Researcher
Prof. Anthony O. Etyang
Head Of ED
KEMRI | Wellcome Trust
About
Anthony underwent his undergraduate and postgraduate medical education at the University of Nairobi in Kenya. He joined KWTRP in 2010 to establishment ward-based surveillance for invasive pneumococcal disease at the Kilifi County Hospital. He subsequently did an MSc and PhD in Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, exploring potential links between infectious and non-communicable diseases. His main areas of interest include Hypertension (accuracy of blood pressure measurement; risk stratification for cardiovascular disease; links between malaria and hypertension; IhCor Africa-improving hypertension control in rural sub-Saharan Africa), clinical Trials (Reduction of Early Mortality in HIV-infected adults and children starting antiretroviral therapy); vaccine studies with funding support from Wellcome, MRC and NIHR.
See moreCurrent Work
Prof. Etyang is the current head of the Department of Epidemiology and Demography.
His main areas of interest are:
• Hypertension: accuracy of blood pressure measurement; risk stratification for cardiovascular disease; links between malaria and hypertension; IHCoR Africa-Improving Hypertension Control in Rural sub-Saharan Africa
• Clinical Trials- REALITY (Reduction of Early Mortality in HIV-infected adults and children starting antiretroviral therapy); SONIA (Steroids for pneuomonia in adults in Kenya); COPCOV (Hydroxychloroquine for prevention of COVID-19); COVID-19 vaccine trials
• Serosurveillance for antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 in Health Care Workers in Kenya and COVID-19 effectiveness studies
Other Roles;
Advisory/technical working groups; Kilifi NCD Working Group, Lancet Commission on Hypertension, NIHR SPARC awards selection committee
Reviewer roles: Lancet Global Health, Eclinical Medicine, Heart, European Heart Journal, F1000, PLOS, European Journal of Preventive Cardiology
Recent Publications
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2026
Improving risk analysis of environmentally driven zoonotic biological threats as a primary pandemic prevention approach: A case study of the Tripartite Joint Risk Assessment Operational Tool operationalization in Kenya
PLOS Glob Public Health. 2026; 6:e0006560
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2026
Functional Data Analysis of Wearable Devices Reveals Subtle Time-Varying Differences of Sleep Efficiency on 24-Hour Blood Pressure Dynamics in People With HIV
Hypertension. 2026
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2026
Feasibility of a community-based intervention for the diagnosis and management of hypertension in two rural populations in Kenya and The Gambia: IMPLEMENT-IHCoR feasibility study protocol
BMJ Open. 2026; 16:e108926
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2026
Understanding the role of 'software' in health system capacity for non-communicable disease response: hypertension care in rural Coastal Kenya
Health Policy Plan. 2026; 41:584-598
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2026
Understanding what factors influence community health worker involvement in hypertension service delivery in Kenya: applying a community health system lens
Health Policy Plan. 2026; 41:627-639