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Iuliano A, Shittu F, Colbourn T, Salako J, Bakare D, Bakare AAA, King C, Graham H, McCollum ED, Falade AG, Uchendu O, Haruna I, Valentine P, Burgess R. Community perceptions matter: a mixed-methods study using local knowledge to define features of success for a community intervention to improve quality of care for children under-5 in Jigawa, Nigeria. BMJ Open 2023; 13:e069213. [PMID: 37973546 PMCID: PMC10660644 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-069213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2022] [Accepted: 09/22/2023] [Indexed: 11/19/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES In this study, we used the information generated by community members during an intervention design process to understand the features needed for a successful community participatory intervention to improve child health. DESIGN We conducted a concurrent mixed-methods study (November 2019-March 2020) to inform the design and evaluation of a community-facility linkage participatory intervention. SETTING Kiyawa Local Government Area (Jigawa State, Nigeria)-population of 230 000 (n=425 villages). PARTICIPANTS Qualitative data included 12 community conversations with caregivers of children under-5 (men, older and younger women; n=9 per group), 3 focus group discussions (n=10) with ward development committee members and interviews with facility heads (n=3). Quantitative data comprised household surveys (n=3464) with compound heads (n=1803) and women (n=1661). RESULTS We analysed qualitative data with thematic network analysis and the surveys with linear regression-results were triangulated in the interpretation phase. Participants identified the following areas of focus: community health education; facility infrastructure, equipment and staff improvements; raising funds to make these changes. Community involvement, cooperation and empowerment were recognised as a strategy to improve child health, and the presence of intermediate bodies (development committees) was deemed important to improve communication and solve problems between community and facility members. The survey showed functional community relations' dynamics, with high levels of internal cohesion (78%), efficacy in solving problems together (79%) and fairness of the local leaders (82%). CONCLUSIONS Combining the results from this study and critical theories on successful participation identified community-informed features for a contextually tailored community-facility link intervention. The need to promote a more inclusive approach to future child health interventions was highlighted. In addition to health education campaigns, the relationship between community and healthcare providers needs strengthening, and development committees were identified as an essential feature for successfully linking communities and facilities for child health. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER ISRCTN39213655.
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Affiliation(s)
- Agnese Iuliano
- UCL Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Paediatrics, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
- Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- UCL Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Paediatrics, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
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- Department of Paediatrics, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
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- Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Community Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
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- UCL Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK
- Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Centre for International Child Health, University of Melbourne, MCRI, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Eudowood Division of Pediatric Respiratory Sciences, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Paediatrics, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
- Department of Paediatrics, University College Hospital Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo, Nigeria
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- Department of Community Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
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- UCL Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK
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Bakare AA, King C, Salako J, Bakare D, Uchendu OC, Burgess RA, Shittu F, Iuliano A, Isah A, Ahmed T, Ahmar S, Valentine P, Olowookere TF, McCollum ED, Colbourn T, Falade AG, Graham HR. Pneumonia knowledge and care seeking behavior for children under-five years in Jigawa, Northwest Nigeria: a cross-sectional study. Front Public Health 2023; 11:1198225. [PMID: 37533532 PMCID: PMC10393027 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1198225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2023] [Accepted: 06/19/2023] [Indexed: 08/04/2023] Open
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Background Between 2013 and 2022, Nigeria did not meet globally defined targets for pneumonia control, despite some scale-up of vaccinations, oxygen and antibiotics. A deliberate focus on community-based programs is needed to improve coverage of protective, preventive and treatment interventions. We therefore aimed to describe caregiver knowledge and care seeking behaviour for childhood pneumonia, in a high child mortality setting in Nigeria, to inform the development of effective community-based interventions for pneumonia control. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional household survey in Kiyawa Local Government Area, Jigawa State, Nigeria between December 2019 and March 2020. We asked caregivers about their knowledge of pneumonia symptoms, prevention, risks, and treatment. A score of 1 was assigned for each correct response. We showed them videos of pneumonia specific symptoms and asked (1) if their child had any respiratory symptoms in the 2-weeks prior; (2) their subsequent care-seeking behaviour. Multivariate regressions explored socio-demographic and clinical factors associated with care seeking. Results We surveyed 1,661 eligible women, with 2,828 children under-five. Only 4.9% of women could name both cough and difficulty/fast breathing as pneumonia symptoms, and the composite knowledge scores for pneumonia prevention, risks and treatment were low. Overall, 19.0% (536/2828) of children had a report of pneumonia specific symptoms in the prior two-weeks, and of these 32.3% (176/536) were taken for care. The odds of care seeking was higher among children: with fever (AOR:2:45 [95% CI: 1.38-4.34]); from wealthiest homes (AOR: 2:13 [95% CI: 1.03-4.38]) and whose mother first married at 20-26 years compared to 15-19 years (AOR: 5.15 [95% CI: 1.38-19.26]). Notably, the caregiver's knowledge of pneumonia was not associated with care seeking. Conclusion While some socio-demographic factors were associated with care seeking for children with symptoms of Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI), caregiver's knowledge of the disease was not. Therefore, when designing public health interventions to address child mortality, information-giving alone is likely to be insufficient.
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- Ayobami A. Bakare
- Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Community Medicine, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria
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- Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Paediatrics, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
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- Department of Paediatrics, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
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- Department of Community Medicine, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria
- Department of Community Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
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- Department of Paediatrics, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
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- Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Save the Children International, Abuja, Nigeria
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- Save the Children UK, London, United Kingdom
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- Eudowood Division of Pediatric Respiratory Sciences, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Paediatrics, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
- Department of Paediatrics, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria
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- Department of Paediatrics, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria
- Centre for International Child Health, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, University of Melbourne, Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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Burgess RA, Shittu F, Iuliano A, Haruna I, Valentine P, Bakare AA, Colbourn T, Graham HR, McCollum ED, Falade AG, King C. Whose knowledge counts? Involving communities in intervention and trial design using community conversations. Trials 2023; 24:385. [PMID: 37287035 DOI: 10.1186/s13063-023-07320-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2022] [Accepted: 04/20/2023] [Indexed: 06/09/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Current debates in Global Health call for expanding methodologies to allow typically silenced voices to contribute to processes of knowledge production and intervention design. Within trial research, this has typically involved small-scale qualitative work, with limited opportunities for citizens to contribute to the structure and nature of the trial. This paper reports on efforts to move past typical formative trial work, through adaptation of community conversations (CCs) methodology, an action-oriented approach that engages large numbers of community members in dialogue. We applied the CC method to explore community perspectives about pneumonia and managing the health of children under-5 in Northern Nigeria to inform our pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial evaluating a complex intervention to reduce under-5 mortality in Nigeria. METHODS We conducted 12 rounds of community conversations with a total of 320 participants, in six administrative wards in Kiyawa Local Government Area, Jigawa state, our intervention site. Participants were male and female caregivers of children under five. Conversations were structured around participatory learning and action activities, using drawings and discussion to reduce barriers to entry. During activities participants were placed in subgroups: younger women (18-30 years of age), older women (31-49 years) and men (18 years above). Discussions were conducted over three 2-h sessions, facilitated by community researchers. Following an initial analysis to extract priority issues and perspectives on intervention structure, smaller focus group discussions were completed with participants in five new sites to ensure all 11 administrative wards in our study site contributed to the design. RESULTS We identified enabling and limiting factors which could shape the future trial implementation, including complex power relationships within households and wider communities shaping women's health decision-making, and the gendered use of space. We also noted the positive engagement of participants during the CC process, with many participants valuing the opportunity to express themselves in ways they have not been able to in the past. CONCLUSIONS CCs provide a structured approach to deep meaningful engagement of everyday citizens in intervention and trial designs, but require appropriate resources, and commitment to qualitative research in trials. TRIAL REGISTRATION ISRCTN39213655. Registered on 11 December 2019.
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- Department of Paediatrics, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria
- Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Community Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
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- Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK
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- Centre for International Child Health, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, University of Melbourne, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Eudowood Division of Pediatric Respiratory Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA
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- Department of Paediatrics, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
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- Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK
- Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Andersen KN, Shittu F, Magama A, Ahmed T, Bakare D, Salako J, Burgess RA, King C. Perceptions of child death in Jigawa State, Nigeria: a mixed-methods study on how sociocultural nuances shape paediatric mortality reporting. Glob Health Action 2022; 15:2120251. [DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2022.2120251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria and University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria and University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria and University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria
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- Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK
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Burgess R, Dedios Sanguineti MC, Maldonado-Carrizosa D, Fonseca L, Vera San Juan N, Lucumí D, González-Gort M, Melgar MC, Gaviria MF, Tovar DF, Jovchelovitch S. Using participatory action research to reimagine community mental health services in Colombia: a mixed-method study protocol. BMJ Open 2022; 12:e069329. [PMID: 36549743 PMCID: PMC9772630 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-069329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Mental healthcare systems are challenged by how they hear and respond to what marginalised communities experience as drivers of mental distress. In Colombia, this challenge intersects with wider challenges facing post-conflict reconstruction. Our pilot study will explore the feasibility and acceptability of a participatory approach to developing community-led participatory interventions for community mental health systems strengthening and mental health improvement, in two sites in Caquetá, Colombia. METHODS AND ANALYSIS The project is divided into three distinct phases aligned with community participatory action research cycles: diagnostic, intervention and evaluation. This allows us to use a participatory approach to design a community-led, bottom-up intervention for mental health systems strengthening and the promotion of mental health and well-being.The diagnostic phase explores local understandings of mental health, mental distress and access to mental health services from community members and health providers. The intervention stage will be guided by a participatory Theory of Change process. Community priorities will inform the development of a participatory, learning and action (PLA) informed group intervention, with a community linkage forum. The pilot of the PLA intervention will be evaluated using MRC process evaluation guidelines. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION This project has received ethical approval from two sources. Universidad de Los Andes (2021-1393) and the University College London (16127/005). Dissemination of findings will include academic publications, community forums, policy briefs and visual media (cartoons, pod casts and short films).
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- Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK
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- UCL Institute for Global Health, London, UK
- Rapid Research Appraisal and Evaluation Lab, University College London, London, UK
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- School of Government, Universidad de los Andes, Bogota, Colombia
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- Cooperativa Multiactiva Para El Buen Vivir Y La Paz Del Caquetá, Florencia, Colombia
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- Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK
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King C, Siddle M, Adams O, Ahmar S, Ahmed T, Bakare AA, Bakare D, Burgess RA, Colbourn T, McCollum ED, Olowookere T, Salako J, Uchendu O, Graham HR, Falade AG. Prevalence of pneumonia and malnutrition among children in Jigawa state, Nigeria: a community-based clinical screening study. BMJ Paediatr Open 2022; 6:10.1136/bmjpo-2022-001640. [PMID: 36645778 PMCID: PMC9577914 DOI: 10.1136/bmjpo-2022-001640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2022] [Accepted: 09/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To estimate the point prevalence of pneumonia and malnutrition and explore associations with household socioeconomic factors. DESIGN Community-based cross-sectional study conducted in January-June 2021 among a random sample of households across all villages in the study area. SETTING Kiyawa Local Government Area, Jigawa state, Nigeria. PARTICIPANTS Children aged 0-59 months who were permanent residents in Kiyawa and present at home at the time of the survey. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Pneumonia (non-severe and severe) defined using WHO criteria (2014 revision) in children aged 0-59 months. Malnutrition (moderate and severe) defined using mid-upper arm circumference in children aged 6-59 months. RESULTS 9171 children were assessed, with a mean age of 24.8 months (SD=15.8); 48.7% were girls. Overall pneumonia (severe or non-severe) point prevalence was 1.3% (n=121/9171); 0.6% (n=55/9171) had severe pneumonia. Using an alternate definition that did not rely on caregiver-reported cough/difficult breathing revealed higher pneumonia prevalence (n=258, 2.8%, 0.6% severe, 2.2% non-severe). Access to any toilet facility was associated with lower odds of pneumonia (aOR: 0.56; 95% CI: 0.31 to 1.01). The prevalence of malnutrition (moderate or severe) was 15.6% (n=1239/7954) with 4.1% (n=329/7954) were severely malnourished. Being older (aOR: 0.22; 95% CI: 0.17 to 0.27), male (aOR: 0.77; 95% CI: 0.66 to 0.91) and having head of compound a business owner or professional (vs subsistence farmer, aOR 0.71; 95% CI: 0.56 to 0.90) were associated with lower odds of malnutrition. CONCLUSIONS In this large, representative community-based survey, there was a considerable pneumonia and malnutrition morbidity burden. We noted challenges in the diagnosis of Integrated Management of Childhood Illness-defined pneumonia in this context.
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- Carina King
- Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK
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- Save the Children International, Abuja, Nigeria
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- Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.,Department of Community Medicine, University College Hospital Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
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- Paediatrics, University College Hospital Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
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- Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK
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- Eudowood Division of Pediatric Respiratory Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Paediatrics, University College Hospital Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
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- Department of Community Medicine, University College Hospital Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.,Department of Community Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
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- Paediatrics, University College Hospital Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria .,International Child Health, MCRI, Royal Children's Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Paediatrics, University College Hospital Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.,College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
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