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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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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Analysing healthcare accessibility and maternal and perinatal outcomes among obstetric referrals to urban hospitals in Guinea: a quantitative and geospatial approach
Grovogui, F. M., Benova, L., Alexandre, D. & Macharia, P.
1/01/25 → …
Project: PhD-project
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Enhancing the Fidelity and Adoption of Oral Azithromycin During Vaginal Delivery for the Prevention of Maternal Sepsis in Nigeria.
Obi-Jeff, C., Benova, L., Banke-Thomas, A. O. & Afolabi, B.
14/11/24 → …
Project: PhD-project
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Oral intrapartum Azithromycin to prevent sepsis during childbirth: Studies of effectiveness, safety and relevance among women and healthcare providers
Oluwole, E. O., Benova, L., Hanson, C., Cleeve, A. & Afolabi, B.
14/11/24 → …
Project: PhD-project
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Strengthening the implementation of routine screening for pregnancy-related anaemia in Nigeria
Adelabu, Y. A., Benova, L., Banke-Thomas, A. O. & Afolabi, B.
29/05/24 → …
Project: PhD-project
Research output
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Critical signs and symptoms for self-assessment in the immediate postnatal period: an international Systematic Scoping Review and Delphi consensus study
Dey, T., Bassiony, N., Hancock, A., Benova, L., Mathai, M., Langlois, EV., Ononge, S., Lavender, T. & Weeks, A., 2025, In: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 25, 16 p., 364.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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Dietary diversity insufficiently explains differences in prevalence of anaemia in pregnancy across regions in Nigeria: a secondary analysis of Demographic and Health Survey 2018
Babah, OA., Sagastume, D., Akinajo, OR., Scarpa, G., Hanson, C., Larsson, EC., Afolabi, BB. & Benová, L., 2025, In: PLoS Global Public Health. 5, 5, 16 p., e0004540.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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Eliciting the Initial Programme Theory in a Realist Evaluation of Facility-Based Maternal Death Reviews in Benin: Methodological Process, Challenges and Lessons Learned
Hounsou, CB., Dossou, JP., Delvaux, T., Benová, L., Ouendo, EM., Zweekhorst, M. & Marchal, B., 2025, In: International Journal of Qualitative Methods. 24, 12 p., 16094069241309277.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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Experiences of intimate partner violence and antepartum depression among women seeking antenatal care in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: findings from the MISPOD study
Yimer, NB., Benová, L., Gebremedhin, S., Mirkuzie, AH., Zelalem, M., Fellmeth, G. & Asefa, A., 2025, In: Scientific Reports. 15, 1, 11 p., 13115.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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Getting the numbers right: Power, creativity and 'good' routine maternal and neonatal health data in Southern Tanzania
Molenaar, J., Kikula, A., van Olmen, J., Pembe, A. & Benová, L., 2025, In: Social Science and Medicine. 366, 10 p., 117668.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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