Area of research
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health · Epidemiology
Research interest
Research interests include Medicine, Tanzania, Mental health, Peer support, Reproductive medicine, and Thematic analysis.
Unwrapping the Global Financing Facility: understanding implications for women’s children’s and adolescent’s health through layered policy analysis
Prevalence of short inter-birth intervals and associated factors among women of reproductive age: evidence from a nationally representative survey in Tanzania
Users’ capabilities related to the electronic RHIS for newborn and stillbirth indicators: quantitative and qualitative findings of the IMPULSE study across 151 sites in the Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Uganda
A comparison of the costs and patterns of expenditure for care for severe mental illness in five countries with different levels of economic development
Effectiveness of peer support for people with severe mental health conditions in high-, middle- and low-income countries: multicentre randomised controlled trial
Who is at the table and who has the power? Case study analysis of decision-making processes for the Global Financing Facility in Tanzania
Neonatal unit human resources: coverage for six cadres and trends for staff-to-baby ratios in 65 neonatal units implementing with NEST360 in Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, and Tanzania
Health facility assessment of small and sick newborn care in low- and middle-income countries: systematic tool development and operationalisation with NEST360 and UNICEF
Implementation of peer support for people with severe mental health conditions in high-, middle- and low-income-countries: a theory of change approach
Examining priorities and investments made through the Global Financing Facility for maternal and newborn health: a sub-analysis on quality
Measuring fidelity to manualised peer support for people with severe mental health conditions: development and psychometric evaluation of the UPSIDES fidelity scale
Every Newborn-Reach Up Early Education Intervention for All Children (EN-REACH)- a parent group intervention for school readiness in Bangladesh, Nepal, and Tanzania: study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial
How and why does mode of birth affect processes for routine data collection and use? A qualitative study in Bangladesh and Tanzania
Blood culture versus antibiotic use for neonatal inpatients in 61 hospitals implementing with the NEST360 Alliance in Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, and Tanzania: a cross-sectional study
Investment case for small and sick newborn care in Tanzania: systematic analyses
Societal and organisational influences on implementation of mental health peer support work in low-income and high-income settings: a qualitative focus group study
Devices and furniture for small and sick newborn care: systematic development of a planning and costing tool
Protecting small and sick newborn care in the COVID-19 pandemic: multi-stakeholder qualitative data from four African countries with NEST360
Mental health workers’ perspectives on peer support in high-, middle- and low income settings: a focus group study
Proportionate translation of study materials and measures in a multinational global health trial: methodology development and implementation
Barriers and enablers to routine register data collection for newborns and mothers: EN-BIRTH multi-country validation study
Kangaroo mother care: EN-BIRTH multi-country validation study
Birthweight: EN-BIRTH multi-country validation study
Birthweight measurement processes and perceived value: qualitative research in one EN-BIRTH study hospital in Tanzania
Survey of women’s report for 33 maternal and newborn indicators: EN-BIRTH multi-country validation study
Counting on birth registration: mixed-methods research in two EN-BIRTH study hospitals in Tanzania
Assessment of the validity of the measurement of newborn and maternal health-care coverage in hospitals (EN-BIRTH): an observational study
Labour and delivery ward register data availability, quality, and utility - Every Newborn - birth indicators research tracking in hospitals (EN-BIRTH) study baseline analysis in three countries
Peer support for people with severe mental illness versus usual care in high-, middle- and low-income countries: study protocol for a pragmatic, multicentre, randomised controlled trial (UPSIDES-RCT)
Challenges to peer support in low- and middle-income countries during COVID-19