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Eric Ohuma @ohumaeric.bsky.social · 5d

𝘈 𝘙𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘜𝘱𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 – we highlight why accurate growth monitoring is critical for child survival and development doi.org/10.1111/1471...

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Objective The Guidance for International Growth Standards (GIGS) project aims to improve and promote appropriate application of international growth standards across clinical, research and public he...

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Eric Ohuma @ohumaeric.bsky.social · Jul 8

PUBLICATION ALERT: Changes in service readiness across 65 facilities in Kenya, Tanzania, Nigeria, and Malawi dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour... @joylawn.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social @lshtm-march.bsky.social

Small and sick newborn care: Changes in service readiness scoring between baseline and 2023 for 65 neonatal units implementing with NEST360 in Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, and Tanzania

Health Facility Assessments (HFAs) are important for measuring and tracking service readiness for small and sick newborn care (SSNC). NEST360 Alliance aims to reduce neonatal mortality in four countri...

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Maternal, Adolescent, Reproductive & Child Health Centre, LSHTM @lshtm-march.bsky.social · Jun 5

How does weight gain during pregnancy affect the health of newborns? 🤰

Professor Eric Ohuma (@ohumaeric.bsky.social) discusses new research on maternal weight gain and its potential implications for practice.

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Eric Ohuma @ohumaeric.bsky.social · May 9

EXCITED! Our newly published work in AJCN contributes to efforts towards establishing appropriate thresholds/guidance for appropriate weight gain during pregnancy

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40250762/

Association between gestational age-specific weight gain in pregnancy and risk of adverse perinatal outcomes: a secondary analysis of the INTERBIO-21st Fetal Study - PubMed

Appropriate-for-age-specific GWG between the 25th and 75th centiles standards is associated with reduced adverse outcomes, highlighting the importance of tailored guidelines for optimal maternal and n...

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Eric Ohuma @ohumaeric.bsky.social · Mar 26

FULL SCHOLARSHIP for African students to study at one of UKs top universities. Hyundai Motor Group is offering five scholarships intended to nurture talent from Africa at SOAS University of London
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Hyundai Motor Group Scholarship

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Eric Ohuma @ohumaeric.bsky.social · Feb 18

Pleased to have mentored Rehema Ouko on her NIHR pre-doctoral fellowship leading to published work on scoping review on applications of joint modellling doi.org/10.1186/s128...

Joint modelling of longitudinal data: a scoping review of methodology and applications for non-time to event data - BMC Medical Research Methodology

Background Joint models are powerful statistical models that allow us to define a joint likelihood for quantifying the association between two or more outcomes. Joint modelling has been shown to reduc...

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Eric Ohuma @ohumaeric.bsky.social · Feb 6

Pleased to see our R package "gigs" published. A package for standardising fetal, maternal, and child growth assessment using INTERGROWTH-21st and WHO Child Growth International standards @intergrowth21st @FetalUltrasound
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gigs: A package for standardising fetal, neonatal, and child growth assessment

Parker et al., (2025). gigs: A package for standardising fetal, neonatal, and child growth assessment. Journal of Open Source Software, 10(106), 7655, https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.07655

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Eric Ohuma @ohumaeric.bsky.social · Feb 6

Hi Michael, please add me

Eric Ohuma @ohumaeric.bsky.social · Jan 27

FULL SCHOLARSHIP! MSc in Medical Statistics at LSHTM + 1 year placement for nationals of SSA with degree in mathematics/statistics and 1+ year of work experience in medical statistics or epidemiology www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...

International Statistics and Epidemiology Group | LSHTM

Collaborating with international research partners to improve health in low and middle-income countries.

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Eric Ohuma @ohumaeric.bsky.social · Jan 17

New paper exploring the relationship between gestational weight gain and fetal body composition.
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and accompanying editorial

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Relationship between gestational weight gain with fetal body composition and organ volumes in the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Fetal Dimensio...

Inadequate and excessive gestational weight gain (GWG) are associated with increased risk of newborn small- and large-for-gestational-age, respectivel…

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Eric Ohuma @ohumaeric.bsky.social · Dec 14

This publication showcases our #ScopingReview protocol, focusing on the role of #DataScience in improving #MNCH in #Africa. 'The State of Data Science for Health in Africa' writing initiative.

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Unlocking the transformative potential of data science in improving maternal, newborn and child health in Africa: a scoping review protocol

Introduction Application of data science in maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) across Africa is variable with limited documentation. Despite efforts to reduce preventable MNCH morbidity and mo...

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Eric Ohuma @ohumaeric.bsky.social · Dec 14

Contributing to the State of Data Science for Health in Africa Initiative. fic.nih.gov/About/center-g… funded by @Fogarty_NIH

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Eric Ohuma @ohumaeric.bsky.social · Dec 14

NewlyPublished "Unlocking data science to improve maternal, newborn & child health in Africa: a scoping review protocol." Exploring:1️⃣ Infrastructure2️⃣ Data quality3️⃣ Governance4️⃣ Digital health5️⃣ Capacity building6️⃣ Collaboration 7️⃣ Scaling

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