Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine
407 publications · 8,035 citations · ORCID 0000-0001-9734-9054
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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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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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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.
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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.
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Reproductive Health · 2026
BMC Health Services Research · 2025 · 14 citations
BMC Public Health · 2025 · 6 citations
A Qualitative Study on the Barriers and Enablers to Effective Hypertension Management in Ghana
Healthcare · 2025 · 4 citations
Sex-related absolute inequalities in tuberculosis incidence in 47 countries in Africa
BMC Medicine · 2025 · 4 citations
Health Science Reports · 2025 · 4 citations
Archives of Public Health · 2025 · 4 citations
International Health · 2025 · 3 citations
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health · 2025 · 2 citations
Health Science Reports · 2025 · 2 citations
Critical Public Health · 2025 · corresponding author · 2 citations
International Journal for Equity in Health · 2025 · 1 citations
Health Science Reports · 2025 · 1 citations
BMJ Open · 2025 · 1 citations
Malaria Journal · 2025 · 1 citations
Reproductive Health · 2025 · 1 citations
Health Science Reports · 2025 · 1 citations
A Qualitative Study on the Barriers and Enablers to Effective Hypertension Management in Ghana
Preprints.org · 2025
Research Square · 2025
Frontiers in Medicine · 2025
HIV Testing Among Women with Disabilities in Ghana
Disabilities · 2025 · corresponding author
Women s Health · 2025 · corresponding author
Discover Public Health · 2025
Discover Public Health · 2025
BMC Women s Health · 2024 · 39 citations
BMC Medical Education · 2024 · 20 citations
Tropical Medicine and Health · 2024 · 15 citations
Contraception and Reproductive Medicine · 2024 · 14 citations
Can women empowerment boost dietary diversity among children aged 6–23 months in sub-Saharan Africa?
Tropical Medicine and Health · 2024 · 13 citations
Health Science Reports · 2024 · 13 citations
Reproductive Health · 2024 · 13 citations
Mother–child dyads of overnutrition and undernutrition in sub-Saharan Africa
Journal of Health Population and Nutrition · 2024 · 11 citations
Association between women's empowerment and fertility preferences in Ghana
International Health · 2024 · 10 citations
Reproductive Health · 2024 · corresponding author · 9 citations
Health Science Reports · 2024 · 9 citations
BMC Public Health · 2024 · 8 citations
Socioeconomic and residence-based inequalities in adolescent fertility in 39 African countries
Reproductive Health · 2024 · 7 citations
International Journal for Equity in Health · 2024 · corresponding author · 7 citations
Alcohol use among in-school adolescents in Sierra Leone
BMJ Open · 2024 · 6 citations
Self-reported sexual coercion among in-school young people with disabilities in Ghana
BMC Public Health · 2024 · corresponding author · 4 citations
Reproductive Health · 2024 · 4 citations
Sex-related inequalities in current cigarette smoking among adolescents in Africa
Substance Abuse Treatment Prevention and Policy · 2024 · 4 citations
The perceived relevance, utility and retention of basic sciences in general practice
BMC Medical Education · 2024 · 4 citations
BMC Women s Health · 2024 · corresponding author · 4 citations
PLOS mental health. · 2024 · corresponding author · 3 citations
PLoS ONE · 2024 · corresponding author · 3 citations
Health Science Reports · 2024 · corresponding author · 3 citations
Health Science Reports · 2024 · 3 citations
PLoS ONE · 2024 · corresponding author · 2 citations
Prevalence and predictors of lifetime amphetamine use among in-school adolescents in Sierra Leone.
BMJ Open · 2024 · 1 citations
Polygyny among men in Ghana: a population based cross-sectional study
medRxiv · 2024 · 1 citations
Cogent Public Health · 2024
Sexual and Reproductive Health of People with Disability in Ghana
2024 · corresponding author
Universal Access to Family Planning Services for Adolescent Girls in Africa Amidst COVID-19
Implementing the UN sustainable development goals - regional perspectives · 2024
BMC Health Services Research · 2024
BMC Public Health · 2024
Bayesian Multivariate Spatial Modelling of Risky Sexual Behaviour Among Young People in Nigeria
Spatial Demography · 2024 · corresponding author
BMC Public Health · 2023 · 34 citations
Sleep duration, sleep quality and the risk of being obese: Evidence from the Australian panel survey
Sleep Medicine · 2023 · 31 citations
PLoS ONE · 2023 · corresponding author · 25 citations
BMC Women s Health · 2023 · 24 citations
Joint effect of water and sanitation practices on childhood diarrhoea in sub-Saharan Africa
PLoS ONE · 2023 · corresponding author · 22 citations
Frontiers in Public Health · 2023 · corresponding author · 20 citations
BMC Public Health · 2023 · corresponding author · 18 citations
Heliyon · 2023 · corresponding author · 18 citations
Healthcare · 2023 · 18 citations
Prevalence and predictors of infant and young child feeding practices in sub-Saharan Africa
International Health · 2023 · 17 citations
PLOS Global Public Health · 2023 · corresponding author · 17 citations
International Health · 2023 · 17 citations
International Health · 2023 · 16 citations
Mother and newborn skin-to-skin contact and timely initiation of breastfeeding in sub-Saharan Africa
PLoS ONE · 2023 · corresponding author · 14 citations
Archives of Sexual Behavior · 2023 · 13 citations
Reproductive Health · 2023 · corresponding author · 13 citations
Predictors of young maternal age at first birth among women of reproductive age in Nigeria
PLoS ONE · 2023 · 13 citations
BMJ Open · 2023 · corresponding author · 11 citations
Correlates of repeat pregnancies among adolescent girls and young women in sub-Saharan Africa
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth · 2023 · 11 citations
PLoS ONE · 2023 · corresponding author · 10 citations
Determinants of contraceptive continuation among women in sub-Saharan Africa
BMC Women s Health · 2023 · 10 citations
BMC Global and Public Health · 2023 · 9 citations
A multi-level analysis of prevalence and factors associated with caesarean section in Nigeria
PLOS Global Public Health · 2023 · corresponding author · 9 citations
Prevalence and predictors of premarital sexual intercourse among young women in sub-Saharan Africa
Reproductive Health · 2023 · 8 citations
Contraception and Reproductive Medicine · 2023 · 8 citations
Exposure to interparental violence and intimate partner violence among women in Papua New Guinea
BMC Women s Health · 2023 · 8 citations
Health Research Policy and Systems · 2023 · 7 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
Frontiers in Public Health · 2023 · 7 citations
BMJ Open · 2023 · 7 citations
International Health · 2023 · 6 citations
BMJ Open · 2023 · 6 citations
University Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa
Journal of Forensic Nursing · 2023 · 5 citations
Women’s autonomy in refusing risky sex in sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from 30 countries
PLOS Global Public Health · 2023 · 5 citations
High risk fertility behaviour and health facility delivery in West Africa
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth · 2023 · 5 citations
Archives of Sexual Behavior · 2023 · 5 citations
Archives of Sexual Behavior · 2023 · 4 citations
Spatial distribution and factors associated with health insurance subscription among women in Ghana
International Health · 2023 · 4 citations
Model Selection and Identification of Osteoporosis Risk Factors in Women to Improve Their Healthcare
Journal of Healthcare Engineering · 2023 · 3 citations
BMC Women s Health · 2023 · 3 citations
PLoS ONE · 2023 · 1 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
Journal of Biosocial Science · 2023 · 1 citations
Research Square · 2023
Determinants of First-year Students' Career Path in Ghana
Research Square · 2023
Research Square · 2023
BMC Women s Health · 2023
Correction: Women’s household decision-making power and contraceptive use in Mali
Reproductive Health · 2023
Birth weight and nutritional status of children under five in sub-Saharan Africa
PLoS ONE · 2022 · 70 citations
PLoS ONE · 2022 · 65 citations
International Health · 2022 · 55 citations
Antenatal care attendance and low birth weight of institutional births in sub-Saharan Africa
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth · 2022 · 51 citations
BMC Health Services Research · 2022 · corresponding author · 45 citations
International Health · 2022 · 42 citations
BMJ Open · 2022 · 40 citations
Archives of Public Health · 2022 · 40 citations
PLoS ONE · 2022 · corresponding author · 38 citations
Health insurance coverage and timely antenatal care attendance in sub-Saharan Africa
BMC Health Services Research · 2022 · 38 citations
Reproductive Health · 2022 · 37 citations
Nutrients · 2022 · 36 citations
Women’s household decision-making power and contraceptive use in Mali
Reproductive Health · 2022 · 33 citations
Socio-economic and proximate determinants of under-five mortality in Guinea
PLoS ONE · 2022 · corresponding author · 33 citations
Frontiers in Nutrition · 2022 · 31 citations
Public Health Challenges · 2022 · 30 citations
Nutritional status of school children in the South Tongu District, Ghana
PLoS ONE · 2022 · 29 citations
BMJ Open · 2022 · 29 citations
Sexual autonomy and self-reported sexually transmitted infections among women in sexual unions
Archives of Public Health · 2022 · 29 citations
PLoS ONE · 2022 · corresponding author · 28 citations
PLoS ONE · 2022 · 28 citations
Reproductive Health · 2022 · 27 citations
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth · 2022 · 27 citations
BMC Women s Health · 2022 · 27 citations
BMC Women s Health · 2022 · 26 citations
Reproductive Health · 2022 · 26 citations
Continuum of care for maternal, newborn, and child health in 17 sub-Saharan African countries
BMC Health Services Research · 2022 · 25 citations
BMC Health Services Research · 2022 · 25 citations
Spatial distribution and predictors of intimate partner violence among women in Nigeria
BMC Women s Health · 2022 · 24 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
Mother and newborn skin-to-skin contact in sub-Saharan Africa: prevalence and predictors
BMJ Global Health · 2022 · 22 citations
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth · 2022 · 21 citations
BMC Palliative Care · 2022 · 21 citations
BMJ Open · 2022 · 21 citations
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth · 2022 · 20 citations
AIDS Research and Therapy · 2022 · 20 citations
Archives of Public Health · 2022 · 20 citations
Contraceptive discontinuation among women of reproductive age in Papua New Guinea
Contraception and Reproductive Medicine · 2022 · 18 citations
Intimate partner violence and timely antenatal care visits in sub-Saharan Africa
Archives of Public Health · 2022 · 18 citations
Inequalities in prevalence of birth by caesarean section in Ghana from 1998-2014
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth · 2022 · 18 citations
International Health · 2022 · corresponding author · 17 citations
PLoS ONE · 2022 · 17 citations
Tropical Medicine and Health · 2022 · 17 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
Sexually Transmitted Infections · 2022 · 15 citations
Type of occupation and early antenatal care visit among women in sub-Saharan Africa
BMC Public Health · 2022 · 15 citations
Healthcare · 2022 · 15 citations
SAGE Open Medicine · 2022 · 15 citations
Children · 2022 · 14 citations
Reproductive Health · 2022 · 13 citations
Inequalities in the prevalence of full immunization coverage among one-year-olds in Ghana, 1993–2014
Vaccine · 2022 · 13 citations
Inequalities in the use of insecticide-treated nets by pregnant women in Ghana, 2011 and 2017
Malaria Journal · 2022 · 12 citations
PLoS ONE · 2022 · 12 citations
BMC Women s Health · 2022 · 12 citations
Fishes · 2022 · 12 citations
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · 2022 · 11 citations
PLoS ONE · 2022 · 11 citations
International Health · 2022 · 11 citations
The practice of integrated healthcare and the experiences of people in Ghana’s Ashanti region
BMC Health Services Research · 2022 · 11 citations
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications · 2022 · 11 citations
Children and Youth Services Review · 2022 · 10 citations
Reproductive Health · 2022 · corresponding author · 9 citations
Age of Sexual Debut and Modern Contraceptive Use Among Women of Reproductive Age in South Africa
Sexuality & Culture · 2022 · 8 citations
Intimate Partner Violence and Pregnancy Termination Among Women in Sub-Saharan Africa
Journal of Interpersonal Violence · 2022 · 8 citations
Sexual violence and self-reported sexually transmitted infections among women in sub-Saharan Africa
Journal of Biosocial Science · 2022 · 8 citations
Tropical Medicine and Health · 2022 · 8 citations
Female genital mutilation and skilled birth attendance among women in sub-Saharan Africa
BMC Women s Health · 2022 · corresponding author · 7 citations
Prevalence and predictors of mother and newborn skin-to-skin contact at birth in Papua New Guinea
BMJ Open · 2022 · 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
Diseases · 2022 · 7 citations
Healthcare · 2022 · 6 citations
Women’s healthcare decision-making and unmet need for contraception in Mali
Reproductive Health · 2022 · 6 citations
PLoS ONE · 2022 · 6 citations
Children · 2022 · 5 citations
Association between health and safety perceptions of COVID‐19 vaccine and its uptake in Ghana
Public Health Challenges · 2022 · corresponding author · 5 citations
PLoS ONE · 2022 · 5 citations
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · 2022 · 5 citations
International Health · 2022 · 5 citations
Spatial distribution and multilevel analysis of factors associated with child marriage in Nigeria
International Health · 2022 · 5 citations
Quality of Life Research · 2022 · 4 citations
Culture Health & Sexuality · 2022 · 3 citations
Research Square · 2022 · 2 citations
Research Square · 2022 · 1 citations
Research Square · 2022
Journal of Substance Use · 2022
PLoS ONE · 2021 · 59 citations
Impact of COVID-19 on maternal healthcare in Africa and the way forward
Archives of Public Health · 2021 · 57 citations
BMJ Global Health · 2021 · 40 citations
International Health · 2021 · 11 citations
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth · 2021 · 9 citations
DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) · 2021