2017
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Okonofua FE. Y-plasty vaginoplasty needs proof of superior effectiveness. BJOG 2017 Jan; 124(2): 335. Doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.14436,
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Friday Okonofua, Kingsley Agholor, Rosemary Ogu, Ola Okike, Adeola Abdus-salam, Mohammed Gana, et al. Qualitative assessment of women’s satisfaction with maternal health care in referral hospitals in NIgeria. BMC Reprod Health. 2017: 14, 44. DOI: 10.1186/s12978-017-0305-6. REPH-D-16-00234.
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Friday Okonofua, Abdullahi Randawa, Rosemary Ogu, Kingsley Agholor, Ola Okike, Adeola Abdus-salam, Galadanci H. Views of Senior Health Personnel about Quality of Emergency Obstetric Care: A Qualitative Study in Nigeria. PLOS ONE March 27, 2017, 12 (3): e01734. Doi:101371/journal PONE-D-16-41470
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Hirose A, Owolabi O, Imamura M, Okonofua FE, Hussein J. Systematic review of obstetric care from a women-centred perspective in Nigeria. Int J Gynaecol Obstet 2017, 136 (1): 13-18.
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Okonofua FE, Omonkhua AA. African Journal of Reproductive Health at 20: Time for Reflection. Afr J Reprod 2017, 21 (1): 11-17.
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Bregje de Kok, Imamura M, Kanguru L, Owolabi O, Okonofua F, Hussein J. Achieving accountability through maternal death reviews in Nigeria: A process analysis. Health Policy and Planning 2017 (June 28), 1-9. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/healop/c2x012.
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Bamgboye AA, Okonofua FE. The peritoneum at laparotomy: A survey of gynaecological practice among Nigerian gynaecologists. S Afr J Obstet Gynaecol. 2017; 23 (2): 48-50. Doi: 10.7196/SAJOG.2017.2312.1131.
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Chigozie Jesse Uneke, Issiaka Sombie, Henry Uro-Chukwu, Ermel Johnson, Friday Okonofua. Using equitable impact sensitive tool (EQUIST) and knowledge translation to promote evidence to policy link in maternal and child health: a report of the first EQUIST training workshop in Nigeria. Pan African Medical Journal 2017; 28:37. doi:10.11604/pamj.2017.28.37.13289. http://www.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/article/28/27/full.
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Okonofua FE, Imosimi D, Igboin B, Adeyemi O, Ekwo C, Orebanjo A, Imongan Results of Maternal Death Review in Three Hospitals in Lagos State, Nigeria: 2015-2016. Plos One 2017 Dec 14; 12 (12): e0188392.doi:101371/journal. Pone 0188392.
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Okonofua FE, Ogu RN, Ntoimo LF. Perceptions of women on workloads in Maternity Hospitals and its effect on quality of maternal health care. Midwifery 2017, Dec. 55: 1-6. Doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2017 08.008. Epub 2017 Aug 30. PMID 28886398.
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Okonofua FE, Ogu RN, Ntoimo LF, Gana M, Okike O, Durodola A, et al. Where do delays occur when women receive antenatal care in referral hospitals in Nigeria? A client flow multi-site study. Ghana Medical Journal 2017; 51(3).
2018
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Okonofua FE, Ntoimo LF, Ogu RN. Women’s perceptions on reasons for Maternal Deaths: Implications for policies and programs in low-income countries. Health Care for Women International. 2018; 39:1, 95-109. Doi: 10.1080/07399332.2017. 1365868. PMID 28829240.
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Okonofua FE, Ntoimo LF et al: Association of the client-provider ratio with the risk of maternal mortality in referral hospitals: a multi-site study in Nigeria. Reproductive Health 2018, 15: 32. DOI 10.1186/s/12978-018-0464-0.
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Ntiomo L, Okonofua FE, Gana M, Ogu R., Abdus-salam A, Galadanci H., Durodola A, Randawa A. Prevalence and risk factors for maternal mortality in Nigerian referral hospitals. Int J Women’s Health 2018 Feb 1: 10: 69-76. Doi: 10.2147/IFWH.S151784. PMID 29440934.
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Ogu R, Maduka O, Alamina F, Adebiyi O, Agala V, Eke G, Probeni I, Offor N, Abam C, Nte A, Okonofua FE. Mainstreaming youth-friendly health services into existing primary health care facilities: experiences from South-South Nigeria. Int J Adolesc Med Health 2018, Jan 15, pii: ij/jamh.ahead-of-print/ijamh-2017-0151/ijamh-2017-0151xml.doi:10.1515/ijamh-2017-0151. PMID. 29369812.
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Okonofua FE, Ntoimo L, Ogungbangbe J, Anjorin S, Imongan W, Yaya S. Predictors of Women’s Utilization of Primary Health Care for Skilled Pregnancy Care in Rural Nigeria. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 2018 BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 2018 April 18; 18(1). Doi: 10.1186/s12884-018-1730-4.
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Yaya S, Okonofua F, Ntoimo L, Kadio B, Deuboue R, Imongan W, Balami W. Increasing women’s access to skilled pregnancy care to reduce maternal and perinatal mortality in rural Edo State, Nigeria: a randomized controlled trial. Global Health Research and Policy. 2018 April 4; 3:12 doi: 10.1186/s41256-018-0066-y.
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Okonofua FE. DiPEP- (the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism in pregnancy) study and the limited accuracy of clinical decision rules and D-dimer: What next? BJOG: An international journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2018, Jun 5. Doi: 10.111/1475-0528.15309
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Okonofua FE. Cervical dilatation as poor predictor of severe adverse birth outcomes: a call for higher level evidence. BJOG 2018 Jul; 125 (8): 1471-0528. Doi: 10.1111/1471-0528. PMD 29520972
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Akpata CB, Uadia PO, Okonofua FE. Prevalence of ovarian syndrome in Nigerian women with infertility: A prospective study of three assessment criteria. Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2018; 8, 1109-1120. https://doi.org/10.4236/ojog.2018.812112.
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Eze, U.A., Routledge, M.N., Okonofua, F.E., Huntriss, J. and Gong, Y.Y. Mycotoxin exposure and adverse reproductive health outcomes in Africa: a review. World Mycotoxin Journal, 2018; 11 (3), 321-339.
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Sanni Yaya, Ghose Bishwajit, Friday Okonofua, Olalekan A. Uthman, Agbessi Amouzou. Under five mortality patterns and associated risk factors in sub-Saharan Africa: A multi-country analysis. Plos One 2018; 13 (10): e0205977. Doi.10.1371/journal.pone.0205977
2019
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Okonofua FE, Ntoimo LFC, Ogu R, Galadanci H, Gana M, Adeboye D, Abe E, Okike O, Agholor K, Abdus-Salam RA, Randawa A, Abdullahi H, Dareji SM, Omo-Omorodion BI. Assessing the knowledge and skills on emergency obstetrics care among health providers: Implications for health systems strengthening in Nigeria, Plos One 2019 (April), 14(4): e0213719. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0213719.
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Yaya S. Okonofua FE, Ntoimo LF, Udenige O, Bishwajit G. Gender Inequality as Barrier to Women’s Access to Skilled Pregnancy care in Rural Nigeria: A Qualitative Study. International Journal, April 27, 2019 ihz019. https://doi.org/10.1093/mthealth/ihz019.
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Okonofua FE. Near Miss morbidity: Is this evidence of maternal health quality in sub-Saharan Africa. BJOG (An international Journal) 2019, May; 126 (6): 762 doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.15617.
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Sanni Yaya, Olalekan A. Uthman, Friday Okonofua, Glose Bishwajit. Decomposing the rural-urban gap in the factors of under-five mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. Evidence from 35 countries. BMC Public Health 2019, 19: 616. Https://doi.org/10.1186/312889-019-0940-9.
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Yaya Sanni, Okonofua Friday, Ntoimo Lorretta, Idenigwe O, Bishwajit G. Men’s perceptions of barriers to women’s use and access to skilled pregnancy care in rural Nigeria: a qualitative study. Reproductive Health 2019; 16: 86. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-019-0752-3.
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Ntoimo L, Okonofua FE, Igboin B, Ekwo C, Imongan W, Yaya S. Why Women do not use Primary Health Centres for Pregnancy Care: Evidence from a qualitative study in Nigeria. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2019 (August), 19: 277. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186.s12884-019-2433-1
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Akpata, C. B., Uadia, P. O., & Okonofua, F. E. (2019). Insulin Resistance and Its Associated Risk Factors in Nigerian Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 9(03), 382.
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Okonofua, F. (2019b). The DiPEP (diagnosis of pulmonary embolism in pregnancy) study and the limited accuracy of clinical decision rules and D-dimer: What next? BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 126(3), 393–393
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Fantaye, A. W., Okonofua, F., Ntoimo, L., & Yaya, S. (2019). A qualitative study of community elders’ perceptions about the underutilization of formal maternal care and maternal death in rural Nigeria. Reproductive Health, 16(1), 164. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-019-0831-5
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Okonofua FE, Ntoimo LFC, Ogu R, Galadanci H, Mohammed G, Adetoye D, Abe E, Okike O, Agholor K, Abdus-Salam R, Randawa A. Prevalence and risk factors for stillbirths in Nigerian referral hospitals: A multi-centre study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 2019 Dec 30; 19(1): 533. Doi: 10.1186/s/12884-019-2682-2.
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Aikpitanyi J, Ohenhen V, Ugbodaga P, Ojemhen B, Omo-Omorodion B, Ntiomo LF, Imongan W, Balogun JA, Okonofua FE. Maternal death review and surveillance: the case of Central Hospital, Benin City, Nigeria. Plos One 2019 Dec 19; 14 (12): e0226075. Doi: 10.1371/journal, pone, 0226075.ecollection, 2019.
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Okonofua FE. Development of the FAST-M maternal sepsis care bundle: Requires proof of validity in low resource settings. BJOG. 2019 Nov 28. Doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.16029.
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Okonofua FE. Fostering scientific creativity in the context of the sustainable development goals. Proceedings of the Nigerian Acad Sc 2019 12, 1: 1-4.
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Balogun JA, Mamuzo E, Okonofua FE, Balogun A, Oyeyemi A. H-index has more than quantity (publication productivity and quality (citation impact) nomological dimensions. Proceedings of the Nigerian Acad Sc 2019 12, 1: 44-57.
2020
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Iguodala WA, Okonofua FE, Adejumo OA Okunlola OA. Views of students
on qualities expected of their lecturers: a case study of University of Medical Sciences, Ondo City, Nigeria. PanAfrican Medical Journal 2020; 35(64) doi:10.11604/pamj.2020.35.64.16597
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Okonofua FE, Eimuhi K, Omonkhua A. COVID-19: Perspectives and reflections from Africa. African Journal of Reproductive Health 2020 (March): 24 (1): 1-10.
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Akpata CBN, Uadia PO, Okonofua FE. Triglycerides and TG/HDL-C ratio as surrogate markers for insulin resistance in polycystic ovary syndrome. Trop J Obstet 2020, 37: 182-5. Doi: 10.4105/TJOG_104_19.
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Amadou Barrow, Amienatte Jobe, Okonofua Friday. Prevalence and determinants of unmet family planning needs among women of child-bearing age in the Gambia: Analysis of a nationally representative data. Gates Open Research 2020; 4, 124. https://doi.org/10.12688/gatespenres.13175.1
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Okonofua, F. E., Ntoimo, L. F. C., Ekezue, B., Ohenhen, V., Agholor, K., Gana, M., Igboin, B., Ekwo, C., Imongan, W., Galadanci, H., & Ogu, R. (2020). Outcome of multifaceted interventions for improving the quality of antenatal care in Nigerian referral hospitals. Reproductive Health, 17(1), 170. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-020-00997-6
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Oludamilola A. Adejumo, Oluseyi A. Adejumo, Friday E. Okonofua. Rights versus responsibilities of healthcare workers in Nigeria: changing the narrative in the COVID-19 Era. African Journal of Reproductive Health 2020 special edition1,
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Friday Okonofua, Karl Eimuhi, Akhere Omonkhua, Joseph Balogun
Covid-19: Addressing Health Systems Deficits and Peculiarities in the African Region. African Journal of Reproductive Health 2020 special edition1.
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Friday Okonofua, Doyin Odubanjo. COVID-19 in Nigeria: Presenting Opportunities for a New Normal for Health Care Delivery. Proceedings of the Nigerian Academy of Science 2020, special edition 13, 1-1-4
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Friday Okonofua. Significance of the George Macdonald Medal 1987 for Reproductive Health. African Journal of Reproductive Health 2020, 23, 2:
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Friday Okonofua. Advancing the ICPD Agenda on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Africa: A Call for Action. African Journal of Reproductive Health 2020, 23: 3
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Friday Okonofua, Akhere Omonkhua, and Lorretta Ntoimo. Deepening interdisciplinarity in scientific research for impact and development. Proceedings of the Nigerian Academy of Science 2020, 13, 1-1-4.
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Omonkhua AA, Okonofua FE, Ntoimo LFC, Aruomaren AI, Adebayo AM, Nwuba R. Community Perceptions on Causes of High Dizygotic Twinning Rate in Igbo-Ora, South-west Nigeria: A qualitative Study. PloS One 15(12): e0243169. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.o243169.
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Michael S. Odimayo, Wasiu O. Adebimpe, Yemisi Jeff-Agboola, … Friday E. Okonofua (2020). Screening, Vaccination, and Referrals as Viral Hepatitis Elimination Triad Among Internally Displaced Persons in Edo State, Nigeria. Clinical Liver Disease. 2020, Dec 14; 16:5, 218-222. DOI:10.1002/cld.1063
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Okonofua FE, Ntoimo LFC, Ekezue B et al., Outcomes of multifaceted intervention to improve Maternal Satisfaction with Care in Secondary Hospitals in Nigeria. Global Health Action 2020, 13:1, 1856470, DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2020.1856470.
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Ntoimo LFC, Okonofua FE, Yaya Sanni, Imongan W et al. Assessment of the quality of antenatal and postnatal care services in rural Nigeria. The Nigerian Journal of Sociology and Anthropology 2020 Nov, 18: 2. DOI: 10.36108/NJSA/0202/81(0210).
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Haddy Tunkara Bah, Florence O. Adeyemo, Friday E. Okonofua (2020). Effects of health education on spousal knowledge and participation In birth preparedness in Farafenni Regional Hospital, The Gambia: A randomized trial, BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 10.21203/rs.3.rs-19801/v1
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Ntoimo LFC, Okonofua FE, Josephine Aikpitanyi, Sanni Yaya, Ermel Johnson, Issiaka Sombie, Olabisi Aina, Wilson Imongan. Influence of Women’s Empowerment Indices on the Utilisation of Skilled Maternity Care: Evidence from Rural Nigeria. Journal of Biosocial Science 2020, 1-17. Doi.10.1017/s0021932020000681.
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Friday Okonofua, Karl Eimuhi, Akhere Omonkhua, Lorretta Ntoimo and Joseph Balogun. Outcome of the US presidential elections: Reforming the agenda for reproductive health and women’s rights. African Journal of Reproductive Health 2020, Dec, 24:4, 11-14. DOI: 10.29063/ajrh2020/v24i4.1
2021
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Odenigwe O, Okonofua FE, Ntoimo LFC, Imongan W, Igboin, B & Yaya S. Perspectives of policymakers and health providers on barriers and facilitators to skilled pregnancy care: Findings from a qualitative study in rural Nigeria. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2021, 21: 20. https://doi.org/10.1186/s/12884-020-03493-8.
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Aventin, Á., Robinson, M., Hanratty, J., Ruane-Mcateer, E., Tomlinson, M., Clarke, M., Okonofua, F., Bonell, C., & Lohan, M. Involving Men and Boys in Family Planning (INVOLVE_FP): A systematic review of the effective components and characteristics of complex interventions in low- and middle-income countries [PROTOCOL]. Campbell Database of Systematic Reviews, 2020, Issue [Issue].2021 (Jan 21), 27:1. Https.//doi.org/10.1002/cl2.1140.
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Barrow Amadou, Jobe Amienatta, Friday Okonofua. Prevalence and determinants of unmet family planning needs among women of child-bearing age in The Gambia. Analysis of nationally representative sample. Gates Open Res, 2021, 4: 124. https://doi.org/10.12688/gatesopenres.13175.2.
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Joseph Balogun, Efe Mamuzo, Friday Okonofua, Adetutu Balogun, Adeloyeje Oyeyemi. Bibliometric profile of the African Academy of Sciences medical and health sciences fellows. Pan African Medical Journal 2021; 38:60. Doi: 10.11604/pamj.2021.38.60.21004.
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Adejumo D, Ntoimo LFC… Okonofua FE Experience of Gender Based Violence by Internally Displaced Women in Southern Nigeria: A Cross Sectional Study. Journal of Interpersonal Violence March 15, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605211001464.
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Akaninyene Otum Emmanuel Effa, Clement Meseko, Simeon Cadmus, Chinwe Ochu, Ranna Athingo, Eve Namisango, Dimie Ogoina, Friday Okonofua, Bassey Ebenso. Africa needs to prioritize one health approaches that focus on the environment, animal and human health. Nature Medicine 2021. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-021-01375_w.
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Ogochukwu Udenigwe, Friday E. Okonofua, Lorretta Ntoimo, Wilson Imongan, Brian Igboin, Sanni Yaya. “We have either obsolete knowledge of obsolete skills”: policy-makers and clinical managers’ view on maternal health delivery in rural Nigeria. Family Medicine and Community Health. 2021, 9:e000994.doi:10.1136/fmch-2021.000994.
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Babatunde Adelekan, Erika Goldson, Zubaida Abubakar, Ulla Mueller, Audu Alayande,Tellson Ojogun. Lorretta Ntoimo, Bukky Williams, Ibrahim Muhammed, Friday Okonofua. Reproductive Health 2021; 18: 166 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-021-01217-s.
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Ntoimo LFC, Okonofua FE, Ekwo C et al. Why Women Utilize Traditional rather than Skilled Birth Attendants for Maternity Care in Rural Nigeria: Implications for Policies and Programs. Midwifery 2022; (January); 104, 103156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2021.103158/.
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Ntoimo LFC, Ogungbangbe J, Okonofua FE et al., Assessment of Adequacy of Facilities and Personnel for Maternity Care in Primary Health Care in Rural Nigeria: Implications for Service Improvement. PanAfrican Medical Journal Nov 2021; 40, 151: doi/10.11604/pamj/21.40.151.25976].
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Martin Robinson, Áine Aventin, Jennifer Hanratty, Eimear Ruane-McAteer, Mark Tomlinson, Mike Clarke, Friday Okonofua, Maria Lohan Nothing so Practical as Theory. The use of behaviour change theory in family planning interventions involving men and boys. Reproductive Health 2021 Jun 13; 18(1):126.doi:10.1186/s12978-021-01173-0
2022
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Ibrahim Abubakar, Sarah L Dalglish, Blake Angell, Olutobi Sanuade, Seye Abimbola, Aishatu Lawal Adamu, Ifedayo M O Adetifa, Tim Colbourn, Afolabi Olaniyi Ogunlesi,Obinna Onwujekwe, Eme T Owoaje, Iruka N Okeke, Adebowale Adeyemo, Gambo Aliyu, Muktar H Aliyu, Sani Hussaini Aliyu, Emmanuel A Ameh, Belinda Archibong, Alex Ezeh, Muktar A Gadanya, Chikwe Ihekweazu, Vivianne Ihekweazu, Zubairu Iliyasu, Aminatu Kwaku Chiroma, Diana A Mabayoje, Mohammed Nasir Sambo, Stephen Obaro, Adesola Yinka-Ogunleye, Friday Okonofua, Tolu Oni, Olu Onyimadu, Muhammad Ali Pate, Babatunde L Salako, Faisal Shuaib, Fatimah Tsiga-Ahmed, Fatima H Zanna. The Lancet Nigeria Commission: investing in health and the future of the nation. Lancet 399; 19, 2022, 1156-1180.
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Blake Angell, Olutobi Sanuade, Ifedayo M O Adetifa, Iruka N Okeke, Aishatu Lawal Adamu, Muktar H Aliyu, Emmanuel A Ameh, Fatima Kyari, Muktar A Gadanya, Diana A Mabayoje, Adesola Yinka-Ogunleye, Tolu Oni, Rabiu Ibrahim Jalo, Fatimah I Tsiga-Ahmed, Sarah L Dalglish, Seye Abimbola, Tim Colbourn, Obinna Onwujekwe, Eme Theodora Owoaje, Gambo Aliyu, Sani H Aliyu, Belinda Archibong, Alex Ezeh, Chikwe Ihekweazu, Zubairu Iliyasu, Stephen Obaro, Ebenezer Babatunde Obadare, Friday Okonofua, Muhammed Pate, Babatunde L Salako, Fatima H Zanna, Scott Glenn, Ally Walker, Maha Ezalarab, Mohsen Naghavi, Ibrahim Abubakar. Population health outcomes in Nigeria compared with other West African countries, 1998-2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study. Lancet published online March 15, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/50140-6736(21)02722-7/
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Okonofua, F., & Ntoimo, L. (2022). Engaging men in sexual and reproductive health in sub-Saharan Africa: Call for research and interventions (Editorial). African Journal of Reproductive Health, 26(2), 9–10.
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Okonofua F, Ntoimo LF, Yaya S, et al. Effect of a multifaceted intervention on the utilisation of primary health for maternal and child health care in rural Nigeria: a quasi-experimental study. BMJ Open 2022;12:e049499. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049499
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Okonofua FE, Ugiagbe R, Ntoimo L. Fostering sustainable malaria prevention and elimination in Africa (Editorial). African Journal of Reproductive Health. Volume 25, Number 1, January 2022. https://ajrh.info/index.php/ajrh/article/view/3078
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Okonofua FE, Ekezue B, Ntoimo L, Ekwo C, Ogu R, Ohenhen V, Agholor K, Mohammed Gana, Igbion, Imongan W, Galadanci H. Effects of multifaceted interventions to prevent and manage primary postpartum haemorrhage in Nigerian referral hospitals: A quasi-experimental research design. BMJ Global Health 2022; 7:4 121.https://gh.bmj.com/content/7/4e07779.full
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Aikpitanyi J, Okonofua FE, Ntoimo L, Tubeuf S, Locus of control and self esteem as predictors of maternal and child health services utilization in Nigeria. Front. Health Serv. 28 April 2022/https://doi.org10.3389/frhs.2022.847721
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Okonofua FE, Ntoimo L. Engaging men in sexual and reproductive health in sub-Saharan Africa: Call for research and interventions. African Journal of Reproductive Health. Volume 25, Number 2, February 2022. https://ajrh.info/index.php/ajrh/article/view/3134.
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Okonofua FE, Ntoimo L. Multi-sectorial dimensions of sexual and reproductive health: Implications for policies and programmes in Africa. African Journal of Reproductive Health. Volume 25, Number 3, March 2022. https://ajrh.info/index.php/ajrh/issue/view/119
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Okonofua FE, Thakar R. Advocating for adequate and reliable funding for sexual and reproductive health and rights: A call to action for clinicians. African Journal of Reproductive Health. Volume 25, Number 4, April 2022. https://ajrh.info/index.php/ajrh/article/view/3284.
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Okonofua FE. Roe vs. Wade: US prevarication poses threat to sub-Saharan Africa. African Journal of Reproductive Health. Volume 25, Number 5, May 2022.

