Omar Mwalim Omar
- E-mailomar.omar@uib.no
- Phone+47 55 58 93 13
- Visitor AddressAlrek helseklynge, blokk D, Årstadveien 175009 Bergen
- Postal AddressPostboks 78045020 Bergen
Omar Mwalim is a PhD fellow at the University of Bergen at the Bergen Center for Ethics and Priority Setting (BCEPS) within the Department of Global Health and Primary Care. Omar's research is based on the revision of Essential Health Care Package in Zanzibar where particular focus will be on evaluating NCDI package.
Omar has a background of Public Health and he was employed by Ministry of Health Zanzibar since 2002. He held several managerial positions such as national immunization surveillance officer and data manager, External Aid coordinator and National NCD Manager.
- (2023). Diagnostic testing for hypertension, diabetes, and hypercholesterolaemia in low-income and middle-income countries: a cross-sectional study of data for 994 185 individuals from 57 nationally representative surveys. The Lancet Global Health. e1363-e1371.
- (2023). Decision-making processes for essential packages of health services: Experience from six countries. BMJ Global Health. 7 pages.
- (2023). Country readiness and prerequisites for successful design and transition to implementation of essential packages of health services: Experience from six countries. BMJ Global Health.
More information in national current research information system (CRIStin)
(2021): Body mass index and diabetes risk in fifty-seven low-and middle-income countries: a cross-sectional study of nationally representative individual-level data
(2021): Body-mass index and diabetes risk in 57 low-income and middle-income countries: a cross-sectional study of nationally representative, individual-level data in 685 616 adults
(2020): Diabetes prevalence and its relationship with education, wealth, and BMI in 29 low-and middle-income countries
(2020): Sociodemographic inequities associated with participation in leisure-time physical activity in sub-Saharan Africa: an individual participant data meta-analysis
(2020): Association between country preparedness indicators and quality clinical care for cardiovascular disease risk factors in 44 lower- and middle-income countries: A multicountry analysis of survey data
(2020): Diabetes Prevalence and Its Relationship With Education, Wealth, and BMI in Twenty-Nine Low-and Middle-Income Countries
(2020): Hypertension and diabetes in Zanzibar–prevalence and access to care
(2020): Indicators and quality clinical care for cardiovascular disease risk factors in 44 lower-and middle-income countries
(2019): 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
(2019): Health system performance for people with diabetes in 28 low-and middle-income countries: a cross-sectional study of nationally representative surveys
(2019): 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
(2019): Health system performance for people with diabetes in 28 low-and middle-income countries
Diabetes Prevalence and Its Relationship With Education, Wealth, and BMI in Twenty-Nine Low-and Middle-Income Countries.
Currently Omar Mwalim is leading a five-year project in Zanzibar which is technically and financially supported by BCEPS. The project is about revising the whole Essential Health Care Package (EHCP); however, the specific focus for the coming five years will be on NCDI. The project will propose the implementation plan and establish baseline data prior the implementation of the EHCP. There will be a mid-term review by 2025 to observe the effect of the EHCP.