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  • 2019 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Social Sciences

Overview

Sanni Yaya is affiliated with the University of Ottawa in Canada and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Medicine and Health Professions, with a significant focus on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, General Health Professions, Nutrition and Dietetics, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Health.

The principal topics in their work include Global Maternal and Child Health, Child Nutrition and Water Access, Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health, Healthcare Systems and Reforms, Global Health Care Issues, Intimate Partner and Family Violence, and Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy.

Their notable recent papers encompass:

  • "Ethnic and racial disparities in COVID-19-related deaths: counting the trees, hiding the forest" (2020) published in BMJ Global Health
  • "Telemedicine Across the Globe-Position Paper From the COVID-19 Pandemic Health System Resilience PROGRAM (REPROGRAM) International Consortium (Part 1)" (2020) published in Frontiers in Public Health
  • "Mental health and psychosocial well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: the invisible elephant in the room" (2020) published in International Journal of Mental Health Systems
  • "Morbidity and mortality from road injuries: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017" (2020) published in Injury Prevention
  • "Emerging infectious diseases and outbreaks: implications for women's reproductive health and rights in resource-poor settings" (2020) published in Reproductive Health

Frequent co-authors in Sanni Yaya's research include Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Edward Kwabena Ameyaw, Eugene Budu, and Betregiorgis Zegeye.

Their work has been published often in specific venues, including:

  • Reproductive Health (42 publications)
  • PLoS ONE (21 publications)
  • BMC Public Health (18 publications)
  • BMJ Global Health (14 publications)
  • Archives of Public Health (13 publications)

Sanni Yaya was recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2019 under the Academy of Social Sciences.

Best Publications

  • 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 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 age-sex-specific fertility, mortality, healthy life expectancy (HALE), and population estimates in 204 countries and territories, 1950–2019: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Haidong Wang;Kaja M. Abbas;Mitra Abbasifard;Mohsen Abbasi-Kangevari

  • Five insights from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Christopher J.L. Murray;Cristiana Abbafati;Kaja M. Abbas;Mohammad Abbasi

  • Measuring universal health coverage based on an index of effective coverage of health services in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2019 : a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.

    Rafael Lozano;Nancy Fullman;John Everett Mumford;Megan Knight

  • The global, regional, and national burden of stomach cancer in 195 countries, 1990-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease study 2017

    Arash Etemadi;Saeid Safiri;Sadaf G Sepanlou;Kevin Ikuta

  • Global, regional, and national progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 for neonatal and child health: all-cause and cause-specific mortality findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.

    Katherine R Paulson;Aruna M Kamath;Tahiya Alam;Kelly Bienhoff

  • Telemedicine Across the Globe-Position Paper From the COVID-19 Pandemic Health System Resilience PROGRAM (REPROGRAM) International Consortium (Part 1)

    Sonu Bhaskar;Sonu Bhaskar;Sian Bradley;Vijay Kumar Chattu;Anil Adisesh

  • Global investments in pandemic preparedness and COVID-19: development assistance and domestic spending on health between 1990 and 2026

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  • Global, regional, and national mortality among young people aged 10–24 years, 1950–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Joseph L Ward;Peter S Azzopardi;Kate Louise Francis;John S Santelli

  • Assessing performance of the Healthcare Access and Quality Index, overall and by select age groups, for 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

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  • Global injury morbidity and mortality from 1990 to 2017: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Spencer L James;Chris D Castle;Zachary V Dingels;Jack T Fox

  • Ethnic and racial disparities in COVID-19-related deaths: counting the trees, hiding the forest.

    Sanni Yaya;Helena Yeboah;Carlo Handy Charles;Akaninyene Otu

  • Women empowerment as an enabling factor of contraceptive use in sub-Saharan Africa: a multilevel analysis of cross-sectional surveys of 32 countries

    Sanni Yaya;Olalekan A. Uthman;Michael Ekholuenetale;Ghose Bishwajit

  • Male sex and the risk of mortality among individuals enrolled in antiretroviral therapy programs in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Eric Druyts;Mark Dybul;Steve Kanters;Jean Nachega

  • Mental health and psychosocial well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: The invisible elephant in the room

    Akaninyene Otu;Akaninyene Otu;Carlo Handy Charles;Carlo Handy Charles;Sanni Yaya;Sanni Yaya

  • Morbidity and mortality from road injuries: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017.

    Spencer L James;Spencer L James;Lydia R Lucchesi;Catherine Bisignano;Chris D Castle

  • Women's decision-making autonomy and utilisation of maternal healthcare services: results from the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey.

    Bishwajit Ghose;Da Feng;Shangfeng Tang;Sanni Yaya

  • Timing and adequate attendance of antenatal care visits among women in Ethiopia.

    Sanni Yaya;Ghose Bishwajit;Michael Ekholuenetale;Vaibhav Shah

  • Wealth, education and urban–rural inequality and maternal healthcare service usage in Malawi

    Sanni Yaya;Ghose Bishwajit;Vaibhav Shah

  • Prevalence of child marriage and its impact on fertility outcomes in 34 sub-Saharan African countries

    Sanni Yaya;Sanni Yaya;Emmanuel Kolawole Odusina;Ghose Bishwajit

  • Health sector spending and spending on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, and development assistance for health: progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 3

    Angela E. Micah;Yanfang Su;Steven D. Bachmeier;Abigail Chapin

  • Decomposing the rural-urban gap in the factors of under-five mortality in sub-Saharan Africa? Evidence from 35 countries

    Sanni Yaya;Olalekan A. Uthman;Friday Okonofua;Ghose Bishwajit

Frequent Co-Authors

Ghose Bishwajit
Ghose Bishwajit University of Ottawa
Florian Fischer
Florian Fischer Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Obinna Onwujekwe
Obinna Onwujekwe University of Nigeria
Paul S. F. Yip
Paul S. F. Yip University of Hong Kong
Salman Rawaf
Salman Rawaf Imperial College London
Mustafa Z Younis
Mustafa Z Younis Jackson State University
Till Bärnighausen
Till Bärnighausen Heidelberg University
Andre M. N. Renzaho
Andre M. N. Renzaho Western Sydney University
Mihajlo Jakovljevic
Mihajlo Jakovljevic University of Kragujevac
Rakhi Dandona
Rakhi Dandona Public Health Foundation of India

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