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Dr Hannah Blencowe

MBChB PhD MRCGP PGCert Med Ed MRCPCH

Associate Professor

Room
G11

LSHTM
Keppel Street
London
WC1E 7HT
United Kingdom

Tel.
020 7927 2561
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I am a maternal, perinatal and child health researcher with twenty years’ experience in global health. My background is as a clinician and epidemiologist. I have experience working professionally across a number of countries including UK, Malawi, Kenya, Mozambique, The Gambia, India, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau, Uganda and Ghana.

Affiliations
Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health
Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology

Centres

Centre for Maternal Adolescent Reproductive & Child Health (MARCH)
Health in Humanitarian Crises Centre

Teaching

I am passionate about teaching, mentoring and supporting the development of early-career researchers including the supervision of both PhD and MSc students.

I am programme co-director for MSc Public Health for Development. I co-organise the current issues in Safe Motherhood and Perinatal Health module and am a tutor on the Research Design and Analysis, Study Design and Applying Public Health Principles in Developing Countries modules.

Research

My research areas include

  • Improving measurement of birth outcomes across various data platforms including household surveys, Health Management Information Systems and Civil registration and Vital Statistics systems.
  • Global estimates of vulnerable newborns including stillbirths, preterm birth, low birthweight, small-for gestational age, neonatal morbidity and congenital disorders
  • Stillbirths: Ending preventable deaths and improving care for affected women and families
  • Impact of ill-health, nutritional, social, environmental and climate exposures starting in-utero and vulnerability at birth on women and children’s physical and mental health, and children’s neurocognitive developmental trajectories.

 

 


Research Area
Child health
Climate change
Health inequalities
Health outcomes
Maternal health
Perinatal health
Primary care
Public health
Environmental Health
Equity
Global Health
Impact evaluation
Neonatal health
Discipline
Epidemiology
Medicine
Nutrition
Social Sciences
Disease and Health Conditions
Infectious disease
Malnutrition
Mental health
Disability
Syphilis
Sepsis
Country
Bangladesh
Ethiopia
Ghana
Malawi
Uganda
Region
South Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels)
World

Selected Publications
Small babies, big risks: global estimates of prevalence and mortality for vulnerable newborns to accelerate change and improve counting.
Lawn JE; Ohuma EO; Bradley E; Idueta LS; Hazel E; Okwaraji YB; Erchick DJ; Yargawa J; Katz J; Lee ACC
2023
Lancet
A review of key terminology and definitions used for birth defects globally.
Malherbe HL; Modell B; Blencowe H; Strong KL; Aldous C
2023
Journal of community genetics
Systematic estimates of the global, regional and national under-5 mortality burden attributable to birth defects in 2000-2019: a summary of findings from the 2020 WHO estimates.
Perin J; Mai CT; De Costa A; Strong K; Diaz T; Blencowe H; Berry RJ; Williams JL; Liu L
2023
BMJ Open
Neonatal mortality risk for vulnerable newborn types in 15 countries using 125.5 million nationwide birth outcome records, 2000-2020.
Suárez-Idueta L; Blencowe H; Okwaraji YB; Yargawa J; Bradley E; Gordon A; Flenady V; Paixao ES; Barreto ML; Lisonkova S
2023
BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
National data linkage assessment of live births and deaths in Mexico: Estimating under-five mortality rate ratios for vulnerable newborns and trends from 2008 to 2019
Suárez-Idueta L; Pita R; Blencowe H; Barranco A; Gonzalez JF; Paixao ES; Barreto ML; Lawn JE; Ohuma EO
2023
Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology
Vulnerable newborn types: Analysis of population-based registries for 165 million births in 23 countries, 2000-2021.
Suárez-Idueta L; Yargawa J; Blencowe H; Bradley E; Okwaraji YB; Pingray V; Gibbons L; Gordon A; Warrilow K; Paixao ES
2023
BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Is care of stillborn babies and their parents respectful? Results from an international online survey.
Atkins B; Blencowe H; Boyle FM; Sacks E; Horey D; Flenady V
2022
BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Health and development from preconception to 20 years of age and human capital.
Black RE; Liu L; Hartwig FP; Villavicencio F; Rodriguez-Martinez A; Vidaletti LP; Perin J; Black MM; Blencowe H; You D
2022
Lancet (London, England)
The PRECISE-DYAD protocol: linking maternal and infant health trajectories in sub-Saharan Africa
Craik R; Volvert M-L; Koech A; Jah H; Pickerill K; Abubakar A; D'Alessandro U; Barratt B; Blencowe H; Bone JN
2022
Wellcome Open Research
Global, Regional, and National Estimates and Trends in Stillbirths From 2000 to 2019: A Systematic Assessment
Hug L; You D; Blencowe H; Mishra A; Wang Z; Fix MJ; Wakefield J; Moran AC; Gaigbe-Togbe V; Suzuki E
2022
OBSTETRICAL & GYNECOLOGICAL SURVEY
Impact of secondary and tertiary neonatal interventions on neonatal mortality in a low- resource limited setting hospital in Uganda: a retrospective study.
Kirabira VN; Nakaggwa F; Nazziwa R; Nalunga S; Nasiima R; Nyagabyaki C; Sebunya R; Latigi G; Pirio P; Ahmadzai M
2022
BMJ Open
Adverse pregnancy outcome disclosure and women's social networks: a qualitative multi-country study with implications for improved reporting in surveys.
Kwesiga D; Eriksson L; Orach CG; Tawiah C; Imam MA; Fisker AB; Enuameh Y; Lawn JE; Blencowe H; Waiswa P
2022
BMC pregnancy and childbirth
Birthweight data completeness and quality in population-based surveys: EN-INDEPTH study.
Biks GA; Blencowe H; Hardy VP; Geremew BM; Angaw DA; Wagnew A; Abebe SM; Guadu T; Martins JSD; Fisker AB
2021
Population health metrics
Stillbirth outcome capture and classification in population-based surveys: EN-INDEPTH study.
Blencowe H; Bottecchia M; Kwesiga D; Akuze J; Haider MM; Galiwango E; Dzabeng F; Fisker AB; Enuameh YAK; Geremew BM
2021
Population health metrics
Termination of pregnancy data completeness and feasibility in population-based surveys: EN-INDEPTH study.
Enuameh YAK; Dzabeng F; Blencowe H; Thysen SM; Abebe SM; Asante KP; Tawiah C; Gordeev VS; Adeapena W; Kwesiga D
2021
Population health metrics
Global, Regional, and National Levels and Trends in Stillbirths from 2000 to 2019: A Systematic Assessment
Hug L; You D; Blencowe H; Mishra A; Wang Z; Fix M; Wakefield J; Moran AC; Gaigbe-Togbe V; Suzuki E
2021
LANCET
Parent mediated intervention programmes for children and adolescents with neurodevelopmental disorders in South Asia: A systematic review.
Koly KN; Martin-Herz SP; Islam MS; Sharmin N; Blencowe H; Naheed A
2021
PloS one
Zooming in and out: a holistic framework for research on maternal, late foetal and newborn survival and health.
Singh NS; Blanchard AK; Blencowe H; Koon AD; Boerma T; Sharma S; Campbell OMR
2021
Health Policy And Planning
Randomised comparison of two household survey modules for measuring stillbirths and neonatal deaths in five countries: the Every Newborn-INDEPTH study.
Akuze J; Blencowe H; Waiswa P; Baschieri A; Gordeev VS; Kwesiga D; Fisker AB; Thysen SM; Rodrigues A; Biks GA
2020
The Lancet Global Health
Stillbirths including intrapartum timing: EN-BIRTH multi-country validation study.
Peven K; Day LT; Ruysen H; Tahsina T; Kc A; Shabani J; Kong S; Ameen S; Basnet O; Haider R
2020
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
The RESPECT Study for consensus on global bereavement care after stillbirth.
Shakespeare C; Merriel A; Bakhbakhi D; Blencowe H; Boyle FM; Flenady V; Gold K; Horey D; Lynch M; Mills TA
2020
International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
The PRECISE (PREgnancy Care Integrating translational Science, Everywhere) Network's first protocol: deep phenotyping in three sub-Saharan African countries.
von Dadelszen P; Flint-O'Kane M; Poston L; Craik R; Russell D; Tribe RM; d'Alessandro U; Roca A; Jah H; Temmerman M
2020
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
National, regional, and worldwide estimates of low birthweight in 2015, with trends from 2000: a systematic analysis.
Blencowe H; Krasevec J; de Onis M; Black RE; An X; Stevens GA; Borghi E; Hayashi C; Estevez D; Cegolon L
2019
The Lancet. Global health
Categorising interventions to levels of inpatient care for small and sick newborns: Findings from a global survey.
Moxon SG; Blencowe H; Bailey P; Bradley J; Day LT; Ram PK; Monet J-P; Moran AC; Zeck W; Lawn JE
2019
PloS one
Estimates of global and regional prevalence of neural tube defects for 2015: a systematic analysis.
Blencowe H; Kancherla V; Moorthie S; Darlison MW; Modell B
2018
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
Methods to estimate access to care and the effect of interventions on the outcomes of congenital disorders.
Blencowe H; Moorthie S; Darlison MW; Gibbons S; Modell B; Congenital Disorders Expert Group
2018
Journal of community genetics
Estimating the birth prevalence and pregnancy outcomes of congenital malformations worldwide.
Moorthie S; Blencowe H; Darlison MW; Lawn J; Morris JK; Modell B; Congenital Disorders Expert Group; Bittles AH; Blencowe H; Christianson A
2018
Journal of community genetics
Parents' and healthcare professionals' experiences of care after stillbirth in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-summary.
Shakespeare C; Merriel A; Bakhbakhi D; Baneszova R; Barnard K; Lynch M; Storey C; Blencowe H; Boyle F; Flenady V
2018
BJOG
Modelling stillbirth mortality reduction with the Lives Saved Tool.
Blencowe H; Chou VB; Lawn JE; Bhutta ZA
2017
BMC public health
Stillbirth With Group B Streptococcus Disease Worldwide: Systematic Review and Meta-analyses.
Seale AC; Blencowe H; Bianchi-Jassir F; Embleton N; Bassat Q; Ordi J; Menéndez C; Cutland C; Briner C; Berkley JA
2017
Clinical infectious diseases
National, regional, and worldwide estimates of stillbirth rates in 2015, with trends from 2000: a systematic analysis.
Blencowe H; Cousens S; Jassir FB; Say L; Chou D; Mathers C; Hogan D; Shiekh S; Qureshi ZU; You D
2016
The Lancet Global health
Stillbirths: economic and psychosocial consequences.
Heazell AEP; Siassakos D; Blencowe H; Burden C; Bhutta ZA; Cacciatore J; Dang N; Das J; Flenady V; Gold KJ
2016
Lancet
Stillbirths: rates, risk factors, and acceleration towards 2030.
Lawn JE; Blencowe H; Waiswa P; Amouzou A; Mathers C; Hogan D; Flenady V; Frøen JF; Qureshi ZU; Calderwood C
2016
Lancet
Inpatient care of small and sick newborns: a multi-country analysis of health system bottlenecks and potential solutions.
Moxon SG; Lawn JE; Dickson KE; Simen-Kapeu A; Gupta G; Deorari A; Singhal N; New K; Kenner C; Bhutani V
2015
BMC pregnancy and childbirth
Every Newborn: progress, priorities, and potential beyond survival.
Lawn JE; Blencowe H; Oza S; You D; Lee ACC; Waiswa P; Lalli M; Bhutta Z; Barros AJD; Christian P
2014
Lancet
Estimates of possible severe bacterial infection in neonates in sub-Saharan Africa, south Asia, and Latin America for 2012: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Seale AC; Blencowe H; Manu AA; Nair H; Bahl R; Qazi SA; Zaidi AK; Berkley JA; Cousens SN; Lawn JE
2014
The Lancet infectious diseases
Preterm-associated visual impairment and estimates of retinopathy of prematurity at regional and global levels for 2010.
Blencowe H; Lawn JE; Vazquez T; Fielder A; Gilbert C
2013
Pediatric research
Preterm birth-associated neurodevelopmental impairment estimates at regional and global levels for 2010.
Blencowe H; Lee ACC; Cousens S; Bahalim A; Narwal R; Zhong N; Chou D; Say L; Modi N; Katz J
2013
Pediatric research
National, regional, and worldwide estimates of preterm birth rates in the year 2010 with time trends since 1990 for selected countries: a systematic analysis and implications.
Blencowe H; Cousens S; Oestergaard MZ; Chou D; Moller A-B; Narwal R; Adler A; Vera Garcia C; Rohde S; Say L
2012
Lancet
Stillbirths: Where? When? Why? How to make the data count?
Lawn JE; Blencowe H; Pattinson R; Cousens S; Kumar R; Ibiebele I; Gardosi J; Day LT; Stanton C; Lancet's Stillbirths Series steering committee
2011
Lancet
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Hannah Blencowe

Contact

Room
G11

LSHTM
Keppel Street
London
WC1E 7HT
United Kingdom

Tel.
020 7927 2561