Uduak Okomo

Biographic Data

ID9018023
NAMEUduak Okomo
GIVEN NAMESUduak
FAMILY NAMEOkomo
SIGNATUREOKOMO U
AFFILIATIONSMRC Unit the Gambia
ORCID0000-0002-9923-1196
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR8
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2018
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Integrating tuberculosis control into maternal and newborn health services during pregnancy and postpartum is an urgent priority

    Open AccessUduak Okomo, Esin Nkereuwem et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026

    An overlooked burden: Tuberculosis during pregnancy and postpartum continues to be under-recognised worldwide, despite bridging two major global health priorities: tuberculosis control and maternal and newborn survival. Recent estimates suggest that approximately 239,000 women contract tuberculosis during pregnancy each year, with an additional 97,600 cases occurring postpartum, affirming that the postpartum phase should not be viewed as merely i…

  • Beyond proximity

    Open AccessOghenebrume Wariri, Winfred Dotse‐Gborgbortsi et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2025

    INTRODUCTION: Stillbirths are disproportionately concentrated in sub-Saharan Africa, where geographical accessibility to basic/comprehensive emergency obstetric and newborn care (BEmONC and CEmONC) significantly influences maternal and perinatal outcomes. This study describes stillbirth rates within healthcare facilities in The Gambia and examines their distribution in relation to the geographical accessibility of these facilities. METHODS: We an…

  • A call to bridge the diagnostic gap

    Open AccessBirgitta Gleeson, Cecilia Ferreyra et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2024

    BOX Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) bear the greatest burden of neonatal mortality, with sepsis being a major contributor

  • Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the coverage and timeliness of routine childhood vaccinations in the Gambia, 2015–2021

    Open AccessOghenebrume Wariri, C Edson Utazi et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2023

    INTRODUCTION: The COVID-19 pandemic caused widespread morbidity and mortality and resulted in the biggest setback in routine vaccinations in three decades. Data on the impact of the pandemic on immunisation in Africa are limited, in part, due to low-quality routine or administrative data. This study examined coverage and timeliness of routine childhood immunisation during the pandemic in The Gambia, a country with an immunisation system considere…

  • Timeliness of routine childhood vaccination in 103 low-and middle-income countries, 1978–2021

    Open AccessOghenebrume Wariri, Uduak Okomo et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022

    Empiric studies exploring the timeliness of routine vaccination in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) have gained momentum in the last decade. Nevertheless, there is emerging evidence suggesting that these studies have key measurement and methodological gaps that limit their comparability and utility. Hence, there is a need to identify, and document these gaps which could inform the design, conduct, and reporting of future research on the ti…

  • Establishing and operating a ‘virtual ward’ system to provide care for patients with Covid-19 at home

    Open AccessOghenebrume Wariri, Uduak Okomo et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2021

    Health systems in sub-Saharan Africa have remained overstretched from dealing with endemic diseases, which limit their capacity to absorb additional stress from new and emerging infectious diseases. Against this backdrop, the rapidly evolving COVID-19 pandemic presented an additional challenge of insufficient hospital beds and human resource for health needed to deliver hospital-based COVID-19 care. Emerging evidence from high-income countries su…

  • Protecting hard-won gains for mothers and newborns in low-income and middle-income countries in the face of Covid-19

    Open AccessWarren Graham, Bosede Bukola Afolabi et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2020

    The adverse impact of COVID-19 on maternal and newborn services in low-income and middle-income countries risks undermining improvements in health outcomes and care achieved over the last three decades. Alarming declines in the use of services and in the quality of care in health facilities are being reported from sources on the ground, captured rapidly and in real time using e-communication tools. Local solutions to the direct and indirect chall…

  • Zinc as an adjunct therapy in the management of severe pneumonia among Gambian children

    Open AccessStephen Howie, Stephen R C Howie et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2018

    BACKGROUND: The benefit of zinc as an adjunct therapy for severe pneumonia is not established. We assessed the benefit of adjunct zinc therapy for severe pneumonia in children and determined whether the study children were zinc deficient. METHODS: This was a randomized, parallel group, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial with an allocation ratio of 1:1 conducted in children with severe pneumonia to evaluate the efficacy of daily zinc as an adj…