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Alex Ezeh is affiliated with Drexel University in the United States and has a research focus primarily in the fields of Medicine and Health Professions. Their work spans several subfields including General Health Professions, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Finance, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Their main topics of research include Global Maternal and Child Health, Global Health Care Issues, Healthcare Systems and Reforms, Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health, COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, and Child Nutrition and Water Access.

Alex Ezeh has published extensively in notable scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • The Lancet
  • The Lancet Global Health
  • American Journal of Public Health
  • Frontiers in Reproductive Health
  • F1000Research

The scientist has contributed to papers such as:

  • "Why sub-Saharan Africa might exceed its projected population size by 2100" (2020, The Lancet)
  • "The Lancet Nigeria Commission: investing in health and the future of the nation" (2022, The Lancet)
  • "The Conundrum of Low COVID-19 Mortality Burden in sub-Saharan Africa: Myth or Reality?" (2021, Global Health Science and Practice)
  • "Vertical transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2: A scoping review" (2021, PLoS ONE)
  • "Population health outcomes in Nigeria compared with other west African countries, 1998-2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study." (2022, Apollo, University of Cambridge)

Frequent collaborators of Alex Ezeh include:

  • Lemi Belay Tolu
  • Garumma Tolu Feyissa
  • Akinyinka Omigbodun
  • Muktar A Gadanya
  • Ahmed M. Sarki

Best Publications

  • Adolescence: a foundation for future health

    Susan M. Sawyer;Susan M. Sawyer;Rima A. Afifi;Linda H. Bearinger;Sarah Jayne Blakemore

  • Safeguarding human health in the Anthropocene epoch: report of The Rockefeller Foundation–Lancet Commission on planetary health

    Sarah Whitmee;Andy Haines;Chris Beyrer;Frederick Boltz

  • Family planning: the unfinished agenda

    John Cleland;Stan Bernstein;Alex Ezeh;Anibal Faundes

  • Accelerate progress—sexual and reproductive health and rights for all: report of the Guttmacher–Lancet Commission

    Ann M Starrs;Alex C Ezeh;Gary Barker;Alaka Basu

  • The history, geography, and sociology of slums and the health problems of people who live in slums

    Alex Ezeh;Oyinlola Oyebode;David Satterthwaite;Yen Fu Chen

  • The influence of spouses over each other's contraceptive attitudes in Ghana.

    Alex Chika Ezeh

  • The Lancet Nigeria Commission: investing in health and the future of the nation

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  • Global population trends and policy options

    Alex C Ezeh;John Bongaarts;Blessing Mberu

  • Improving the health and welfare of people who live in slums.

    Richard J Lilford;Oyinlola Oyebode;David Satterthwaite;G J Melendez-Torres

  • Maternal health in resource-poor urban settings: how does women's autonomy influence the utilization of obstetric care services?

    Jean-Christophe Fotso;Alex C Ezeh;Hildah Essendi

  • Sexual risk-taking in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya, 1993-98

    Eliya Msiyaphazi Zulu;F. Nii Amoo Dodoo;Alex Chika-Ezeh

  • Vulnerability to Food Insecurity in Urban Slums: Experiences from Nairobi, Kenya

    E. W. Kimani-Murage;L. Schofield;F. Wekesah;S. Mohamed

  • The burden of disease profile of residents of Nairobi's slums: Results from a Demographic Surveillance System

    Catherine Kyobutungi;Abdhalah Kasiira Ziraba;Alex Ezeh;Yazoumé Yé

  • Ageing and adult health status in eight lower-income countries: the INDEPTH WHO-SAGE collaboration

    Paul Kowal;Kathleen Kahn;Nawi Ng;Nirmala Naidoo

  • The path to longer and healthier lives for all Africans by 2030: the Lancet Commission on the future of health in sub-Saharan Africa.

    Irene Akua Agyepong;Nelson Sewankambo;Agnes Binagwaho;Awa Marie Coll-Seck

  • Monitoring of Health and Demographic Outcomes in Poor Urban Settlements: Evidence from the Nairobi Urban Health and Demographic Surveillance System

    Jacques Emina;Donatien Beguy;Eliya M. Zulu;Alex C. Ezeh

  • Stall in fertility decline in Eastern African countries: regional analysis of patterns, determinants and implications

    Alex C. Ezeh;Blessing U. Mberu;Jacques O. Emina

  • Health and health-related indicators in slum, rural, and urban communities: a comparative analysis.

    Blessing U. Mberu;Tilahun Nigatu Haregu;Catherine Kyobutungi;Alex C. Ezeh

  • Health & Demographic Surveillance System Profile: The Nairobi Urban Health and Demographic Surveillance System (NUHDSS)

    Donatien Beguy;Patricia Elung'ata;Blessing Mberu;Clement Oduor

  • Provision and Use of Maternal Health Services among Urban Poor Women in Kenya: What Do We Know and What Can We Do?

    Jean Christophe Fotso;Alex Ezeh;Rose Oronje

  • The population impact of Hiv on fertility in sub-saharan Africa

    James J C Lewis;Carine Ronsmans;Alex Ezeh;Simon Gregson

  • Urban-rural differences in the socioeconomic deprivation--sexual behavior link in Kenya.

    F. Nii Amoo Dodoo;Eliya M. Zulu;Alex C. Ezeh

Frequent Co-Authors

Catherine Kyobutungi
Catherine Kyobutungi Heidelberg University
Blessing Mberu
Blessing Mberu African Population and Health Research Center
John Cleland
John Cleland London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Nyovani Madise
Nyovani Madise University of Southampton
Caroline W. Kabiru
Caroline W. Kabiru African Population and Health Research Center
Donatien Beguy
Donatien Beguy United Nations
Claudia Garcia-Moreno
Claudia Garcia-Moreno World Health Organization
Eliya M. Zulu
Eliya M. Zulu Shelter Insurance
Osman Sankoh
Osman Sankoh University of the Witwatersrand
Paula L. Griffiths
Paula L. Griffiths Loughborough University

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