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. Franch : 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.

Presentations & Conferences

Presenter and Panellist. AMREF organised session: High Impact on Communities with Low Tech. Social Media Week. November 16th 2018. Den Haag, Netherlands.

Presenter and Panellist: Overcoming Challenges to Improving Reproductive and Maternal Health. Digital Technology and the Quality Gap: is mHealth the future? International Conference on Towards Healthy Arab Societies: Promoting Maternal and Reproductive Health. September 20-21 2018, Beirut, Lebanon.

Panel organiser and Presenter: Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda: overcoming challenges in realist Evaluation. Adepoju IO, Dossou JP, Renmans D, Orgill M, Marchal B, Van Belle S, Wong G. International Conference for Realist Research, Evaluation and Synthesis. October 24-26 2017, Brisbane, Australia.

Oral Presentation: mHealth for improving quality of antenatal care in Northern Ghana: the Bliss4Midwives project. Adepoju IO, Douwes R, Abugnaba-Abanga R, van der Heiden M, Apentibadek N, Zweekhorst, M, Bardaji A, van Roosmalen J, De Brouwere V. 10th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health. October 16-20 2017, Antwerp, Belgium.

Panellist. Adepoju Ibukun-Oluwa. Building Bridges in Global Health: How can we promote a better understanding amongst the multiple professional sectors in Global Health? 3rd GHNGN Next generation Global Health Forum. October 2016, Barcelona.

Day Chair and Panel Moderator. 5th and 6th Annual Maastricht Symposium on Global & European Health. October 2015 and October 2016.

Workshop Facilitator. Public Health Advocacy and Networking. Pre-World Health Summit. October 2014, Berlin.

Speaker. Health-workforce Migration: A Global Health Challenge. 8th Global Vaccination (GlobVac) Conference. Student Pre-Conference. October 2013, Bergen, Norway.