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Felix Akpojene Ogbo

Felix Akpojene Ogbo

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2025

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78
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141087
World Ranking
31
National Ranking
3

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  • 2025 - Research.com Rising Stars Award

Overview

Felix Akpojene Ogbo is affiliated with Western Sydney University in Australia and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Medicine and Nursing. Their main research areas include Nutrition and Dietetics, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Epidemiology, General Health Professions, and Safety Research. Within these domains, they have explored topics such as Child Nutrition and Water Access, Global Maternal and Child Health, Breastfeeding Practices and Influences, Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare, as well as HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions.

Ogbo's recent publications reflect a strong focus on child health and nutrition, maternal health, and community health interventions. Selected papers include:

  • "Breastfeeding in the Community-How Can Partners/Fathers Help? A Systematic Review" (2020), published in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Other influential research works related to their field, though not authored by Ogbo, have been published in venues where they have been active contributors, such as:

  • "Global Burden of Childhood Epilepsy, Intellectual Disability, and Sensory Impairments" (2020), PEDIATRICS
  • "Global and regional prevalence of disabilities among children and adolescents: Analysis of findings from global health databases" (2022), Frontiers in Public Health
  • "Global prevalence of developmental disabilities in children and adolescents: A systematic umbrella review" (2023), Frontiers in Public Health
  • "Factors associated with underweight, overweight, and obesity in reproductive age Tanzanian women" (2020), PLoS ONE

Ogbo has collaborated frequently with several researchers across multiple studies. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Kingsley Agho
  • Kedir Y. Ahmed
  • Amit Arora
  • Bolajoko O. Olusanya
  • Andrew Page

Their work has been published predominantly in the following venues:

  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Research Square
  • Nutrients
  • BMC Public Health
  • Frontiers in Public Health

Ogbo's research contributions lie largely in the intersection of child nutrition, maternal health, and public health interventions at a global scale. They analyze epidemiological data and examine social determinants such as poverty and education that influence child welfare and health outcomes.

Best Publications

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 328 diseases and injuries for 195 countries, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Theo Vos;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Theo Vos;Theo Vos;Theo Vos;Stephen S. Lim;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati;Kaja M. Abbas;Kaja M. Abbas;Kaja M. Abbas

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Gregory A Roth;Gregory A Roth;Degu Abate;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Solomon M Abay

  • Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Christopher J.L. Murray;Christopher J.L. Murray;Christopher J.L. Murray;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Peng Zheng;Peng Zheng;Peng Zheng;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Global, Regional, and National Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life-Years for 29 Cancer Groups, 1990 to 2016: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study.

    Christina Fitzmaurice;Christina Fitzmaurice;Christina Fitzmaurice;Tomi F. Akinyemiju;Faris Hasan Al Lami;Tahiya Alam

  • Health Effects of Overweight and Obesity in 195 Countries over 25 Years.

    Ashkan Afshin;Mohammad Forouzanfar;Marissa Reitsma;Patrick Sur

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 310 diseases and injuries, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Theo Vos;Christine Allen;Megha Arora;Ryan M Barber

  • Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Haidong Wang;Mohsen Naghavi;Christine Allen;Ryan M Barber

  • Global, regional, and national cancer incidence, mortality, years of life lost, years lived with disability, and disability-adjusted life-years for 29 cancer groups, 1990 to 2017

    Christina Fitzmaurice;Degu Abate;Naghmeh Abbasi;Hedayat Abbastabar

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017 : a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Jeffrey D. Stanaway;Ashkan Afshin;Emmanuela Gakidou;Stephen S. Lim

  • Global, regional, and national burden of neurological disorders, 1990-2016: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Valery L Feigin;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Foad Abd-Allah

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex specific mortality for 264 causes of death, 1980–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Mohsen Naghavi;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Cristiana Abbafati;Kaja M Abbas

  • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 333 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Simon I Hay;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Alcohol use and burden for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Max G Griswold;Nancy Fullman;Caitlin Hawley;Nicholas Arian

  • Global, regional, and national burden of stroke, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Catherine Owens Johnson;Minh Nguyen;Gregory A. Roth;Emma Nichols

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati;Kaja M. Abbas

  • Global, regional, and national burden of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Emma Nichols;Cassandra E.I. Szoeke;Stein Emil Vollset;Nooshin Abbasi

  • The burden of primary liver cancer and underlying etiologies from 1990 to 2015 at the global, regional, and national level : results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Tomi Akinyemiju;Semaw Abera;Semaw Abera;Muktar Ahmed

  • Global, regional, and national deaths, prevalence, disability-adjusted life years, and years lived with disability for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Joan B Soriano;Joan B Soriano;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Semaw Ferede Abera

  • Global, regional, and national burden of Parkinson's disease, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    E. Ray Dorsey;Alexis Elbaz;Emma Nichols;Foad Abd-Allah

Frequent Co-Authors

Shafiu Mohammed
Shafiu Mohammed Ahmadu Bello University
Simon I. Hay
Simon I. Hay University of Washington
Benn Sartorius
Benn Sartorius University of Oxford
Ali H. Mokdad
Ali H. Mokdad University of Washington
Ted R. Miller
Ted R. Miller Pacific Institute
Rakhi Dandona
Rakhi Dandona Public Health Foundation of India
Christopher J L Murray
Christopher J L Murray University of Washington
Naohiro Yonemoto
Naohiro Yonemoto University of Toyama
Florian Fischer
Florian Fischer Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Gholamreza Roshandel
Gholamreza Roshandel Golestan University

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