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Overview

Nyovani Madise is affiliated with the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant contributions in pediatrics, perinatology, and child health. Their work spans several key subfields including general health professions, nutrition and dietetics, safety research, and epidemiology.

The main topics covered in Madise's research include global maternal and child health, child nutrition and water access, poverty, education, and child welfare, adolescent sexual and reproductive health, breastfeeding practices and influences, child nutrition and feeding issues, and reproductive health and contraception.

Madise has authored or contributed to numerous papers published in various journals and venues. Notable recent papers include:

  • What scientists need to do to accelerate progress on the SDGs, 2023, Nature
  • Trends in adolescent first births in sub-Saharan Africa: a tale of increasing inequity?, 2020, International Journal for Equity in Health
  • Realities and challenges of breastfeeding policy in the context of HIV: a qualitative study on community perspectives on facilitators and barriers related to breastfeeding among HIV positive mothers in Baringo County, Kenya, 2021, International Breastfeeding Journal
  • Effectiveness of the baby-friendly community initiative on exclusive breastfeeding in Kenya, 2021, Maternal and Child Nutrition
  • The 2025 report of the Lancet Countdown to 2030 for women's, children's, and adolescents' health: tracking progress on health and nutrition, 2025, The Lancet

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Madise include Michael G. Chipeta, Themba Mzembe, Maame Peterson, Chimwemwe Chifungo, and Ruth Vellemu.

Madise's publications are often featured in venues such as Research Square, International Breastfeeding Journal, Maternal and Child Nutrition, BMC Public Health, and BMJ Public Health.

Best Publications

  • The UCL–Lancet Commission on Migration and Health: the health of a world on the move

    Ibrahim Abubakar;Robert W Aldridge;Delan Devakumar;Miriam Orcutt

  • Frequency and timing of antenatal care in Kenya: explaining the variations between women of different communities.

    Monica Akinyi Magadi;Nyovani Janet Madise;Roberto Nascimento Rodrigues

  • Patterns and determinants of breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices in urban informal settlements, Nairobi Kenya

    Elizabeth W Kimani-Murage;Nyovani J Madise;Jean-Christophe Fotso;Catherine Kyobutungi

  • Contextual influences on the use of health facilities for childbirth in Africa.

    Rob Stephenson;Angela Baschieri;Steve Clements;Monique Hennink

  • Contextual influences on modern contraceptive use in sub-Saharan Africa

    Rob Stephenson;Angela Baschieri;Steve Clements;Monique Hennink

  • PERCEPTION OF RISK OF HIV/AIDS AND SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR IN KENYA

    Priscilla A. Akwara;Nyovani Janet Madise;Andrew Hinde

  • Examining the "urban advantage" in maternal health care in developing countries.

    Zoe Matthews;Andrew A.R. Channon;Sarah Neal;David Osrin

  • Coerced first sex among adolescent girls in sub-Saharan Africa: prevalence and context.

    Ann M Moore;Kofi Awusabo-Asare;Nyovani Madise;Johannes John-Langba

  • Is Poverty a Driver for Risky Sexual Behaviour? Evidence from National Surveys of Adolescents in four African Countries

    Nyovani Madise;Eliya Zulu;James Ciera

  • Food security in a perfect storm: using the ecosystem services framework to increase understanding

    G.M. Poppy;S. Chiotha;F. Eigenbrod;C. A. Harvey

  • Overview of migration, poverty and health dynamics in Nairobi City's slum settlements.

    Eliya M. Zulu;Donatien Beguy;Alex C. Ezeh;Philippe Bocquier

  • Factors affecting actualisation of the WHO breastfeeding recommendations in urban poor settings in Kenya.

    Elizabeth W. Kimani-Murage;Frederick Wekesah;Milka Wanjohi;Catherine Kyobutungi

  • What does access to maternal care mean among the urban poor? Factors associated with use of appropriate maternal health services in the slum settlements of Nairobi Kenya.

    Jean-Christophe Fotso;Alex Ezeh;Nyovani Madise;Abdhallah Ziraba

  • Are slum dwellers at heightened risk of HIV infection than other urban residents? Evidence from population-based HIV prevalence surveys in Kenya.

    Nyovani J. Madise;Abdhalah K. Ziraba;Joseph Inungu;Samoel A. Khamadi

  • Progress towards the child mortality millennium development goal in urban sub-Saharan Africa: the dynamics of population growth, immunization, and access to clean water

    Jean-Christophe Fotso;Alex Chika Ezeh;Nyovani Janet Madise;James Ciera

  • The long-term impact of HIV and orphanhood on the mortality and physical well-being of children in rural Malawi.

    Amelia C. Crampin;Sian Floyd;Judith R. Glynn;Nyovani Madise

  • Maternal mortality in the informal settlements of Nairobi city: what do we know?

    Abdhalah Kasiira Ziraba;Nyovani Madise;Samuel Mills;Catherine Kyobutungi

  • Heterogeneity of child nutritional status between households: A comparison of six sub-Saharan African countries

    Nyovani J. Madise;Zoë Matthews;Barrie Margetts

  • Sociocultural factors influencing breastfeeding practices in two slums in Nairobi, Kenya.

    Milka Wanjohi;Paula L. Griffiths;Frederick Wekesah;Peterrock Muriuki

  • Is There an Urban Advantage in Child Survival in Sub-Saharan Africa? Evidence From 18 Countries in the 1990s

    Philippe Bocquier;Nyovani Janet Madise;Eliya Msiyaphazi Zulu

  • Nutritional interventions for preventing stunting in children (Birth to 59 months) living in urban slums in low-and middle-income countries (LMIC)

    Sophie M Goudet;Barry A Bogin;Nyovani J Madise;Paula L Griffiths

Frequent Co-Authors

Paula L. Griffiths
Paula L. Griffiths Loughborough University
Alex Ezeh
Alex Ezeh Drexel University
Eliya M. Zulu
Eliya M. Zulu Shelter Insurance
Zoe Matthews
Zoe Matthews University of Southampton
Catherine Kyobutungi
Catherine Kyobutungi Heidelberg University
Barry Bogin
Barry Bogin Loughborough University
Jane Falkingham
Jane Falkingham University of Southampton
Rob Stephenson
Rob Stephenson University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Sera L. Young
Sera L. Young Northwestern University
John Cleland
John Cleland London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

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