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Maureen O'Leary
Researcher at University of London
Publications - 16
Citations - 1393
Maureen O'Leary is an academic researcher from University of London. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Low birth weight. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 15 publications receiving 876 citations. Previous affiliations of Maureen O'Leary include Health Protection Scotland.
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Strategies for addressing vaccine hesitancy – A systematic review☆
TL;DR: Overall, the results showed that multicomponent and dialogue-based interventions were most effective and identified strategies should be carefully tailored according to the target population, their reasons for hesitancy, and the specific context.
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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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The path to longer and healthier lives for all Africans by 2030: the Lancet Commission on the future of health in sub-Saharan Africa.
Irene Akua Agyepong,Nelson K. Sewankambo,Agnes Binagwaho,Awa M. Coll-Seck,Tumani Corrah,Alex Ezeh,Abebaw Fekadu,Nduku Kilonzo,Peter Lamptey,Felix Masiye,Bongani M. Mayosi,Souleymane Mboup,Jean-Jacques Muyembe,Muhammad Pate,Myriam Sidibe,Bright Simons,Sheila Tlou,Adrian Gheorghe,Helena Legido-Quigley,Joanne McManus,Edmond S. W. Ng,Maureen O'Leary,Jamie Enoch,Nicholas J Kassebaum,Peter Piot +24 more
TL;DR: The Commission was prompted by sub-Saharan Africa’s potential to improve health on its own terms, and largely with its own resources, and was one of evidence-based optimism, with caution.
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Socio-economic determinants and inequities in coverage and timeliness of early childhood immunisation in rural Ghana
Lu Gram,Lu Gram,Seyi Soremekun,Augustinus H. A. ten Asbroek,Augustinus H. A. ten Asbroek,Alexander Manu,Maureen O'Leary,Zelee Hill,Zelee Hill,Samuel Danso,Seeba Amenga-Etego,Seth Owusu-Agyei,Betty R. Kirkwood +12 more
TL;DR: To assess the extent of socio‐economic inequity in coverage and timeliness of key childhood immunisations in Ghana, a large number of children are missing out on vaccinations because of economic and social barriers to access.
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Effect of early neonatal vitamin A supplementation on mortality during infancy in Ghana (Neovita): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.
Karen Edmond,Sam Newton,Caitlin Shannon,Maureen O'Leary,Lisa Hurt,Gyan Thomas,Seeba Amenga-Etego,Charlotte Tawiah-Agyemang,Lu Gram,Chris Nicholas Hurt,Rajiv Bahl,Seth Owusu-Agyei,Betty R. Kirkwood +12 more
TL;DR: The results of this trial do not support inclusion of newborn vitamin A supplementation as a child survival strategy in Ghana.