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.
2022
Journal of Infectious Diseases
Factors associated with soil-transmitted helminths infection in Benin: Findings from the DeWorm3 study.
2021
PLoS neglected tropical diseases
A Genotyping Study in Benin Comparing the Carriage of Plasmodium falciparum Infections Before Pregnancy and in Early Pregnancy: Story of a Persistent Infection.
2020
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
Malaria control and elimination in sub-Saharan Africa: data from antenatal care centres.
2019
The Lancet Global Health
Changes in women's dietary diversity before and during pregnancy in Southern Benin.
2019
MATERNAL AND CHILD NUTRITION
Dynamics of Submicroscopic Plasmodium falciparum Infections Throughout Pregnancy: A Preconception Cohort Study in Benin.
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
2019
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Placental impression smears is a good indicator of placental malaria in sub-Saharan Africa.
2019
Pan African Medical Journal
Effects of Malaria in the First Trimester of Pregnancy on Poor Maternal and Birth Outcomes in Benin.
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
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.
2018
Journal of Infectious Diseases
Evaluation du risque de génotoxicité de l'eau de la rivière Okpara à Kika au Bénin
2018
International Journal of Biological and Chemical Sciences
High Iron Levels Are Associated with Increased Malaria Risk in Infants during the First Year of Life in Benin.
2017
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene