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Abdul‐Aziz Seidu

Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine

407 publications · 8,035 citations · ORCID 0000-0001-9734-9054

Global Maternal and Child HealthAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive HealthChild Nutrition and Water AccessHealthcare Systems and ReformsReproductive Health and Contraception

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Abdul‐Aziz Seidu is a public health researcher specializing in sexual and reproductive health, non-communicable diseases, and health equity, with a strong focus on vulnerable populations in sub-Saharan Africa. Seidu's work frequently employs large-scale demographic survey data to analyze disparities in healthcare access, particularly concerning women's empowerment, disability inclusion, and adolescent health. Recent research has expanded to include hypertension management in Ghana and health workforce training in Australia.

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What is the comparative effectiveness of telemedicine versus traditional in-person care in maintaining essential antenatal coverage and reducing maternal mortality in low-income and middle-income countries during future health system shocks?

Why this gap exists: While abstracts [4], [7], [8], and [9] discuss digital tools and maternity care in low- and middle-income countries, none provide a direct comparative effectiveness analysis of telemedicine versus in-person care regarding maternal mortality during health system shocks, leaving the specific question unresolved.

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  1. COVID-19 and resilience of healthcare systems in ten countriesNature Medicine, 2022
  2. Community Health Workers Can Provide Psychosocial Support to the People During COVID-19 and Beyond in Low- and Middle- Income CountriesFrontiers in Public Health, 2021
  3. Social Impacts and Responses Related to COVID-19 in Low- and Middle-income CountriesOpenDocs (Institute of Development Studies), 2020
  4. Seizing the moment to rethink health systemsThe Lancet Global Health, 2021
  5. Use of mHealth in promoting maternal and child health in “BIMARU” states of India “A health system strengthening strategy”: Systematic literature reviewPLOS Digital Health, 2024
  6. Investments for effective functionality of health systems towards Universal Health Coverage in Africa: A scoping reviewPLOS Global Public Health, 2022
  7. Infant and young child feedingOECD eBooks, 2023
  8. Facilitators and barriers to the implementation of a Mobile Health Wallet for pregnancy-related health care: A qualitative study of stakeholders’ perceptions in MadagascarPLoS ONE, 2020
  9. The impact of digital interventions on health insurance coverage for reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health services utilization in Kakamega, Kenya: a cluster randomized controlled trialHealth Policy and Planning, 2024
  10. Seeking digital maternity healthcare during the pandemic health system shock: a systematic review of women's experiences in low- and middle-income countriesFrontiers in Reproductive Health, 2026

How do specific policy interventions aimed at improving female education and labor force participation accelerate the 'maternal mortality transition' in regions currently experiencing high maternal mortality?

Why this gap exists: While the retrieved literature establishes links between female education, political power, and health outcomes (e.g., [3], [6], [9]), no study directly addresses how specific labor or education policy interventions accelerate the 'maternal mortality transition' in high-mortality regions, leaving the mechanism and impact of such specific policies unresolved.

How does the consumption of plant-based proteins, specifically those high in anti-nutritional factors like phytates and trypsin inhibitors, affect mineral bioavailability and growth outcomes in children relying on these proteins as primary staples?

Why this gap exists: While the retrieved papers confirm that anti-nutritional factors like phytates and trypsin inhibitors reduce mineral bioavailability [0, 2], they focus on general adult health or crop improvement [1, 6] and do not provide direct evidence on the specific growth outcomes in children relying on these proteins as primary staples.

Publications

HIV Testing Among Women with Disabilities in Ghana

Disabilities · 2025 · corresponding author

Mother–child dyads of overnutrition and undernutrition in sub-Saharan Africa

Journal of Health Population and Nutrition · 2024 · 11 citations

Self-reported sexual coercion among in-school young people with disabilities in Ghana

BMC Public Health · 2024 · corresponding author · 4 citations

Sex-related inequalities in current cigarette smoking among adolescents in Africa

Substance Abuse Treatment Prevention and Policy · 2024 · 4 citations

Universal Access to Family Planning Services for Adolescent Girls in Africa Amidst COVID-19

Implementing the UN sustainable development goals - regional perspectives · 2024

A multi-level analysis of prevalence and factors associated with caesarean section in Nigeria

PLOS Global Public Health · 2023 · corresponding author · 9 citations

Ghana’s Adherence to PASCAR’s 10-Point Action Plan towards Hypertension Control: A Scoping Review

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · 2023 · 7 citations

University Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa

Journal of Forensic Nursing · 2023 · 5 citations

High risk fertility behaviour and health facility delivery in West Africa

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth · 2023 · 5 citations

Universal Access to Family Planning Services for Adolescent Girls in Africa Amidst COVID-19

Implementing the UN sustainable development goals - regional perspectives · 2023 · 1 citations

Mapping evidence on knowledge of breast cancer screening and its uptake among women in Ghana: a scoping review

BMC Health Services Research · 2022 · corresponding author · 45 citations

Socio-economic and proximate determinants of under-five mortality in Guinea

PLoS ONE · 2022 · corresponding author · 33 citations

Factors associated with the number and timing of antenatal care visits among married women in Cameroon: Evidence from the 2018 Cameroon Demographic and Health Survey

ResearchOnline - JCU (James Cook University) · 2022 · 23 citations

Contraceptive discontinuation among women of reproductive age in Papua New Guinea

Contraception and Reproductive Medicine · 2022 · 18 citations

Association between female genital mutilation and girl-child marriage in sub-Saharan Africa

ResearchOnline at James Cook University (James Cook University) · 2022 · 16 citations

Inequalities in antenatal care in Ghana, 1998–2014

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth · 2022 · 16 citations

Single motherhood in Ghana: analysis of trends and predictors using demographic and health survey data

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications · 2022 · 11 citations

Female genital mutilation and skilled birth attendance among women in sub-Saharan Africa

BMC Women s Health · 2022 · corresponding author · 7 citations

Modeling the Factors Associated with Incomplete Immunization among Children

Mathematical Problems in Engineering · 2022 · 7 citations

High-risk fertility behaviour and childhood anaemia in sub-Saharan Africa

BMJ Open · 2022 · corresponding author · 7 citations

Association between health and safety perceptions of COVID‐19 vaccine and its uptake in Ghana

Public Health Challenges · 2022 · corresponding author · 5 citations

Impact of COVID-19 on maternal healthcare in Africa and the way forward

Archives of Public Health · 2021 · 57 citations