Thesis: Diagnostic and clinical decision support systems for antenatal care: is mHealth the future in low-resource settings?
MSc – Global Health, Maastricht University
Specialisation in Global Health Leadership and Organisation
Recipient, Elisabeth Strouven Award
Thesis: Health Systems Analysis of a community-based malaria elimination project in Ruhuha, Rwanda.
MD – Crimea State Medical University
BSc – University of South Africa (UNISA)
Accepting PhD Students
No
Selected Publications
Abejirinde IO, Itanyi IU, Kornas K, Zaim R, Guha S, Chui, V, Lipscombe L, Rosella LC, Shaw J. Principles and Practices of Community Engagement in Artificial Intelligence for Population Health: Insights from the AI for Diabetes Prediction and Prevention Project. Journal of Participatory Medicine (In-press). doi:10.2196/69497
Rosella LC, Shaw J, Guha S, Abejirinde IO, Gibson JL, Lipscombe L, Kornas K, Zaim R, Chui V, Itanyi IU. A participatory approach to deploy responsible artificial intelligence for diabetes prediction and prevention. Digital Health. 2025 Jul;11:20552076251358541
Saragosa M, Abejirinde IO, MacEachern E, Nelson ML, Kokorelias KM, Bharmal S, Ludwig Prout B, Mohamed M. Exploring Technology Supporting Aging-in-Place Using an Equity Lens Through Focus Groups and World Café–Informed Research Agenda: Qualitative Study. JMIR aging. 2025 Jul 30;8(1):e71093
Abejirinde IO, Kishimoto V, Pfisterer K, Uddin N, McGuire K, Brual J, Merriman K, Agarwal P, Smith J, Alfred M, Strom M, Pham Q. Unveiling Assumptions on Digital Health Equity: Equity Analysis of Remote Patient Monitoring Programs. npj Digital Medicine. 2025;8(1):320.
Shaw J, Abejirinde IO, Agarwal P, Shahid S, Martin D. Digital health and equitable access to care. PLOS digital health. 2024 Sep 25;3(9):e0000573
Hicks N, Zhan J, Brual J, Abejirinde IO, Alfred M. Escalation Pathways of Remote Patient Monitoring Programs for COVID-19 Patients in Canada and the United States: A Rapid Review. Telemedicine and e-Health. 2025 Feb 1;31(2):129-40.
Cressman S, Abejirinde IO, Assali J, Dennis MB, Maybee A, Strom M, et al. Learning Health Systems: A Paradigm Shift in What We Can Do about Digital Health Inequities. Healthc Pap [Internet]. 2024 Jan 31 [cited 2024 Mar 5];21(4). Available from: https://www.longwoods.com/content/27269/learning-health-systems-a-paradigm-shift-in-what-we-can-do-about-digital-health-inequities
Khan BN, Chu C, Brual J, Dang-Nguyen M, Oladimeji A, Kthupi A, Bolea-Alamañac B, Tadrous M, O’Riordan A, Rubenstein D, Carlin K, LongumP, GibsonD, Abejirinde IO. Assessing the Impact and Effectiveness of a Digital Substance Use and Recovery Program: An Observational Study on Usage Patterns, Patient Characteristics, and Outcomes in Ontario, Canada. Psychiatric Services
Kachimanga C, Zaniku HR, Divala TH, Ket JC, Mukherjee JS, Palazuelos D, Kulinkina AV, Abejirinde IO, Akker Tvd. Adoption of mHealth Technologies by Community Health Workers to Improve the Use of Maternal Health Services in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Mixed Method Systematic Review. JMIR Preprints. 26/12/2023:55819
Wong, K.L.M., Banke-Thomas, A., Olubodun, T., Macharia, P.M., Stanton, C., Sundararajan, N., Shah, Y., Prasad, G., Kansal, M., Vispute, S., Shekel, T., Ogunyemi, O., Gwacham-Anisiobi, U., Wang, J., Abejirinde, IO., Makanga, P.T., Afolabi, B.B., Beňová, L. Socio-spatial equity analysis of relative wealth index and emergency obstetric care accessibility in urban Nigeria. Commun Med 4, 34 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-024-00458-2
Wankah P, Gordon D, Shahid S, Chandra S, Abejirinde I-O, Yoon R, Wodchis WP, O’Campo P, Steele Gray C, Clark N, Shaw J. Equity Promoting Integrated Care: Definition and Future Development. International Journal of Integrated Care, 2023; 23(4): 6, 1–6. DOI:https://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.7614
Wang J, Wong KLM, Olubodun T, Gwacham-Anisiobi U, Ogunyemi O, Afolabi BB, Macharia PM, Makanga PT, Abejirinde IO, Beňová L, Banke-Thomas A. Developing policy-ready digital dashboards of geospatial access to emergency obstetric care: a survey of policymakers and researchers in sub-Saharan Africa. Health Technol. (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12553-023-00793-9
Khan BN, Dang-Nguyen M, Gordon D, Chandra S, Abejirinde IO. What comes after strategy: Moving beyond statements and open letters – An analysis of three Toronto hospitals’ diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) plans. BMJ Leader 2023;7:1-7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/leader-2023-000808
Shukla S*, Castro Torres AF, Satish RV, Shenderovich Y, Abejirinde IO, Steinert JI. Factors associated with adolescent pregnancy in Maharashtra, India: a mixed-methods study. Sex Reprod Health Matters. 2023 Dec;31(1):2249284. doi: 10.1080/26410397.2023.2249284.
Marchal B, Abejirinde IO, Sulaberidze L, et al. How do participatory methods shape policy? Applying a realist approach to the formulation of a new tuberculosis policy in Georgia. BMJ Open 2021;11:e047948. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-047948
Muinga N, Abejirinde IO, Paton C, English M, Zweekhorst M. Designing paper-based records to improve the quality of nursing documentation in hospitals: A scoping review. J Clin Nurs. 2020 Oct 28. doi: 10.1111/jocn.15545. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33113237.
Eboreime EA, Olawepo JO, Banke-Thomas A, Abejirinde IO, Abimbola S. Appraising and addressing design and implementation failure of global health: A pragmatic framework. Global Public Health. DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2020.1814379
Banke-Thomas A, Balogun M, Wright O, Ajayi B, Abejirinde IO, Olaniran A, Giwa-Ayedun RO, Odusanya B, Afolabi BB. Reaching health facilities in situations of emergency: qualitative study capturing experiences of pregnant women in Africa’s largest megacity. Reproductive health. 2020 Dec;17(1):1-5.
Affun-Adegbulu C, Sarkar NDP, Abejirinde IO, van Belle S, Adegbulu O. Health systems recovery from COVID-19: a window of opportunity for (in)fertility care, Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters, 28:1, DOI: 10.1080/26410397.2020.1790090
van Belle S, Affun-Adegbulu C, Soors W, N Srinivas P, Hegel G, Van Damme W, Saluja D, Abejirinde IO, Wouters E, Masquillier C, Tabana H, Chenge F, Polman K, Marchal B. COVID-19 and informal settlements: an urgent call to rethink urban governance. Int J Equity Health 19, 81 (2020).
Engelbert BL, Zweekhorst MBM, Amoakoh-Coleman M, Muftugil-Yalcin S, Abejirinde IO, Becquet R, et al. (2019) To keep or not to keep? Decision making in adolescent pregnancies in Jamestown, Ghana. PLOS One 14(9): e0221789.
Marchal B, Giralt AN, Sulaberidze L, Chikovani I, Abejirinde IO. Designing and evaluating provider results-based financing for tuberculosis care in Georgia: a realist evaluation protocol. BMJ Open. 2019 Apr 1;9(4):e030257.
Abejirinde IO, De Brouwere V, van Roosmalen J, van der Heiden M, Apentibadek N, Bardaji A, Zweekhorst M. Viability of diagnostic decision support for antenatal care in rural settings: findings from the Bliss4Midwives Intervention in Northern Ghana. Journal of Global Health 9(1): 010420.
Abejirinde IO, Zweekhorst M, Bardaj. A, Abugnaba-Abanga R, Apentibadek N, De Brouwere V, van Roosmalen J, Marchal B. Unveiling the black box of diagnostic and clinical decision support systems for antenatal care: Realist Evaluation. JMIR mHealth and uHealth 2018;6(12):e11468.
Abejirinde IO, Douwes R, Bardaji A, Abugnaba-Abanga R‡, Zweekhorst M, van Roosmalen J, De Brouwere V. Pregnant women’s experiences with an integrated diagnostic and decision support device for antenatal care in Ghana. BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 2018;18(1):209.
Abejirinde IO, Ilozumba O, Marchal B, Zweekhorst M, Dieleman M. Mobile health and the performance of maternal health care workers in low- and middle-income countries: A realist review. International Journal of Care Coordination. Special Issue: Realist research in health services research and care coordination. 2018;21(3):73–86
Other Affiliations
Scientist, Institute for Better Health, Trillium Health Partners
Adjunct Scientist, Women’s College Hospital Research Institute
External Graduate Supervisor, Athena Institute, Vrije Universiteit, The Netherlands
