A5004512737- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Global Health Care Issues
- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Travel-related health issues
- Global Healthcare and Medical Tourism
- Birth, Development, and Health
- Global Health and Surgery
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Mosquito-borne diseases and control
- Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Malaria Research and Control
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses
- Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
- Ethics in Clinical Research
- Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
- Maternal and fetal healthcare
- Health, psychology, and well-being
- Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development
- Antibiotic Use and Resistance
- Immune responses and vaccinations
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
2015-2025
MRC Unit the Gambia
2018-2024
Institute of Health Research, Epidemiological Surveillance and Training
2023-2024
Cheikh Anta Diop University
2023
Faculty of Public Health
2011-2023
University of Antwerp
2022
Malaria Consortium
2022
Medical Research Council
2020-2021
Ministry of Health and Social Welfare
2021
University of London
2019
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak, which started in the Hubei province of China 2019, has now spread to all continents, affecting 177 countries by March 27, 2020.1Dong E Du H Gardner L An interactive web-based dashboard track COVID-19 real time.Lancet Infect Dis. 2020; (published online Feb 19.)https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30120-1Summary Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (6092) Google Scholar Successful efforts containing virus Asia resulted WHO declaring Europe as...
Tanzania is on track to meet Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 4 for child survival, but making insufficient progress newborn survival and maternal health (MDG 5) family planning. To understand this mixed identify priorities the post-2015 era, was selected as a Countdown 2015 case study.We analysed made in between 1990 2014 maternal, newborn, mortality, unmet need planning, which we used systems evaluation framework assess coverage equity of interventions along continuum care, systems,...
Several years in advance of the 2015 endpoint for Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Malawi was already thought to be one few countries sub-Saharan Africa likely meet MDG 4 target reducing under-5 mortality by two-thirds between 1990 and 2015. Countdown therefore selected National Statistical Office lead an in-depth country case study, aimed mainly at explaining country's success improving child survival.We estimated neonatal 2000-14 using five district-representative household surveys....
Pre-eclampsia is a leading cause of maternal mortality and morbidity that involves pregnancy-related stressors on the cardiovascular metabolic systems. As nutrition important to support optimal development placenta for developing fetus, diets may play role in preventing pre-eclampsia. The purpose this scoping review map nutritional deficiencies imbalances associated with pre-eclampsia incidence discuss evidence consistency linkages current understandings etiology
BackgroundTracking of aid resources to reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health (RMNCH) provides timely crucial information hold donors accountable. For the first time, we examine flows in official development assistance (ODA) grants from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (collectively termed ODA+) relation continuum care for RMNCH assess progress since 2003.MethodsWe coded analysed financial disbursements (MNCH) reproductive (R*) all recipient countries worldwide reporting creditor...
BackgroundFour methods have previously been used to track aid for reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health (RMNCH). At a meeting of donors stakeholders in May, 2018, single, agreed method was requested produce accurate, predictable, transparent, up-to-date estimates that could be analyses from both donor recipient perspectives. Muskoka2 developed meet these needs. We describe present levels trends RMNCH 2002–17, with focus on the latest 2017.MethodsMuskoka2 is an automated algorithm...
BackgroundFour initiatives have estimated the value of aid for reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health (RMNCH): Countdown to 2015, Institute Health Metrics Evaluation (IHME), Muskoka Initiative, Organisation Economic Co-operation Development (OECD) policy marker. We aimed compare estimates, trends, methodologies these make recommendations future tracking.MethodsWe compared estimates RMNCH from four all years available at time our analysis (1990–2016). used publicly datasets IHME...
Tracking aid flows helps to hold donors accountable and compare the allocation of resources in relation health need. With use data reported by 2015, we provided estimates official development assistance grants from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (collectively termed ODA+) reproductive, maternal, newborn, child for 2013 complete trends support period 2003-13.We coded analysed financial disbursements all recipient countries reporting creditor system database year 2013. We also revisited...
Globalisation has prompted countries to evaluate their position on trade in health services. However, this is often done from a multi-lateral, rather than regional or bi-lateral perspective. In previous review, we concluded that most of the issues raised could be better addressed relationship. We report here results qualitative exercise assess stakeholders' perceptions prospects for such system, and its ability address concerns associated with medical tourism.30 semi-structured interviews...
There is growing attention to tracking country level resource flows health, but limited evidence on the sub-national allocation of funds. We examined district health financing in Malawi 2006 and 2011, equity funding, together with association between under five neonatal mortality. explored process for receiving allocating different funding sources at level. obtained domestic external data from Integrated Financial Management Information System (2006-11) AidData (2000-12) databases....
Tanzania achieved the Millennium Development Goal for child survival, yet made insufficient progress maternal and neonatal survival stillbirths, due to low coverage quality of services care at birth, with rural women left behind. Our study aimed evaluate Tanzania's subnational (regional-level) variations birth outcomes, i.e., giving in a facility by Caesarean section (C-section), associations health systems inputs (financing, workforce, facilities, commodities), outputs (readiness care)...
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic is evolving differently in Africa than other regions. has lower SARS-CoV-2 transmission rates and milder clinical manifestations. Detailed epidemiologic data are needed Africa. We used publicly available to calculate infections per 1,000 persons Gambia. evaluated among 1,366 employees of the Medical Research Council Unit Gambia (MRCG), where systematic surveillance symptomatic cases contact tracing were implemented. By...
China has made remarkable progress in scaling up essential services during the last six decades, making health care increasingly available rural areas. This was partly achieved through building of a three-tier system 1950s, established as linked network with service facilities at county, township and village level, to extend whole population.We developed Theory Change chart policy context, contents mechanisms that may have facilitated establishment delivery China. We systematically...
The amount of Development Assistance for Health (DAH) available to low- and middle-income countries has increased exponentially over the past decade. However, there are concerns that DAH increases have not resulted in spending on health at country level. This is because may be fungible, resulting from recipient government decreasing its contribution sector as a result external funding. aim this research assess whether funds Tanzania by exploring substitution own resources across sectors...
Debt burdens are growing steadily in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs), compounded by the COVID-19 economic recession, threatening to crowd out essential health spending. In 2019, 54 LMICs spent more on servicing their debt foreign creditors than financing services. While development loans may have positive effects population health, ensuing requirements detrimental through constrained fiscal space for government However, existing evidence is inadequate an understanding of whether, if...
The International Conference on Population and Development in 1994 set targets for donor funding to support family planning programmes, recent initiatives such as FP2020 have renewed focus the need adequate rights-based planning. Disbursements supporting disaggregated by donor, recipient country year are not available years. We estimate international 2003-13, period covering introduction of reproductive health Millennium Goals up beginning FP2020, compare unmet countries. used dataset...
The need to rapidly identify safe and efficacious drug therapies for COVID-19 has resulted in the implementation of multiple clinical trials investigating potential treatment options. These are being undertaken an unprecedented research environment at a higher speed than ever before. It is unclear how West African communities perceive such activities perceptions influence participation trials. This qualitative study was conducted assess level acceptability trial on prevention Gambia...
Donor financing to low- and middle-income countries for reproductive, maternal, newborn, child health increased substantially from 2008 2013. However, spending by donors might not improve outcomes, if funds are delivered in ways that undermine countries’ public financial management systems incur high transaction costs project implementation. We combined quantitative qualitative methods examine the quality of funding globally Tanzania, based on two principles aid effectiveness: alignment...
Improvements in communication and information technologies have allowed for the globalisation of health services, especially provision services from other countries, such as use telemedicine. This has led countries to evaluate their position on whether what extent they should open systems trade. often takes place context multi-lateral trade agreements (under auspices World Trade Organisation), which is misplaced a significant amount regionally or bi-laterally. We report here results...