Ibukun Abejirinde, MD, PhD

Profile

Global health professional and research associate. Research experience on projects in: Sub-Saharan Africa (Nigeria, Ghana, Tanzania, Rwanda, Mali, Malawi, Ethiopia, Kenya); Eastern Europe (Ukraine and Georgia); Middle East (Pakistan) and South Asia (Pakistan, Nepal and India). Domain focus: health policy and systems research; digital health; maternal, sexual and reproductive health. Skilled in: implementing and evaluating complex programs and evidence generation/knowledge translation.

Work history

Since May 2019: SickKids Centre for Global Health, Toronto - Canada

May 2019 - December 2019: Research Analyst at the International Programs Evaluation Unit. Since January 2020: Research Associate at the International Programs Evaluation Unit.

Since December 2018: Faculty of Science, Vrije University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

External Academic Supervisor at the Athena institute.

09/2018 - 04/2019 : Institute of Tropical Medicine - Antwerp, Belgique

Postdoctoral Researcher at the Health Systems and Equity Unit.

09/2018 - 02/2019 : Maastricht University - Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Lecturer at the department of Health Ethics and Society. Tutor, Foundations in Global Health; Supervisor and Examiner, MSc. Global Health.

09/2015 - 08/2018 : Faculty of Science, Vrije university - Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Researcher and Lecturer at the Athena Institute. Tutor, Community Based Health Interventions; Supervisor, MSc. Management, Policy Analysis and Entrepreneurship in the Health and Life Sciences.

01/2017 - 08/2017 : Independent Consultant - Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  • Evaluation Consultant: Bliss4Midwives- Integrated diagnostic and clinical decision support system for midwives in rural Ghana. Commissioners: Netherlands (Cordaid, Simavi, Relitech, TNO, Enviu); Ghana (Presbyterian Health Services North, Association of Church Development Projects). Ethical approval, study design, mixed methods data collection and analysis, dissemination, peer-reviewed publications.

  • Independent Consultant and Qualitative Advisor: Participatory Action Research (PAR) on immunization in Nigeria. ENAULD Health Research and Services, The Netherlands. Data analysis and report writing.

05/2015 - 08/2015 : Malaria Elimination Project Ruhuha - Kigali, Rwanda

Rwandan Bio-Medical Centre. Conducted health systems analysis of a community-based malaria elimination project.

Education

  • PhD in Trans-disciplinary Global Health, Vrije University Amsterdam (2018).

  • Master of Science in Global Health, Maastricht University (2015), cum Laude. Specialization in Global Health leadership & Organisation.

  • Medical Degree (MD), General Medicine, Crimea State Medical University, Simferopol, Ukraine (2014).

  • Bachelor of Arts, Community and Health Psychology, cum Laude, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa (2014).

Languages

  • English: mother tongue. Russian: intermédiaire. French: basic.

Publications

Engelbert Bain L, Zweekhorst MBM, Amoakoh-Coleman M, Muftugil-Yalcin S, Omolade AI-O, Becquet R, et al. To keep or not to keep? Decision making in adolescent pregnancies in Jamestown, Ghana. PLoS ONE. 2019;14(9):e0221789. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0221789

Banke-Thomas A, Abejirinde I-OO, Banke-Thomas O, Maikano A, Ameh CA. Cost of maternal health services in low and middle-income countries: protocol for a systematic review. BMJ Open. 2019 20;9(8):e027822. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-027822

Marchal B, Giralt AN, Sulaberidze L, Chikovani I, Abejirinde I-OO. Designing and evaluating provider results-based financing for tuberculosis care in Georgia: a realist evaluation protocol. BMJ Open. 2019 14;9(4):e030257. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030257

Abejirinde I-OO, Zweekhorst M, Bardají A, Abugnaba-Abanga R, Apentibadek N, De Brouwere V, et al. Unveiling the Black Box of Diagnostic and Clinical Decision Support Systems for Antenatal Care: Realist Evaluation. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2018 Dec 21;6(12):e11468. https://doi.org/10.2196/11468

Abejirinde I-OO, De Brouwere V, van Roosmalen J, van der Heiden M, Apentibadek N, Bardají A, et al. Viability of diagnostic decision support for antenatal care in rural settings: findings from the Bliss4Midwives Intervention in Northern Ghana. J Glob Health. 2019 Jun;9(1):010420. https://doi.org/10.7189/jogh.09.010420

Abejirinde I-OO, Douwes R, Bardají A, Abugnaba-Abanga R, Zweekhorst M, van Roosmalen J, et al. Pregnant women’s experiences with an integrated diagnostic and decision support device for antenatal care in Ghana. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2018 Jun 5;18(1):209. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-018-1853-7

Abejirinde I-OO, Ilozumba O, Marchal B, Zweekhorst M, Dieleman M. Mobile health and the performance of maternal health care workers in low- and middle-income countries: A realist review. Int J Care Coord. 2018 Sep;21(3):73–86. https://doi.org/10.1177/2053434518779491

Ilozumba O, Abejirinde I-OO, Dieleman M, Bardají A, Broerse JEW, Van Belle S. Targeting strategies of mHealth interventions for maternal health in low and middle-income countries: a systematic review protocol. BMJ Open. 2018 24;8(2):e019345. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019345

Abejirinde I-OO, Ingabire CM, van Vugt M, Mutesa L, van den Borne B, Busari JO. Qualitative analysis of the health system effects of a community-based malaria elimination program in Rwanda. Res Rep Trop Med. 2018;9:63–75. https://doi.org/10.2147/RRTM.S158131

Adepoju I-OO, Albersen BJA, De Brouwere V, van Roosmalen J, Zweekhorst M. mHealth for Clinical Decision-Making in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Scoping Review. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2017 Mar 23;5(3):e38. https://doi.org/10.2196/mhealth.7185

Birkun A, Adepoju IO, 2014. Сomatose state: current concepts of emergency management. Ukrainian Medical Journal, 5(103), IX-X. Kiev.