Dickson Abanimi Amugsi

Biographic Data

ID9063168
NAMEDickson Abanimi Amugsi
GIVEN NAMESDickson Abanimi
FAMILY NAMEAmugsi
SIGNATUREAMUGSI D A
AFFILIATIONSAfrican Population and Health Research Center
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS42
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR0
WORKS AS EDITOR42
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Assessing metrics for evaluating the maternal continuum of care in Ethiopia

    Open AccessAbdulaziz Mohammed Hussen, Ibrahim Mohammed Ibrahim et al.EDITORARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026

    Despite Ethiopia’s remarkable progress in reducing maternal mortality between 2000 and 2023, more effort is needed to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target. The government outlined a continuum of care framework for reproductive, maternal, and child healthcare service delivery to positively impact maternal health outcomes. Therefore, it is important to measure and monitor progress in improving women’s access to the continuum of car…

  • Maternal dietary diversity and its correlates in a semi-urban municipality of Nepal

    Open AccessReshika Rimal, Ayusha Rimal et al.EDITORARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026

    Maternal dietary diversity is vital for the health of both mothers and children during lactation, yet it is often compromised in low- and middle-income countries. This cross-sectional study among 251 lactating mothers in Tarakeswor Municipality, Nepal, assessed dietary diversity using a 24-hour dietary recall and the Minimum Dietary Diversity for Women (MDD-W) indicator. Overall, 68.1% of mothers achieved the minimum dietary diversity (≥5 of 10 f…

  • Estimating the human development impacts and economic returns from an adolescent cash ‘plus’ programme in Kenya

    Open AccessWilliam E Rudgard, Cosmas Desmond et al.EDITORARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026

    The Government of Kenya plans to scale-up an adolescent-focused cash ‘plus’ programme to improve educational attainment and prevent adolescent pregnancy. We aimed to estimate the programme’s impacts, economic returns, and cost-effectiveness using model-based economic evaluation. We modelled the delivery of conditional cash transfers ‘plus’ adolescent clubs, community conversations, parenting support and psychosocial support to poor adolescents in…

  • Comparative assessment of nutritional status in unoperated children with Congenital Heart Defects

    Open AccessRadha Joshi, Manasi Bhoite et al.EDITORARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    Congenital Heart Defects (CHD) are structural cardiac malformations ranging from mild to severe forms; greatly impacting childhood mortality and morbidity. Malnutrition as comorbidity in CHD raises treatment complexity, lengthens post-operative recovery period and increases risk of developmental delays. This retrospective study evaluates patterns of malnutrition in 1678 unoperated CHD cases at out-patient department of tertiary pediatric cardiac …

  • Barriers to contraceptive implant removal among current and prior implant users in Kisumu, Kenya

    Open AccessBrooke W Bullington, Stephanie Chung et al.EDITORARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    There has been increased promotion of long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) in the Global South in recent years. Studies have documented that women face barriers to removal when they desire to discontinue their LARC method, though few have quantified how often such experiences occur. We estimated the proportion of current and prior implant users who experienced or anticipated challenges with method removal using secondary data from a popula…

  • Prevalence and associated factors of unhealthy food consumption among 6–23-month-old children in South Ethiopia; A community–based cross-sectional study

    Open AccessAbraham Anbesie Sapo, Tamirat Gezahegn Guyo et al.EDITORARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    Unhealthy food consumption in children is an emerging public health problem and has various health effects on children. Overweight/obesity in children is increasing at an alarming rate due to an unhealthy diet and other associated factors. Hence, determining the unhealthy food consumption and responsible factors among 6–23-month-old children is vital to conducting a targeted intervention. A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted amon…

  • The link between child dietary diversity and child anemia

    Open AccessAmare Abera Tareke, Ahmed Juhar Temam et al.EDITORARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    Nutritional anemias are the most common causes of anemia worldwide, and the extent is greater in the sub-Saharan African (SSA) region. Dietary diversification is among the strategies to prevent anemia due to nutrient deficiencies. There is a lack of evidence on the effect of dietary diversity on anemia, particularly in children. We evaluated the influence of child dietary diversity on anemia among children aged 6–23 months. We used the recent nat…

  • Re-thinking “non-response” to wasting treatment

    Open AccessCécile Cazes, Heather Stobaugh et al.EDITORARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    Children who receive therapeutic feeding for wasting treatment but do not reach the anthropometric definitions of recovery (usually within 12–16 weeks) are categorised as ‘non-responders’ and considered as treatment failures. We conducted a pooled analysis to explore the growth trajectories of non-responders and the appropriateness of the definition of ‘non-response’. We pooled 14 studies of children aged 6–59 months receiving treatment for wasti…

  • What are the factors associated with rural-urban inequality in under-5 deaths in low- and middle-income countries? A Fairlie decomposition analysis

    Open AccessAdeniyi Francis Fagbamigbe, Taiwo Obembe et al.EDITORARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    Background The retention of under-5 mortality (U5M) in various ramifications has dire policy implications. The varying impacts of this inequality is very important and has been researched in many rural-urban settings. In spite of many studies that have examined rural-urban inequalities, very little has been researched with respect to low middle-income countries. In this study, we utilized an innovative statistical method to examine and explain th…

  • Human capital and lifetime income gains of scaling-up small-quantity lipid nutrient supplements among children under 2 years

    Open AccessNandita Perumal, Goodarz Danaei et al.EDITORARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    Undernutrition in early childhood is associated with adverse health and developmental outcomes later in life and remains a persistent global public health problem. Providing small-quantity lipid nutrient supplements (SQ-LNS) to children aged 6-24 months improves child growth and neurodevelopmental outcomes, but the potential long-term benefits to human capital have not been previously estimated. We estimated the potential returns to schooling and…

  • Trends and determinants of the triple burden of malnutrition in Ghana; Analyses of two decades of demographic and health survey datasets

    Open AccessHammond Yaw Addae, Rafatu Tahiru et al.EDITORARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    Anaemia, undernutrition and obesity remain complex public health challenges. Their coexistence among households, commonly known as the triple burden of malnutrition (TBM) is a new concept that lacks scholarship within the maternal and child nutrition discourse in Ghana. This study therefore aimed to evaluate the trends and factors associated with TBM among mothers and their children aged 0–59 months in Ghana. This study combined and analysed data…

  • Seasonal variations in household food security and consumption affect women’s nutritional status in rural South Ethiopia

    Open AccessBethelhem Mezgebe, Taye Gari et al.EDITORARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Food availability varies seasonally in most rural areas of developing nations, especially in areas affected by drought and climate change, with women being one of the most vulnerable groups. This study aimed to assess the effect of seasonal variation in household food security, adequate dietary diversity, food consumption, and wealth on the nutritional status of women of reproductive age in a rural community in South Ethiopia. Further, the study …

  • Dietary intake and associated risk factors among pregnant women in Mbeya, Tanzania

    Open AccessErick Killel, Geofrey Mchau et al.EDITORARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Poor dietary intake among pregnant women has serious detrimental consequences for pregnancy and offspring both in developed and developing countries. This study aimed to assess dietary intake and associated risk factors among pregnant women. A cross-sectional study was conducted in Mbeya, Tanzania with a sample size of 420 pregnant women attending antenatal clinics to assess the factors associated with dietary intake. Dietary intake was assessed …

  • Role of internet use, mobile phone, media exposure and domestic migration on reproductive health service use in Bangladeshi married adolescents and young women

    Open AccessAnita Pickard, Md Irteja Islam et al.EDITORARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Numerous studies have identified factors that are associated with increased access to reproductive health services in lower-middle-income countries (LMICs). However, limited studies examined the influence of access to internet or a mobile phone, media exposure and domestic migration on reproductive health services use in LMICs like Bangladesh. This study investigated the role of such factors on the use of contraceptives, antenatal care (ANC) and …

  • The epidemiology of behavioral risk factors for noncommunicable disease and hypertension

    Open AccessDustin G Gibson, Ankita Meghani et al.EDITORARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    In light of the suboptimal noncommunicable disease (NCD) risk factor surveillance efforts, the study’s main objectives were to: (i) characterize the epidemiological profile of NCD risk factors; (ii) estimate the prevalence of hypertension; and (iii) identify factors associated with hypertension in a peri-urban and rural Ugandan population. A population-based cross-sectional survey of adults was conducted at the Iganga-Mayuge Health and Demographi…

  • Association between adverse childhood experiences and type 2 diabetes mellitus in later life

    Open AccessNilima Barman, Abul B M M K Islam et al.EDITORARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are potentially traumatic events that occur before 18 years of age. Studies emphasize the importance of childhood adversity as a risk factor for developing non-communicable diseases, including type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in adulthood. This case-control study involved 137 patients with T2DM and 134 non-diabetic adults of both genders (mean age 46.9 and 45.7 years, respectively). In addition to collecting so…

  • Factors associated with self-reported diagnosed asthma in urban and rural Malawi

    Open AccessAbena S Amoah, Estelle Mclean et al.EDITORARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    The growing burden of asthma in low- and middle-income countries has been linked to urbanisation and lifestyle changes. However, this burden has not been well characterised in adults. Therefore, we investigated the prevalence of self-reported diagnosed asthma and associated factors in urban and rural adults in Malawi, Southern Africa. Within a cross-sectional population-based survey to determine the burden and risk factors for non-communicable di…

  • Towards attainment of the 2030 goal for childhood cancer survival for the World Health Organization Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer

    Open AccessE R Smith, Cesia Cotache-Condor et al.EDITORARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    The World Health Organization (WHO) recently launched the Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer (GICC), with the goal of attaining at least 60% cancer survival for children worldwide by the year 2030. This study aims to describe the global patterns of childhood cancer survival in 2019 to help guide progress in attaining the GICC target goal. In this ecological, cross-sectional study, we used 5-year net childhood cancer survival (2015–2019) data …

  • Lessons on food security from the Covid-19 pandemic in Bermuda

    Open AccessElisa Pineda, Junhui Li et al.EDITORARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Compared with other OECD countries, Bermuda ranks third globally in terms of income inequality globally. During the COVID-19 pandemic, anecdotal evidence suggested, significant fluctuations in the food demand and supply. We aimed to examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on food insecurity, with a focus on the availability and affordability of various foods in Bermuda. We utilized a cross-sectional study design to investigate potential drive…

  • Trends in treatment-seeking for fever in children under five years old in 151 countries from 1990 to 2020

    Open AccessHuong Lan Thi Nguyen, Paulina A Dzianach et al.EDITORARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Access to medical treatment for fever is essential to prevent morbidity and mortality in individuals and to prevent transmission of communicable febrile illness in communities. Quantification of the rates at which treatment is accessed is critical for health system planning and a prerequisite for disease burden estimates. In this study, national data on the proportion of children under five years old with fever who were taken for medical treatmen…

  • Estimates and trends of zero vegetable or fruit consumption among children aged 6–23 months in 64 countries

    Open AccessCourtney Allen, Shireen Assaf et al.EDITORARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Children require a diverse diet, that includes vegetables and fruits, to support growth and development and prevent non-communicable diseases. The WHO-UNICEF established a new infant and young child feeding (IYCF) indicator: zero vegetable or fruit (ZVF) consumption among children aged 6–23 months. We estimated the prevalence, trends, and factors associated with ZVF consumption using nationally representative, cross-sectional data on child health…

  • Pre-labor rupture of membranes and associated factors among pregnant women admitted to the maternity ward, Northwest Ethiopia

    Open AccessAnimut Takele Telayneh, Daniel Bekele Ketema et al.EDITORARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Pre-labor rupture of membranes (PROM) is the rupture of fetal membranes before the onset of labor. PROM is found in 3–15% of all pregnancies and 30–40% of preterm labor worldwide. The most serious complications are neonatal and prenatal mortality, which is higher in Africa, including Ethiopia. Despite a paucity of evidence on the magnitude and factors affecting PROM after 28 weeks of gestation but before the onset of labor (including both term an…

  • Prevalence, patterns, and factors associated with tobacco use among patients with priority tobacco related illnesses at four Kenyan national referral hospitals, 2022

    Open AccessValerian Mwenda, Lazarus Odeny et al.EDITORARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Tobacco use is a risk factor for many chronic health conditions. Quantifying burden of tobacco use among people with tobacco-related illnesses (TRI) can strengthen cessation programs. This study estimated prevalence, patterns and correlates of tobacco use among patients with TRI at four national referral hospitals in Kenya. We conducted a cross-sectional study among patients with five TRI (cancer, cardiovascular diseases, cerebrovascular disease,…

  • Factors influencing the implementation of severe acute malnutrition guidelines within the healthcare referral systems of rural subdistricts in North West Province, South Africa

    Open AccessFaith Nankasa Mambulu-Chikankheni, Dickson Abanimi AmugsiEDITORARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is associated with 30.9% of South Africa’s audited under-five children deaths regardless of available guidelines to reduce SAM at each level of a three tyre referral system. Existing research has explored and offered solutions for SAM guidelines implementation at each referral system level, but their connectedness in continuation of care is under-explored. Therefore, I examined implementation of SAM guidelines and …

  • Investing in human development and building state resilience in fragile contexts

    Open AccessCosmas Desmond, Kathryn Watt et al.EDITORARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Maternal and early malnutrition have negative health and developmental impacts over the life-course. Consequently, early nutrition support can provide significant benefits into later life, provided the later life contexts allow. This study examines the limits of siloed investments in nutrition and illustrates how ignoring life-course contextual constraints limits human development benefits and exacerbates inequality, particularly in fragile conte…