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Alexander Manu
Researcher at University of London
Publications - 55
Citations - 2414
Alexander Manu is an academic researcher from University of London. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 21, co-authored 42 publications receiving 1700 citations. Previous affiliations of Alexander Manu include World Health Organization & Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.
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Countdown to 2030: tracking progress towards universal coverage for reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health
Ties Boerma,Jennifer Harris Requejo,Cesar G. Victora,Agbessi Amouzou,Asha George,Irene Akua Agyepong,Carmen Barroso,Aluísio J D Barros,Zulfiqar A Bhutta,Robert E. Black,Josephine Borghi,Kent Buse,Liliana Carvajal Aguirre,Mickey Chopra,Doris Chou,Yue Chu,Mariam Claeson,Bernadette Daelmans,Austen Davis,Jocelyn DeJong,Theresa Diaz,Shams El Arifeen,Fernanda Ewerling,Monica Fox,Stuart Gillespie,John Grove,Tanya Guenther,Annie Haakenstad,Ahmad Reza Hosseinpoor,Sennen Hounton,Luis Huicho,Troy Jacobs,Safia S Jiwani,Youssouf Keita,Rajat Khosla,Margaret E Kruk,Taona Kuo,Catherine Kyobutungi,Ana Langer,Joy E Lawn,Hannah H. Leslie,Mengjia Liang,Blerta Maliqi,Alexander Manu,Honorati Masanja,Tanya Marchant,Purnima Menon,Allisyn C. Moran,Oscar J. Mujica,Devaki Nambiar,Kelechi Ohiri,Lois Park,George C Patton,Stefan Peterson,Ellen Piwoz,Kumanan Rasanathan,Anita Raj,Carine Ronsmans,Ghada Saad-Haddad,Mariam L Sabin,David S Sanders,Susan M Sawyer,Inácio Crochemore Mohnsam da Silva,Neha S. Singh,Kate Somers,Paul Spiegel,Hannah Tappis,Marleen Temmerman,Lara M. E. Vaz,Rajani Ved,Luis Paulo Vidaletti,Peter Waiswa,Fernando C. Wehrmeister,William Weiss,Danzhen You,Shehla Zaidi +75 more
TL;DR: Analysis of intervention coverage, equity, and drivers of reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health (RMNCH) in the 81 Countdown countries suggests that available services in many countries are of poor quality, limiting the potential effect on RMNCH outcomes.
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Estimates of possible severe bacterial infection in neonates in sub-Saharan Africa, south Asia, and Latin America for 2012: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Anna C. Seale,Anna C. Seale,Hannah Blencowe,Alexander Manu,Harish Nair,Harish Nair,Rajiv Bahl,Shamim Qazi,Anita K. M. Zaidi,James A. Berkley,James A. Berkley,Simon Cousens,Joy E Lawn,Joy E Lawn +13 more
TL;DR: The first estimates of neonatal pSBI, by sex and by region, for sub-Saharan Africa, south Asia, and Latin America are undertaken, finding the need-to-treat population for pSbi in these three regions is high.
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Effect of the Newhints home-visits intervention on neonatal mortality rate and care practices in Ghana: a cluster randomised controlled trial
Betty R. Kirkwood,Alexander Manu,Augustinus H. A. ten Asbroek,Seyi Soremekun,Benedict Weobong,Thomas Gyan,Samuel Danso,Seeba Amenga-Etego,Charlotte Tawiah-Agyemang,Seth Owusu-Agyei,Zelee Hill +10 more
TL;DR: The Newhints intervention significantly increased coverage of key essential newborn-care behaviours, except for four or more antenatal-care visits, and this coverage increased substantially from June, 2009, after the introduction of new implementation strategies.
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Population-based rates, timing and causes of maternal deaths, stillbirths, and neonatal deaths in south Asia and sub-Saharan Africa: a multi-country prospective cohort study
Imran Ahmed,Said M. Ali,Seeba Amenga-Etego,Shabina Ariff,Rajiv Bahl,Abdullah H Baqui,Nazma Begum,Nita Bhandari,Kiran Bhatia,Zulfiqar A Bhutta,Godfrey Biemba,Saikat Deb,Usha Dhingra,Brinda Dube,Arup Dutta,Karen Edmond,Fabian Esamai,Wafaie W. Fawzi,Amit Kumar Ghosh,Peter Gisore,Caroline Grogan,Davidson H. Hamer,Julie M. Herlihy,Lisa Hurt,Muhammad Ilyas,Fyezah Jehan,Michel Kalonji,Jasmine Kaur,Rasheda Khanam,Betty R. Kirkwood,Aarti Kumar,Alok Kumar,Vishwajeet Kumar,Alexander Manu,Irene Marete,Honorati Masanja,Sarmila Mazumder,Usma Mehmood,Shambhavi Mishra,Dipak Kumar Mitra,Erick Mlay,Sanjana Brahmawar Mohan,Mamun Ibne Moin,Karim Muhammad,Alfa Muhihi,Sam Newton,Serge Ngaima,Andre Nguwo,Imran Nisar,Maureen O'Leary,John Otomba,Pawankumar Patil,M. A. Quaiyum,Mohammed Hefzur Rahman,Sunil Sazawal,Katherine Semrau,Caitlin Shannon,Emily R. Smith,Sajid Bashir Soofi,Seyi Soremekun,Venantius Sunday,Sunita Taneja,Antoinette Tshefu,Yaqub Wasan,Kojo Yeboah-Antwi,Sachiyo Yoshida,Anita K. M. Zaidi +66 more
TL;DR: The findings imply that programmes in sub-Saharan Africa and south Asia need to further intensify their efforts to reduce mortality rates, which continue to be high.
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Impact of free delivery care on health facility delivery and insurance coverage in Ghana's Brong Ahafo Region.
Susie Dzakpasu,Seyi Soremekun,Alexander Manu,Guus ten Asbroek,Charlotte Tawiah,Lisa Hurt,Justin Fenty,Seth Owusu-Agyei,Zelee Hill,Oona M. R. Campbell,Betty R. Kirkwood +10 more
TL;DR: Providing free care, particularly through free health insurance, has been effective in increasing facility delivery overall in the Brong Ahafo Region, and especially among the poor.