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An interactive map of the institutions, research themes and frequent collaborators that surround this work. Hover a node to trace its connections; click it to read the co-authored papers and the people and places behind them.
Folashade Adekanmbi
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Institutions
- Olabisi Onabanjo University
- Ago Iwoye, Ogun State, Nigeria — Professor of Paediatrics, Department of Paediatrics. The academic home of the research and teaching programme.
- OOU Teaching Hospital
- Sagamu, Ogun State, Nigeria — Consultant Paediatrician. The site of most of the clinical research described on this site, including the neonatal-unit studies and the long-running paediatric clinical audits.
- Global Health Research Group on Children's NCDs
- International, multi-centre — Collaborator on a multi-country cohort study of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children with cancer, connecting frontline Nigerian data to wider efforts on children's non-communicable diseases.
- iCARE Nigeria
- Northwestern Univ. · Lurie Children's, Chicago — NIH-funded international collaboration. As OOUTH site investigator, contributing to a multi-site trial of peer navigation and two-way text-message support to improve treatment adherence, retention and viral suppression among adolescents and youth living with HIV.
Research themes
- Neonatology
- Studies of the conditions most often fatal in the first weeks of life in Nigeria: admission hypothermia, neonatal tetanus, neonatal seizures and severe jaundice, alongside practical low-cost responses such as locally fabricated phototherapy and nurse-led resuscitation training.
- Paediatric Nephrology
- Patterns of kidney disease seen in hospitalised children, from congenital nephrotic syndrome and acute kidney injury to the everyday problem of childhood enuresis and the home remedies families rely on.
- HIV & Public Health
- Evaluation of prevention-of-mother-to-child-transmission programmes and the health of HIV-exposed infants, alongside adolescent HIV work through the NIH-funded iCARE Nigeria collaboration: treatment adherence, viral suppression and the mental health of adolescents living with HIV and their caregivers.
- Sickle Cell Disease
- Complications of sickle cell anaemia in young children, including iron overload, iron-deficiency anaemia and lung function, with attention to sharper, lower-cost screening and monitoring.
- Child Health
- Childhood malignancies, cerebral palsy nutrition, childhood tuberculosis, and contributions to international collaborative work on the impact of COVID-19 on children with cancer.
Frequent collaborators
T.A. Ogunlesi · B.M. Fetuga · O.B. Ogunfowora · O.S. Akodu · A.O. Olowu · A.S. Olufemi · O.T. Adetutu · D. Olanrewaju · O.E. Jagun · V. Ayeni · O.A. Faleti · A.S. Sotimehin · M.M. Ogundeyi, all working with Prof. Folashade Adekanmbi at Olabisi Onabanjo University and its Teaching Hospital in Sagamu, Ogun State, Nigeria.