Area of research
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health · Nutrition and Dietetics
Research interest
Research interests include Global Maternal and Child Health, Child Nutrition and Water Access, Infant Development and Preterm Care, and Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health.
The 2025 report of the Lancet Countdown to 2030 for women's, children's, and adolescents' health: tracking progress on health and nutrition
Unwrapping the Global Financing Facility: understanding implications for women’s children’s and adolescent’s health through layered policy analysis
Engaging community groups to enhance healthcare access for persons with disabilities in rural Uganda: A qualitative exploration
Prevalence of Large‐for‐Gestational Age and Macrosomia Among Livebirths in 23 Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries Between 2000 and 2021: An Individual Participant Data Analysis
Conceptualizing Contraceptive Agency: A Critical Step to Enable Human Rights-Based Family Planning Programs and Measurement
Effectiveness of kangaroo mother care before clinical stabilisation versus standard care among neonates at five hospitals in Uganda (OMWaNA): a parallel-group, individually randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation
Maternal health in cities: analysis of institutional maternal mortality and health system bottlenecks in Kampala City Uganda, 2016-2021
Global Financing Facility investments for vulnerable populations: content analysis regarding maternal and newborn health and stillbirths in 11 African countries, 2015 to 2019
Examining priorities and investments made through the Global Financing Facility for maternal and newborn health: a sub-analysis on quality
Parental participation in newborn care in the view of health care providers in Uganda: a qualitative study
Emergency Obstetric Care Access Dynamics in Kampala City, Uganda: Analysis of Women’s Self-Reported Care-Seeking Pathways
WHO Global Position Paper and Implementation Strategy on kangaroo mother care call for fundamental reorganisation of maternal–infant care
Mothers’ perceptions and experiences of caring for sick newborns in Newborn Care Units in public hospitals in Eastern Uganda: a qualitative study
Vulnerable newborn types: analysis of subnational, population‐based birth cohorts for 541 285 live births in 23 countries, 2000–2021
Process and costs for readiness to safely implement immediate kangaroo mother care: a mixed methods evaluation from the OMWaNA trial at five hospitals in Uganda
The ‘decolonization of global health’ agenda in Africa: harnessing synergies with the continent’s strategic aspirations
A tale of 22 cities: utilisation patterns and content of maternal care in large African cities
Maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review of implementation factors
Protecting hard-won gains for mothers and newborns in low-income and middle-income countries in the face of COVID-19: call for a service safety net
Effect of a quality improvement package for intrapartum and immediate newborn care on fresh stillbirth and neonatal mortality among preterm and low-birthweight babies in Kenya and Uganda: a cluster-randomised facility-based trial
Operationalising kangaroo Mother care before stabilisation amongst low birth Weight Neonates in Africa (OMWaNA): protocol for a randomised controlled trial to examine mortality impact in Uganda
Development and validation of a simplified score to predict neonatal mortality risk among neonates weighing 2000 g or less (NMR-2000): an analysis using data from the UK and The Gambia
SMART Vaccines 2.0 decision-support platform: a tool to facilitate and promote priority setting for sustainable vaccination in resource-limited settings
Caring for children with neurodevelopmental disability: Experiences from caretakers and health workers in rural eastern Uganda
Neurodevelopmental outcomes of preterm babies during infancy in Eastern Uganda: a prospective cohort study
Prevalence and associated factors of neurodevelopmental disability among infants in eastern Uganda: a population based study
Kangaroo mother care for clinically unstable neonates weighing ≤2000 g: Is it feasible at a hospital in Uganda?
Observation study showed that the continuity of skin‐to‐skin contact with low‐birthweight infants in Uganda was suboptimal
Effects of the EQUIP quasi-experimental study testing a collaborative quality improvement approach for maternal and newborn health care in Tanzania and Uganda
A structural equation analysis on the relationship between maternal health services utilization and newborn health outcomes: a cross-sectional study in Eastern Uganda