Robert H J Bandsma

Biographic Data

ID1780801
NAMERobert H J Bandsma
GIVEN NAMESRobert H J
FAMILY NAMEBandsma
SIGNATUREBANDSMA R H J
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Toronto
ORCID0000-0001-6358-4750
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS11
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT11
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2017
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Enteric dysfunction and enteropathogens among hospitalized south Asian and sub-Saharan African children

    Open AccessAbu Sadat Mohammad Sayeem Bin Shahid, Donna M Denno et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026

    Enteropathogens and enteric dysfunction (ED) among acutely ill children in low-and-middle income countries (LMICs) may contribute to poor post-discharge outcomes. Enteropathogen prevalence and fecal ED biomarkers (myeloperoxidase, calprotectin, α-1-antitrypsin) from children aged 2–23 months hospitalized at nine LMIC facilities (n = 811) were compared to community children (n = 248). Host and pathogen correlates of ED biomarkers were identified t…

  • Infants and children 6–59 months of age with severe wasting and/or nutritional oedema

    Open AccessDEBBIE THOMPSON, Praveen Kumar et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2025

    box The 2023 WHO guideline on wasting and nutritional oedema includes four new recommendations, three updated recommendations and three new good practice statements for the management of severe wasting and nutritional oedema in infants and children 6–59 months of age

  • Aflatoxin exposure and mortality in acutely ill children

    Open AccessLei Xia, Hang Wu et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2025

    BACKGROUND: Chronic exposure to aflatoxins is associated with liver cancer, impaired child growth, and compromised immune function. The Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition (CHAIN) Network cohort was established to identify risk factors for mortality in acutely ill children admitted to nine hospitals in four African and two South Asian countries. We examined the role of aflatoxin exposure in inpatient and post-discharge mortality. METHODS: In a …

  • Infants and children 6–59 months of age with moderate wasting

    Open AccessIndi Trehan, Robert H J Bandsma et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2025

    BOX The 2023 WHO guideline on wasting and nutritional oedema provides the first systematically developed evidence-informed set of recommendations and good practice statements for children 6–59 months of age with moderate wasting

  • The contribution of minimally invasive tissue sampling compared to antemortem-derived cause of death determination among inpatient child deaths

    Open AccessWieger Voskuijl, Wieger P Voskuijl et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2025

    Background: Improved causes of death (CoD) understanding in low- and middle-income countries is needed to reduce child mortality. Compared to full autopsy, minimally invasive tissue sampling (MITS), using transcutaneous needle sampling, is a feasible, socially acceptable, and validated method. We aimed to quantify the additional contribution of MITS to CoD attribution based on clinical records and inpatient research data with intensive patient ch…

  • Exploring the relationship between ultra-processed food consumption and gut microbiota at school age in a Brazilian birth cohort

    Open AccessEtiene Dias Alves, Marina Xavier Carpena et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2025References: 50

    Dietary patterns significantly impact health outcomes and gut microbiota composition. However, longitudinal studies associating ultra-processed food consumption with gut microbiota composition, especially among adolescents in low- and middle-income countries, are lacking. This study aimed to explore this association using data collected from 364 participants at ages 6, 11, and 12 years from the 2004 Pelotas (Brazil) Birth Cohort. Microbiota data …

  • Prediction of inpatient mortality in hospitalised children in low- and middle-income countries

    Open AccessDaniëlla Brals, Ananda Pradhan et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2024

    Background: Risk prediction tools for acutely ill children have been developed in high- and low-income settings, but few are validated or incorporated into clinical guidelines. We aimed to assess the performance of existing paediatric early warning scores for use in low- and middle-income countries using clinical data from a recent large multi-country study in Africa and South-Asia. Methods: We used data (children across three nutritional strata)…

  • Maternal BMI is positively associated with human milk fat

    Open AccessAllison I Daniel, Sara Shama et al.ARTICLE2021

  • ‘Severe malnutrition’

    Open AccessMarko Kerac, Marie Mcgrath et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2020

    box Malnutrition affects millions worldwide and underlies almost half of deaths in children aged <5 years.1 Progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 2 (End hunger) was already slow but coronavirus-related secondary impacts now threaten nutritional crises described as: Biblical, on steroids, across generations .2 Towards effective actions, effective communication matters. Malnutrition involves a plethora of complex technical terminology. Some…

  • The introduction of a paediatric nutrition support program led by a clinical dietitian at a low-resource hospital setting in Malawi

    Open AccessAllison I Daniel, Humphrey Chatenga et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2019

    In low- and middle-income countries, nutrition support strategies are often suboptimal or non-existent in hospital settings. This is further compounded by high rates of malnutrition in these countries. The first four dietitians graduated in Malawi in 2017 providing a new opportunity to build capacity to introduce nutrition support in an acute care setting. A paediatric nutrition support program was implemented at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital …

  • Developmental and behavioural problems in children with severe acute malnutrition in Malawi

    Open AccessMeta van den Heuvel, Wieger Voskuijl et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2017