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Donat Shamba

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine · GB
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.
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citations
1,445
works
40
NIH funding
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Recent publications

Unwrapping the Global Financing Facility: understanding implications for women’s children’s and adolescent’s health through layered policy analysis
Global Health Action 2025cited by 6position: middledoi
Prevalence of short inter-birth intervals and associated factors among women of reproductive age: evidence from a nationally representative survey in Tanzania
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2025cited by 4position: middledoi
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
Journal of Global Health 2025cited by 3position: middledoi
A comparison of the costs and patterns of expenditure for care for severe mental illness in five countries with different levels of economic development
Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences 2025cited by 2position: middledoi
Effectiveness of peer support for people with severe mental health conditions in high-, middle- and low-income countries: multicentre randomised controlled trial
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2025cited by 2position: middledoi
Who is at the table and who has the power? Case study analysis of decision-making processes for the Global Financing Facility in Tanzania
Global Health Action 2025cited by 2position: firstdoi
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
Human Resources for Health 2025cited by 1position: middledoi
Health facility assessment of small and sick newborn care in low- and middle-income countries: systematic tool development and operationalisation with NEST360 and UNICEF
BMC Pediatrics 2024cited by 14position: middledoi
Implementation of peer support for people with severe mental health conditions in high-, middle- and low-income-countries: a theory of change approach
BMC Health Services Research 2024cited by 10position: middledoi
Examining priorities and investments made through the Global Financing Facility for maternal and newborn health: a sub-analysis on quality
Global Health Action 2024cited by 7position: middledoi
Measuring fidelity to manualised peer support for people with severe mental health conditions: development and psychometric evaluation of the UPSIDES fidelity scale
BMC Psychiatry 2024cited by 3position: middledoi
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
Trials 2024cited by 2position: middledoi
How and why does mode of birth affect processes for routine data collection and use? A qualitative study in Bangladesh and Tanzania
PLOS Global Public Health 2024cited by 1position: middledoi
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
BMC Pediatrics 2023cited by 21position: middledoi
Investment case for small and sick newborn care in Tanzania: systematic analyses
BMC Pediatrics 2023cited by 20position: middledoi
Societal and organisational influences on implementation of mental health peer support work in low-income and high-income settings: a qualitative focus group study
BMJ Open 2023cited by 18position: middledoi
Devices and furniture for small and sick newborn care: systematic development of a planning and costing tool
BMC Pediatrics 2023cited by 9position: middledoi
Protecting small and sick newborn care in the COVID-19 pandemic: multi-stakeholder qualitative data from four African countries with NEST360
BMC Pediatrics 2023cited by 8position: middledoi
Mental health workers’ perspectives on peer support in high-, middle- and low income settings: a focus group study
BMC Psychiatry 2022cited by 27position: middledoi
Proportionate translation of study materials and measures in a multinational global health trial: methodology development and implementation
BMJ Open 2022cited by 17position: middledoi
Barriers and enablers to routine register data collection for newborns and mothers: EN-BIRTH multi-country validation study
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2021cited by 65position: middledoi
Kangaroo mother care: EN-BIRTH multi-country validation study
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2021cited by 62position: middledoi
Birthweight: EN-BIRTH multi-country validation study
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2021cited by 44position: middledoi
Birthweight measurement processes and perceived value: qualitative research in one EN-BIRTH study hospital in Tanzania
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2021cited by 38position: middledoi
Survey of women’s report for 33 maternal and newborn indicators: EN-BIRTH multi-country validation study
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2021cited by 18position: middledoi
Counting on birth registration: mixed-methods research in two EN-BIRTH study hospitals in Tanzania
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2021cited by 10position: middledoi
Assessment of the validity of the measurement of newborn and maternal health-care coverage in hospitals (EN-BIRTH): an observational study
The Lancet Global Health 2020cited by 85position: middledoi
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
BMC Health Services Research 2020cited by 85position: middledoi
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)
Trials 2020cited by 81position: middledoi
Challenges to peer support in low- and middle-income countries during COVID-19
Globalization and Health 2020cited by 39position: middledoi

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Frequent collaborators

Joy E Lawn · University of London13 papers (2021–2025) · 11 papers (2019–2025)Grace Ryan · King's College London11 papers (2019–2025) · 10 papers (2019–2025) · 10 papers (2019–2025)Mike Slade · Nord University9 papers (2019–2025)Ashleigh Charles · University of Nottingham8 papers (2020–2025)Bernd Puschner · University Hospital Heidelberg8 papers (2019–2024)Candelaria Mahlke · London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine8 papers (2019–2025)Joanna Schellenberg · University of London7 papers (2013–2021) · 7 papers (2019–2024)Louise T. Day · University of London7 papers (2021–2024) · 6 papers (2019–2025)Suzanne Penfold · KU Leuven6 papers (2013–2015)Tanya Marchant · London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine6 papers (2013–2015)Harriet Ruysen · London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine6 papers (2021–2024)Fatuma Manzi · Columbia University6 papers (2013–2019) · 6 papers (2021–2023) · 5 papers (2020–2024)Meghan Bruce Kumar · Kenya Medical Research Institute5 papers (2023–2025)