Departmental Affiliations
Affiliated
Contact Info
615 N. Wolfe Street, Room E8031
Baltimore
Maryland
21205
US
Research Interests
Maternal newborn and child health; Quality of care; Effective coverage; Evaluation of large scale health programs in LMICs; Mortality surveillance; Health inequalities; Obesity among adolescent and adult women in LMICs
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Experiences & Accomplishments
Education
PhD
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
2025
MSPH
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
2016
BSc
McGill University
2011
Honors & Awards
Nancy Stephens Student Support Fund, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health: May 2016
Select Publications
Publications from the last 2 years
- Kanyangarara M, Allen S, Jiwani SS, Fuente D. Access to water, sanitation and hygiene services in health facilities in sub-Saharan Africa 2013-2018: Results of health facility surveys and implications for COVID-19 transmission. BMC Health Serv Res. 2021 Jun 25;21(1):601. doi: 10.1186/s12913-021-06515-z. PMID: 34172045; PMCID: PMC8231746.
- Jiwani SS, Gatica-Domínguez G, Crochemore-Silva I, et al. Trends and inequalities in the nutritional status of adolescent girls and adult women in sub-Saharan Africa since 2000: a cross-sectional series study. BMJ Glob Health. 2020 Oct;5(10):e002948. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-002948. PMID: 33033052.
- Jiwani SS, Amouzou A, Carvajal L, et al. Timing and Number of Antenatal Care Contacts in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Analysis in the Countdown to 2030 Priority Countries. Journal of Global Health 2020;10(1):010502. Available from: http://www.jogh.org/documents/issue202001/jogh-10-010502.pdf
- Jiwani SS, Carrillo-Larco RM, Hernández-vásquez A, et al. The shift of obesity burden by socioeconomic status between 1998 and 2017 in Latin America and the Caribbean : a cross-sectional series study. Lancet Global Health 2019;7(12):e1644–54. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(19)30421-8
- Amouzou A, Jiwani SS, da Silva ICM, et al. Closing the inequality gaps in reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health coverage: slow and fast progressors. BMJ Global Health 2020;5:e002230. Available from: https://gh.bmj.com/content/bmjgh/5/1/e002230.full.pdf
Projects
COMSA (Countrywide Mortality Surveillance for Action)
CD 2030 (Countdown to 2030)
Countdown to 2030 Exemplars in Global Health Maternal and Neonatal Mortality
Countdown to 2030 Phase II - Data Analysis Center & GFF Country Collaboration
Exemplar Study in Niger: In-depth Retrospective Case Study of Success Factors in the Reduction of Maternal and Neonatal Mortality.
Countdown 2030 Phase I - Regional Initiative - Strengthening analysis and evidence for Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent’s Health in West and Central Africa