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Editor-in-Chief

Sanni Yaya, PhD, MSc, AdmA, FCIM, MPM

New Content Item University of Ottawa, Canada

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 Specialisms: Global health; Maternal and child health, Reproductive health; International health

Associate Editors

Ojo Agunbiade, B.Sc., M.Sc., PhD., M.Sc

New Content ItemObafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria

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Twitter: @ojomelvin

Specialisms: African Medical System, Gender, Mixed Methods Studies, Scoping and Systematic Reviews, Sexual Health and Reproductive Health Issues Among Emerging Adults and Older Adults, Social Policy

Hamdia Ahmed, PhD

HaNew Content Itemwler Medical University, Iraq

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Twitter: @Hamdia90546555

Specialisms: Nursing, Midwifery, Women's health


Gulzhanat Aimagambetova, MD, PhD

New Content ItemNazarbayev University School of Medicine, Kazakhstan

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Specialisms: Cervical cancer, HPV, Recurrent pregnancy loss, Cervical cancer screening, Antenatal care, Endometriosis

Aduragbemi Banke-Thomas, PhD, MPH (Hons), MBBS, FHEA, FRSPH

New Content ItemLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK

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Twitter: @abankethomas

Specialisms: Maternal health, Neonatal health, Reproductive health

Moamar Al-Jefoutt, MD, PhD

New Content ItemMutah University, Jordan

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Twitter: @drmoamar

Specialisms: Endometriosis, PCOS, Adenomyosis, Chronic pelvic pain, Menstrual abnormalities, Infertility


Aliki Christou, PhD, MPH, BSc

New Content ItemInstitute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium

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Twitter: @alichristou

Specialisms: Maternal and newborn health, Perinatal health, Stillbirth, Quality of care, Measurement, Health information systems, Global health, Health systems, Fragile and conflict settings, Implementation research

Omid Dadras, MD, MPH, PhD

New Content ItemUniversity of Bergen, Norway

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Specialisms: Maternal and child health in developing countries, Survey data

Dvora Davey, MPH, PhD

New Content ItemUniversity of California Los Angeles, United States of America

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Twitter: @dvora_davey

Specialisms: HIV, STIs, Reproductive health, Global health


Kwamena Sekyi Dickson, PhD

New Content ItemUniversity of Cape Coast, Ghana

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Specialisms: Sexual and Reproductive Health, Gender-Based Violence, Demography, Maternal Newborn and Child birth

Jiangbo Du, MD, PhD

New Content Item Nanjing Medical University, China

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 Specialisms: Reproductive Epidemiology



Ferdinando Antonio Gulino, MD

New Content ItemUniversity of Messina, Italy

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Specialisms: Obstetrics, Infertility, Gynecology, Prenatal diagnosis, Ultrasound

Vânia Gonçalves, PhD

New Content Item Centre Health Studies and Research of the University of Coimbra, Portugal

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 Twitter: Vânia Gonçalves

 Specialisms: Psychooncology, Breast and Gynaecologic cancers, Oncofertility, Medical decision making, DAs, Communication skill


Melissa Harris, PhD

UnivNew Content Itemersity of Newcastle, Australia

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Twitter: @DrMelissaHarris

Specialisms: Contraception, Unintended pregnancy, Abortion, Chronic disease


Avinash Kavi, MBBS, MD, DNB, MNAMS, FDIAB, MIPHA

New Content ItemKLE Academy of Higher Education and Research, India

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Twitter: @dravinashkavi

Specialisms: Maternal and child health, Community health, Obstetrics, Public health, Diabetes, Community based research

Maryse Kok, PhD

New Content ItemKIT Royal Tropical Institute, Netherlands

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Twitter: @marysekok

Specialisms: Sexual and reproductive health and rights, Community health

Satyajit Kundu, BSc, MSc, MPH

New Content ItemGlobal Health Institute, North South University, Bangladesh

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Twitter: @satyajitnfs

Specialisms: Public health, Sexual and reproductive health, Maternal and child health, Nutrition, Family planning and contraception

Jufen Liu, PhD

New Content Item Peking University, China

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 Specialisms: Translational Medicine on Reproductive Health, Perinatal nutrition and epidemiology, Birth defects and disability


Nicole McPherson, PhD

New Content ItemThe University of Adelaide, Australia

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Twitter: @NicciMcPherson

Specialisms: Male fertility, Sperm, Spermatogenesis, ART, IVF, Male infertility, Embryogenesis, Embryo development.

Arupendra Mozumdar, PhD

New Content ItemPopulation Council, India

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Specialisms: Family planning, Reproductive health, Medical anthropology, Social and behavior change communication


Doyinmola Ojifinni, MBBS, MPH, PhD

New Content ItemUniversity of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

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Specialisms: Preconception care, Family planning, Adolescent health, Intimate partner violence, Epidemiology, Cancer prevention

Maleesa Pathirana, PhD

New Content ItemThe University of Adelaide, Australia

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Specialisms: Gestational diabetes, Obstetrics, Maternal health

Pintu Paul, PhD

New Content ItemASPIRE - A Society of Promotion of Inclusive and Relevant Education, India

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Specialisms: Social determinants of health, Maternal and child health, Sexual and reproductive health, Family planning, Adolescent health, Gender and development, Quantitative research

Manas Ranjan Pradhan, PhD

New Content ItemInternational Institute for Population Sciences, India

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Specialisms: Reproductive health, Family planning, Qualitative research


MD Ashfikur Rahman, MSS

New Content ItemKhulna University, Bangladesh

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Specialisms: Mental Health, Public Health, Women's and children's Health, Reproductive Health

Tomer Avidor-Reiss, PhD

New Content Item (2)University of Toledo, United States

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Specialisms: Cell biology, Sperm, Centriole, Centrosome
 

Javier Roberti, PhD

 CONICNew Content ItemET, Argentina

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 Specialisms: Qualitative research, Sociology, Social sciences and health


Martin Stimpfel, PhD

New Content ItemUniversity Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia

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Specialisms: Embryology, Spermatogenesis, Oogenesis, In vitro fertilization, IVF, ART, MAR, Oocyte, Sperm, Cryopreservation, Epigenetics, Stem cells

Xiang Tao, MD, PhD

New Content Item (2)Obstetrics & Gynecology Hospital of Fudan University, China

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Specialisms: Gynecological oncology, gynecological pathology, placental pathology

Jiang-Nan Wu, PhD

New Content Item (1)Fudan University, China

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Specialisms: Maternal exposure and risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes, Clinical epidemiology, Human vaccines
 

Keliang Wu, MD

New Content ItemShandong University, China

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Specialisms: Reproductive Medicine, Embryonic Development, Epigenetics

Junjun Yang, MD

New Content ItemPeking Union Medical College Hospital, China

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Specialisms: Gynecologic cancer

Qianling Zhou, PhD, MSc

New Content ItemPeking University, China

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Specialisms: Maternal and child health, Sexual and reproductive health, Health behaviour research, Community-based research


Editor-in-Chief
Sanni Yaya, MSc, PhD, AdmA, FCIM, MPM, University of Ottawa, Canada

Deputy Editor
Bright Ahinkorah, PhD, University of Technology Sydney, Australia

Associate Editors
Ojo Agunbiade, B.Sc., M.Sc., PhD., M.Sc, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria
Hamdia Mirkhan Ahmed, MSc, PhD, Hawler Medical University, Iraq
Gulzhanat Aimagambetova, MD, PhD, Nazarbayev University School of Medicine, Kazakhstan
Moamar Al-Jefout, MD, PhD, Mutah University, Jordan
MD Ashfikur Rahman, MSS, Khulna University, Bangladesh
Prabha Andraweera, MBBS, PhD, The University of Adelaide, Australia
Aduragbemi Banke-Thomas, PhD, MPH (Hons), MBBS, FHEA, FRSPH, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
Firew Bobo, PhD, Harvard University, USA
Andrea Carosso, MD, University of Torino, Italy
Aliki Christou, PhD, MPH, BSc, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium
Tadesse Daba, MPH, Deakin University, Australia
Omid Dadras, MD, PhD, University of Bergen, Norway
Dvora Davey, MPH, PhD, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, USA
Ebenezer Kwesi Armah-Ansah, M. Phil., National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia
Kwamena Sekyi Dickson, PhD, University of Cape Coast, Ghana
Anvita Dixit, PhD, University of Ottawa, Canada
Jiangbo Du, MD, PhD, Nanjing Medical University, China
Laxmi Kant Dwivedi, PhD, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), India
John K. Ganle, DPhill,  School of Public Health, Ghana
Vânia Gonçalves, PhD, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Ferdinando Antonio Gulino, MD, University of Messina, Italy
Lan Guo, PhD, Sun Yat-sen University, China
Melissa Harris, PhD, Centre for Women’s Health Research, Australia
Babul Hossain, MSc, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), India
Kim Jonas, PhD, BCM, MA, South African Medical Research Council, South Africa
Kenneth Juma, MS, African Population and Health Research Center, Kenya
Getachew Mullu Kassa, PhD, Johns Hopkins University, USA
Avinash Kavi, MBBS, MD, DNB, MNAMS, F.DIAB, MIPHA,  Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, India
Mary Kinney, PhD, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
Maryse Kok, PhD, KIT Royal Tropical Institute, Netherlands
Satyajit Kundu, BSc, MSc, MPH, Global Health Institute, North South University, Bangladesh
MichaÅ‚ Kunicki, MD, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
Jufen Liu, PhD, Peking University, China
Zheng Liu, PhD, Peking University, China
Nicole McPherson, PhD, The University of Adelaide, Australia
Salima Meherali, PhD, University of Alberta, Canada
Carmen Messerlian, MSc, PhD, Harvard School of Public Health, USA
Arupendra Mozumdar, PhD, Population Council, India
Mislav MikuÅ¡, MD, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Croatia
Marzieh Naz, PhD, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Chuanyi Ning, PhD, MD, Guangxi Medical University, China
Doyinmola Ojifinni, MBBS, MPH, PhD, FWACP, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Gbenga Olorunfemi, MBBS, BOOT Hospitals & Centre for Reproductive Research Limited, Nigeria
Comfort Z. PhD, Olorunsaiye, Arcadia University, USA
Darshan Patel, MD, University of California – San Diego, USA
Maleesa Pathirana, PhD, The University of Adelaide, Australia
Pintu Paul, PhD, ASPIRE - A Society of Promotion of Inclusive and Relevant Education, India
Manas Ranjan Pradhan, PhD, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), India
Pengpeng Qu, MD, PhD, Tianjin Central Hospital of Gynecology Obstetrics, China
Gwendolyn P. Quinn, PhD, NYU School of Medicine, USA
Tomer Avidor-Reiss, PhD, University of Toledo, United States
Javier RobertiPhD, Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy (IECS), Argentina
Mahdi Sepidarkish, PhD, Babol University, Iran
Himani Sharma, PhD, International Institute for Population Studies, India
Rajender Singh, PhD, Central Drug Research Institute, India
Chandrashekhar T Sreeramareddy, PhD, International Medical University, Malaysia
Mahboube Taebi, PhD, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Xiang Tao, MD, PhD, Obstetrics & Gynecology Hospital of Fudan University, China
Ogochukwu Udenigwe, PhD, University of Sydney, Australia
Ondine von Ehrenstein, MPH, PhD, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, USA
Cathy Watson, PhD, University of Melbourne, Australia
Andrea Whittaker, PhD, Monash University, Australia
Andrew Williams, PhD, MPH, University of North Dakota, USA
Jiang-Nan Wu, PhD, Fudan University, China 
Keliang Wu, MD, Shandong University, China 
Taddese Zerfu, PhD, Dilla University, Ethiopia
Qianling Zhou, PhD, MSc, Peking University, China
Joseph Mumba Zulu, PhD, University of Zambia, Zambia

Editorial Board
Bosede Bukola Afolabi, MBChB, University of Lagos, Nigeria
Avni Amin, PhD, World Health Organization, Switzerland
Delayehu Bekele, MD, MPH, FECSACOG, Saint Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College, Ethiopia
Giuseppe Benagiano, MD, PhD, FACOG, FICOG, FRCOG, HonSen, DHC, University of Rome, Italy 
Ana Pilar Betrán, MD, PhD, World Health Organization, Switzerland
Zulfiqar Bhutta, MBBS, PhD, Aga Khan University, Pakistan
Pierre Buekens, MD, PhD, Tulane University, USA
Alma V Camacho, MD, MPH, United Nations Population Fund, Latin America
Tamaryn L. Crankshaw, PhD, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Anindita Dasgupta, PhD, MPH, Columbia University, USA
Pasquale De Franciscis, MD PhD, University of Campania, Italy
Adesegun Fatusi, MBChB, MPH, FWACP, PhD, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria
Anam Shahil Feroz, MSc, University of Toronto, Canada
Shivaprasad Goudar, MD, MHPE,  Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, India
Yan Guo, MD, PhD,  Peking University Health Science Center, China
Jane Harries, PhD, MPH, MPhil, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Margo Harrison, MD, MPH, FACOG, University of Colorado, USA
Justus Hofmeyr, DSc, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Sennen Hounton, MD, MPH, PhD, Centre Muraz, Burkina Faso
Yukun Hu, PhD, Peking University, China
Latifat Ibisomi, PhD, MSc(Med), MSc, BSc(Hons), University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Caroline Kabiru, PhD, African Population and Health Research Center, Kenya
Azita Fathnezhad Kazemi, PhD, Islamic Azad University, Iran
Stephen O. Kwankye, PhD, University of Ghana, Ghana
Zohra Lassi, PhD, The University of Adelaide, Australia
Els Leye, PhD, Ghent University, Belgium
Chaohua Lou, MD, Shanghai Institute of Planned Parenthood Research, China 
Pisake Lumbiganon, MD, MS , University of Khon Kaen, Thailand
Clara Menendez, PhD, University of Barcelona, Spain
Mario Merialdi, MD,  Becton Dickinson and Company, USA
Suneeta Mittal, MBBS, MD, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India
Trena Mukherjee, DrPH, MPH, Columbia University, USA
Wilfred Njabulo Nunu, PhD,  National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabwe
Olufemi Taiwo Oladapo, MD, MPH, FWACS, FICS, World Health Organisation, Switzerland
Omrana Pasha, MBBS, Aga Khan University, Pakistan
Nigel Pereira, MD, Weill Cornell Medicine, USA
Tiarney D. Ritchwood, PhD, Duke University, USA
Lale Say, MD, MSc, World Health Organization, Switzerland 
Martin Stimpfel, PhD, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia
Enrique F Schisterman, PhD, MA. NICHD-DESPR, USA
Andrea Wendt, PhD, Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil
Junjun Yang, MD, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, China

Editor Emeritus​​​​
José M Belizán, MD, PhD, Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy (IECS), Argentina 
Veronica Pingray, BSc, RM, MPH, Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy, USA
Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli, MBBS, MSc, World Health Organization, Switzerland