Dr Manfred Accrombessi

MD PhD

Assistant Professor

of Epidemiology

LSHTM
Keppel Street
London
WC1E 7HT
United Kingdom

Manfred Accrombessi is a medical epidemiologist with more than 10 years of experience in clinical trials and epidemiological studies in sub-Saharan Africa. After obtaining his medical doctorate, he has continued his studies with a Master degree and a Ph.D. in Epidemiology at Pierre and Marie Curie University and Sorbornes University, respectively. He's currently an assistant professor in Epidemiology at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Affiliations

Department of Disease Control

Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases

Centres

Malaria Centre

Vaccine Centre

Teaching

I tutor on the LSHTM distance learning malaria module; also involved in the supervision of MSc students from LSHTM and MSc students of Community Health from the Faculty of Health Sciences, Abomey-Calavi university.

Research

Control of malaria transmitted by pyrethroid-resistant vectors
Malaria during pregnancy and during the first years of life
Epidemiology of Lassa Virus Haemorrhagic Fever in West Africa
Hepatitis B virus infection during pregnancy and early infancy
Infectious and tropical diseases during pregnancy and infancy

Research Area

Clinical trials

Helminths

Maternal health

Perinatal health

Public health

Statistical methods

Surveillance

Vaccines

Viruses

Disease control

Global Health

Immunisation

Neonatal health

Outbreaks

Implementation research

Randomised controlled trials

Reproductive health

Discipline

Immunoepidemiology

Epidemiology

Nutrition

Statistics

Vaccinology

Disease and Health Conditions

HIV/AIDS

Infectious disease

Malaria

Malnutrition

Measles

Meningitis

Sexually transmitted disease

Emerging Infectious Disease

Hepatitis

Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs)

Non-communicable diseases

Obesity

Schistosomiasis

Tropical diseases

Vector borne disease

Dengue

Soil-transmitted helminths

Country

Benin

Burkina Faso

Republic of the Congo

France

Gabon

Region

Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only)

Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels)

World

Selected Publications

Malaria in the First Trimester of Pregnancy and Fetal Growth: Results from a Beninese Preconceptional Cohort.

Koladjo BF; Yovo E; Accrombessi M; Agbota G; Atade W; Ladikpo OT; Mehoba M; Degbe A; Jackson N; Massougbodji A

2022

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Assessing fetal growth in Africa: Application of the international WHO and INTERGROWTH-21st standards in a Beninese pregnancy cohort.

Yovo E; Accrombessi M; Agbota G; Hocquette A; Atade W; Ladikpo OT; Mehoba M; Degbe A; Mombo-Ngoma G; Massougbodji A

2022

PloS one

Assessing the efficacy of two dual-active ingredients long-lasting insecticidal nets for the control of malaria transmitted by pyrethroid-resistant vectors in Benin: study protocol for a three-arm, single-blinded, parallel, cluster-randomized controlled trial.

Accrombessi M; Cook J; Ngufor C; Sovi A; Dangbenon E; Yovogan B; Akpovi H; Hounto A; Thickstun C; Padonou GG

2021

BMC Infectious Diseases

Factors associated with soil-transmitted helminths infection in Benin: Findings from the DeWorm3 study.

Avokpaho EFGA; Houngbégnon P; Accrombessi M; Atindégla E; Yard E; Rubin Means A; Kennedy DS; Littlewood DTJ; Garcia A; Massougbodji A

2021

PLoS neglected tropical diseases

Pre-conception serum ferritin concentrations are associated with metal concentrations in blood during pregnancy: A cohort study in Benin.

Davies S; Briand V; Accrombessi M; Fievet N; Le Bot B; Durand S; Agbota G; Yovo E; Vianou B; Sossou D

2021

Environmental Research

Anemia prevalence in women of reproductive age in low- and middle-income countries between 2000 and 2018.

Kinyoki D; Osgood-Zimmerman AE; Bhattacharjee NV; Local Burden of Disease Anaemia Collaborators; Kassebaum NJ; Hay SI

2021

Nature medicine

Subnational mapping of HIV incidence and mortality among individuals aged 15-49 years in sub-Saharan Africa, 2000-18: a modelling study.

Local Burden of Disease HIV Collaborators

2021

The lancet. HIV

Pre-intervention characteristics of the mosquito species in Benin in preparation for a randomized controlled trial assessing the efficacy of dual active-ingredient long-lasting insecticidal nets for controlling insecticide-resistant malaria vectors.

Yovogan B; Sovi A; Padonou GG; Adoha CJ; Akinro B; Chitou S; Accrombessi M; Dangbénon E; Akpovi H; Messenger LA

2021

PloS one

Assessment of the anti-HBs antibody response in Beninese infants following 4 doses of HBV vaccine, including administration at birth, compared to the standard 3 doses regime; a cross-sectional survey

Accrombessi M; Adetola CV; Bacharou S; Dossou Y; Avokpaho E; Yakoubou A; Koumakpai-Adeothy S; Lozes E; Issifou S

2020

Vaccine

Prevalence and clinical impact of malaria infections detected with a highly sensitive HRP2 rapid diagnostic test in Beninese pregnant women.

Briand V; Cottrell G; Tuike Ndam N; Martiáñez-Vendrell X; Vianou B; Mama A; Kouwaye B; Houzé S; Bailly J; Gbaguidi E

2020

Malaria journal

SEPSIS project: a protocol for studying biomarkers of neonatal sepsis and immune responses of infants in a malaria-endemic region.

Fievet N; Ezinmegnon S; Agbota G; Sossou D; Ladekpo R; Gbedande K; Briand V; Cottrell G; Vachot L; Yugueros Marcos J

2020

BMJ open

Suboptimal Intermittent Preventive Treatment in Pregnancy (IPTp) is Associated With an Increased Risk of Submicroscopic Plasmodium falciparum Infection in Pregnant Women: A Prospective Cohort Study in Benin.

Hounkonnou CPA; Ndam NT; Fievet N; Accrombessi M; Yovo E; Mama A; Sossou D; Vianou B; Massougbodji A; Briand V

2020

CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

A Genotyping Study in Benin Comparing the Carriage of Plasmodium falciparum Infections Before Pregnancy and in Early Pregnancy: Story of a Persistent Infection.

Jafari-Guemouri S; Courtois L; Mama A; Rouas B; Neto Braga G; Accrombessi M; Massougbodji A; Ding XC; Tuikue Ndam N; Fievet N

2020

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America

Mapping local patterns of childhood overweight and wasting in low- and middle-income countries between 2000 and 2017.

LBD Double Burden of Malnutrition Collaborators

2020

Nature Medicine

Mapping geographical inequalities in childhood diarrhoeal morbidity and mortality in low-income and middle-income countries, 2000-17: analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017.

Local Burden of Disease Diarrhoea Collaborators

2020

LANCET

Mapping geographical inequalities in oral rehydration therapy coverage in low-income and middle-income countries, 2000-17.

Local Burden of Disease Diarrhoea Collaborators

2020

The Lancet Global Health

Mapping routine measles vaccination in low- and middle-income countries.

Local Burden of Disease Vaccine Coverage Collaborators; inc. Accrombessi M

2020

NATURE

Mapping geographical inequalities in access to drinking water and sanitation facilities in low-income and middle-income countries, 2000-17.

Local Burden of Disease WaSH Collaborators

2020

The Lancet Global Health

Malaria control and elimination in sub-Saharan Africa: data from antenatal care centres.

Accrombessi M; Issifou S

2019

The Lancet Global Health

Erratum.

Agbota G; Accrombessi M; Cottrell G; Martin-Prével Y; Milet J; Ouédraogo S; Courtin D; Massougbodji A; Garcia A; Cot M

2019

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Abstract Book

Agbota G; Accrombessi M; Ezinmegnon S; Ahouayito U; Agossou B; Massougbodji A; Ganee L; Marcos J; Pachot A; Tissieres P

2019

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Poor maternal anthropometric status before conception is associated with a deleterious infant growth during the first year of life: a longitudinal preconceptional cohort.

Agbota G; Fievet N; Heude B; Accrombessi M; Ahouayito U; Yovo E; Dossa D; Dramane L; Gartner A; Ezinmègnon S

2019

Pediatric Obesity

Maternal malaria but not schistosomiasis is associated with a higher risk of febrile infection in infant during the first 3 months of life: A mother-child cohort in Benin.

Agbota G; Polman K; Wieringa FT; Campos-Ponce M; Accrombessi M; Yovo E; Roucher C; Ezinmègnon S; Marcos JY; Vachot L

2019

PloS one

Changes in women's dietary diversity before and during pregnancy in Southern Benin.

Djossinou DRA; Savy M; Fanou-Fogny N; Landais E; Accrombessi M; Briand V; Yovo E; Hounhouigan DJ; Gartner A; Martin-Prevel Y

2019

MATERNAL AND CHILD NUTRITION

Dynamics of Submicroscopic Plasmodium falciparum Infections Throughout Pregnancy: A Preconception Cohort Study in Benin.

Hounkonnou CPA; Briand V; Fievet N; Accrombessi M; Yovo E; Mama A; Sossou D; Vianou B; Massougbodji A; Ndam NT

2019

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America

MALARIA IN PREGNANCY: FROM PRE-CONCEPTION TO EARLY PREGNANCY, A GENOTYPING ANALYSIS

Jafari-Guemouri S; Accrombessi M; Yovo E; Massougbodji A; Ndam N; Ding X; Cot M; Fievet N; Briand V

2019

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Placental impression smears is a good indicator of placental malaria in sub-Saharan Africa.

Ouédraogo S; Accrombessi M; Diallo I; Codo R; Ouattara A; Ouédraogo L; Massougbodji A; Cot M

2019

Pan African Medical Journal

Cohort profile: effect of malaria in early pregnancy on fetal growth in Benin (RECIPAL preconceptional cohort).

Accrombessi M; Yovo E; Cottrell G; Agbota G; Gartner A; Martin-Prevel Y; Fanou-Fogny N; Djossinou D; Zeitlin J; Tuikue-Ndam N

2018

BMJ Open

Effects of Malaria in the First Trimester of Pregnancy on Poor Maternal and Birth Outcomes in Benin.

Accrombessi M; Yovo E; Fievet N; Cottrell G; Agbota G; Gartner A; Martin-Prevel Y; Vianou B; Sossou D; Fanou-Fogny N

2018

Clinical Infectious Diseases

MALARIA IN THE FIRST TRIMESTER, BUT NOT IN THE 2ND AND 3RD TRIMESTER OF PREGNANCY, IS ASSOCIATED WITH MATERNAL ANEMIA: A PRE-CONCEPTIONAL COHORT STUDY IN BENIN

Accrombessi M; Yovo E; Fievet N; Cottrell G; Agbota G; Massougbodji A; Cot M; Briand V

2018

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE

Increased Risk of Malaria During the First Year of Life in Small-for-Gestational-Age Infants: A Longitudinal Study in Benin.

Agbota G; Accrombessi M; Cottrell G; Martin-Prével Y; Milet J; Ouédraogo S; Courtin D; Massougbodji A; Garcia A; Cot M

2018

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017.

GBD 2017 Causes of Death Collaborators

2018

LANCET

Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 359 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017.