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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine: Liverpool, GB

2020-04-01 to present | Statistician (Centre for Maternal and Newborn Health)
Employment
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Sarah White

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine: Liverpool, GB

2016-03-07 to 2020-03-31 | Senior Statistician (Centre for Maternal and Newborn Health)
Employment
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Sarah White

College of Medicine, University of Malawi: Blantyre, MW

2011-01-03 to 2015-07-03 | Senior Lecturer and MPH Tutor (Public (formerly Community) Health)
Employment
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Sarah White

University of Liverpool: Liverpool, Liverpool, GB

2001-04-01 to 2010-12-31 | Senior Research Assistant (Centre for Medical Statistics)
Employment
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Sarah White

Chancellor College, University of Malawi: Zomba, MW

1994-09-01 to 2001-03-31 | Lecturer / Senior Lecturer (Mathematical Sciences)
Employment
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Sarah White

Education and qualifications (1)

University of Nottingham: Nottingham, GB

1982-10 to 1986-10 | PhD (Medical Statistics)
Qualification
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Sarah White

Professional activities (1)

Royal Statistical Society: London, GB

1983 to present | Chartered Statistician
Membership
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Sarah White

Works (44)

Standards-based audit to improve quality of maternal and newborn care—A stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial in Malawi

PLOS ONE
2024-09-30 | Journal article
Contributors: Sarah Ann White; Mergan Naidoo; Florence Mgawadere; Somasundari Gopalakrishnan; Nynke van den Broek
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A multi-dimensional incomplete stepped-wedge trial design to estimate the impact of standards-based audit

PLOS ONE
2023-11-30 | Journal article
Contributors: Sarah Ann White; Mergan Naidoo; Florence Mgawadere
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A blended learning approach for capacity strengthening to improve the quality of integrated HIV, TB, and Malaria services during antenatal and postnatal care in LMICs: A feasibility study

2023-05-05 | Preprint
Contributors: Alice Norah Ladur; Elizabeth Adjoa Kumah; Uzochukwu Egere; Florence Mgawadere; Christopher Murray; Marion Ravit; Sarah Ann White; Hauwa Mohammed; Rael Mutai; Lucy Nyaga et al.
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Improving capacity for advanced training in obstetric surgery: Evaluation of a blended learning approach

2023-04-28 | Preprint
Contributors: Helen Allott; Alan Smith; Sarah White; Irene Nyaoke; Ogoti Evans; Michael Oriwo Oduor; Steven Karangau; Sheila Sawe; Nassir Shaaban; Ochola Ephraim et al.
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Physical morbidity and psychological and social comorbidities at five stages during pregnancy and after childbirth: a multicountry cross-sectional survey

BMJ Open
2022-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Mary McCauley; Sarah White; Sarah Bar-Zeev; Pamela Godia; Pratima Mittal; Shamsa Zafar; Nynke van den Broek
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Work-based risk factors and quality of life in health care workers providing maternal and newborn care during the Sierra Leone Ebola epidemic: findings using the WHOQOL-BREF and HSE Management Standards Tool

BMJ Open
2020-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Susan Jones; Sarah White; Judith Ormrod; Betty Sam; Florence Bull; Steven Pieh; Somasundari Gopalakrishnan; Nynke van den Broek
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Maternal morbidity: a longitudinal study of women’s health during and up to 22 months after pregnancy in Jamaica

Psychology, Health and Medicine
2020-06-01 | Journal article | Author
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13480

Contributors: Reece, J; Mary McCauley; McCaw-Binns, A; Sarah White; Samms-Vaughan, M; Nynke van den Broek
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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

Availability and use of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) for neonatal care in public health facilities in India: a cross-sectional cluster survey

BMJ Open
2020-02 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2044-6055
Part of ISSN: 2044-6055
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Sarah White
grade
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Understanding cause of stillbirth: a prospective observational multi-country study from sub-Saharan Africa

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
2019-12-04 | Journal article | Author
SOURCE-WORK-ID:

13325

Contributors: Mamuda Aminu; Bar-Zeev, Sarah; Sarah White; Matthews Mathai; Nynke van den Broek
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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

Effects of emergency obstetric care training on maternal and perinatal outcomes: a stepped wedge cluster randomised trial in South Africa

BMJ Global Health
2019-11-10 | Journal article | Author
DOI:

10.1136/ bmjgh-2019-001670

SOURCE-WORK-ID:

13096

Contributors: Nynke van den Broek; Charles Ameh; Barbara Madaj; Makin, Jennifer; Sarah White; Hemming, Karla; Moodley, J; Pattinson, Robert
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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

The effectiveness of training in emergency obstetric care: a systematic literature review.

Health Policy and Planning
2019-05-20 | Journal article | Author
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10765

Contributors: Charles Ameh; Mselenge Mdegela; Sarah White; Nynke van den Broek
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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

Retention of knowledge and skills after Emergency Obstetric Care training: A multi-country longitudinal study

PLoS ONE
2018-10-05 | Journal article | Author
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9434

Contributors: Charles Ameh; Sarah White; Fiona Dickinson; Mselenge Mdegela; Barbara Madaj; Nynke van den Broek
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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

Burden of physical, psychological and social ill-health during and after pregnancy among women in India, Pakistan, Kenya and Malawi

BMJ Global Health
2018-05-03 | Journal article | Author
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8572

Contributors: Mary McCauley; Barbara Madaj; Sarah White; Fiona Dickinson; Bar-Zev, Sarah; Mamuda Aminu; Godia, Pamela; Mittal, Pratima; Zafar, Shamsa; Nynke van den Broek
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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

Stool frequency recording in severe acute malnutrition (‘StoolSAM’); an agreement study comparing maternal recall versus direct observation using diapers

BMC Pediatrics
2017-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1471-2431
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Sarah White

Adjusted Risk Difference Estimation: An Assessment of Convergence Problems with Application to Malaria Efficacy Studies

Open Access Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
2017-12-22 | Journal article | Author
SOURCE-WORK-ID:

8089

Contributors: Mukaka, Mavuto; Sarah White; Mwapasa, Victor; Kalilani-Phiri, Linda; Anja Terlouw; Faragher, Brian
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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

Model choices to obtain adjusted risk difference estimates from a binomial regression model with convergence problems: An assessment of methods of adjusted risk difference estimation

Journal of Medical Statistics and Informatics
2016 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2053-7662
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Sarah White

Knowledge and Skills of Healthcare Providers in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia before and after Competency-Based Training in Emergency Obstetric and Early Newborn Care

PLoS ONE
2016-12-22 | Journal article | Author
SOURCE-WORK-ID:

6486

Contributors: Charles Ameh; Kerr, Robert; Barbara Madaj; Mselenge Mdegela; Terry Kana; Jones, Susan; Lambert, Jaki; Fiona Dickinson; Sarah White; Nynke van den Broek
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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

2016 Zimbabwe: Independent Evaluation of the Health Transition Fund in Zimbabwe

2016-10-10 | Book | Author
SOURCE-WORK-ID:

6765

Contributors: Nynke van den Broek; Thidar Pyone; Owolabi, Helen; Munjanja, Stephen; Caffrey, Margaret; Lijdsman, Michael; Sarah White; Nygaard, Siv Steffen
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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

‘Women and babies are dying but not of Ebola’: the effect of the Ebola virus epidemic on the availability, uptake and outcomes of maternal and newborn health services in Sierra Leone

BMJ Global Health
2016-10-07 | Journal article | Author
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6277

Contributors: Jones, Susan; Somasundari Gopalakrishnan; Charles Ameh; Sarah White; Nynke van den Broek
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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

When, Where, and Why Are Babies Dying? Neonatal Death Surveillance and Review in Bangladesh

PLOS ONE
2016-08-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1932-6203
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Sarah White
grade
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Is Using Multiple Imputation (MI) Better Than Complete Case (CC) Analysis For Estimating a Prevalence (Risk) Difference In Randomized Controlled Trials When Binary Outcome Observations Are Missing?

Trials
2016-07-21 | Journal article | Author
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5969

Contributors: Mukaka, Mavuto; Sarah White; Anja Terlouw; Mwapasa, Victor; Kalilani-Phiri, Linda; Faragher, Brian
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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

Iron Supplementation in HIV-Infected Malawian Children With Anemia: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Controlled Trial

Clinical Infectious Diseases
2013-12-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1058-4838
Part of ISSN: 1537-6591
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Sarah White

Vitamin D Deficiency in Medical Patients at a Central Hospital in Malawi: A Comparison with TB Patients from a Previous Study

PLoS ONE
2013-03-28 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1932-6203
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Sarah White

Post-neonatal Mortality, Morbidity, and Developmental Outcome after Ultrasound-Dated Preterm Birth in Rural Malawi: A Community-Based Cohort Study

PLoS Medicine
2011-11-08 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1549-1676
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Sarah White

Early Deaths During Tuberculosis Treatment Are Associated With Depressed Innate Responses, Bacterial Infection, and Tuberculosis Progression

The Journal of Infectious Diseases
2011-08-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1537-6613
Part of ISSN: 0022-1899
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Sarah White

Wood smoke exposure, poverty and impaired lung function in Malawian adults.

The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2011-03-01 | Journal article
Source: Self-asserted source
Sarah White

The role of angiogenic factors in predicting clinical outcome in severe bacterial infection in Malawian children

Critical Care
2010 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1364-8535
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Sarah White

A Trial of a 7-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine in HIV-Infected Adults

New England Journal of Medicine
2010-03-04 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0028-4793
Part of ISSN: 1533-4406
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Sarah White

The APPLe Study: A Randomized, Community-Based, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Azithromycin for the Prevention of Preterm Birth, with Meta-Analysis

PLoS Medicine
2009-12-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1549-1676
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Sarah White

The neglected role of antibody in protection against bacteremia caused by nontyphoidal strains of Salmonella in African children

Journal of Clinical Investigation
2008-04-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0021-9738
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Sarah White

Association between sputum smear status and local immune responses at the site of disease in HIV-infected patients with pulmonary tuberculosis

Tuberculosis
2008-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1472-9792
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Sarah White

Alveolar macrophages from HIV-infected patients with pulmonary tuberculosis retain the capacity to respond to stimulation by lipopolysaccharide

Microbes and Infection
2007-07 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1286-4579
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Sarah White

Finger-prick blood samples can be used interchangeably with venous samples for CD4 cell counting indicating their potential for use in CD4 rapid tests

AIDS
2007-07 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0269-9370
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Sarah White

Diagnostic accuracy and clinical utility of a simplified low cost method of counting CD4 cells with flow cytometry in Malawi: diagnostic accuracy study

BMJ
2007-07-28 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0959-8138
Part of ISSN: 1468-5833
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Sarah White

High Pneumococcal DNA Loads Are Associated With Mortality in Malawian Children With Invasive Pneumococcal Disease

The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
2007-05 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0891-3668
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Sarah White

Maternal medicine: Randomised trial of vitamin A supplementation in pregnant women in rural Malawi found to be anaemic on screening by HemoCue

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
2006-03-27 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1470-0328
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Sarah White

Preterm birth in rural Malawi: high incidence in ultrasound-dated population

Human Reproduction
2005-11-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1460-2350
Part of ISSN: 0268-1161
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Sarah White

Methods for assessing reliability and validity for a measurement tool: a case study and critique using the WHO haemoglobin colour scale

Statistics in Medicine
2004-05-30 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0277-6715
Part of ISSN: 1097-0258
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Sarah White

Mycobacterium tuberculosisResides in Nonacidified Vacuoles in Endocytically Competent Alveolar Macrophages from Patients with Tuberculosis and HIV Infection

The Journal of Immunology
2004-04-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0022-1767
Part of ISSN: 1550-6606
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Sarah White

Reproductive health in rural Malawi: a population-based survey

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
2003-10 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1470-0328
Source: Self-asserted source
Sarah White

Anaemia in pregnancy in southern Malawi: prevalence and risk factors

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
2000-04 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1470-0328
Part of ISSN: 1471-0528
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Sarah White

Diagnosing anaemia in pregnancy in rural clinics: assessing the potential of the Haemoglobin Colour Scale.

Bulletin of the World Health Organization
1999-01-01 | Journal article
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Sarah White

Iron status in pregnant women: which measurements are valid?

British Journal of Haematology
1998-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0007-1048
Part of ISSN: 1365-2141
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Sarah White

The relationship between asymptomatic human immunodeficiency virus infection and the prevalence and severity of anemia in pregnant Malawian women.

The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
1998-12-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0002-9637
Part of ISSN: 1476-1645
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Sarah White

Peer review (3 reviews for 2 publications/grants)

Review activity for PloS one. (1)
Review activity for Trials (2)