Bosede Afolabi

Research &
Publications

  1. Martin, A., Ridout, A., Afolabi, B. B., & Shennan, A. (2025). The escalating inequalities in global maternal mortality—Time to act: A commentary. BJOG. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.18246

  2. Babah, O. A., Sagastume, D., Akinajo, O. R., Scarpa, G., Hanson, C., Larsson, E. C., Afolabi, B. B., & Beňová, L. (2025). Dietary diversity insufficiently explains differences in prevalence of anaemia in pregnancy across regions in Nigeria: A secondary analysis of Demographic and Health Survey 2018. PLOS Global Public Health, 5(5), e0004540. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0004540

  3. Khaki, J. J., Molenaar, J., Karki, S., Olal, E., Straneo, M., Mosuse, M. A., Fouogue, J. T., Hensen, B., Baguiya, A., Musau Nkola, A., Wong, K. L. M., Ba, O. A., Kikula, A., Grovogui, F. M., Semaan, A., Asefa, A., Macharia, P. M., Chikwari, C. D., Ouédraogo, M. O., … Beňová, L. (2025). When health data go dark: The importance of the DHS Program and imagining its future. BMC Medicine, 23(1), 241. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-025-04062-6

  4. Adedinsewo, D. A., Onietan, D., Morales-Lara, A. C., Moideen Sheriff, S., Afolabi, B. B., Kushimo, O. A., Mbakwem, A. C., Ibiyemi, K. F., Ogunmodede, J. A., Raji, H. O., Ringim, S. H., Habib, A. A., Hamza, S. M., Ogah, O. S., Obajimi, G., Saanu, O. O., Aborisade, S., Jagun, O. E., Inofomoh, F. O., … Carter, R. E. (2025). Contextual challenges in implementing artificial intelligence for healthcare in low-resource environments: Insights from the SPEC-AI Nigeria trial. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 12, 1516088. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2025.1516088

  5. Banke-Thomas, A., Ogunyemi, A., Okunowo, A., Wright, O., Monjane, C., Akinlusi, F. M., Isikekpei, B., Wanduru, P., Thompson, R. A., Ezumezu, N., & Afolabi, B. B. (2025). Unravelling the conundrums of social autopsy for maternal mortality in low- and middle-income countries. PLOS Global Public Health, 5(3), e0004295. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0004295

  6. Babah, O. A., Beňová, L., Larsson, E. C., Hanson, C., & Afolabi, B. B. (2025). Is an improvement in anaemia and iron levels associated with the risk of early postpartum depression? A cohort study from Lagos, Nigeria. BMC Public Health, 25(1), 808. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-21942-x

  7. Babah, O. A., Beňová, L., Hanson, C., Abioye, A. I., Larsson, E. C., & Afolabi, B. B. (2024). Screening and treatment practices for iron deficiency in anaemic pregnant women: A cross-sectional survey of healthcare workers in Nigeria. PLOS ONE, 19(11), e0310912. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0310912

  8. Banke-Thomas, A., Beňová, L., Ray, N., Wong, K. L., Stanton, C., Shetty, S., & Afolabi, B. B. (2024). Inequalities in geographical access to emergency obstetric and newborn care. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 102(11), 837–839. https://doi.org/10.2471/BLT.24.292287

  9. Ramson, J. A., Williams, M. J., Afolabi, B. B., Colagiuri, S., Finlayson, K. W., Hemmingsen, B., Venkatesh, K. K., & Chou, D. (2024). Pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period: Opportunities to improve lifetime outcomes for women with non-communicable diseases. Medical Journal of Australia, 221(7), 350–353. https://doi.org/10.5694/mja2.52452

  10. Afolabi, B. B., Babah, O. A., Adeyemo, T. A., Balogun, M., Banke-Thomas, A., Abioye, A. I., Akinajo, O. R., Galadanci, H. S., Quao, R. A., Adelabu, H., Sam-Agudu, N. A., Adaramoye, V. O., Abubakar, A., Banigbe, B., Olorunfemi, G., Beňová, L., Larsson, E. C., Annerstedt, K. S., Hanson, C., & Thornton, J. (2024). Intravenous versus oral iron for anaemia among pregnant women in Nigeria (IVON): An open-label, randomised controlled trial. The Lancet Global Health, 12(10), e1649–e1659. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(24)00239-0

  11. Adedinsewo, D. A., Morales-Lara, A. C., Afolabi, B. B., Kushimo, O. A., Mbakwem, A. C., Ibiyemi, K. F., Ogunmodede, J. A., Raji, H. O., Ringim, S. H., Habib, A. A., Hamza, S. M., Ogah, O. S., Obajimi, G., Saanu, O. O., Jagun, O. E., Inofomoh, F. O., Adeolu, T., Karaye, K. M., Gaya, S. A., … Carter, R. E. (2024). Artificial intelligence guided screening for cardiomyopathies in an obstetric population: A pragmatic randomized clinical trial. Nature Medicine. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-024-03243-9

  12. Afolabi, B. B., Babah, O. A., Adeyemo, T. A., Balogun, M., Banke-Thomas, A., Abioye, A. I., Akinajo, O. R., Galadanci, H. S., Quao, R. A., Adelabu, H., Sam-Agudu, N. A., Adaramoye, V. O., Abubakar, A., Banigbe, B., Olorunfemi, G., Beňová, L., Larsson, E. C., Annerstedt, K. S., Hanson, C., & Thornton, J. (2024). Intravenous versus oral iron for anaemia among pregnant women in Nigeria (IVON): An open-label, randomised controlled trial. The Lancet Global Health, 12(10), e1649–e1659. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(24)00239-0

  13. Afolabi, B. B., Adaramoye, V. O., Adeyemo, T. A., Balogun, M., Mitchell, E. J., Walker, K., Akinajo, O. R., Abioye, I. A., Banke-Thomas, A., Babah, O. A., Chieme, C. F., Oshodi, Y., Quao, R., Eboreime, E. A., & Ogunsola, F. (2024). Intravenous ferric carboxymaltose versus oral ferrous sulphate for the treatment of moderate to severe postpartum anaemia in Nigerian women (IVON-PP): Protocol for an open-label randomised controlled type 1 hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial. BMJ Open, 14(8), e086553. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-086553

  14. Akinajo, O. R., Annerstedt, K. S., Banke-Thomas, A., Obi-Jeff, C., Sam-Agudu, N. A., Babah, O. A., Balogun, M. R., Beňová, L., & Afolabi, B. B. (2024). Implementation fidelity of intravenous ferric carboxymaltose administration for iron deficiency anaemia in pregnancy: A mixed-methods study nested in a clinical trial in Nigeria. Implementation Science Communications, 5(1), 81. https://doi.org/10.1186/s43058-024-00609-5

  15. Banke-Thomas, A., Wong, K. L. M., Olubodun, T., Macharia, P. M., Sundararajan, N., Shah, Y., Prasad, G., Kansal, M., Vispute, S., Shekel, T., Ogunyemi, O., Gwacham-Anisiobi, U., Wang, J., Abejirinde, I. O., Makanga, P. T., Azodoh, N., Nzelu, C., Afolabi, B. B., Stanton, C., & Beňová, L. (2024). Geographical accessibility to functional emergency obstetric care facilities in urban Nigeria using closer-to-reality travel time estimates: A population-based spatial analysis. The Lancet Global Health, 12(5), e848–e858. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(24)00045-7

  16. Wong, K. L. M., Banke-Thomas, A., Olubodun, T., Macharia, P. M., Stanton, C., Sundararajan, N., Shah, Y., Prasad, G., Kansal, M., Vispute, S., Shekel, T., Ogunyemi, O., Gwacham-Anisiobi, U., Wang, J., Abejirinde, I. O., Makanga, P. T., Afolabi, B. B., & Beňová, L. (2024). Socio-spatial equity analysis of relative wealth index and emergency obstetric care accessibility in urban Nigeria. Communications Medicine, 4(1), 34. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-024-00458-2

  17. Akinajo, O. R., Babah, O. A., Banke-Thomas, A., Beňová, L., Sam-Agudu, N. A., Balogun, M. R., Adaramoye, V. O., Galadanci, H. S., Quao, R. A., Afolabi, B. B., & Annerstedt, K. S. (2024). Acceptability of IV iron treatment for iron deficiency anaemia in pregnancy in Nigeria: A qualitative study with pregnant women, domestic decision-makers, and health care providers. Reproductive Health, 21(1), 22. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-024-01743-y

  18. Straneo, M., Hanson, C., van den Akker, T., Afolabi, B. B., Asefa, A., Delamou, A., Dennis, M., Gadama, L., Mahachi, N., Mlilo, W., Pembe, A. B., Tsuala Fouogue, J., & Beňová, L. (2024). Inequalities in use of hospitals for childbirth among rural women in sub-Saharan Africa: A comparative analysis of 18 countries using Demographic and Health Survey data. BMJ Global Health, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2023-013029

  19. Babah, O. A., Akinajo, O. R., Beňová, L., Hanson, C., Abioye, A. I., Adaramoye, V. O., Adeyemo, T. A., Balogun, M. R., Banke-Thomas, A., Galadanci, H. S., Sam-Agudu, N. A., Afolabi, B. B., & Larsson, E. C. (2024). Prevalence of and risk factors for iron deficiency among pregnant women with moderate or severe anaemia in Nigeria: A cross-sectional study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 24(1), 39. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-023-06169-1

  20. Macharia, P. M., Wong, K. L. M., Olubodun, T., Beňová, L., Stanton, C., Sundararajan, N., Shah, Y., Prasad, G., Kansal, M., Vispute, S., Shekel, T., Gwacham-Anisiobi, U., Ogunyemi, O., Wang, J., Abejirinde, I. O., Makanga, P. T., Afolabi, B. B., & Banke-Thomas, A. (2023). A geospatial database of close-to-reality travel times to obstetric emergency care in 15 Nigerian conurbations. Scientific Data, 10(1), 736. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02651-9

  21. Beňová, L., Semaan, A., Afolabi, B. B., Amongin, D., Babah, O. A., Dioubate, N., Harissatou, N., Kikula, A. I., Nakubulwa, S., Ogein, O., Adroma, M., Anzo Adiga, W., Diallo, A., Diallo, I. S., Diallo, L., Cellou Diallo, M., Maomou, C., Mtinangi, N., Sy, T., … Banke-Thomas, A. O. (2023). Obstetric referrals, complications and health outcomes in maternity wards of large hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic: A mixed methods study of six hospitals in Guinea, Nigeria, Uganda and Tanzania. BMJ Open, 13(9), e076364. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-076364

  22. Tromp, J., Jackson, A. M., Abdelhamid, M., Fouad, D., Youssef, G., Petrie, M. C., Bauersachs, J., Sliwa, K., & van der Meer, P. (2023). Thromboembolic events in peripartum cardiomyopathy: Results from the ESC EORP PPCM registry. European Journal of Heart Failure, 25(8), 1464–1466. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejhf.2871

  23. Ogunsola, F. T., Sekoni, A., Akanmu, A. S., Adeyemo, W. L., Osuntoki, A., Manga-Atangana, B., Afolabi, B. B., Okubadejo, N. U., Emmanuel, M., Caleb-Adepoju, S. O., Folarin, O., Okonkwo, P., Murphy, R. L., & Kanki, P. (2023). Achieving a robust mentoring and research capacity program in a LMIC – the BRAINS faculty development model. BMC Medical Education, 23(1), 522. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-023-04488-7

  24. Babah, O. A., Ojewunmi, O. O., Onwuamah, C. K., Udenze, I. C., Osuntoki, A. A., & Afolabi, B. B. (2023). Serum concentrations of IL-16 and its genetic polymorphism rs4778889 affect the susceptibility and severity of endometriosis in Nigerian women. BMC Women’s Health, 23(1), 253. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-023-02362-8

  25. Eboreime, E., Banke-Thomas, A., Obi-Jeff, C., Adelabu, Y., Balogun, M., Aiyenigba, A. A., Oluwole, E. O., Akinajo, O. R., & Afolabi, B. B. (2023). A continuous quality improvement strategy to strengthen screening practices and facilitate the routine use of intravenous iron for treating anaemia in pregnant and postpartum women in Nigeria: A study protocol. Implementation Science Communications, 4(1), 22. https://doi.org/10.1186/s43058-023-00400-y

  26. Fotopoulou, C., Khan, T., Bracinik, J., Glasbey, J., Abu-Rustum, N., Chiva, L., Fagotti, A., Fujiwara, K., Ghebre, R., Gutelkin, M., Konney, T. O., Ng, J., Pareja, R., Kottayasamy Seenivasagam, R., Sehouli, J., Surappa, S. T. S., Bhangu, A., Leung, E., & Sundar, S. (2022). Outcomes of gynecologic cancer surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic: An international, multicenter, prospective CovidSurg-Gynecologic Oncology Cancer study. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 227(5), 735.e1–735.e25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2022.06.052

  27. Afolabi, B. B., Babah, O. A., & Adeyemo, T. A. (2022). Evidence-based obstetric management of women with sickle cell disease in low-income countries. Hematology, 2022(1), 414–420. https://doi.org/10.1182/hematology.2022000377

  28. Osanyin, G. E., Banke-Thomas, A., Oluwole, E. O., Odeseye, A. K., & Afolabi, B. B. (2022). Effects of a mHealth voice messaging intervention on antenatal care utilisation at primary care level in Lagos, Nigeria: A cluster randomised trial. Journal of Public Health in Africa, 13(3), 2222. https://doi.org/10.4081/jphia.2022.2222

  29. Afolabi, B. B., Makwe, C. C., Okunade, K. S., Akanmu, O. N., Akase, I. E., Otokiti, O., Bolarinwa, A., Ezenwankwo, F., Oyeleke, G. O., Ezenwa, B. N., & Martins-Akinlose, O. (2022). Use of exchange blood transfusion in the management of severe COVID-19 infection in pregnancy: Experience from Lagos, Nigeria. African Health Sciences, 22(2), 75–78. https://doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v22i2.9

  30. Afolabi, B. B., Babah, O. A., Akinajo, O. R., Adaramoye, V. O., Adeyemo, T. A., Balogun, M., Banke-Thomas, A., Quao, R. A., Olorunfemi, G., Abioye, A. I., Galadanci, H. S., Sam-Agudu, N. A. (2022). Intravenous versus oral iron for iron deficiency anaemia in pregnant Nigerian women (IVON): Study protocol for a randomised hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial. Trials, 23(1), 763. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06690-2

  31. van der Merwe, F., Vickery, N. J., Kluyts, H. L., Yang, D., Han, Y., Munlemvo, D. M., Ashebir, D. Z., Mbwele, B., Forget, P., Basenero, A., Youssouf, C., Antwi-Kusi, A., Ndonga, A. K., Ngumi, Z. W. W., Elkhogia, A., Omigbodun, A. O., Tumukunde, J., Madzimbamuto, F. D., Gobin, V., … Biccard, B. M. (2022). Postoperative outcomes associated with procedural sedation conducted by physician and nonphysician anesthesia providers: Findings from the prospective, observational African Surgical Outcomes Study. Anesthesia & Analgesia, 135(2), 250-263. https://doi.org/10.1213/ANE.0000000000005819

  32. Banke-Thomas, A., Macharia, P. M., Makanga, P. T., Beňová, L., Wong, K. L. M., Gwacham-Anisiobi, U., Wang, J., Olubodun, T., Ogunyemi, O., Afolabi, B. B., Ebenso, B., & Omolade Abejirinde, I. O. (2022). Leveraging big data for improving the estimation of close-to-reality travel time to obstetric emergency services in urban low- and middle-income settings. Frontiers in Public Health, 10, 931401. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.931401

  33. Aliyu, Z., Kushimo, O. A., Oluwole, A. A., Amadi, C., Oyeyemi, N., Mbakwem, A., & Afolabi, B. B. (2022). Effects of pregnancy on cardiac structure and function in women with sickle cell anemia: A longitudinal comparative study. Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/14767058.2022.2089549

  34. Ezenwa, B. N., Fajolu, I. B., Akinajo, O. R., Makwe, C. C., Oluwole, A. A., Akase, I. E., Afolabi, B. B., & Ezeaka, V. C. (2022). Management of covid-19: A practical guideline for maternal and newborn health care providers in Sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine, 35(9), 1789-1795. https://doi.org/10.1080/14767058.2020.1763948

  35. Banke-Thomas, A., Avoka, C. K., Gwacham-Anisiobi, U., Omololu, O., Balogun, M., Wright, K., Fasesin, T. T., Olusi, A., Afolabi, B. B., & Ameh, C. (2022). Travel of pregnant women in emergency situations to hospital and maternal mortality in Lagos, Nigeria: A retrospective cohort study. BMJ Global Health, 7(4). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2022-008604

  36. Balogun, M., Banke-Thomas, A., Gwacham-Anisiobi, U., Yesufu, V., Ubani, O., & Afolabi, B. B. (2022). Actions and adaptations implemented for maternal, newborn and child health service provision during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in Lagos, Nigeria: Qualitative study of health facility leaders. Annals of Global Health, 88(1), 13. https://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.3529

  37. Banke-Thomas, A., Semaan, A., Amongin, D., Babah, O., Dioubate, N., Kikula, A., Nakubulwa, S., Ogein, O., Adroma, M., Anzo Adiga, W., Diallo, A., Diallo, L., Cellou Diallo, M., Maomou, C., Mtinangi, N., Sy, T., Delvaux, T., Afolabi, B. B., Delamou, A., … Benova, L. (2022). A mixed-methods study of maternal health care utilisation in six referral hospitals in four sub-Saharan African countries before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. BMJ Global Health, 7(2). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2021-008064

  38. Semaan, A., Banke-Thomas, A., Amongin, D., Babah, O., Dioubate, N., Kikula, A., Nakubulwa, S., Ogein, O., Adroma, M., Anzo Adiga, W., Diallo, A., Diallo, L., Cellou Diallo, M., Maomou, C., Mtinangi, N., Sy, T., Delvaux, T., Afolabi, B. B., Delamou, A., … Benova, L. (2022). ‘We are not going to shut down, because we cannot postpone pregnancy’: A mixed-methods study of the provision of maternal healthcare in six referral maternity wards in four sub-Saharan African countries during the COVID-19 pandemic. BMJ Global Health, 7(2). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2021-008063

  39. COVIDSurg Collaborative, & GlobalSurg Collaborative. (2022). SARS-CoV-2 infection and venous thromboembolism after surgery: An international prospective cohort study. Anaesthesia, 77(1), 28-39. https://doi.org/10.1111/anae.15563

  40. van der Merwe, F., Vickery, N. J., Kluyts, H. L., Yang, D., Han, Y., Munlemvo, D. M., Ashebir, D. Z., Mbwele, B., Forget, P., Basenero, A., Youssouf, C., Antwi-Kusi, A., Ndonga, A. K., Ngumi, Z. W. W., Elkhogia, A., Omigbodun, A. O., Tumukunde, J., Madzimbamuto, F. D., Gobin, V., … Biccard, B. M. (2021). Postoperative outcomes associated with procedural sedation conducted by physician and nonphysician anesthesia providers: Findings from the prospective, observational African Surgical Outcomes Study. Anesthesia & Analgesia. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1213/ANE.0000000000005819

  41. Garba, S. R., Makwe, C. C., Osunkalu, V. O., Kalejaiye, O. O., Soibi-Harry, A. P., Aliyu, A. U., & Afolabi, B. B. (2021). Ovarian reserve in Nigerian women with sickle cell anaemia: A cross-sectional study. Journal of Ovarian Research, 14(1), 174. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13048-021-00927-5

  42. Jackson, A. M., Petrie, M. C., Frogoudaki, A., Laroche, C., Gustafsson, F., Ibrahim, B., Mebazaa, A., Johnson, M. R., Seferovic, P. M., Regitz-Zagrosek, V., Mbakwem, A., Böhm, M., Prameswari, H. S., Fouad, D. A., Goland, S., Damasceno, A., Karaye, K., Farhan, H. A., Hamdan, R., … Bauersachs, J. (2021). Hypertensive disorders in women with peripartum cardiomyopathy: Insights from the ESC EORP PPCM Registry. European Journal of Heart Failure, 23(12), 2058-2069. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejhf.2264

  43. Medubi, L. J., Osinubi, A. A., Odebiyi, D. O., Ajayi, O. F., Ademuyiwa, A., Afolabi, B. B., Balogun, M. R., Odugbemi, T. O., Uti, O., & Ogunsola, F. T. (2021). From input to outcome: Case-based learning raises medical and dental students expectations of better performance in their future practice. Nigerian Quarterly Journal of Hospital Medicine, 29(3-4), 159-162.

  44. Hitchman, L., & Machin, M. (2021). Impact of COVID-19 on vascular patients worldwide: Analysis of the COVIDSurg data. Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 62(6), 558-570. https://doi.org/10.23736/S0021-9509.21.12024-5

  45. COVIDSurg Collaborative. (2021). Machine learning risk prediction of mortality for patients undergoing surgery with perioperative SARS-CoV-2: The COVIDSurg mortality score. British Journal of Surgery, 108(11), 1274-1292. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znab183

  46. COVIDSurg Collaborative. (2021). Impact of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination on postoperative mortality in patients with perioperative SARS-CoV-2 infection. BJS Open, 5(6). https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsopen/zrab131

  47. COVIDSurg Collaborative. (2021). Effect of COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns on planned cancer surgery for 15 tumour types in 61 countries: An international, prospective, cohort study. The Lancet Oncology, 22(11), 1507-1517. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(21)00493-9

  48. Babah, O. A., Ojewunmi, O. O., Osuntoki, A. A., Simon, M. A., & Afolabi, B. B. (2021). Genetic polymorphisms of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) associated with endometriosis in Nigerian women. Human Genomics, 15(1), 64. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40246-021-00364-x

  49. Banke-Thomas, A., Wong, K. L. M., Collins, L., Olaniran, A., Balogun, M., Wright, O., Babajide, O., Ajayi, B., Afolabi, B. B., Abayomi, A., & Benova, L. (2021). An assessment of geographical access and factors influencing travel time to emergency obstetric care in the urban state of Lagos, Nigeria. Health Policy and Planning, 36(9), 1384-1396. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czab099

  50. ASOS-2 Investigators. (2021). Enhanced postoperative surveillance versus standard of care to reduce mortality among adult surgical patients in Africa (ASOS-2): A cluster-randomised controlled trial. The Lancet Global Health, 9(10), e1391-e1401. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(21)00291-6

  51. Afolabi, B. B., Babah, O. A., Adeyemo, T. A., Odukoya, O. O., Ezeaka, C. V., Nwaiwu, O., Oshodi, Y. A., & Ogunnaike, B. A. (2021). Low-dose aspirin for preventing intrauterine growth restriction and pre-eclampsia in sickle cell pregnancy (PIPSICKLE): A randomised controlled trial (study protocol). BMJ Open, 11(8), e047949. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-047949

  52. Cardiothoracic Interdisciplinary Research Network and COVIDSurg Collaborative. (2021). Early outcomes and complications following cardiac surgery in patients testing positive for coronavirus disease 2019: An international cohort study. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 162(2), e355-e372. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2021.03.091

  53. COVIDSurg Collaborative, & GlobalSurg Collaborative. (2021). Timing of surgery following SARS-CoV-2 infection: An international prospective cohort study. Anaesthesia, 76(6), 748-758. https://doi.org/10.1111/anae.15458

  54. Balogun, M., Banke-Thomas, A., Sekoni, A., Boateng, G. O., Yesufu, V., Wright, O., Ubani, O., Abayomi, A., Afolabi, B. B., & Ogunsola, F. (2021). Challenges in access and satisfaction with reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health services in Nigeria during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional survey. PLOS ONE, 16(5), e0251382. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251382

  55. COVIDSurg Collaborative, & GlobalSurg Collaborative. (2021). SARS-CoV-2 vaccination modelling for safe surgery to save lives: Data from an international prospective cohort study. British Journal of Surgery. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znab101

  56. Ameh, C., Banke-Thomas, A., Balogun, M., Makwe, C. C., & Afolabi, B. B. (2021). Reproductive Maternal and Newborn Health Providers’ Assessment of Facility Preparedness and Its Determinants during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Lagos, Nigeria. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 104(4), 1495–1506. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.20-1324

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