Publications

Publications And Presentations About The MPH And Public Health Professional Development Programs
  • Heller, R. F., Chongsuvivatwong, V., Hailegeorgios, S., Dada, J., Torun, P., Madhok, R., & Sandars, J. (2007). Capacity-building for public health: http://peoples-uni. org. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 85(12), 930-934.

 

  • Reynolds, F., & Heller, R. (2008). Peoples-uni: Developing public health competences â?? Lessons from a pilot course module. International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET), 3(2008).

 

  • Heller, R. F. (2009). Experience with a" social model" of capacity building: Public Health U. Human resources for health, 7(1), 1-5.

 

  • Philip, K., & Lee, A. (2011). Online public health education for low and middle- income countries: Factors influencing successful student outcomes. International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET), 6(4), 65-69.

 

  • Awofeso, N., Philip, K., & Heller, R. F. (2012). Internet-based public health e-learning student perceptions: an evaluation from the People’s Open Access Education Initiative (Peoples-uni). Open Learning: The Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning, 27(3), 215-226.

 

  • Stone, D. H., & Heller, R. F. (2016). Developing the clinico-epidemiologic conference as an online course. Journal of Public Health, 38(4), e588- 588.

 

  • Heller, R. F., Zurynski, R., Barrett, A., Oaiya, O., & Madhok, R. (2017). Open Online Courses in Public Health: experience from Peoples-uni. F1000Research, 6.

 

  • Madhok, R., Frank, E., & Heller, R. (2018). Building public health capacity through online global learning. Open Praxis, 10(1), 91-97.

 

  • Sridharan, S., Bondy, M., Nakaima, A., & Heller, R. F. (2018). The potential of an online educational platform to contribute to achieving sustainable development goals: a mixed-methods evaluation of the Peoples-uni online platform. Health Research Policy and Systems, 16(1), 1-14.

 

  • Heller, R. F., Strobl, J., & Madhok, R. (2019). Online education for public health capacity building in low-to middle-income countries: the peoples-uni experience. International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 20(1).

 

  • Machingura, P. I., Shantikumar, S., Babalola, O. S., & Heller, R. F. (2019). Does a bursary scheme for students in low-to middle-income countries influence outcomes in a master’s programme in Public Health?. MedEdPublish, 8(122), 122.

 

  • Heller, R. F., Chilolo, E., Elliott, J., Johnson, B., Lipman, D., Ononeze, V., & Richards, J. (2019). Do tutors make a difference in online learning?: A comparative study in two open online courses. Open Praxis, 11(3), 229-241.

 

  • Worthington, R. P., Madhok, R., & Heller, R. F. (2020). Improving global access to medical ethics education: a free self-paced online course on the Peoples-uni website. Indian Journal of Medical Ethics, 5(3).
  • Machingura, P. I., Adekola, O., Mueni, E., Oaiya, O., Gustafsson, L. L., & Heller, R. F. (2014). Perceived value of applying Information Communication Technology to implement guidelines in developing countries; an online questionnaire study among public health workers. Online journal of public health informatics, 6(2).

 

  • Heller, R. F., Machingura, P. I., Musa, B. M., Sengupta, P., & Myles, P. (2015). Mobilising the alumni of a Master of Public Health degree to build research and development capacity in low-and middle-income settings: The Peoples-uni. Health research policy and systems, 13(1), 1-6.

 

  • Musa, B. M., Ibekwe, E., Mwale, S., Eurien, D., Oldenburg, C., Chung, G., & Heller, R. F. (2018). HIV treatment and monitoring patterns in routine practice: a multi-country retrospective chart review of patient care. F1000Research, 7.
  • Jones, A., Beanland, R., & Mathew, S. (2013). Peoples-uni-Building the Public Health Workforce Capacity at Home and Abroad. In Presentation at the UK Faculty of Public Health Annual Scientific Meeting.

 

  • Uwillingiyimana, J.P., et al. (2015, June). Presentation: Scaling up Public Health Education in Africa through e-learning: The Peoples-Uni. Kigali. East Africa Health Professions Educators Association conference.

  • Musa, B. M., Iliyasu, Z., Yusuf, S. M., & Uloko, A. E. (2014). Systematic review and metanalysis on community-based interventions in tuberculosis care in developing countries. Nigerian journal of medicine: journal of the National Association of Resident Doctors of Nigeria, 23(2), 103-117.

 

  • Kalu, S. O., Reynolds, F., Buttner, P. G., Ikechebelu, J. I., Dada, M. O., Oluboyo, B. O., & Igwegbe, A. O. (2014). Infant feeding choices practiced among HIV positive mothers attending a prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV program in Nnewi, Nigeria. Journal of AIDS & Clinical Research, 5(05).

 

  • Sengupta, P., & Benjamin, A. I. (2015). Prevalence of depression and associated risk factors among the elderly in urban and rural field practice areas of a tertiary care institution in Ludhiana. İndian journal of public health, 59(1), 3.

 

  • Sengupta, P., Benjamin, A. I., Singh, Y., & Grover, A. (2014). Prevalence and correlates of cognitive impairment in a north Indian elderly population. WHO South-East Asia journal of public health, 3(2), 135-143.

 

  • Abubakar, A. G., Ozumba, P. J., Winter, J., Buttner, P., & Abimiku, A. (2015). Current Trends in the detection of Acute HIV Infection among Blood Donors: Reliability of Pooled Nucleic Acid Amplification Technology and the Need for Population Specific Algorithms: A Systematic Review. J AntivirAntiretrovir, 7, 089-103.

 

  • Ibekwe, E., Haigh, C., Duncan, F., & Fatoye, F. (2017). Clinical outcomes of routine opt‐out antenatal human immunodeficiency virus screening: a systematic review. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 26(3-4), 341-355.

 

  • Ibekwe, E., Haigh, C., Duncan, F., & Fatoye, F. (2017). Economic impact of routine opt‐out antenatal human immune deficiency virus screening: A systematic review. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 26(23-24), 3832-3842.

  • Sani, M. U., Adamu, B., Mijinyawa, M. S., Abdu, A., Karaye, K. M., Maiyaki, M. B., & Borodo, M. M. (2006). Ischaemic heart disease in Aminu Kano teaching hospital, Kano, Nigeria: A 5-year review. Nigerian Journal of Medicine, 15(2), 128-131.

 

  • Karaye, K. M., Nashabaru, I., Fika, G. M., Ibrahim, D. A., Maiyaki, B. M., Ishaq, N. A., ... & Yusuf, S. M. (2007). Prevalence of traditional cardiovascular risk factors among Nigerians with stroke: cardiovascular topics. Cardiovascular Journal of Africa, 18(5), 290-294.

 

  • Yusuf, S. M., Mijinyawa, M. S., Musa, B. M., & Mohammed, A. Z. (2008). Xanthoma disseminatum in a black African woman. International journal of dermatology, 47(11), 1145-1147.

 

  • Nagoda, M., Uloko, A. E., Babashani, M., Maiyaki, M. (2012). Histoplasmosis an elusive re-emerging Chest Infection infection. Nigerian Journal of Clinical practice, 15 (2): 255-237.

 

  • Yusuf, S. M., Mijinyawa, M. S., Musa, B. M., Gezawa, I. D., & Uloko, A. E. (2013). Overweight and obesity among adolescents in Kano, Nigeria. J Metab Syndr, 2, 126.

 

  • Maiyaki, M. B., & Garbati, M. A. (2014). The burden of non-communicable diseases in Nigeria; in the context of globalization. Annals of African medicine, 13(1), 1-10.

 

  • Owolabi, L.F., Ibrahim, A., Musa, B. M., Gwaram, B. A., Dutse, A. I., Hamza, M., Yakasai, A. M., Habib, A. G., and Borodo, M.M. (2014). Prevalence and Burden of Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Hepatitis B Virus Co-infection in Nigeria: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of AIDS and Clinical Research, 5:308. doi: 10.4172/2155-6113.1000308

 

  • Mijinyawa, M. S., Yusuf, S. M., Gezawa, I. D., Musa, B. M., & Uloko, A. E. (2014). Prevalence of thinness among adolescents in Kano, Northwestern Nigeria. Nigerian Journal of Basic and Clinical Sciences, 11(1), 24.

 

  • Femi, O.L., Mohammed, H., Musa, B.M., Ibrahim, D.A., Gwaram, B.A., Dutse, A.I. (2014). Puerperal superior sagittal sinus thrombosis and pulmonary embolism: A case report and review of literature. Journal of Basic Clinical and Reproductive Science; 3:64-7

 

  • Gezawa, I. D., Musa, B. M., Mijinyawa, M. S., Talle, M. A., Shehu, Y. M., Uloko, A. E., ... & Musa, B. M. (2014). Prevalence of hypertension and its relationship with indices of obesity in Maiduguri, Northeastern Nigeria. Nigerian Journal of Basic and Clinical Sciences, 11(2), 67.

 

  • Yusuf, S. M., Musa, B. M., Nashabaru, I., Dahiru, T., & Dumbulun, S. (2014). Health seeking behaviour of patients with skin disorders in Kano, Nigeria. Journal of the Turkish Academy of Dermatology, 8(1).

 

  • Yakasai, A.M., Muhammad, H., Ibrahim, A., Owolabi, L.F., Dalhat, M.M., Zaiyad, G., Habib, N.A., Ishaq, A. M., Baba, N., Maiyaki, M., Mijinyawa, M. S., and Habib, A. G. (2014). Impact of Symptomatic HIV- Related Neurocognitive Disorders in Survival of HIV Infected Individuals: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses. Journal of Neurological infectious Diseases: 5: 166. doi: 10.4172/2314-7326.1000166.

 

  • Coker, M., Etiebet, M. A., Chang, H., Awwal, G., Jumare, J., Maiyaki Musa, B., ...& Ndembi, N. (2015). Socio-demographic and adherence factors associated with viral load suppression in HIV-infected adults initiating therapy in northern Nigeria: A randomized controlled trial of a peer support intervention. Current HIV research, 13(4), 279-285.

 

  • Nalado, A. M., Musa, B. M., Gezawa, I. D., Muhammad, H., Ibrahim, D. A., & Uloko, A. E. (2015). Prevalence of metabolic syndrome among apparently healthy adults in a rural community, in north-western Nigeria. Nigerian Journal of Medicine, 24(4), 323-330.

 

  • Yakasai, A. M., Ibrahim, A., Gudaji, M. I., Muhammad, H., Nalado, A. M., Salihu, A. S., ... & Habib, A. G. (2016). Prevalence and Correlates of Major Depressive Disorder among Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infected Adults in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Prevalence, 13(4).

 

  • Musa, B. M., John, D., Habib, A. G., & Kuznik, A. (2016). Cost‐optimization in the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Nigeria. Tropical Medicine & International Health, 21(2), 176-182.

 

  • Hamza, M., Idris, M. A., Maiyaki, M. B., Lamorde, M., Chippaux, J. P., Warrell, D. A., ... & Habib, A. G. (2016). Cost-effectiveness of antivenoms for snakebite envenoming in 16 countries in West Africa. PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 10(3), e0004568.

 

  • Ibrahim, A., Owolabi, L. F., Musa, B. M., Aliyu, S., Rabiu, M., & Yakasai, A. M. (2016). Pattern of in-patient neurologic review: An experience from a Tertiary Hospital North-Western Nigeria. Annals of African Medicine, 15(2), 47.

 

  • Kuznik, A., Iliyasu, G., Habib, A. G., Musa, B. M., Kambugu, A., & Lamorde, M. (2016). Initiation of antiretroviral therapy based on the 2015 WHO guidelines. AIDS, 30(18), 2865-2873.

 

  • Musa, B. M., Galadanci, N. A., Rodeghier, M., & Debaun, M. R. (2017). Higher prevalence of wheezing and lower FEV1 and FVC percent predicted in adults with sickle cell anaemia: A cross‐sectional study. Respirology, 22(2), 284-288.

 

  • Yusuf, S. M., Tijjani, U. A., Maiyaki, B. M., Nashabaru, I., Mijinyawa, M. S., & Ibrahim, G. D. (2016). Prevalence and clinical spectrum of lichen planus in Kano, Nigeria. Journal of the Turkish Academy of Dermatology, 10(3).

 

  • Musa, B. M., Adamu, A. L., Galadanci, N. A., Zubayr, B., Odoh, C. N., & Aliyu, M. H. (2017). Trends in prevalence of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis in sub- Saharan Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS One, 12(9), e0185105.

 

  • John, D., Chatterjee, P., Murthy, S., Bhat, R., & Musa, B. M. (2018). Cost-effectiveness of decentralized care model for managing MDR-TB in India. Indian Journal of Tuberculosis, 65(3), 208-217.

 

  • Adamu, A. L., Aliyu, M. H., Galadanci, N. A., Musa, B. M., Lawan, U. M., Bashir, U., & Abubakar, I. (2018). The impact of rural residence and HIV infection on poor tuberculosis treatment outcomes in a large urban hospital: a retrospective cohort analysis. International journal for equity in health, 17(1),1-11.

 

  • Andrew, E., Uloko, B., Musa, M., Ramalan, M.A., Gezawa, I.D., Puepet, F.H., Uloko, A. T., Borodo, M.M., Sada, K.B. (2018). Prevalence and Risk Factors for Diabetes Mellitus in Nigeria: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Diabetes Therapy: 9:1307–1316 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13300-018-0441-1.

 

  • Saidu, H., Kabir, A., Yau, J.A., Yakasai, A.M., Abdullahi, U., Nalado, A.M., Musa, B.M. (2018). Echocardiographic Evaluation of Left Ventricular Systolic and Diastolic Function in Nigerians with Sickle Cell Disease. Open Access Library Journal, 5: e4527. https://doi.org/10.4236/oalib.1104527 Bajehson, M., Musa, B.M., Gidado, M., Nsa, B., Sani, U., Habibu, A.T., Aliyu, I., Hussaini, T., Yusuf, A., Gida, Y. (2019, Nov 19). Determinants of mortality among patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis in northern Nigeria.PLoS One;14(11):e0225165. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0225165. eCollection.

 

  • Musa, B. M., Imam, H., Lendel, A., Abdulkadir, I., Gumi, H. S., Aliyu, M. H., & Habib, A. G. (2020). The burden of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in Nigeria: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 114(4), 241-248.

 

  • Habib, A.G., Musa, B.M., Iliyasu, G., Hamza, M., Kuznik, A. (2020 Aug 20). Challenges and Prospects of Snake Antivenom Supply in Sub-Saharan Africa. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases;14(8): e0008374. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008374.

 

  • Raisaro, J. L., Marino, F., Troncoso-Pastoriza, J., Beau-Lejdstrom, R., Bellazzi, R., Murphy, R., ... & Hubaux, J. P. (2020). SCOR: A secure international informatics infrastructure to investigate COVID-19. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 27(11), 1721-1726.

 

  • Tsiga-Ahmed, F. I. I., Amole, T. G., Musa, B. M., Nalado, A. M., Agoyi, O. B., Galadanci, H. S., & Salihu, H. M. (2021). COVID-19: evaluating the knowledge, attitude and preventive practices of healthcare workers in Northern Nigeria. International Journal of Maternal and Child Health and AIDS, 10(1), 88.

 

  • Aliyu, M. H., Sani, M. U., Ingles, D. J., Tsiga-Ahmed, F. I., Musa, B. M., Audet, C. M., & Wester, C. W. (2021). The V-BRCH Project: building clinical trial research capacity for HIV and noncommunicable diseases in Nigeria. Health Research Policy and Systems, 19(1), 1-10.

 

  • Yusuf, A. A., Musa, B. M., Galadanci, N. A., Babashani, M., Mohammed, A. Z., Ingles, D. J., ... & Aliyu, M. H. (2021). HIV-associated nephropathy: Protocol and rationale for an exploratory genotype-phenotype study in a sub-Saharan
    African population. Plos one, 16(4), e0249567.

 

  • Wakili, A. A., Aswat, A., Timms, R., Beeson, L., Mammoliti, K. M., Devall, A., ...& Galadanci, H. S. (2022). Differences in obstetric practices and outcomes of postpartum hemorrhage across Nigerian health facilities. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 158, 23-30.

 

  • Ramalan, M. A., Habibu, R. A., Maiyaki, M. B., Uloko, I. D., & Muhammad, F. Y. (2021). Diabetes Mellitus and its risk factors among a suburban population of Northwestern Nigerians: A community-based survey. Nigerian Medical Journal, 62(4), 165-170.

 

  • Aliyu, M. H., Sani, M., Ingles, D., Tsiga-Ahmed, F., Musa, B., Dongarwar, D., ... & Wester, W. (2022). Building Physician-Scientist Skills in R Programming: A Short Workshop Report. International Journal of Translational Medical Research and Public Health, 6(1).

 

  • Wycliff, K., Cordova-Pozo, K., Hagono, P., Kalam, A., Daniel, E. O. (2021, October). Understanding barriers to access and utilization of cervical cancer screening services among women living with HIV in Kenya and Uganda. Texilla International Journal of Public Health. doi: 10.31730/OSF.IO/Y4MVT

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