Area of research
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health · Nutrition and Dietetics
Research interest
Research interests include Child Nutrition and Water Access, Global Maternal and Child Health, Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare, and Infant Development and Preterm Care.
The next 1000 days: building on early investments for the health and development of young children
Diminishing benefits of urban living for children and adolescents’ growth and development
Protocol for validation of the Global Scales for Early Development (GSED) for children under 3 years of age in seven countries
Evaluation of a community health worker home visit intervention to improve child development in South Africa: A cluster-randomized controlled trial
Associations between the use of insecticide-treated nets in early childhood and educational outcomes, marriage and child-bearing in early adulthood: evidence from a 22-year prospective cohort study in Tanzania
Lessons from a Year of COVID-19 in Zambia: Reported Attendance and Mask Wearing at Large Gatherings in Rural Communities
Financial Support to Medicaid-Eligible Mothers Increases Caregiving for Preterm Infants
Early childhood development: an imperative for action and measurement at scale
Caregiving can be costly: A qualitative study of barriers and facilitators to conducting kangaroo mother care in a US tertiary hospital neonatal intensive care unit
Rating early child development outcome measurement tools for routine health programme use
Two-year impact of community-based health screening and parenting groups on child development in Zambia: Follow-up to a cluster-randomized controlled trial
Investment in child and adolescent health and development: key messages from Disease Control Priorities , 3rd Edition
Quasi-experimental study designs series—paper 7: assessing the assumptions
Introducing malaria rapid diagnostic tests in private medicine retail outlets: A systematic literature review
Home- and community-based growth monitoring to reduce early life growth faltering: an open-label, cluster-randomized controlled trial
Early childhood development coming of age: science through the life course
Early Childhood Developmental Status in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: National, Regional, and Global Prevalence Estimates Using Predictive Modeling
Risk Factors for Childhood Stunting in 137 Developing Countries: A Comparative Risk Assessment Analysis at Global, Regional, and Country Levels
Impact of a community-based package of interventions on child development in Zambia: a cluster-randomised controlled trial
Linear Growth and Child Development in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Meta-Analysis
Length of secondary schooling and risk of HIV infection in Botswana: evidence from a natural experiment
Poverty, physical stature, and cognitive skills: Mechanisms underlying children’s school enrollment in Zambia.
Sachet drinking water in Ghana's Accra-Tema metropolitan area: past, present, and future