Editorial Board
Editors-in-Chief
Bright Ahinkorah, PhD, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
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Specialisms: Women empowerment, adolescent pregnancy, intimate partner violence, use of contraceptives, global health, abortion
Sanni Yaya, PhD, MSc, AdmA, FCIM, MPM, University of Ottawa, Canada
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Specialisms: Global health; Maternal and child health, Reproductive health; International health
Statistical Advisor
Rema Ramakrishnan, PhD, MPH, University of Oxford, UK
Protocol Editor
Anam Shahil-Feroz, PhD, Western University, Canada
Associate Editors
Mesfin Abebe, MSc, Dilla University, Ethiopia
Abiodun Adanikin, MBBS, MPH, PhD, FWACS, FMCOG, PGCert, FHEA, Coventry University, UK
Hamdia Mirkhan Ahmed, MSc, PhD, Hawler Medical University, Iraq
Atem Bethel Ajong, MD, MPH, PhD, University of Dschang, Cameroon
Ebenezer Kwesi Armah-Ansah, MPhil, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia
Jessica Atrio, MD, MSc, Montefiore Einstein, United States
Tomer Avidor-Reiss, PhD, University of Toledo, United States
Aduragbemi Banke-Thomas, PhD, MPH (Hons), MBBS, FHEA, FRSPH, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
Justus Kafunjo Barageine, MBChB, MMed, FCOG(ECSA), PhD, Makerere University, Uganda
Obesanjo Bolarinwa, MSc,York St John University, UK
Zhiqin Bu, MD, Zhengzhou University, China
Adama Baguiya, MPH, MSc, MD, Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé, Burkina Faso
Andrea Carosso, MD, University of Torino, Italy
Marcelo Cavalcante, PhD, MD, FCRI, ASRI, Universidade de Fortaleza, Brazil
Aliki Christou, PhD, MPH, BSc, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium
Amanda Cleeve, MSc, PhD, RNM, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Tadesse Daba, MPH, Deakin University, Australia
Omid Dadras, MD, PhD, University of Bergen, Norway
Dvora Davey, MPH, PhD, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, USA
Melaku Desta, MSc, Debre Markos University, Ethiopia
Kwamena Sekyi Dickson, PhD, University of Cape Coast, Ghana
Anvita Dixit, PhD, University of Ottawa, Canada
Laxmi Kant Dwivedi, PhD, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), India
Rakime Elmir, PhD, RN, Western Sydney University, Australia
James Frimpong, MPhil, New Mexico State University, USA
Norman Goldstuck, MBBCh, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Vânia Gonçalves, PhD, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Ferdinando Antonio Gulino, MD, University of Messina, Italy
Aklilu Habte, MPH, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
Melissa Harris, PhD, Centre for Women’s Health Research, Australia
Xiang Hong, PhD, Southeast University, China
Hilton Humphries, PhD, Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa
Choolwe Jacobs, PhD, MPH, BScN, University of Zambia, Zambia
Shireen Jejeebhoy, PhD, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), India
Kim Jonas, PhD, BCM, MA, South African Medical Research Council, South Africa
Getachew Mullu Kassa, PhD, Johns Hopkins University, USA
Avinash Kavi, MBBS, MD, DNB, MNAMS, F.DIAB, MIPHA, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, India
Mary Kinney, PhD, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
Desmond Klu, PhD, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ghana
Maryse Kok, PhD, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK
Satyajit Kundu, MPH, Griffith University, Australia
Michał Kunicki, MD, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
Michael Kunnuji, MSc, PhD, University of Lagos, Nigeria
Robab Latifnejad Roudsari, PhD, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Jufen Liu, PhD, Peking University, China
Zheng Liu, PhD, Peking University, China
Chinyere Mbachu, FWACP, MPH, MD, University of Nigeria, Nigeria
Nicole McPherson, PhD, The University of Adelaide, Australia
Salima Meherali, PhD, University of Alberta, Canada
Turnwait Michael, PhD, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Federico Migliorelli, MD PhD, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Spain
Arupendra Mozumdar, PhD, FHM Engage, India
Margarate Munakmpe, PhD, MPH, BA, University of Zambia, Zambia
Marzieh Naz, PhD, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Chuanyi Ning, PhD, MD, Guangxi Medical University, China
Doyinmola Ojifinni, MBBS, MPH, PhD, FWACP, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Gbenga Olorunfemi, MBBS, BOOT Hospitals & Centre for Reproductive Research Limited, Nigeria
Comfort Z. Olorunsaiye, PhD, Arcadia University, USA
Augustus Osborne, PhD, Institute for Development, Sierra Leone
Maleesa Pathirana, PhD, The University of Adelaide, Australia
Pintu Paul, PhD, ASPIRE - A Society of Promotion of Inclusive and Relevant Education, India
Manas Ranjan Pradhan, PhD, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), India
Pengpeng Qu, MD, PhD, Tianjin Central Hospital of Gynecology Obstetrics, China
Gwendolyn P. Quinn, PhD, NYU School of Medicine, USA
MD Ashfikur Rahman, MSS, Khulna University, Bangladesh
Javier Roberti, PhD, Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy (IECS), Argentina
Negussie Sidamo, PhD, Arba Minch University, Ethiopia
Rajender Singh, PhD, Central Drug Research Institute, India
Melissa Slavin, PhD, Fairleigh Dickinson University, United States
Chandrashekhar T Sreeramareddy, PhD, International Medical University, Malaysia
Martin Stimpfel, PhD, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia
Md Nuruzzaman Khan Sumon, PhD, Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University, Bangladesh
Mahboube Taebi, PhD, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Xiang Tao, MD, PhD, Obstetrics & Gynecology Hospital of Fudan University, China
Gizachew Tessema, PhD, Curtin University, Australia
Mluleki Tsawe, PhD, North-West University, South Africa
Ogochukwu Udenigwe, PhD, University of Sydney, Australia
Silvia Vannuccini, MD, PhD, University of Florence, Italy
Stephen Wandera, PhD, Makerere University, Uganda
Cathy Watson, PhD, University of Melbourne, Australia
Andrea Whittaker, PhD, Monash University, Australia
Andrew Williams, PhD, University of North Dakota, USA
Jiang-Nan Wu, PhD, Fudan University, China
Keliang Wu, MD, Shandong University, China
Fan Yang,PhD, Peking University, China
Taddese Zerfu, PhD, Dilla University, Ethiopia
Qianling Zhou, PhD, MSc, Peking University, China
Editorial Board
Bosede Bukola Afolabi, MBChB, University of Lagos, Nigeria
Ojo Agunbiade, BSc, MSc, PhD, M.Sc, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria
Avni Amin, PhD, World Health Organization, Switzerland
Delayehu Bekele, MD, MPH, FECSACOG, Saint Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College, Ethiopia
Giuseppe Benagiano, MD, PhD, FACOG, FICOG, FRCOG, HonSen, DHC, University of Rome, Italy
Ana Pilar Betrán, MD, PhD, World Health Organization, Switzerland
Zulfiqar Bhutta, MBBS, PhD, Aga Khan University, Pakistan
Pierre Buekens, MD, PhD, Tulane University, USA
Alma V Camacho, MD, MPH, United Nations Population Fund, Latin America
Tamaryn L. Crankshaw, PhD, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Anindita Dasgupta, PhD, MPH, Columbia University, USA
Jiangbo Du, PhD, Nanjing Medical University, China
Adesegun Fatusi, MBChB, MPH, FWACP, PhD, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria
Anam Shahil Feroz, MSc, University of Toronto, Canada
Pasquale De Franciscis, MD PhD, University of Campania, Italy
Shivaprasad Goudar, MD, MHPE, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, India
Yan Guo, MD, PhD, Peking University Health Science Center, China
Jane Harries, PhD, MPH, MPhil, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Margo Harrison, MD, MPH, FACOG, University of Colorado, USA
Justus Hofmeyr, DSc, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Sennen Hounton, MD, MPH, PhD, Centre Muraz, Burkina Faso
Yukun Hu, PhD, Peking University, China
Latifat Ibisomi, PhD, MSc(Med), MSc, BSc(Hons), University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Kenneth Juma, MS, African Population and Health Research Center, Kenya
Caroline Kabiru, PhD, African Population and Health Research Center, Kenya
Azita Fathnezhad Kazemi, PhD, Islamic Azad University, Iran
Stephen O. Kwankye, PhD, University of Ghana, Ghana
Zohra Lassi, PhD, The University of Adelaide, Australia
Chaohua Lou, MD, Shanghai Institute of Planned Parenthood Research, China
Pisake Lumbiganon, MD, MS , University of Khon Kaen, Thailand
Suneeta Mittal, MBBS, MD, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India
Trena Mukherjee, DrPH, MPH, Columbia University, USA
Wilfred Njabulo Nunu, PhD, National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabwe
Viola Nilah Nyakato, PhD, Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST), Uganda
Olufemi Taiwo Oladapo, MD, MPH, FWACS, FICS, World Health Organisation, Switzerland
Omrana Pasha, MBBS, Aga Khan University, Pakistan
Nigel Pereira, MD, Weill Cornell Medicine, USA
Tiarney D. Ritchwood, PhD, Duke University, USA
Lale Say, MD, MSc, World Health Organization, Switzerland
Enrique F Schisterman, PhD, MA. University of Pennsylvania, USA
Himani Sharma, PhD, International Institute for Population Studies, India
Andrea Wendt, PhD, Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná, Brazil
Joseph Mumba Zulu, PhD, University of Zambia, Zambia
Trusted Reviewers
Batuhan Aslan, PhD, Ankara university, Turkey
Erikles Barbosa, MD, PhD, State University of Santa Cruz, Brazil
Emily Bryan, PhD, The University of Queensland, Australia
Zhilan Chen, PhD, Brigham and Women's Hospital, USA
Athanasios Douligeris, MD, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Murat Erden, MD, PhD, Yale University, USA
Uchenna Gwacham-Anisiobi, MD, University of Oxford, UK
Giosuè Giordano Incognito, PhD, University of Catania, Italy
Wei Joyous Wang, PhD, Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, China
Wiktoria Kozłowska, PhD, University of Warmia and Mazury, Poland
Anh H Le, MD, My Duc Phu Nhuan Hospital, Vietnam
Hong-tian Li, PhD, Peking University, China
Jacinta Martin, PhD, University of Newcastle, Australia
Poonam Mehta, PhD, Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, India
Özlem Okutman, PhD, Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Emmanuel Otukpa, PhD, African Population and Health Research Center, Kenya
Davide Perruzza, PhD, Reproductive Medicine Unit, Italy
Luciano Santos, PhD, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Brazil
Laura Saucedo-Cuevas, PhD, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Belgium
Nishel Shah, PhD, Imperial College London, UK
Simona Simona, PhD, University of Zambia, Zambia
Christina Anna Stratopoulou, PhD, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium
Inmaculada Velasco, PhD, University of Cordoba, Spain
Lucia von Mengden, Phd, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Eva Wodeya Wanyenze, PhD, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Uganda
Ecem Yıldırım, PhD, University of Health Science, Turkey
Xiao-Rui Zhang, PhD, Peking University People’s Hospital, China
Rui Zheng, PhD, Sichuan University, China
Editor Emeritus
José M Belizán, MD, PhD, Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy (IECS), Argentina
Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli, MBBS, MSc, World Health Organization, Switzerland
Veronica Pingray, BSc, RM, MPH, Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy, USA