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Frederick Murunga Wekesah

Utrecht University(NL)

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Frederick Murunga Wekesah is an academic researcher from Utrecht University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Global Maternal and Child Health & Child Nutrition and Water Access & Breastfeeding Practices and Influences. The author has an h-index of 25, co-authored 65 publications.

ORCID: 0000-0003-2333-3054

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Global Maternal and Child Health Child Nutrition and Water Access Breastfeeding Practices and Influences Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare

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Vulnerability to Food Insecurity in Urban Slums: Experiences from Nairobi, Kenya

2014 · Journal of Urban Health · 200 citations

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11524-014-9894-3

Elizabeth Kimani‐Murage Lilly Schofield Frederick Murunga Wekesah Shukri F. Mohamed

Sociocultural factors influencing breastfeeding practices in two slums in Nairobi, Kenya

2016 · International Breastfeeding Journal · 123 citations

https://doi.org/10.1186/s13006-016-0092-7

Milka Wanjohi Paula Griffiths Frederick Murunga Wekesah Peter Muriuki

Effectiveness of home-based nutritional counselling and support on exclusive breastfeeding in urban poor settings in Nairobi: a cluster randomized controlled trial

2017 · Globalization and Health · 59 citations

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-017-0314-9

Elizabeth Kimani‐Murage Paula Griffiths Frederick Murunga Wekesah Milka Wanjohi

Effectiveness of personalised, home-based nutritional counselling on infant feeding practices, morbidity and nutritional outcomes among infants in Nairobi slums: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial

2013 · Trials · 53 citations

https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-14-445

Elizabeth Kimani‐Murage Catherine Kyobutungi Alex Ezeh Frederick Murunga Wekesah

Realities and challenges of breastfeeding policy in the context of HIV: a qualitative study on community perspectives on facilitators and barriers related to breastfeeding among HIV positive mothers in Baringo County, Kenya

2021 · International Breastfeeding Journal · 32 citations

https://doi.org/10.1186/s13006-021-00385-1

Betty Samburu Judith Kimiywe Sera L. Young Frederick Murunga Wekesah

Measuring the Prevalence of Mental Disorders in Adolescents in Kenya, Indonesia, and Vietnam: Study Protocol for the National Adolescent Mental Health Surveys

2021 · Journal of Adolescent Health · 29 citations

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2021.05.012

Holly E Erskine Sarah J. Blondell Meaghan E. Enright Jamileh Shadid

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Global Maternal and Child Health

Child Nutrition and Water Access

Breastfeeding Practices and Influences

Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology

Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare

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