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I am a quantitative population health scientist with training in management, economics, Middle East studies and demography/epidemiology. From 2014 to 2018, I served as a co-investigator on the Maternal healthcare markets Evaluation Team (MET) at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, where I led the SAGE (Secondary data Analysis for Generating new Evidence) team.
Previously, I headed operations in a start-up company in eldercare in the United States and worked as project coordinator with Médecins Sans Frontières in Nigeria, the West Bank and South Sudan. I was responsible for the design, implementation and evaluation of the health pillar of a conditional cash transfer program in Egypt between 2008 and 2010.
I have a keen interest in health-seeking behaviour, maternal health research, and evaluation in low- and middle-income countries. I hold an MA in Middle East studies (American University in Cairo), MSc in Demography and Health (LSHTM), and PhD in Population Health (LSHTM).
I teach on Masters course modules and supervise PhD students.
My research focus is on health-seeking behaviour in general and reproductive/maternal health in particular. Within these areas, I am interested in innovative methods to capture decisions and steps in health-seeking, validity of self-reported health-seeking indicators, and coverage of care contact and content.
Keywords
- B680-public-health
- maternal health
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Optimizing screening practice for gestational diabetes mellitus in primary healthcare facilities in Tanzania
Kikula, A. I., Benova, L., Peñalvo, J. L., Pembe, A. B., Kaushik, R. & Sirili, N.
1/01/23 → …
Project: PhD-project
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Is mistreatment of women during facility-based childbirth an independent risk factor for postpartum depression? A mixed methods prospective study in Ethiopia and Guinea
Asefa, A., Marchal, B., Delamou, A., Gebremedhin, S., Benova, L. & Van Aerde, K.
Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
1/10/22 → 30/09/25
Project: Mandate
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Postnatal care provision after facility birth in two sub-Saharan African countries: A mixed methods study
Semaan, A., Benova, L., van den Akker, T. & Housseine, N.
27/04/22 → …
Project: PhD-project
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Paving the way forward: Using implementation science to understand barriers and facilitators of uptake for Intravenous iron in the Management of Anaemia in Pregnancy for Resource-Limited Settings: IVON Nigeria Trial
Akinajo, O. R., Benova, L., Sidney Annerstedt, K., Afolabi, B. & Banke-Thomas, A.
3/11/21 → …
Project: PhD-project
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Iron deficiency anaemia in pregnancy: Evaluation of the effectiveness and safety of intravenous ferric carboxymaltose and oral ferrous sulphate in a low-middle income country
Babah, O. A., Benova, L., Larson, E., Hanson, C. & Afolabi, B. B.
3/11/21 → …
Project: PhD-project
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A mixed-methods study of maternal health care utilisation in six referral hospitals in four sub-Saharan African countries before and during the COVID-19 pandemic
Banke-Thomas, A., Semaan, A., Amongin, D., Babah, O., Dioubate, N., Kikula, A., Nakubulwa, S., Ogein, O., Adroma, M., Anzo Adiga, W., Diallo, A., Diallo, L., Cellou Diallo, M., Maomou, C., Mtinangi, N., Sy, T., Delvaux, T., Afolabi, B. B., Delamou, A., Nakimuli, A. & 2 others, , 2022, In: BMJ Global Health . 7, 2, 14 p., e008064.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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Can machine learning models predict maternal and newborn healthcare providers' perception of safety during the COVID-19 pandemic? A cross-sectional study of a global online survey
Hammoud, B., Semaan, A., Elhajj, I. & Benova, L., 2022, In: Human Resources for Health. 20, 1, p. 63 16 p., 63.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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Double burden of under-5 mortality in LMICs
Macharia, P. M. & Benova, L., 2022, In: Lancet Global Health. 10, 11, p. E1535-E1536 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
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HIV testing uptake and determinants among adolescents and young people in Burundi: a cross-sectional analysis of the Demographic and Health Survey 2016-2017
Nshimirimana, C., Vuylsteke, B., Smekens, T. & Benova, L., 2022, In: BMJ Open. 12, 10, p. e064052 14 p., 064052.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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"I got what I came for": a qualitative exploration into family planning client satisfaction in Dosso region, Niger
Calhoun, L. M., Maytan-Joneydi, A., Nouhou, A. M., Benova, L., van den Akker, T., Agali, B. I. & Speizer, I. S., 2022, In: Open Access Journal of Contraception. 13, p. 95-110 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review