Aminata Shamit Koroma

Dados Biográficos

ID5500477
NOMEAminata Shamit Koroma
PRENOMESAminata Shamit
SOBRENOMEKoroma
ASSINATURAKOROMA A S
AFILIAÇÕESMinistry of Health and Sanitation
ORCID0000-0001-9288-8542
VERIFICADOSim
TOTAL DE OBRAS4
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR4
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO2015
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2024
ÍNDICE H0

  • The Effect of Breastfeeding Practices of Undernourished Mothers in Rural Sierra Leone on Infant Growth and Mortality

    Open AccessAminata Shamit Koroma, Kevin B Stephenson et al.ARTICLEChildren2024

    Breastfeeding provides optimal infant nutrition; however, p p p = 0.024) gain. The EBF infants had lower mortality than the infants who were not EBF (hazard ratio of 0.39; 95% CI 0.18 to 0.84; p = 0.017). In summary, the infants who were EBF had greater weight and length gain and reduced mortality than those who were not EBF. Efforts to improve breastfeeding should thus be prioritized to improve infant health

  • Supplementary feeding and infection control in pregnant adolescents—A secondary analysis of a randomized trial among malnourished women in Sierra Leone

    Open AccessAminata Shamit Koroma, Mariama Ellie et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2022

    Undernutrition during pregnancy in adolescence confers a high risk of maternal morbidity and adverse birth outcomes, particularly in low-resource settings. In a secondary analysis, we hypothesized that younger undernourished pregnant adolescents ( 20 years) from the intervention of supplementary food and anti-infective treatments. The original trial in Sierra Leone enrolled 236 younger adolescents (<18 years), 454 older adolescents (aged 18-19 ye…

  • Routine vitamin A supplementation and other high impact interventions in Sierra Leone

    Open AccessAminata Shamit Koroma, Sulaiman Conteh et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2020

    In 2017, transition to routine vitamin A supplementation (VAS) commenced as an integrated reproductive and child health service including vaccinations, Albendazole for deworming, complementary feeding demonstrations, 'quality' family planning counselling and provision of modern contraceptives. After 10 months, a lot quality assurance sampling survey evaluated coverage of these interventions. Each of three districts was divided into five supervisi…

  • Integrating Vitamin A Supplementation at 6 months into the Expanded Program of Immunization in Sierra Leone

    Open AccessMary H Hodges, Fatmata Sesay et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2015

    Since 2004, twice-yearly mass vitamin A supplementation (VAS) has equitably reached over 85% of children 6-59 months old in Sierra Leone. However infants who turn 6 months after the event may wait until they are 11 months old to receive their first dose. The effectiveness of integrating VAS at 6 months into the Expanded Program of Immunization (EPI) in a revised child health card was studied. Health facilities matched according to staff cadre and…