Olufunke Fasawe

Biographic Data

ID5992056
NAMEOlufunke Fasawe
GIVEN NAMESOlufunke
FAMILY NAMEFasawe
SIGNATUREFASAWE O
AFFILIATIONSAIDS Prevention Initiative in Nigeria
ORCID0000-0001-9228-7368
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2018
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Determinants and gaps influencing zero-dose immunization and maternal Health service utilization in Nigeria

    Open AccessAdewale Akinjeji, Olufunke Fasawe et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2026

    BACKGROUND: Nigeria continues to experience high maternal and child mortality, despite extensive health reforms and international investment. Missed opportunities across the continuum of care, antenatal care (ANC), skilled birth attendance, facility-based delivery, and child immunization, contribute to these outcomes. Children who receive no vaccines (zero-dose) reflect a key vulnerability in service delivery. OBJECTIVE: To identify factors assoc…

  • I Need to Space to Help Me Take Care of Myself and My Child”

    Open AccessR M Schmitz, Israt Jahan Juie et al.ARTICLEStudies in Family Planning2026References: 29

    Adolescent girls in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMIC) with high levels of poverty face barriers to education, health, and life opportunities. In Northern Nigeria, patriarchal norms and gendered expectations heighten girls’ risk of early marriage and high‐risk childbearing. Birth spacing, or extending the length of time between births, can be a socially acceptable strategy that girls use to maintain their health. The Centre for Girls Educati…

  • A behavioural science framework for tackling upstream challenges in health systems

    Open AccessJana Smith, Emily Zimmerman et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2025

    Insights from behavioural science can inform a wide range of solutions including policy reforms, infrastructure changes, process reengineering, communications, devices and others. Its application in global health has, however, often focused on narrowly defined issues with linear theories of change that are relatively straightforward to study. Using behavioural science to examine ‘upstream’ actors in complex health systems holds promise as a compl…

  • A landscape evaluation of caffeine citrate availability and use in newborn care across five low- and middle-income countries

    Open AccessOsayame A Ekhaguere, Olufunke Bolaji et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Apnoea of prematurity (AOP) is a common complication among preterm infants (

  • Cervical cancer screening outcomes in public health facilities in three states in Nigeria

    Open AccessOlufunmilayo Lawson, Lola Ameyan et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    The Program has successfully increased women's access to screening and treatment of precancerous lesions. Almost all women who were eligible for pre-cancerous lesion treatment received it, often on the same day when screened using VIA. However, for women referred for a triage exam or due to suspected cancer, many did not complete their referral visits. More effort is required to ensure HPV positive women and women with suspected cancer are adequa…

  • Advancing Survival in Nigeria

    Open AccessNancy L Sloan, Andrew Storey et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2018

    Introduction Nigeria contributes more obstetric, postpartum and neonatal deaths and stillbirths globally than any other country. The Clinton Health Access Initiative in partnership with the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Health and the state Governments of Kano, Katsina, and Kaduna implemented an integrated Maternal and Neonatal Health program from July 2014. Up to 90% women deliver at home in Northern Nigeria, where maternal mortality ratio and ne…