Frank O Odhiambo

Biographic Data

ID9000265
NAMEFrank O Odhiambo
GIVEN NAMESFrank
FAMILY NAMEO Odhiambo
SIGNATUREODHIAMBO F O
AFFILIATIONSINDEPTH Network Accra, Ghana
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR8
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2013
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2014
H-INDEX0

  • Cause-specific childhood mortality in Africa and Asia

    Open AccessPeter Kim Streatfield, Wasif Ali Khan et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2014

    BACKGROUND: Childhood mortality, particularly in the first 5 years of life, is a major global concern and the target of Millennium Development Goal 4. Although the majority of childhood deaths occur in Africa and Asia, these are also the regions where such deaths are least likely to be registered. The INDEPTH Network works to alleviate this problem by collating detailed individual data from defined Health and Demographic Surveillance sites. By re…

  • Pregnancy-related mortality in Africa and Asia

    Open AccessPeter Kim Streatfield, Nurul Alam et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2014

    BACKGROUND: Women continue to die in unacceptably large numbers around the world as a result of pregnancy, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. Part of the problem is a lack of accurate, population-based information characterising the issues and informing solutions. Population surveillance sites, such as those operated within the INDEPTH Network, have the potential to contribute to bridging the information gaps. OBJECTIVE: To describe pat…

  • Mortality from external causes in Africa and Asia

    Open AccessPeter Kim Streatfield, Wasif Ali Khan et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2014

    BACKGROUND: Mortality from external causes, of all kinds, is an important component of overall mortality on a global basis. However, these deaths, like others in Africa and Asia, are often not counted or documented on an individual basis. Overviews of the state of external cause mortality in Africa and Asia are therefore based on uncertain information. The INDEPTH Network maintains longitudinal surveillance, including cause of death, at populatio…

  • Adult non-communicable disease mortality in Africa and Asia

    Open AccessPeter Kim Streatfield, Wasif Ali Khan et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2014

    BACKGROUND: Mortality from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is a major global issue, as other categories of mortality have diminished and life expectancy has increased. The World Health Organization's Member States have called for a 25% reduction in premature NCD mortality by 2025, which can only be achieved by substantial reductions in risk factors and improvements in the management of chronic conditions. A high burden of NCD mortality among muc…

  • Malaria mortality in Africa and Asia

    Open AccessPeter Kim Streatfield, Wasif Ali Khan et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2014

    BACKGROUND: Malaria continues to be a major cause of infectious disease mortality in tropical regions. However, deaths from malaria are most often not individually documented, and as a result overall understanding of malaria epidemiology is inadequate. INDEPTH Network members maintain population surveillance in Health and Demographic Surveillance System sites across Africa and Asia, in which individual deaths are followed up with verbal autopsies…

  • Childhood cause-specific mortality in rural Western Kenya

    Open AccessAmek Nyaguara, Nyaguara O Amek et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2014

    BACKGROUND: Assessing the progress in achieving the United Nation's Millennium Development Goals in terms of population health requires consistent and reliable information on cause-specific mortality, which is often rare in resource-constrained countries. Health and demographic surveillance systems (HDSS) have largely used medical personnel to review and assign likely causes of death based on the information gathered from standardized verbal auto…

  • Cause-specific mortality in Africa and Asia

    Open AccessPeter Kim Streatfield, Wasif Ali Khan et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2014

    BACKGROUND: Because most deaths in Africa and Asia are not well documented, estimates of mortality are often made using scanty data. The INDEPTH Network works to alleviate this problem by collating detailed individual data from defined Health and Demographic Surveillance sites. By registering all deaths over time and carrying out verbal autopsies to determine cause of death across many such sites, using standardised methods, the Network seeks to …

  • ‘We Keep It Secret So No One Should Know’ – A Qualitative Study to Explore Young Schoolgirls Attitudes and Experiences with Menstruation in Rural Western Kenya

    Open AccessLinda Mason, Elizabeth Nyothach et al.ARTICLEPLoS ONE2013

    BACKGROUND: Keeping girls in school offers them protection against early marriage, teen pregnancy, and sexual harms, and enhances social and economic equity. Studies report menstruation exacerbates school-drop out and poor attendance, although evidence is sparse. This study qualitatively examines the menstrual experiences of young adolescent schoolgirls. METHODS AND FINDINGS: The study was conducted in Siaya County in rural western Kenya. A sampl…