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Marleen Temmerman

Marleen Temmerman

Overview

Marleen Temmerman is affiliated with Aga Khan University in Kenya and has a significant body of work focused primarily within the field of Medicine. Their research emphasizes several subfields including Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Obstetrics and Gynecology, General Health Professions, Epidemiology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics related to Global Maternal and Child Health, COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction, Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health, HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, Sex work and related issues, Child Nutrition and Water Access, and HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk.

Frequent co-authors in their publications include:

  • Peter von Dadelszen
  • Stanley Lüchters
  • Angela Koech
  • Peter Gichangi
  • Laura A. Magee

Publication venues where they have frequently appeared are:

  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Reproductive Health
  • PLoS ONE
  • BMC Public Health
  • The Lancet Global Health

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Marleen Temmerman include:

  • Small babies, big risks: global estimates of prevalence and mortality for vulnerable newborns to accelerate change and improve counting (2023, The Lancet)
  • Small vulnerable newborns-big potential for impact (2023, The Lancet)
  • Adverse maternal, fetal, and newborn outcomes among pregnant women with SARS-CoV-2 infection: an individual participant data meta-analysis (2023, BMJ Global Health)
  • Clinical risk factors of adverse outcomes among women with COVID-19 in the pregnancy and postpartum period: a sequential, prospective meta-analysis (2022, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology)
  • Changes in preterm birth and stillbirth during COVID-19 lockdowns in 26 countries (2023, Nature Human Behaviour)

Best Publications

  • Global causes of maternal death: a WHO systematic analysis

    Lale Say;Doris Chou;Alison Gemmill;Alison Gemmill;Özge Tunçalp

  • Global, regional, and national levels and trends in maternal mortality between 1990 and 2015, with scenario-based projections to 2030: a systematic analysis by the UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group

    Leontine Alkema;Doris Chou;Daniel Hogan;Sanqian Zhang

  • Global Estimates of the Prevalence and Incidence of Four Curable Sexually Transmitted Infections in 2012 Based on Systematic Review and Global Reporting

    Lori Newman;Jane Rowley;Stephen Vander Hoorn;Stephen Vander Hoorn;Nalinka Saman Wijesooriya

  • Global Epidemiology of Use of and Disparities in Caesarean Sections

    Ties Boerma;Carine Ronsmans;Dessalegn Y. Melesse;Aluisio J. D. Barros

  • 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

  • Bacterial vaginosis is associated with uterine cervical human papillomavirus infection: a meta-analysis

    Evy Gillet;Evy Gillet;Joris Fa Meys;Hans Verstraelen;Carolyne Bosire

  • Quality of care for pregnant women and newborns—the WHO vision

    Ӧ. Tuncalp;W. M. Were;C. MacLennan;O. T. Oladapo

  • Short-term and long-term effects of caesarean section on the health of women and children

    Jane Sandall;Rachel M Tribe;Lisa Avery;Glen Mola

  • Pregnancy and childbirth outcomes among adolescent mothers: a World Health Organization multicountry study

    T Ganchimeg;E Ota;N Morisaki;M Laopaiboon

  • Use of the Robson classification to assess caesarean section trends in 21 countries: a secondary analysis of two who multicountry surveys

    Joshua P Vogel;Joshua P Vogel;Ana Pilar Betrán;Nadia Vindevoghel;João Paulo Souza

  • A Systematic Review of African Studies on Intimate Partner Violence against Pregnant Women: Prevalence and Risk Factors

    Simukai Shamu;Naeemah Abrahams;Marleen Temmerman;Alfred Musekiwa

  • Interventions to reduce unnecessary caesarean sections in healthy women and babies

    Ana Pilar Betrán;Marleen Temmerman;Carol Kingdon;Abdu Mohiddin

  • Countdown to 2030: tracking progress towards universal coverage for reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health

    Ties Boerma;Jennifer Requejo;Cesar G Victora;Agbessi Amouzou

  • Barriers to HIV testing in Europe: a systematic review

    Jessika Deblonde;Petra De Koker;Françoise F. Hamers;Johann Fontaine

  • Barriers to modern contraceptive methods uptake among young women in Kenya: a qualitative study

    Rhoune Ochako;Mwende Mbondo;Stephen Aloo;Susan Kaimenyi

  • Advancing social and economic development by investing in women's and children's health: a new Global Investment Framework

    Karin Stenberg;Henrik Axelson;Peter Sheehan;Ian Anderson

  • Monthly antibiotic chemoprophylaxis and incidence of sexually transmitted infections and HIV-1 infection in Kenyan sex workers: a randomized controlled trial.

    Rupert Kaul;Joshua Kimani;Nico J. Nagelkerke;Karoline Fonck

  • Factors associated with teenage pregnancy in the European Union countries: a systematic review

    Mari Imamura;Janet Tucker;Phil Hannaford;Miguel Oliveira da Silva

  • Obstetric transition: the pathway towards ending preventable maternal deaths

    JP Souza;JP Souza;Ö Tunçalp;JP Vogel;M Bohren;M Bohren

  • The global strategy for women's, children's and adolesents' health (2016-2030) : a roadmap based on evidence and country experience

    Shyama Kuruvilla;Flavia Bustreo;Taona Kuo;CK Mishra

Frequent Co-Authors

Stanley Luchters
Stanley Luchters Ghent University
Robert E Black
Robert E Black Johns Hopkins University
Matthew Chersich
Matthew Chersich University of the Witwatersrand
Claudia Garcia-Moreno
Claudia Garcia-Moreno World Health Organization
Stephen Moses
Stephen Moses University of Manitoba
Alex Ezeh
Alex Ezeh Drexel University
Megan S. C. Lim
Megan S. C. Lim Burnet Institute
Rupert Kaul
Rupert Kaul University of Toronto
John Cleland
John Cleland London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
João Paulo Souza
João Paulo Souza Universidade de São Paulo

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