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Sam Newton

- Verified email at knust.edu.gh - Cited by 3214

Sam Newton

- Verified email at wuffings.co.uk - Cited by 233

Stable isotope dilution techniques for assessing vitamin A status and bioefficacy of provitamin A carotenoids in humans

HC Furr, MH Green, M Haskell, N Mokhtar… - Public health …, 2005 - cambridge.org
Vitamin A deficiency is a major global public health problem. Among the variety of
techniques that are available for assessing human vitamin A status, evaluating the …

[BOOK][B] The Origins of Beowulf: and the Pre-Viking Kingdom of East Anglia

S Newton - 1994 - books.google.com
A detailed and passionate argument suggesting that Beowulf originated in the pre-Viking
kingdom of 8th-century East Anglia. Where did Beowulf, unique and thrilling example of an …

[HTML][HTML] Epidemiology of malaria in the forest-savanna transitional zone of Ghana

S Owusu-Agyei, KP Asante, M Adjuik, G Adjei, E Awini… - Malaria journal, 2009 - Springer
Background Information on the epidemiology of malaria is essential for designing and
interpreting results of clinical trials of drugs, vaccines and other interventions. As a …

[HTML][HTML] Preterm care during the COVID-19 pandemic: a comparative risk analysis of neonatal deaths averted by kangaroo mother care versus mortality due to SARS …

N Minckas, MM Medvedev, EA Adejuyigbe… - …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background COVID-19 is disrupting health services for mothers and newborns, particularly
in low-and middle-income countries (LMIC). Preterm newborns are particularly vulnerable …

Contraceptive use and associated factors among sexually active female adolescents in Atwima Kwanwoma District, Ashanti region-Ghana

J Agyemang, S Newton, I Nkrumah… - Pan African Medical …, 2019 - ajol.info
Introduction: unintended pregnancies and adolescent childbearing are on the increase in
Sub-Saharan Africa. In Ghana, 14% of adolescents aged 15-19 are already mothers or …

[HTML][HTML] mPneumonia: development of an innovative mHealth application for diagnosing and treating childhood pneumonia and other childhood illnesses in low …

AS Ginsburg, J Delarosa, W Brunette, S Levari… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Pneumonia is the leading infectious cause of death in children worldwide. Each year,
pneumonia kills an estimated 935,000 children under five years of age, with most of these …

Effect of early neonatal vitamin A supplementation on mortality during infancy in Ghana (Neovita): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

KM Edmond, S Newton, C Shannon, M O'Leary, L Hurt… - The Lancet, 2015 - thelancet.com
Background Results of randomised controlled trials of newborn (age 1–3 days) vitamin A
supplementation have been inconclusive. The WHO is coordinating three large randomised …

[HTML][HTML] Randomised comparison of two household survey modules for measuring stillbirths and neonatal deaths in five countries: the Every Newborn-INDEPTH study

J Akuze, H Blencowe, P Waiswa, A Baschieri… - The Lancet Global …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background An estimated 5· 1 million stillbirths and neonatal deaths occur annually.
Household surveys, most notably the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS), run in more …

[HTML][HTML] Estimating malaria parasite density: assumed white blood cell count of 10,000/μl of blood is appropriate measure in Central Ghana

D Adu-Gyasi, M Adams, S Amoako, E Mahama… - Malaria journal, 2012 - Springer
Background White blood cells count (WBCc) is a bedrock in the estimation of malaria
parasite density in malaria field trials, interventions and patient management. White blood …

[HTML][HTML] A cohort study of low birth weight and health outcomes in the first year of life, Ghana

M O'Leary, K Edmond, S Floyd, S Newton… - Bulletin of the World …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective To investigate the effect of birth weight on infant mortality, illness and care seeking
in rural Ghana. Methods Using randomized controlled trial data, we compared infants …