development goal 6 and HIV infection in Zambia: what can we learn from successive household surveys?
    Ngianga Bakwin Kandala
    University of Warwick, Clinical Sciences Research Institute, Coventry, UK
    AIDS 25:95-106. 2011
  4. ncbi Spatial distribution of female genital mutilation in Nigeria
    Ngianga Bakwin Kandala
    University of Warwick, Clinical Sciences Research Institute, Coventry, United Kingdom
    Am J Trop Med Hyg 81:784-92. 2009
  5. ncbi Diarrhoea, acute respiratory infection, and fever among children in the Democratic Republic of Congo
    Ngianga Bakwin Kandala
    University of Warwick, Warwick Medical School, Clinical Sciences Research Institute, Clifford Bridge Road, Coventry, CV2 2DX, UK
    Soc Sci Med 68:1728-36. 2009
  6. ncbi The epidemiology of HIV infection in Zambia
    N B Kandala
    Clinical Sciences Research Institute, Warwick Medical School, Coventry, UK
    AIDS Care 20:812-9. 2008
  7. ncbi Morbidity from diarrhoea, cough and fever among young children in Nigeria
    N B Kandala
    Clinical Sciences Research Institute, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Clifford Bridge Road, Coventry CV2 2DX, U K
    Ann Trop Med Parasitol 102:427-45. 2008
  8. ncbi Spatial analysis of risk factors for childhood morbidity in Nigeria
    Ngianga Bakwin Kandala
    Clinical Sciences Research Institute, Warwick Medical School, Coventry, United Kingdom
    Am J Trop Med Hyg 77:770-9. 2007
  9. ncbi Meta-analysis of short sleep duration and obesity in children and adults
    Francesco P Cappuccio
    Clinical Sciences Research Institute, University of Warwick Medical School, Coventry, UK
    Sleep 31:619-26. 2008
  10. ncbi Cross-sectional versus prospective associations of sleep duration with changes in relative weight and body fat distribution: the Whitehall II Study
    Saverio Stranges
    Cardiovascular Medicine and Epidemiology Group, Clinical Sciences Research Institute, University of Warwick Medical School, Coventry, England
    Am J Epidemiol 167:321-9. 2008

Detail Information

Publications12

  1. ncbi Factors associated with female genital mutilation in Burkina Faso and its policy implications
    Bue Karmaker
    University of Warwick, Warwick Medical School, Health Science Research Institute, Warwick Evidence, Gibbet Hill, Coventry CV4 7 AL, UK
    Int J Equity Health 10:20. 2011
    ..abstract:..
  2. ncbi Malnutrition among children under the age of five in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): does geographic location matter?
    Ngianga Bakwin Kandala
    University of Warwick, Warwick Medical School, Health Sciences Research Institute, Warwick Evidence, Gibbet Hill, CV4 7AL, Coventry, UK
    BMC Public Health 11:261. 2011
    ..We investigate the impact of geographic location on child nutritional status by mapping the residual net effect of malnutrition while accounting for important risk factors...
  3. ncbi Millennium development goal 6 and HIV infection in Zambia: what can we learn from successive household surveys?
    Ngianga Bakwin Kandala
    University of Warwick, Clinical Sciences Research Institute, Coventry, UK
    AIDS 25:95-106. 2011
    ..Given the complex nature of location effects, there is limited understanding of their impact on policies to reduce HIV prevalence...
  4. ncbi Spatial distribution of female genital mutilation in Nigeria
    Ngianga Bakwin Kandala
    University of Warwick, Clinical Sciences Research Institute, Coventry, United Kingdom
    Am J Trop Med Hyg 81:784-92. 2009
    ..It follows from these findings that community factors have a large effect on FGM, with individual factors having little effect on the distribution of FGM...
  5. ncbi Diarrhoea, acute respiratory infection, and fever among children in the Democratic Republic of Congo
    Ngianga Bakwin Kandala
    University of Warwick, Warwick Medical School, Clinical Sciences Research Institute, Clifford Bridge Road, Coventry, CV2 2DX, UK
    Soc Sci Med 68:1728-36. 2009
    ..Understanding these complex relationships through disease prevalence maps can facilitate design of targeted intervention programs for reconstruction and achievement of the MDGs...
  6. ncbi The epidemiology of HIV infection in Zambia
    N B Kandala
    Clinical Sciences Research Institute, Warwick Medical School, Coventry, UK
    AIDS Care 20:812-9. 2008
    ..Where this is not possible, correction factors should be applied, particularly where estimates of AIDS/HIV prevalence are pooled in systematic reviews. Our maps can be used for policy planning and management of AIDS/HIV in Zambia...
  7. ncbi Morbidity from diarrhoea, cough and fever among young children in Nigeria
    N B Kandala
    Clinical Sciences Research Institute, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Clifford Bridge Road, Coventry CV2 2DX, U K
    Ann Trop Med Parasitol 102:427-45. 2008
    ..Such maps should facilitate the development of policies to fulfil the Millennium Development Goals in Nigeria and throughout sub-Saharan Africa...
  8. ncbi Spatial analysis of risk factors for childhood morbidity in Nigeria
    Ngianga Bakwin Kandala
    Clinical Sciences Research Institute, Warwick Medical School, Coventry, United Kingdom
    Am J Trop Med Hyg 77:770-9. 2007
    ..Our maps are a novel and relevant tool to help local governments to improve health-care interventions and achieve Millennium Development Goals (MDG4)...
  9. ncbi Meta-analysis of short sleep duration and obesity in children and adults
    Francesco P Cappuccio
    Clinical Sciences Research Institute, University of Warwick Medical School, Coventry, UK
    Sleep 31:619-26. 2008
    ..Recent epidemiological studies suggest that short sleep duration may be associated with the development of obesity from childhood to adulthood...
  10. ncbi Cross-sectional versus prospective associations of sleep duration with changes in relative weight and body fat distribution: the Whitehall II Study
    Saverio Stranges
    Cardiovascular Medicine and Epidemiology Group, Clinical Sciences Research Institute, University of Warwick Medical School, Coventry, England
    Am J Epidemiol 167:321-9. 2008
    ..23, 1.12), nor with the incidence of obesity (odds ratio(adjusted) = 1.05, 95% CI: 0.60, 1.82). There is no temporal relation between short duration of sleep and future changes in measures of body weight and central adiposity...
  11. ncbi Gender-specific associations of short sleep duration with prevalent and incident hypertension: the Whitehall II Study
    Francesco P Cappuccio
    Clinical Sciences Research Institute, Warwick Medical School, Coventry, United Kingdom
    Hypertension 50:693-700. 2007
    ..42 [95% CI: 0.94 to 2.16]; odds ratio: 1.31 [95% CI: 0.65 to 2.63], respectively). Sleep deprivation may produce detrimental cardiovascular effects among women...
  12. ncbi An investigation of district spatial variations of childhood diarrhoea and fever morbidity in Malawi
    Ngianga Bakwin Kandala
    Department of HIV GU Medicine, Weston Education Centre King s Denmark Hill, King s College London, Cutcombe Road SE5 9RT, London, UK
    Soc Sci Med 62:1138-52. 2006
    ..Independent of other factors, a separate spatial process produces district inequalities in child's health...