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Silver Bahendeka
Researcher at Uganda Martyrs University
Publications - 93
Citations - 1674
Silver Bahendeka is an academic researcher from Uganda Martyrs University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Diabetes mellitus. The author has an hindex of 16, co-authored 73 publications receiving 1000 citations. Previous affiliations of Silver Bahendeka include Saint Francis University.
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The state of hypertension care in 44 low-income and middle-income countries: a cross-sectional study of nationally representative individual-level data from 1·1 million adults
Pascal Geldsetzer,Jennifer Manne-Goehler,Maja E Marcus,Cara Ebert,Cara Ebert,Zhaxybay Zhumadilov,Chea Stanford Wesseh,Lindiwe Tsabedze,Adil Supiyev,Lela Sturua,Silver Bahendeka,Abla M. Sibai,Sarah Quesnel-Crooks,Bolormaa Norov,Kibachio Joseph Muiruri Mwangi,Omar Mwalim,Roy A Wong-McClure,Mary T Mayige,Joao S Martins,Nuno Lunet,Demetre Labadarios,Khem Bahadur Karki,Gibson B. Kagaruki,Jutta Mari Adelin Jorgensen,Nahla Hwalla,Dismand Houinato,Corine Houehanou,Mohamed Msaidie,David Guwatudde,Mongal Singh Gurung,Gladwell Gathecha,Maria Dorobantu,Albertino Damasceno,Albertino Damasceno,Pascal Bovet,Brice Wilfried Bicaba,Krishna Kumar Aryal,Glennis Andall-Brereton,Kokou Agoudavi,Andrew Stokes,Justine Davies,Justine Davies,Till Bärnighausen,Till Bärnighausen,Rifat Atun,Sebastian Vollmer,Lindsay M. Jaacks,Lindsay M. Jaacks +47 more
TL;DR: Given the high disease burden caused by hypertension in LMICs, nationally representative hypertension care cascades, as constructed in this study, are an important measure of progress towards achieving universal health coverage.
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Obesity and type 2 diabetes in sub-Saharan Africans - Is the burden in today's Africa similar to African migrants in Europe? The RODAM study.
Charles Agyemang,Karlijn Meeks,Erik Beune,Ellis Owusu-Dabo,Frank P. Mockenhaupt,Juliet Addo,Ama de-Graft Aikins,Silver Bahendeka,Ina Danquah,Matthias B. Schulze,Joachim Spranger,Tom Burr,Peter Agyei-Baffour,Stephen K. Amoah,Cecilia Galbete,Peter Henneman,Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch,Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch,Mary Nicolaou,Adebowale Adeyemo,Jan P. van Straalen,Liam Smeeth,Karien Stronks +22 more
TL;DR: This study shows high risks of obesity and T2D among sub-Saharan African populations living in Europe and similarly high prevalence rates were seen in an urban environment, whereas in rural areas, the prevalence of obesity among women is already remarkable.
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Diabetes diagnosis and care in sub-Saharan Africa: pooled analysis of individual data from 12 countries.
Jennifer Manne-Goehler,Jennifer Manne-Goehler,Rifat Atun,Andrew Stokes,Alexander Goehler,Dismand Houinato,Corine Houehanou,Mohamed Msaidie Salimani Hambou,Benjamin Longo Mbenza,Eugene Sobngwi,Naby Balde,Joseph Kibachio Mwangi,Gladwell Gathecha,Paul Waweru Ngugi,C Stanford Wesseh,Albertino Damasceno,Nuno Lunet,Pascal Bovet,Demetre Labadarios,Khangelani Zuma,Mary T Mayige,Gibson B. Kagaruki,Kaushik Ramaiya,Kokou Agoudavi,David Guwatudde,Silver Bahendeka,Gerald Mutungi,Pascal Geldsetzer,Naomi S. Levitt,Joshua A. Salomon,John S Yudkin,Sebastian Vollmer,Sebastian Vollmer,Till Bärnighausen,Till Bärnighausen +34 more
TL;DR: Because the probability of met need for diabetes diagnosis and care consistently increases with age and educational attainment, policy makers should pay particular attention to improved access to diabetes services for young adults and people with low educational attainment.
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Prevalence and correlates of diabetes mellitus in Uganda: a population-based national survey
TL;DR: This work analysed fasting blood glucose and other data collected as part of a population‐based nationwide non‐communicable disease risk factor survey to estimate the prevalence of impaired fasting glycaemia and diabetes mellitus and to identify associated factors in Uganda.
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Alcohol use among adults in Uganda: findings from the countrywide non-communicable diseases risk factor cross-sectional survey
Steven Ndugwa Kabwama,Sheila Ndyanabangi,Gerald Mutungi,Ronald Wesonga,Silver Bahendeka,David Guwatudde +5 more
TL;DR: The level of alcohol use among adults in Uganda is high, and 9.8% of the adult population has an alcohol-use-related disorder, which is higher than in most sub-Saharan African countries.