2023
Wilder B, Pons-Duran C, Goddard FGB, Hunegnaw BM, Haneuse S, Bekele D, Chan GJ. Development of prediction models for antenatal care attendance in Amhara region, Ethiopia. JAMA Network Open. 2023. (In press)
Lawn JE, Ohuma EO, Bradley E, Idueta LS, Hazel E, Okwaraji YB, Erchick DJ, Yargawa J, Katz J, Lee ACC, Diaz M, Salasibew M, Requejo J, Hayashi C, Moller AB, Borghi E, Black RE, Blencowe H; Lancet Small Vulnerable Newborn Steering Committee; WHO/UNICEF Preterm Birth Estimates Group; National Vulnerable Newborn Measurement Group; Subnational Vulnerable Newborn Measurement Group. Small babies, big risks: global estimates of prevalence and mortality for vulnerable newborns to accelerate change and improve counting. Lancet. 2023 May 20;401(10389):1707-1719. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(23)00522-6. Epub 2023 May 8. PMID: 37167989.
Pons-Duran C, Wilder B, Hunegnaw BM, Haneuse S, Goddard FG, Bekele D, Chan GJ. Development of risk prediction models for preterm delivery in a rural setting in Ethiopia. J Glob Health. 2023 May 26;13:04051. doi: 10.7189/jogh.13.04051. PMID: 37224519; PMCID: PMC10208651.
Erchick DJ, Hazel EM, Katz J, Lee ACC, Diaz M, Wu LSF,Yoshida S, Bahl R, Grandi C, Labrique AB, Rashid M, Ahmed S, Roy AD, Haque R, Shaikh S, Baqui AH, Saha SK, Khanam R, Rahman S, Shapiro R, Zash R, Silveira MF, Buffarini R, Kolsteren P, Lachat C, Huybregts L, Roberfroid D, Zeng L, Zhu Z, He J, Qui X, Gebreyesus SH, Tesfamariam K, Bekele D, Chan G, Baye E, Workneh F, Asante KP, Kaali EB, Adu-Afarwuah S, Dewey KG, Gyaase S, Wylie SJ, Kirkwood BR, Manu A, Thulasiraj RD, Tielsch J, Chowdhury R, Taneja S, Babu GR, S P, Ashorn P, Maleta K, Ashorn U, Mangani C, Acevedo-Gallegos S, Rodriguez-Sibaja MJ, Khatry SK, LeClerq SC, Mullany LC, F J, M I, Rogerson SJ, Unger HW, Ghosh R, Musange S, Ramokolo V, Zembe-Mkabile W, Lazzerini M, Mohamed R, Wang D, Fawzi WW, Minja DTR, Schmiegelow C, Masanja H, Smith E, Lusingu JPA, Msemo OA, Kabole FM, Slim SN, Keentupthai P, Mongkolchati A, Kajubi R, Kakuru A, Waiswa P, Walker D, Hamer DH, Semrau KEA, Chaponda EB, Chico RM, Banda B, Musokotwane K, Manasyan A, Pry JM, Chasekwa B, Humphrey J, Black RE. Vulnerable newborn types: Analysis of subnational, population-based birth cohorts for 541,285 live births in 23 countries, 2000 to 2021. BJOG. 2023; 00: 1– 17. https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.17510
Korte ML*, Teklie H*, Taddesse L, Hunegnaw BM, Tolera G, Tadesse MZ, Chan GJ. Setting a Research Agenda to Advance Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health in Ethiopia: an Adapted CHNRI Prioritization Exercise. Journal of Global Health. 2023;doi: 10.7189/jogh.13.04010.
2022
Debere MK, Haile Mariam D, Ali A, Mekasha A, Chan GJ. Factors associated with small-for-gestational-age births among preterm babies born. BMJ Open 2022;12:e064936. doi:10.1136/ bmjopen-2022-064936
Debere MK, Haile Mariam D, Ali A, Mekasha A, Chan GJ. Survival status and predictors of mortality among low-birthweight neonates admitted to KMC units of five public hospitals in Ethiopia: Frailty survival regression model. PLoS One. 2022;17(11):e0276291. PMID: 36355701.
WHO KMC Scale Up Study Group. Incremental costs of scaling-up Kangaroo Mother Care: results from implementation research in Ethiopia and India. Acta Paediatrica. 2022;00:1–9. https://doi.org/10.1111/apa.16490.
Carvalho MJ*, Sands K*, Thomson K, Portal E, Mathias J, Milton R, Gillespie D, Dyer C, Akpulu C, Boostrom I, Hogan P, Saif H, Ferreira A, Nieto M, Hender T, Hood K, Andrews R, Watkins JW, Hassan B, Chan GJ, Bekele D, Solomon S, Metaferia G, Basu S, Naha S, Sinha A, Chakravorty P, Mukherjee S, Iregbu K, Modibbo F, Uwaezuoke S, Audu L, Edwin CP, Yusuf AH, Adeleye A, Mukkadas AS, Zahra R, Shirazi H, Muhammad A, Ullah S, Jan MH, Akif S, Mazarati JB, Rucogoza A, Gaju L, Mehtar S, Bulabula ANH, Whitelaw A, Roberts L, BARNARDS Group, Walsh TR. Antibiotic resistance genes in the gut microbiota of mothers and linked neonates with or without sepsis from low- and middle-income countries. Nature Microbiology. 2022. doi:10.1038/s41564-022-01184-y. PMID: 35927336.
Sands K, Carvalho MJ, Spiller OB, Portal EA, Thomson K, Watkins WJ, Dyer C, Akpulu C, Andrews R, Ferreira A, Hender T, Milton R, Neito M, Zahra R, Shirazi H, Muhammad A, Akif S, Jan MH, Iregbu K, Modibbo F, Uwaezouke S, Chan GJ, Bekele D, Solomon S, Basu S, Nandy RK, Naha S, Mazarati JB, Rucogoza A, Gaju L, Mehtar S, Bulabula ANH, Whitelaw A, BARNARDS Group, Walsh TR. Characterisation of Staphylococci species from neonatal blood cultures in low- and middle-income countries. BMC Infectious Diseases July 2022, 22,593. .https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-022-07541-w
Estifanos AS, Hailemariam D, Fikre A, Kote M, Tariku A, Chan GJ. Implementation science to design, test, and scale-up effective Kangaroo Mother Care in Oromia region, Ethiopia. Acta Paediatrica. June 2022. https://doi.org/10.1111/apa.16413
Bekele C, Bekele D, Hunegnaw BM, Van Wickle K, Ashenafi F, Korte M, Tedijanto C, Taddesse L, Chan GJ. Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Utilization of Facility-Based Essential Maternal and Child Health Services from March to August 2020 Compared to Pre-Pandemic March to August 2019: a Mixed Method Study in North Shewa Zone, Ethiopia. BMJ Open 2022; 12:e059408. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-059408
Chan GJ, Goddard FGB, Hunegnaw BM, Mohammed Y, Hunegnaw M, Haneuse S, Bekele C, Bekele D. Estimates of Stillbirths, Neonatal Mortality, and Medically Vulnerable Live Births in Amhara, Ethiopia. JAMA Netw Open. 2022;5(6):e2218534. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.18534.
Milton R, Gillespie D, Dyer C, Taiyari K, Carvalho MJ, Thomson K, Sands K, Portal EAR, Hood K, Ferreira A, Hender T, Kirby N, Mathias J, Nieto M, Watkins WJ, Bekele D, Abayneh M, Solomon S, Basu S, Nandy RK, Saha B, Iregbu K, Modibbo F, Uwaezuoke S, Zahra R, Shirazi H, Najeeb S, Mazarati JB, Rucogoza A, Gaju L, Mehtar S, Bulabula ANH, Whitelaw A, Walsh TR, BARNARDS Group, Chan GJ. Neonatal sepsis and mortality in low- and middle-income countries from a facility-based birth cohort: an international multi-site prospective observational study. Lancet Global Health. May 2022;10(5):e661-e672. doi:10.1016/s2214-109x(22)00043-2. PMID 35427523
2021
Bekele D, Hunegnaw BM, Bekele C, Van Wickle K, Tadesse F, Goddard FGB, Mohammed Y, Unninayar S, Chan GJ. Cohort profile: the Birhan Health and Demographic Surveillance System. International Journal of Epidemiology. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyab225. PMID: 34751768.
Chan GJ, Hunegnaw B, Van Wickle K, Mohammed Y, Hunegnaw M, Goddard FGB, Tadesse F, Bekele D. Birhan Maternal and Child Health cohort: a study protocol. BMJ Open. 2021 Sep 28;11(9):e049692. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049692. PMID 34588249
Thomson K, Dyer C, Liu F, Sands K, Carvalho MJ, Barrell M, Boostrom I, Dunachie S, Farzana R, Ferreira A, Frayne F, Hassan B, Jones E, Jones L, Mathias J, Milton R, Portal E, Rees K, Chan GJ, Bekele D, Mahlet A, Basu S, Nandy R, Saha B, Iregbu K, Modibbo F, Uwaezuoke S, Zahra R., Shirazi H, Syed N, Mazarati JB, Rucogoza A, Gaju, L, Mehtar S, Bulabula ANH, Whitelaw A, van Hasselt JG, Walsh TR, BARNARDS Group. Evaluating the roles of antibiotic resistance, drug target attainment, bacterial pathogenicity, virulence, and antibiotic access and affordability in affecting outcomes in neonatal sepsis: an international microbiology and drug evaluation prospective study. Lancet Infectious Diseases. doi:10.1016/S1473-3099(21)00050-5
Solomon S, Akeju O, Odumade OA, Ambachew R, Gebreyohannes Z, Van Wickle K, Abayneh M, Metaferia G, Carvalho MJ, Thomson K, Sands K, Walsh TR, Milton R, Goddard FGB, Bekele D, Chan GJ. (2021) Prevalence and risk factors for antimicrobial resistance among newborns with gram-negative sepsis. PLOS ONE 16(8): e0255410. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255410
Mony PM, Tadele H, Gobezayehu AG, Chan GJ, Kumar A, Mazumder S, Beyene S, Jayanna K, Kassa DH, Mohammed H, Estifanos AS, Kumar P, Jadaun AS, Abay TH, Washington M, Gebriel F, Alamineh L, Fikre A, Kumar A, Trikha S, Gebregizabher FA, Kar A, Bilal S, Belew ML, Kote M, Krishna R, Dalpath SK, Amare SY, Mohan HL, Brune T, Sibley LM, Tariku A, Sahu A, Kumar T, Hadush MY, Gowda PD, Aziz K, Duguma D, Singh PK, Darmstadt GL, Agarwal R, Gebremariam DS, Portela A, Jaiswal HV, Martines JC, Bahl R, Rao S, Tadesse BT, Cranmer JN, Mariam DH, Kumar V, Bhandari N, Medhanyie A. Scaling up Kangaroo Mother Care in Ethiopia and India: a multi-site implementation research study. BMJ Global Health. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-005905. PMID 34518203.
Chan GJ, Daniel J, Getnet M, Kennedy M, Olowojesiku R, Hunegnaw BM, Unninayar S, Taddesse L, and Bekele D. Gaps in maternal, newborn, and child health research: a scoping review of 72 years in Ethiopia. Journal of Global Health Reports. 2021;5:e2021033. doi:10.29392/001c.22125
Sands, K., Carvalho, M.J., Portal, E., Thomson, K., Dyer, C., Akpulu, C., Andrews, R., Ferreira, A., Gillespie, D., Hender, T., Hood, K., Mathias, J., Milton, R., Nieto, M., Taiyari, K., Chan, G.J., Bekele, D., Solomon, S., Basu, S., Chattopadhyay, P., Mukherjee, S., Iregbu, K., Modibbo F., Uwaezuoke, S., Zahra, R., Shirazi, H., Muhammed, A., Mazarati, J., Rucogoza, A., Gaju, L., Mehtar, S., Bulabula, A.N.H., Whitelaw, A., BARNARDS Group, and Walsh, T.R. Characterization of antimicrobial-resistant Gram-negative bacteria that cause neonatal sepsis in seven low- and middle-income countries. Nat Microbiol 6, 512–523 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-021-00870-7
2020
Chan GJ, Getnet M, Olowojesiku R, Min-Swe T, Hunegnaw B, Bekele D. Scoping review protocol on maternal, newborn and child health research in Ethiopia. BMJ Open. 2020 Jul 2;10(7):e034307. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-034307. PMID: 32616486; PMCID: PMC7333800.
2019
Medhanyie AA, Alemu H, Asefa A, Beyene SA, Gebregizabher FA, Aziz K, Bhandari N, Beyene H, Brune T, Chan G, Cranmer JN, Darmstadt G, Duguma D, Fikre A, Andualem BG, Gobezayehu AG, Mariam DH, Abay TH, Mohan HL, Jadaun A, Jayanna K, Kajal FNU, Kar A, Krishna R, Kumar A, Kumar V, Madhur TK, Belew ML, Rajini M, Martines J, Mazumder S, Amin H, Mony PK, Muleta M, Pileggi-Castro C, Rao SP, Estifanos AS, Sibley LM, Singhal N, Tadele H, Tariku A, Lemango ET, Tadess BT, Upadhyay R, Worku B, Hadush MY, and Bahl R; KMC Scale-Up Study Group. Kangaroo Mother Care implementation research to develop models for accelerating scale-up in India and Ethiopia: study protocol for an adequacy evaluation. BMJ Open. 2019 Nov 21;9(11):e025879. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025879.
2018
Uwemedimo OT, Lewis TP, Essien EA, Chan GJ, Nsona H, Kruk ME, Leslie HH. Distribution and determinants of pneumonia diagnosis using Integrated Management of Childhood Illness guidelines: a nationally representative study in Malawi. BMJ Glob Health. 2018; 3(2):e000506.
2017
Chan G, Bergelson I, Smith ER, Skotnes T, Wall S. Barriers and enablers of kangaroo mother care implementation from a health systems perspective: a systematic review. Health Policy Plan. 2017 Dec 01; 32(10):1466-1475.
Bekele D, Ahmed M, Ibrahim A, Kedir S, Chan G. Profile and outcomes of women with pregnancy-related acute kidney injury requiring dialysis at a center in Ethiopia. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2017 Aug; 138(2):138-141.
Smith ER, Bergelson I, Constantian S, Valsangkar B, Chan GJ. Barriers and enablers of health system adoption of kangaroo mother care: a systematic review of caregiver perspectives. BMC Pediatr. 2017 01 25; 17(1):35.
Mosha D, Liu E, Hertzmark E, Chan G, Sudfeld C, Masanja H, Fawzi W. Dietary iron and calcium intakes during pregnancy are associated with lower risk of prematurity, stillbirth and neonatal mortality among women in Tanzania. Public Health Nutr. 2017 03; 20(4):678-686.
2016
Chan GJ, Silverman M, Zaman M, Murillo-Chaves A, Mahmud A, Baqui AH, Boyd TK. Prevalence and risk factors of chorioamnionitis in Dhaka, Bangladesh. J Perinatol. 2016 12; 36(12):1039-1044.
Chan GJ, Valsangkar B, Kajeepeta S, Boundy EO, Wall S. What is kangaroo mother care? Systematic review of the literature. J Glob Health. 2016 Jun; 6(1):010701.
Muhihi A, Sudfeld CR, Smith ER, Noor RA, Mshamu S, Briegleb C, Bakari M, Masanja H, Fawzi W, Chan GJ. Risk factors for small-for-gestational-age and preterm births among 19,269 Tanzanian newborns. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2016 05 17; 16:110.
Boundy EO, Dastjerdi R, Spiegelman D, Fawzi WW, Missmer SA, Lieberman E, Kajeepeta S, Wall S, Chan GJ. Kangaroo Mother Care and Neonatal Outcomes: A Meta-analysis. Pediatrics. 2016 Jan; 137(1).
Chan GJ, Labar AS, Wall S, Atun R. Kangaroo mother care: a systematic review of barriers and enablers. Bull World Health Organ. 2016 Feb 01; 94(2):130-141J.
2015 and Before
Reisman J, Martineau N, Kairuki A, Mponzi V, Meda AR, Isangula KG, Thomas E, Plotkin M, Chan GJ, Davids L, Msemo G, Azayo M, Nelson BD. Validation of a novel tool for assessing newborn resuscitation skills among birth attendants trained by the Helping Babies Breathe program. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2015 Nov; 131(2):196-200.
Chan GJ, Lee AC, Baqui AH, Tan J, Black RE. Prevalence of early-onset neonatal infection among newborns of mothers with bacterial infection or colonization: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Infect Dis. 2015 Mar 07; 15:118.
Chan GJ, Stuart EA, Zaman M, Mahmud AA, Baqui AH, Black RE. The effect of intrapartum antibiotics on early-onset neonatal sepsis in Dhaka, Bangladesh: a propensity score matched analysis. BMC Pediatr. 2014 Apr 17; 14:104.
Flynn JT, Ng DK, Chan GJ, Samuels J, Furth S, Warady B, Greenbaum LA. The effect of abnormal birth history on ambulatory blood pressure and disease progression in children with chronic kidney disease. J Pediatr. 2014 Jul; 165(1):154-162.e1.
Chan GJ, Modak JK, Mahmud AA, Baqui AH, Black RE, Saha SK. Maternal and neonatal colonization in Bangladesh: prevalences, etiologies and risk factors. J Perinatol. 2013 Dec; 33(12):971-6.
Chan GJ, Lee AC, Baqui AH, Tan J, Black RE. Risk of early-onset neonatal infection with maternal infection or colonization: a global systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS Med. 2013 Aug; 10(8):e1001502.
Chan GJ, Baqui AH, Modak JK, Murillo-Chaves A, Mahmud AA, Boyd TK, Black RE, Saha SK. Early-onset neonatal sepsis in Dhaka, Bangladesh: risk associated with maternal bacterial colonisation and chorioamnionitis. Trop Med Int Health. 2013 Sep; 18(9):1057-1064.
Chan GJ, Parco KB, Sihombing ME, Tredwell SP, O’Rourke EJ. Improving health services to displaced persons in Aceh, Indonesia: a balanced scorecard. Bull World Health Organ. 2010 Sep 01; 88(9):709-12.
Chan GJ, Moulton LH, Becker S, Muñoz A, Black RE. Non-specific effects of diphtheria tetanus pertussis vaccination on child mortality in Cebu, The Philippines. Int J Epidemiol. 2007 Oct; 36(5):1022-9.