Thorkild Tylleskär

Professor, and Paediatrician, MD, PhD, MA

Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care

E-mailThorkild.Tylleskar@uib.no
Phone+47 55 58 85 62+47 480 74 410
Visitor Address
Overlege Danielssens hus, 5 floor, Årstadveien 21

Room
526
Postal Address
Postboks 7804

5020 Bergen

H-index 39 Publons/Web of Science
ResearcherID S-5529-2017
ORCID ID 0000-0003-4801-4324
Thorkild Tylleskär is a paediatrician and professor in International Health since 2001. His focus is on child health in a global perspective, birth care, neonatal care, HIV, nutrition and health informatics. He has his medical degree, his PhD training and his specialist training in paediatrics from Uppsala University and Uppsala University Hospital in Sweden. In addition, he has a French Master in African Linguistics from Sorbonne University after field work in present-day Democratic Republic of Congo (former Zaire). His medical thesis in 1994 under the supervision of late Prof Hans Rosling describes the toxico-nutritional causation of ‘konzo’, a paralytic disorder permanently crippling women and children in some pockets in Africa, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konzo.
He has supervised over 30 PhD candidates, the majority of them from Africa. The latest graduated PhD candidates are:
Beatrice Odongkara, 2023 "Small newborns in post-conflict Northern Uganda: Burden and interventions for improved outcomes"
Hans-Jörg Lang, 2021 "Treatment of the critically ill child in low-resource settings: Essential paediatric emergency and critical care"
Agnes K Napyo, 2021 "Universal antiretroviral therapy for the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Northern Uganda"
Susanna Myrnerts Höök, 2021 "Supporting neonatal resuscitation in low-resource settings - Innovations and new strategies"
Appolinaire Tiam, 2020 "Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV-1 in Lesotho"
Julia Regina Brandenberger, Germany 2020: "Asylum-seeking children at a Swiss tertiary hospital"
Hamidah Hussain, Pakistan 2020: "Tuberculosis care: Cost-effectiveness of a public-private partnership model in Pakistan"
Andrea Melberg, Norway 2020: "Global policies and the provision of birth care in Burkina Faso"
Anneli Eriksson, Sweden 2020: ”Estimating needs in disasters”
Anselme S. Sanou, Burkina Faso 2020: "Child development in rural Burkina Faso: Association between maternal alcohol consumption, stunting, schooling, and neuropsychological outcomes"
Nicolas Pejovic, Sweden 2020: "No cry at birth"
Alice Mugisha, Uganda 2020: "Designing usable mobile forms for collection of health data in Uganda"
David Mukunya, Uganda 2020: "Newborn Care Practices in Northern Uganda" Article in English
Justin Bruno Tongun, South Sudan 2020: "Breastfeeding practices and health facility births in South Sudan" Article in English

Ongoing projects:

BabyGel - A cluster randomised trial to evaluate the effectiveness of household alcohol-based handrub for the prevention of sepsis, diarrhoea and pneumonia in Ugandan infants
iCARTA - Institutionalisation of Advanced Research Training in Africa with CARTA, the Consortium of Advanced Research Training in Africa
PedMAb – seeking innovative ways to protect children from getting HIV from their mothers
GrowNut II Developing a cadre of African nutrition scholars and leaders to address nutrition disorders and influence nutrition policy
REBOA PPH trial – Randomized Clinical Trial Assessing the usefulness of aorta ballon in postpartum haemorrhage
Emollient therapy for very low birthweight infants (<1500 g) in Uganda: effects on survival, infection, growth and development
PROMISE ZERO
Sambulelo

Main collaborating countries:

Uganda
Kenya
Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo Kinshasa)
Zambia
South Africa
South Sudan
Burkina Faso
France
UK

Main areas are:

Global Health
Child Health
Birth Care
Neonatal care
HIV
Global Nutrition
Information and Communication Technology in Health Sciences

Additional commitments:

Chair of the Scientific Committee for the 12th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health (ECTMIH), virtual from Bergen 28 Sept - 1 Oct 2021
The Univeristy of Bergen coordinator for the collaboration with Makerere University
Deputy member of the Faculty Board of the Faculty of Medicine 2021-2025

I am teaching medical students, master students and PhD candidates in international health. I am teaching on a number of courses and I am course leader of two courses:

SDG303 "Global health - challenges and responses" and

INTH321A "Experimental epidemiology"

My main areas are:

Global Health
Child Health
Global Nutrition
HIV
Clinical trials and experimental epidemiology

Publications in PubMed

Google Scholar Profile

Original Lancet /NEJM publications:

Tylleskär T, et al. Cassava cyanogens and konzo, an upper motoneuron disease found in Africa. Lancet. 1992 Jan 25;339(8787):208-11. Erratum in: Lancet 1992 Feb 15;339(8790):440. PMID: 1346173

Tylleskär T, et al. PROMISE-EBF Study Group. Exclusive breastfeeding promotion by peer counsellors in sub-Saharan Africa (PROMISE-EBF): a cluster-randomised trial. Lancet. 2011 Jul 30;378(9789):420-7. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60738-1. PMID: 21752462

Nagot N, ... , Tylleskär T, Van de Perre P; ANRS 12174 Trial Group. Extended pre-exposure prophylaxis with lopinavir-ritonavir versus lamivudine to prevent HIV-1 transmission through breastfeeding up to 50 weeks in infants in Africa (ANRS 12174): a randomised controlled trial. Lancet. 2015 Nov 18. pii: S0140-6736(15)00984-8. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)00984-8. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 2660391 Pejovic NJ, Myrnerts Höök S, ... Tylleskär T. A Randomized Trial of Laryngeal Mask Airway in Neonatal Resuscitation. N Engl J Med. 2020 Nov 26;383(22):2138-2147. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2005333.PMID: 33252870

Academic article

Show author(s) (2022). “The Peer Educator Is the Game-Changer of My Life”: Perceptions of Adolescents Living with HIV in DR Congo on Involving Peer Educators in the Process of HIV Disclosure. Children. 13 pages.
Show author(s) (2022). Under-five mortality in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: secondary analyses of survey and conflict data by province. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 422-435.
Show author(s) (2022). Recurrent Severe Subclinical Mastitis and the Risk of HIV Transmission Through Breastfeeding. Frontiers in Immunology. 12 pages.
Show author(s) (2022). Questioning the ethics of international research on formula milk supplementation in low-income African countries: response. BMJ Global Health. 2 pages.
Show author(s) (2022). Oxygen saturation after birth in resuscitated neonates in Uganda: A video-based observational study. BMJ Paediatrics Open. 7 pages.
Show author(s) (2022). Long-term persistence of mitochondrial DNA instability in HIV-exposed uninfected children during and after exposure to antiretroviral drugs and HIV. Biomedicines. 1-17.
Show author(s) (2022). Lessons Learned from the Impact of HIV Status Disclosure to Children after First-Line Antiretroviral Treatment Failure in Kinshasa, DR Congo. Children. 10 pages.
Show author(s) (2022). Incidence and risk factors for low birthweight and preterm birth in post-conflict northern Uganda: A community-based cohort study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH). 1-13.
Show author(s) (2022). HIV viral load non-suppression and associated factors among pregnant and postpartum women in rural northeastern South Africa: a cross-sectional survey. BMJ Open. e058347.
Show author(s) (2022). An Abrupt Transition to Digital Teaching—Norwegian Medical Students and Their Experiences of Learning Output during the Initial Phase of the COVID-19 Lockdown. Healthcare.

Show author(s) (2021). Respiratory monitoring during neonatal resuscitation using a supraglottic airway device vs. a face mask. Resuscitation. 107-113.
Show author(s) (2021). Perinatal death in Northern Uganda: incidence and risk factors in a community-based prospective cohort study. Global health action. 1-8.
Show author(s) (2021). Outcome of infants with 10 min Apgar scores of 0-1 in a low-resource setting. Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition. 421-424.
Show author(s) (2021). Neonatal resuscitation practices in Uganda: A video observational study. BMJ Paediatrics Open.
Show author(s) (2021). Mitochondrial dna instability is common in hiv-exposed uninfected newborns. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 1-11.
Show author(s) (2021). Growth, clinical and neurodevelopmental outcomes at school age are similar for children who received 1-year lamivudine or lopinavir/ritonavir HIV prophylaxis in early life. Scientific Reports. 1-10.
Show author(s) (2021). Clinical and Biological Factors Associated with Early Epstein-Barr Virus Infection in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Exposed Uninfected Infants in Eastern Uganda. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 1026-1032.

Show author(s) (2020). Predicting the Unpredictable - Harder than Expected. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. 174-183.
Show author(s) (2020). A randomized trial of laryngeal mask airway in neonatal resuscitation. New England Journal of Medicine. 2138-2147.
Show author(s) (2020). 18-24-month HIV-free survival as measurement of the effectiveness of prevention of mother-to-child transmission in the context of lifelong antiretroviral therapy: Results of a community-based survey. PLOS ONE. 13 pages.

Show author(s) (2019). Effects of complementary feeding on attained height among lower primary school-aged children in Eastern Uganda: A nested prospective cohort study. PLOS ONE. 1-17.
Show author(s) (2019). A usability design checklist for Mobile electronic data capturing forms: the validation process. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making. 1-11.

Show author(s) (2018). Spatial-temporal trend for mother-to-child transmission of HIV up to infancy and during pre-Option B+ in western Kenya, 2007-13. PeerJ.
Show author(s) (2018). Accurate and fast neonatal heart rate assessment with a smartphone‐based application – a manikin study. Acta Paediatrica. 1548-1554.

Show author(s) (2017). Usability in mobile electronic data collection tools: Form developers' views. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. 72-75.
Show author(s) (2017). Neonatal resuscitation using a laryngeal mask airway: a randomised trial in Uganda. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 255-260.
Show author(s) (2017). Maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy and child's cognitive performance at 6-8 years of age in rural Burkina Faso: An observational study. PeerJ.
Show author(s) (2017). Kufflös larynxmask kan minska risker vid neonatal återupplivning. Läkartidningen.
Show author(s) (2017). Explaining socioeconomic inequalities in exclusive breast feeding in Norway. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 708-714.
Show author(s) (2017). Efficacy of umbilical cord cleansing with a single application of 4% chlorhexidine for the prevention of newborn infections in Uganda: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 1-9.
Show author(s) (2017). Echoes of old HIV paradigms: Reassessing the problem of engaging men in HIV testing and treatment through women's perspectives. Reproductive Health.
Show author(s) (2017). Early versus late BCG vaccination in HIV-1-exposed infants in Uganda: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 1-17.
Show author(s) (2017). Conventional early infant diagnosis in Lesotho from specimen collection to results usage to manage patients: Where are the bottlenecks? PLOS ONE.
Show author(s) (2017). Computerized Childbirth Monitoring Tools for Health Care Providers Managing Labor: A Scoping Review. JMIR Medical Informatics.
Show author(s) (2017). Changes in body mass index and hemoglobin concentration in breastfeeding women living with HIV with a CD4 count over 350: Results from 4 African countries (The ANRS 12174 trial). PLOS ONE.
Show author(s) (2017). Breastfeeding patterns and its determinants among mothers living with Human Immuno-deficiency Virus -1 in four African countries participating in the ANRS 12174 trial. International Breastfeeding Journal.

Show author(s) (2016). Reflections on the unintended consequences of the promotion of institutional pregnancy and birth care in Burkina Faso. PLOS ONE.
Show author(s) (2016). Pilot manikin study showed that a supraglottic airway device improved simulated neonatal ventilation in a low-resource setting. Acta Paediatrica. 1440-1443.
Show author(s) (2016). Objectively assessed physical activity and associated factors among adults in peri-urban and rural Eastern Uganda: a population-based study. Journal of Physical Activity and Health. 1243-1254.
Show author(s) (2016). Lessons learned from the PMTCT program in Swaziland: challenges with accepting lifelong ART for pregnant and lactating women - a qualitative study. BMC Public Health. 1-11.
Show author(s) (2016). Increased Epstein-Barr virus in breast milk occurs with subclinical mastitis and HIV shedding. Medicine.
Show author(s) (2016). How bad is it? Usefulness of the “7eed Model” for scoring severity and level of need in complex emergencies. PLOS Currents. 21 pages.
Show author(s) (2016). HIV-positive pregnant and postpartum women's perspectives about Option B+ in Malawi: A qualitative study. Journal of the International AIDS Society.
Show author(s) (2016). Extended pre-exposure prophylaxis with lopinavir-ritonavir versus lamivudine to prevent HIV-1 transmission through breastfeeding up to 50 weeks in infants in Africa (ANRS 12174): a randomised controlled trial. The Lancet. 566-573.
Show author(s) (2016). Effects of an exclusive breastfeeding intervention for six months on growth patterns of 4-5 year old children in Uganda: The cluster-randomised PROMISE EBF trial. BMC Public Health. 9 pages.
Show author(s) (2016). Effectiveness of Baby-friendly community health services on exclusive breastfeeding and maternal satisfaction: a pragmatic trial. Maternal & Child Nutrition. 428-439.
Show author(s) (2016). Are prophylactic and therapeutic target concentrations different? The case of lopinavir/ritonavir or lamivudine administered to infants for the prevention of mother-to-child HIV-1 transmission during breastfeeding. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 1-9.
Show author(s) (2016). 'We saw she was in danger, but couldn't do anything': Missed opportunities and health worker disempowerment during birth care in rural Burkina Faso. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 1-11.

Show author(s) (2015). Predictors of persistent Anaemia in the first year of antiretroviral therapy: A retrospective cohort study from Goma, the Democratic Republic of Congo. PLOS ONE.
Show author(s) (2015). Population-based survey of overweight and obesity and the associated factors in peri-urban and rural Eastern Uganda Chronic Disease epidemiology. BMC Public Health.
Show author(s) (2015). Managing ebola from rural to urban slum settings: Experiences from Uganda. African Health Sciences. 312-321.
Show author(s) (2015). Effect of breastfeeding promotion on early childhood caries and breastfeeding duration among 5 year old children in Eastern Uganda: A cluster randomized trial. PLOS ONE.
Show author(s) (2015). Drug seller adherence to clinical protocols with integrated management of malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoea at drug shops in Uganda. Malaria Journal. 1-6.
Show author(s) (2015). Dietary behaviour and parental socioeconomic position among adolescents: The German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents 2003-2006 (KiGGS). BMC Public Health.
Show author(s) (2015). Cost-effectiveness of peer counselling for the promotion of exclusive breastfeeding in Uganda. PLOS ONE. 18 pages.
Show author(s) (2015). Child survival and BCG vaccination: A community based prospective cohort study in Uganda. BMC Public Health. 10 pages.

Show author(s) (2014). Severe events in the first 6 months of life in a cohort of HIV-unexposed infants from South Africa: effects of low birthweight and breastfeeding status. Tropical medicine & international health.
Show author(s) (2014). Physical activity, aerobic fitness and parental socio-economic position among adolescents: The German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents 2003-2006 (KiGGS). International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity.
Show author(s) (2014). Increased access to care and appropriateness of treatment at private sector drug shops with integrated management of malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoea: A quasi-experimental study in Uganda. PLOS ONE.
Show author(s) (2014). Growth effects of exclusive breastfeeding promotion by peer counsellors in sub-Saharan Africa: the cluster-randomised PROMISE EBF trial. BMC Public Health. 12 pages.
Show author(s) (2014). Effects of Improved Access to Transportation on Emergency obstetric Care Outcomes in Uganda. African Journal of Reproductive Health.
Show author(s) (2014). Early infant feeding practices in three African countries: the PROMISE-EBF trial promoting exclusive breastfeeding by peer counsellors. International Breastfeeding Journal. 19.

Show author(s) (2013). Pregnant women's experiences of routine counselling and testing for HIV in Eastern Uganda: a qualitative study. BMC Health Services Research. 13 pages.
Show author(s) (2013). Neuropsychological Effects of Konzo: A Neuromotor Disease Associated With Poorly Processed Cassava. Pediatrics. E1231-E1239.
Show author(s) (2013). Infant feeding survival and Markov transition probabilities among children under age 6 months in Uganda. American Journal of Epidemiology. 453-462.
Show author(s) (2013). Déterminants du faible poids de naissance chez des enfants nés de mères séropositives pour le VIH, non éligibles au traitement antirétroviral, en Afrique (Determinants of low birth weight among newborns to HIV-infected mothers not eligible for antiretroviral treatment in Africa). Revue d'épidémiologie et de santé publique. 413-420.
Show author(s) (2013). Dietary Behaviour and Socioeconomic Position: The Role of Physical Activity Patterns. PLOS ONE. 10 pages.

Show author(s) (2012). Timeliness of childhood vaccinations in Kampala Uganda: a community-based cross-sectional study. PLOS ONE. 6 pages.
Show author(s) (2012). The high burden of infant deaths in rural Burkina Faso: a prospective community-based cohort study. BMC Public Health. 15 pages.
Show author(s) (2012). Physical activity patterns and socioeconomic position: the German National Health Interview and Examination Survey 1998 (GNHIES98). BMC Public Health.
Show author(s) (2012). Nutritional and health profiles of primary schoolchildren in rural Uganda. African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development. 5862-5880.
Show author(s) (2012). Multiple micronutrient supplementation does not reduce diarrhoea morbidity in Ugandan HIV-infected children: a randomised controlled trial. Paediatrics and International Child Health. 14-21.
Show author(s) (2012). Lopinavir/Ritonavir versus Lamivudine peri-exposure prophylaxis to prevent HIV-1 transmission by breastfeeding: the PROMISE-PEP trial Protocol ANRS 12174. BMC Infectious Diseases. 11 pages.
Show author(s) (2012). Listening to health workers: lessons from Eastern Uganda for strengthening the programme for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV. BMC Health Services Research. 12 pages.
Show author(s) (2012). Faecal calprotectin in HIV-infected, HAART naïve Ugandan children: a hospital-based survey. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition - JPGN. 785-790.
Show author(s) (2012). Early cessation of breastfeeding amongst women in South Africa: an area needing urgent attention to improve child health. BMC Pediatrics. 10 pages.
Show author(s) (2012). Common coinfections of giardia intestinalis and helicobacter pylori in non-symptomatic Ugandan children. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 8 pages.
Show author(s) (2012). "Telling my husband I have HIV is too heavy to come out of my mouth": pregnant women's disclosure experiences and support needs following antenatal HIV testing in eastern Uganda. Journal of the International AIDS Society. 10 pages.

Show author(s) (2011). Vaccination coverage and timeliness in three South African areas: a prospective study. BMC Public Health. 11 pages.
Show author(s) (2011). The potential role of mother-in-law in prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV: a mixed methods study from the Kilimanjaro region, northern Tanzania. BMC Public Health. 12 pages.
Show author(s) (2011). Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori in HIV-infected, HAART-naive Ugandan children: a hospital-based survey. Journal of the International AIDS Society. 9 pages.
Show author(s) (2011). Perinatal mortality in Eastern Uganda: A community based prospective cohort study. PLOS ONE. 7 pages.
Show author(s) (2011). Multiple micronutrient supplementation improves vitamin B-12 and folate concentrations of HIV infected children in Uganda: a randomized controlled trial. Nutrition Journal. 9 pages.
Show author(s) (2011). Male partner antenatal attendance and HIV testing in eastern Uganda: a randomized facility-based intervention trial. Journal of the International AIDS Society. 11 pages.
Show author(s) (2011). Malaria Parasitaemia among Infants and Its Association with Breastfeeding Peer Counselling and Vitamin A Supplementation: A Secondary Analysis of a Cluster Randomized Trial. PLOS ONE. 8 pages.
Show author(s) (2011). Is vaccination coverage a good indicator of age-appropriate vaccination? A prospective study from Uganda. Vaccine. 3564-3570.
Show author(s) (2011). Faecal calprotectin concentrations in apparently healthy children aged 0-12 years in urban Kampala, Uganda: a community-based survey. BMC Pediatrics. 7 pages.
Show author(s) (2011). Exclusive breastfeeding promotion by peer counsellors in sub-Saharan Africa (PROMISE-EBF): a cluster-randomised trial. The Lancet. 420-427.
Show author(s) (2011). Cost of individual peer counselling for the promotion of exclusive breastfeeding in Uganda. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation. 9 pages.
Show author(s) (2011). A prospective study on neonatal mortality and its predictors in a rural area in Burkina Faso: Can MDG-4 be met by 2015? Journal of Perinatology. 656-663.
Show author(s) (2011). "It is her responsibility": partner involvement in prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV programmes, northern Tanzania. Journal of the International AIDS Society. 12 pages.

Show author(s) (2010). Zinc status in HIV infected Ugandan children aged 1-5 years: a cross sectional baseline survey. BMC Pediatrics.
Show author(s) (2010). Perinatal mortality in rural Burkina Faso: a prospective community-based cohort study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 9 pages.
Show author(s) (2010). Mothers’ knowledge and utilization of prevention of mother to child transmission services in northern Tanzania. Journal of the International AIDS Society. 15 pages.
Show author(s) (2010). Mothers' knowledge and utilization of prevention of mother to child transmission services in northern Tanzania. Journal of the International AIDS Society.
Show author(s) (2010). Maternal education is associated with vaccination status of infants less than 6 months in Eastern Uganda: a cohort study. BMC Pediatrics.
Show author(s) (2010). Infant feeding modalities addressed in two different ways in Eastern Uganda. International Breastfeeding Journal. 2.
Show author(s) (2010). Infant feeding counselling in Uganda in a changing environment with focus on the general population and HIV-positive mothers - a mixed method approach. BMC Health Services Research. 9 pages.
Show author(s) (2010). Helicobacter pylori in apparently healthy children aged 0-12 years in urban Kampala, Uganda: a community-based cross sectional survey. BMC Gastroenterology.
Show author(s) (2010). Growth, immune and viral responses in HIV infected African children receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy: a prospective cohort study. BMC Pediatrics.
Show author(s) (2010). Gendered perceptions on infant feeding in Eastern Uganda: continued need for exclusive breastfeeding support. International Breastfeeding Journal. 13.
Show author(s) (2010). Establishing individual peer counselling for exclusive breastfeeding in Uganda: implications for scaling-up. Maternal & Child Nutrition. 53-66.
Show author(s) (2010). Effect of multiple micronutrient supplementation on survival of HIV-infected children in Uganda: a randomized, controlled trial. Journal of the International AIDS Society.
Show author(s) (2010). Dramatic and sustained increase in HIV-testing rates among antenatal attendees in Eastern Uganda after a policy change from voluntary counselling and testing to routine counselling and testing for HIV: a retrospective analysis of hospital records, 2002-2009. BMC Health Services Research. 8 pages.
Show author(s) (2010). Determinants of male involvement in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV programme in Eastern Uganda: a cross-sectional survey. Reproductive Health.
Show author(s) (2010). Attitudes to routine HIV counselling and testing, and knowledge about prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV in eastern Uganda: a cross-sectional survey among antenatal attendees. Journal of the International AIDS Society.
Show author(s) (2010). "She would sit with me": mothers' experiences of individual peer support for exclusive breastfeeding in Uganda. International Breastfeeding Journal.

Show author(s) (2009). Tanzania national survey on iodine deficiency: impact after twelve years of salt iodation. BMC Public Health.
Show author(s) (2009). OMEVAC – Open Mobile Electronic Vaccine Trials, an interdisciplinary project to improve quality of vaccine trials in lowresource settings. Karlstad University Studies. 36-44.
Show author(s) (2009). Need to optimise infant feeding counselling: A cross-sectional survey among HIV-positive mothers in Eastern Uganda. BMC Pediatrics.
Show author(s) (2009). Infant feeding among HIV-positive mothers and the general population mothers: comparison of two cross-sectional surveys in Eastern Uganda. BMC Public Health. 14 pages.
Show author(s) (2009). Improve salt iodation methods for small-scale salt producers in lov-resource settings in Tanzania. BMC Public Health.

Show author(s) (2008). Reduction of unnecessary transfusion and intravenous fluids in severely malnourished children is not enough to reduce mortality. Annals of Tropical Paediatrics. 23-33.
Show author(s) (2008). Height, weight, body mass index and learning achievement in Kumi district, East of Uganda. Scientific Research and Essays. 1-8.
Show author(s) (2008). Determinants of infant growth in Eastern Uganda: a community-based cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health.
Show author(s) (2008). 'No sister, the breast alone is not enough for my baby'A qualitative assessment of potentials and barriers in the promotion of exclusive breastfeeding in southern Zambia. International Breastfeeding Journal. 362.
Show author(s) (2008). 'No sister, the breast alone is not enough for my baby': a qualitative assessment of potentials and barriers in the promotion of exclusive breastfeeding in southern Zambia. International Breastfeeding Journal. 12.

Show author(s) (2007). Low adherence to exclusive breastfeeding in Eastern Uganda: A community-based cross-sectional study comparing dietary recall since birth with 24-hour recall. BMC Pediatrics. 10.
Show author(s) (2007). Intimate partner violence and infant morbidity: Evidence of an association from a population-based study in Eastern Uganda in 2003. BMC Pediatrics. 34.
Show author(s) (2007). Boys are more stunted than girls in Sub-Saharan Africa: a meta-analysis of 16 demographic and health surveys. BMC Pediatrics.

Show author(s) (2006). Severe malnutrition with and without HIV-1 infection in hospitalised children in Kampala, Uganda: differences in clinical features, haematological findings and CD4+ cell counts. Nutrition Journal. 7 pages.
Show author(s) (2006). Risk factors in hospital deaths in severely malnourished children in Kampala, Uganda. BMC Pediatrics. 9 pages.
Show author(s) (2006). Predictors of poor anthropometric status among children under 2 years of age in rural Uganda. Public Health Nutrition. 320-326.
Show author(s) (2006). Intimate partner violence against women in eastern Uganda: implications for HIV prevention. BMC Public Health. 12 pages.
Show author(s) (2006). Community based peer counsellors for support of exclusive breastfeeding: experiences from rural Uganda. International Breastfeeding Journal. 9 pages.
Show author(s) (2006). Co-existing symptoms and risk factors among African school children with hyperactivity-inattention symptoms in Kinshasa, Congo. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 292-299.
Show author(s) (2006). Bacteraemia among severely malnourished children infected and uninfected with the human immunodeficiency virus-1 in Kampala, Uganda. BMC Infectious Diseases. 160 .
Show author(s) (2006). Antenatal HIV testing in rural eastern Uganda in 2003: incomplete rollout of the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV programme? BMC International Health and Human Rights.

Show author(s) (2005). Teacher ratings of mental health among school children in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 208-215.
Show author(s) (2005). Neuro-ophthalmologic manifestations of konzo. Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology. 491-496.
Show author(s) (2005). Infant and young child feeding in Western Uganda: Knowledge, practices and socio-economic correlates. Journal of Tropical Pediatrics. 356-361.
Show author(s) (2005). Cognition in African children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. Pediatric Neurology. 357-364.
Show author(s) (2005). Audio computer-assisted self-interviewing (ACASI) may avert socially desirable responses about infant feeding in the context of HIV. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making.
Show author(s) (2005). Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder among school children in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. African Health Sciences. 172-181.

Show author(s) (2004). Neuro-ophtalmological disorders in HIV infected subjects with neurological manifestations. British Journal of Ophthalmology. 1455-1459.
Show author(s) (2004). Mothers' education but not fathers' education, household assets or land ownership is the predictor of child health inequalities in rural Uganda. International Journal for Equity in Health. 9-9.

Show author(s) (2003). Visual evoked potentials in konzo, a spastic paraparesis of acute onset in Africa. Ophthalmologica. 381-386.
Show author(s) (2003). Neuro-ophthalmologic findings in konzo, an upper motor neuron disorder in Africa. European Journal of Ophthalmology. 383-389.
Show author(s) (2003). Er informasjons- og kommunikasjonsteknologien skadelig for de fattige? Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. 2750-2751.

Show author(s) (2002). Analysis of motor pathway involvemnet in Konzo using transcranial electrical and magnetic stimulation. Muscle Nerve. 230-235.
Show author(s) (2002). Abnormalities of somatosensory evokedpotentials in konzo - an upper motor neuron disorder. Clinical Neurophysiology. 10-15.

Show author(s) (2001). Neuroepidemiology of Konzo. A spastic para/tetraparesis of acute onset in a new area of the Democratic republic of Congo. African Journal of Neurological Sciences. 8-12.
Show author(s) (2001). Impairments, disabilities and handicap pattern in konzo-a non-progressive spastic para/tetraparesis of acute onset. Disability and Rehabilitation. 731-736.
Show author(s) (2001). High cassava production and low dietary cyanide exposure in mid-west Nigeria. Public Health Nutrition. 871-876.

Academic lecture

Show author(s) (2016). La recherche: un outil pour des actions de santé publique internationale? .
Show author(s) (2016). GROWNUT A GROWing partnership for higher education and research in NUTritional epidemiology in DR Congo. Building up a Master and PhD Program in DR Congo.

Show author(s) (2015). A Norwegian success story in EDCTP partnerships: PROMISE PEP: Prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV.

Show author(s) (2011). TImeliness ofChild Vacdnations inKampala Uganda.

Show author(s) (2010). Konzo - a toxiconutritional disorder.
Show author(s) (2010). Helicobacter Pylori in apparently healthy children aged 0-12 years in urban Kampala, Uganda: a community-based cross sectional survey.
Show author(s) (2010). Exclusive breastfeeding promotion by peer-counsellors in Sub-Saharan Africa: Results from the multi-centre cluster-randomised behaviour intervention trial PROMISE EBF.

Show author(s) (2009). Preliminary results from the multi-centre cluster-randomised behaviour intervention trial PROMISE EBF: breastfeeding promotion in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Show author(s) (2009). Kan Kongo komme seg ut av Mørkrets Hjerte?
Show author(s) (2009). Improving sustainable methods for small-scale salt iodation in low-income countries.
Show author(s) (2009). Dietary intake and sulphur nutrition in a konzo-affected population in DR Congo.

Show author(s) (2008). Mortalité et morbidité maternelles chez les adolescents.
Show author(s) (2008). Child health, nutrition and HIV.

Show author(s) (2007). The WHO Child Growth Standards compared to the old NCHS/WHO reference in a Ugandan infant population.
Show author(s) (2007). Infant feeding practices in Eastern Uganda in the light of current WHO recommendations and prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1.

Show author(s) (2005). The CoSMOS approach - development of EpiHandy, a tool for mobile data collection.
Show author(s) (2005). The CoSMOS approach - development of EpiHandy a tool for mobile data collection.
Show author(s) (2005). Piloting a software for handheld computers for improved quality in nutrition research and programs in low-income countries.

Show author(s) (2002). The Global Nutrition Programme: incorporating information technology in capacity building of academicians and student in tertiary education in the South.
Show author(s) (2002). Nutrition CD-ROM training in Africa: an appraisal of a nutrition training CD-ROM by the use of a computer assisted self-administrated questionnaire.
Show author(s) (2002). Is audio computer-assisted self-interviewing (ACASI) a feasible method for collecting sensitive information?
Show author(s) (2002). Infant nutrition and care in Uganda: data from IMCI baseline survey in the year 2000.
Show author(s) (2002). Hardware, software, people-ware in nutrition.
Show author(s) (2002). All the statistical tables you need at hand on your PC with StaTable.

Show author(s) (2001). Global Nutrition 2000 E-learning for the advancement of nutrition in Africa and Asia.

Academic anthology/Conference proceedings

Show author(s) (2013). Consolidated guidelines on the use of antiretroviral drugs for treating and preventing hiv infection. Recommendations for a public health approach. World Health Organization.

Abstract

Show author(s) (2012). Obstetric care in primary health centres in rural Burkina Faso from a health worker perspective. Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica. 113-113.
Show author(s) (2012). New ways to prevent mother to child transmission during breastfeeding in low-resource settings - the PROMISE PEP trial. Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica. 137-138.
Show author(s) (2012). High perinatal mortality in Burkina Faso and Uganda. Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica. 138-138.
Show author(s) (2012). An evaluation of improved access to transport for emergency obstetric care in Northern Uganda using caesarean section rate. Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica. 137-137.
Show author(s) (2012). A letter to the male partner increases antenatal attendance and HIV testing in eastern Uganda: results from a randomized facility-based intervention trial. Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica. 73-73.

Show author(s) (2011). Timeliness of child vaccinations in Kampala, Uganda. Tropical medicine & international health. 308-308.
Show author(s) (2011). Prevalence of malaria parasitaemia among infants in Uganda and its association with breastfeeding, peer counselling and vitamin a supplementation. Tropical medicine & international health. 97-97.
Show author(s) (2011). Pregnant women's experiences of routine counselling and testing for HIV in eastern Uganda: lessons for improving the prevention of mother-to child transmission of HIV programme. Tropical medicine & international health. 299-299.
Show author(s) (2011). 'He will say I have killed him' the dilemma of HIV disclosure to sexual partners by pregnant women tested for HIV during antenatal care in rural Uganda. Tropical medicine & international health. 166-166.

Show author(s) (2009). Tanzania national survery on iodine deficiency: impact after twelve years of salt iodation. Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism. 295-295.
Show author(s) (2009). Preliminary results from the multi-centre cluster-randomised behaviour intervention trial PROMISE EBF: breastfeeding promotion in Sub-Saharan Africa. Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism. 99-99.
Show author(s) (2009). PREVALENCE OF MALARIA AMONG CHILDREN AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH PEER COUNSELLING FOR EXCLUSIVE BREASTFEEDING, VITAMIN A SUPPLEMENTATION AND ANTHROPOMETRIC STATUS IN MBALE, EASTERN UGANDA. Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism. 262-262.
Show author(s) (2009). Improving sustainable methods for small-scale salt iodation in low-income countries. Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism. 118-118.
Show author(s) (2009). INDIVIDUAL PEER COUNSELLING FOR EXCLUSIVE BREASTFEEDING IN UGANDA: IMPLICATIONS FOR SCALING UP. Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism. 166-166.
Show author(s) (2009). Fathers’ and mothers’ perceptions about infant feeding practices in Eastern Uganda. Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism. 233-233.
Show author(s) (2009). FATHERS' AND MOTHERS' PERCEPTIONS ABOUT INFANT FEEDING PRACTICES IN EASTERN UGANDA. Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism. 625-626.
Show author(s) (2009). ANEMIA AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS IN UNDER-FIVES AND THEIR MOTHERS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: A META-ANALYSIS OF 7 DEMOGRAPHIC AND HEALTH SURVEYS. Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism. 608-608.
Show author(s) (2009). ADVISING GLOBAL INFANT FEEDING RECOMMENDATIONS WITH LOCAL INSIGHT: HEALTH WORKERS KNOWLEDGE OF INFANT FEEDING PRACTICES IN EASTERN UGANDA. Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism. 233-233.
Show author(s) (2009). A community-based randomized trial to promote exclusive breastfeeding in Burkina Faso: Acceptability and impact of the intervention. Tropical medicine & international health. 91-91.
Show author(s) (2009). 'No new born feeds on breast milk only:' Infant feeding perceptions among men and women in Eastern Uganda. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 18-18.
Show author(s) (2009). "She would sit with me" Mothers' experience of individual peer counselling for exclusive breastfeeding in a randomised community trial in Uganda. Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism. 364-364.

Show author(s) (2004). Neuropsychiatric symptoms among African school children in Kinshasa. European psychiatry. 235S-235S.
Show author(s) (2004). Konzo en Afrique. revue Neurologique. 218-218.

Academic literature review

Show author(s) (2021). Eliminating postnatal HIV transmission in high incidence areas: need for complementary biomedical interventions. The Lancet. 1316-1324.

Show author(s) (2018). Konzo: a distinct neurological disease associated with food (cassava)cyanogenic poisoning. Brain Research Bulletin. 87-91.

Show author(s) (2016). För mycket och för lite skämmer allt - malnutrition i ett globalt perspektiv. Barnläkaren. 21-22.

Show author(s) (2012). HIV-1 reservoirs in breast milk and challenges to elimination of breast-feeding transmission of HIV-1. Science Translational Medicine. 14 pages.

Show author(s) (2010). Making it happen, level 2. Global health action.
Show author(s) (2010). Hiv, amming og antiretrovirale medisiner. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. 520-522.