Dr. Uduak Okomo will discuss how newborns get infection, the types of serious infections in newborns, and what we do when infection is suspected; and finally, how we can prevent newborns from getting infection. Her work focuses on better measurement of and reduction in the burden of maternal and newborn mortality in developing countries. Serious […]

At the heart of Dr. Uduak Okomo’s work is the desire to decrease preventable deaths from infections in newborn babies. To this purpose, she has studied how neonatal infections are transmitted, and has found that hospital-acquired infections play a significant role. This finding has major implications for clinical and public health interventions and can inform […]

Dr Uduak Okomo was awarded Pump Priming grant of £10,000 to carry out a facility-based evaluation of stillbirths and neonatal deaths in The Gambia, as part of her post-doctoral research activities. The funding for this award is provided by the Institutional Strategic Support Fund (ISSF), supported by Wellcome and the LSHTM. Stillbirths and death of […]

Drs Anna Roca (Deputy Theme Leader of the Disease Control and Elimination) and Uduak Okomo were invited as speakers at the 2nd Women Leaders in Global Health (WLGH) conference, scheduled from 8-9 November 2018. The conference was hosted by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine bringing together established and emerging leaders from across […]

Sepsis and Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) are recognised global health problems, both contributing to the enormous human, medical, and economic burden of infectious diseases. Sepsis occurs mostly in response to an underlying infection – either a primary infection or from infectious complications of injuries and non-communicable diseases. An estimated 48.9 million people worldwide are affected by […]

Hospital-acquired neonatal infections and AMR are a major burden in sub-Saharan Africa, and improved surveillance is required, according to a new review of 151 studies comprising data from 84534 neonates from 26 countries, published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases. Serious bacterial infections in newborn babies – sepsis, meningitis, and pneumonia – are a leading cause […]

His Royal Highness Prince of Wales visited MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM on Thursday 1st November 2018 as part of his tour to The Gambia. The visit was to celebrate The Gambia’s return into the Commonwealth in February 2018. The visit was the Prince of Wales’ first trip to The Gambia after the Commonwealth […]