Thorkild Tylleskär
Position
and Paediatrician, MD, PhD, MA, Centre for International Health
Affiliation
- thorkild.tylleskar@uib.no
- Phone number
- +47 48074410
- +47 55588562
- Visitor address
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Overlege Danielssens hus, 5 floor, Årstadveien 21
5009 Bergen - Room: 526
- Postal address
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P.O. Box 7804NO-5020 BergenNorway
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Thorkild Tylleskär
Position
and Paediatrician, MD, PhD, MA, Centre for International Health
Affiliation
Research groups
Short info
Thorkild Tylleskär (MD, PhD, MA) is a paediatrician and professor in International Health since 2001, trained at Uppsala University and Uppsala University Hospital, Sweden. His focus is on child health, birth care, neonatal care, HIV, nutrition and clinical trials in low-income countries.
Research
- H-index 41 Publons/Web of Science
- ResearcherID S-5529-2017
- ORCID ID 0000-0003-4801-4324
- Thorkild Tylleskär (MD, PhD, MA) is a paediatrician and professor in International Health since 2001, trained at Uppsala University and Uppsala University Hospital in Sweden. His focus is on child health, birth care, neonatal care, HIV, nutrition, health informatics and clinical trials in a global perspective.
- He leads the Norwegian Forum for Global Health Research
- He leads the Norwegian Research School in Global Health for Sustainable Futures
- 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 PhD 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 DR Congo and other pockets in Africa.
- 12 of his former PhD-candidates have been promoted to professors at universities in Africa, USA and Norway.
Key publications:
- Pejovic NJ et al. A Randomized Trial of Laryngeal Mask Airway in Neonatal Resuscitation. N Engl J Med 2020;383:2138-2147
- Van de Perre P et al. Eliminating postnatal HIV transmission in high incidence areas: need for complementary biomedical interventions. Lancet 2021;397:1316-1324
- Nagot N et al. 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 2016;387:566-573.
- Tylleskär T et al. Exclusive breastfeeding promotion by peer counsellors in sub-Saharan Africa (PROMISE-EBF): a cluster-randomised trial. Lancet 2011;378:420-7
- Tylleskär T et al. Cassava cyanogens and konzo, an upper motoneuron disease found in Africa. Lancet 1992;339:208-11.
Supervision: He has supervised over 40 PhD candidates, most 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:
- Emollient therapy for very low birthweight infants (<1500 g) in Uganda: effects on survival, infection, growth and development
- PROMISE ZERO
- REBOA PPH trial – Randomized Clinical Trial Assessing the usefulness of aorta ballon in postpartum haemorrhage
- 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
- Sambulelo
- Norwegian Research School in Global Health for Sustainable Futures
- BURST-Excel - The Bergen-Uganda Collaboration on Research Schools and Training for Excellence in Global Health
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
- Clinical trials
- Information and Communication Technology in Health Sciences
Awards:
Additional responsibilities:
- Chair of the Norwegian Forum for Global Health Research, 2023-
- 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 University of Bergen coordinator for the collaboration with Makerere University
- Board member of the Faculty of Medicine 2021-2025
Teaching
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/three 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
Academic article
- T. E. Mbira; A. J. Prendergast; Thorkild Tylleskär et al. (2025). Breastfeeding and antiretroviral access among HIV-exposed children during the peak COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in a rural district in South Africa. (external link)
- Souleymane Tassembedo; Nicolas Meda; Chipepo Kankasa et al. (2025). HIV prevention and undiagnosed infections in children in sub-Saharan Africa. (external link)
- Milton W. Musaba; Ritah Nantale; David Mukunya et al. (2025). Feasibility and acceptability of using the BabySaver resuscitation platform and NeoBeat together for neonatal resuscitation in a low-resource setting: A pre-post implementation study. (external link)
- Elly Nuwamanya; Jonathan Mayito; Stephen Okoboi et al. (2025). Societal Economic Burden of Antibiotic Resistance in Uganda: A Cost of Illness Study. (external link)
- Martin Chebet; Kathy Leanne Hewitt Smith; Joseph Rujumba et al. (2025). Acceptability of minimal invasive tissue sampling (MITS) for stillbirths in Eastern Uganda. (external link)
- Martin Chebet; Joseph Rujumba; Kathy Leanne Hewitt Smith et al. (2025). ‘The grave must not be seen by anyone!’: Beliefs and practices about stillbirths in Eastern Uganda. (external link)
- Mia Appelbäck; Clare Lubulwa; Lawrence Kazibwe et al. (2025). Severe postpartum haemorrhage at a large referral hospital in Uganda: A prospective observational pilot study. (external link)
- Frantz Foissac; Joern Blume; Jean-Marc Tréluyer et al. (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. (external link)
- Jean Claude Mwanza; DE Lysebo; DL Kayembe et al. (2003). Visual evoked potentials in konzo, a spastic paraparesis of acute onset in Africa. (external link)
- Jean Claude Mwanza; Désiré Tshala-Katumbay; DL Kayembe et al. (2003). Neuro-ophthalmologic findings in konzo, an upper motor neuron disorder in Africa. (external link)
- Thorkild Tylleskär (2003). Er informasjons- og kommunikasjonsteknologien skadelig for de fattige?. (external link)
- Henry Wamani; Anne Nordrehaug Åstrøm; Stefan Peterson et al. (2007). Boys are more stunted than girls in Sub-Saharan Africa: a meta-analysis of 16 demographic and health surveys. (external link)
- Tebagalika Barbara Eva Kirunda; Henry Wamani; Lars T. Fadnes et al. (2016). Objectively assessed physical activity and associated factors among adults in peri-urban and rural Eastern Uganda: a population-based study. (external link)
- Lars Thore Fadnes; Ingunn Marie S. Engebretsen; Henry Wamani et al. (2009). Need to optimise infant feeding counselling: A cross-sectional survey among HIV-positive mothers in Eastern Uganda. (external link)
- Henry Wamani; Anne Nordrehaug Åstrøm; Stefan Peterson et al. (2005). Infant and young child feeding in Western Uganda: Knowledge, practices and socio-economic correlates. (external link)
- Leila Georgena Katirayi; Addmore Chadambuka; Auxilia Muchedzi et al. (2017). Echoes of old HIV paradigms: Reassessing the problem of engaging men in HIV testing and treatment through women's perspectives. (external link)
- Philippa Musoke; Peter Mudiope; Linda N Barlow-Mosha et al. (2010). Growth, immune and viral responses in HIV infected African children receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy: a prospective cohort study. (external link)
- Jonas Finger; Gert B.M. Mensink; Winfried Banzer et al. (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). (external link)
- Lars Thore Fadnes; Ingunn Marie S. Engebretsen; Henry Wamani et al. (2009). Infant feeding among HIV-positive mothers and the general population mothers: comparison of two cross-sectional surveys in Eastern Uganda. (external link)
- Ingunn Marie S. Engebretsen; Thorkild Tylleskär; Henry Wamani et al. (2008). Determinants of infant growth in Eastern Uganda: a community-based cross-sectional study. (external link)
- Hedwig Acham; JK Kikafunda; Thorkild Tylleskar et al. (2012). Nutritional and health profiles of primary schoolchildren in rural Uganda. (external link)
- Elin Hestvik; Thorkild Tylleskar; Grace Ndeezi et al. (2011). Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori in HIV-infected, HAART-naive Ugandan children: a hospital-based survey. (external link)
- Andrea Melberg; Abdoulaye Hama Diallo; Ana Lorena Ruano et al. (2016). Reflections on the Unintended Consequencesof the Promotion of Institutional Pregnancyand Birth Care in Burkina Faso. (external link)
- Joern Blume; Ana Lorena Ruano; Siri Wang et al. (2018). Oral medicine acceptance in infants and toddlers: measurement properties of the caregiver-administered Children’s acceptance tool (CareCAT). (external link)
- David Mukunya; Marte Emilie Sandvik Haaland; James K. Tumwine et al. (2018). "We shall count it as a part of kyogero": acceptability and considerations for scale up of single dose chlorhexidine for umbilical cord care in Central Uganda. (external link)
- Eli Fjeld Falnes; Karen Marie Moland; Thorkild Tylleskar et al. (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. (external link)
- Chipepo Kankasa; Anaïs Mennecier; Beninwendé L D Sakana et al. (2024). Optimised prevention of postnatal HIV transmission in Zambia and Burkina Faso (PROMISE-EPI): a phase 3, open-label, randomised controlled trial. (external link)
- Nicolas Nagot; Chipepo Kankasa; Nicolas Meda et al. (2012). Lopinavir/Ritonavir versus Lamivudine peri-exposure prophylaxis to prevent HIV-1 transmission by breastfeeding: the PROMISE-PEP trial Protocol ANRS 12174. (external link)
- Lars T. Fadnes; Victoria Nankabirwa; Ingunn Marie S. Engebretsen et al. (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. (external link)
- Anne Bergljot Bærug; Øyvind Langsrud; Beate Fossum Løland et al. (2016). Effectiveness of Baby-friendly community health services on exclusive breastfeeding and maternal satisfaction: a pragmatic trial. (external link)
- Esperance Kashala; Irene Bircow Elgen; Kristian Sommerfelt et al. (2005). Teacher ratings of mental health among school children in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. (external link)
- Akwi Noela Regina Okalany; David Mukunya; Peter Olupot-Olupot et al. (2025). Postnatal cytomegalovirus infection and its effect on hearing and neurodevelopmental outcomes among infants aged 3-10 months: A cohort study in Eastern Uganda. (external link)
- Espoir Bwenge Malembaka; James K Tumwine; Grace Ndeezi et al. (2019). Effects of complementary feeding on attained height among lower primary school-aged children in Eastern Uganda: A nested prospective cohort study. (external link)
- Lars T. Fadnes; Ingunn Marie S. Engebretsen; Karen Marie Moland et al. (2010). Infant feeding counselling in Uganda in a changing environment with focus on the general population and HIV-positive mothers - a mixed method approach. (external link)
- Nicolas Pejovic; Thorkild Tylleskär (2017). Kufflös larynxmask kan minska risker vid neonatal återupplivning. (external link)
- Stephen Mucunguzi; Henry Wamani; Peter Lochoro et al. (2014). Effects of Improved Access to Transportation on Emergency obstetric Care Outcomes in Uganda. (external link)
- David Gatsinzi Rutagwera; Jean-Pierre Molès; Chipepo Kankasa et al. (2022). Recurrent Severe Subclinical Mastitis and the Risk of HIV Transmission Through Breastfeeding. (external link)
- Agnes Kasede Napyo; Victoria Nankabirwa; David Mukunya et al. (2020). Prevalence and predictors for unintended pregnancy among HIV-infected pregnant women in Lira, Northern Uganda: a cross-sectional study. (external link)
- Anaïs Mennecier; Chipepo Kankasa; Paulin Fao et al. (2021). Design and challenges of a large HIV prevention clinical study on mother-to-child transmission: ANRS 12397 PROMISE-EPI study in Zambia and Burkina Faso. (external link)
- Eli Fjeld; Seter Siziya; Mary Katepa-Bwalya et al. (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. (external link)
- Jonas Finger; Thorkild Tylleskar; Thomas Lampert et al. (2012). Physical activity patterns and socioeconomic position: the German National Health Interview and Examination Survey 1998 (GNHIES98). (external link)
- Nicolas Pejovic; Francesco Cavallin; Allan Mpamize et al. (2021). Respiratory monitoring during neonatal resuscitation using a supraglottic airway device vs. a face mask. (external link)
- Ingunn Marie S. Engebretsen; Henry Wamani; Charles Amnon S. Karamagi et al. (2007). Low adherence to exclusive breastfeeding in Eastern Uganda: A community-based cross-sectional study comparing dietary recall since birth with 24-hour recall. (external link)
- Alice Mugisha; Ankica Babic; Peter Wakholi et al. (2019). High-fidelity prototyping for mobile electronic data collection forms through design and user evaluation. (external link)
- Désiré Tshala-Katumbay; Karin Edebol Eeg-Olofsson; Théodore Kazadi-Kayembe et al. (2002). Analysis of motor pathway involvemnet in Konzo using transcranial electrical and magnetic stimulation. (external link)
- Faustin Kitetele Ndolumingu; Gilbert M. Lelo; Cathy E. Akele et al. (2022). Lessons Learned from the Impact of HIV Status Disclosure to Children after First-Line Antiretroviral Treatment Failure in Kinshasa, DR Congo. (external link)
- Samuel Ikwaras Okware; Francis Omaswa; Ambrose Talisuna et al. (2015). Managing ebola from rural to urban slum settings: Experiences from Uganda. (external link)
- JD Finger; Thorkild Tylleskär; T Lampert et al. (2013). Dietary Behaviour and Socioeconomic Position: The Role of Physical Activity Patterns. (external link)
- Désiré Tshala-Katumbay; Karin Edebol Eeg-Olofsson; Théodore Kazadi-Kayembe et al. (2002). Abnormalities of somatosensory evokedpotentials in konzo - an upper motor neuron disorder. (external link)
- Victoria Nankabirwa; David Mukunya; Grace Ndeezi et al. (2024). Can an integrated intervention package including peer support increase the proportion of health facility births? A cluster randomised controlled trial in Northern Uganda. (external link)
- Phyllis Awor; Henry Wamani; Thorkild Tylleskär et al. (2015). Drug seller adherence to clinical protocols with integrated management of malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoea at drug shops in Uganda. (external link)
- Faustin Kitetele Ndolumingu; Gilbert M. Lelo; Cathy E. Akele et al. (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. (external link)
- Christiane Horwood; Lyn Haskins; Ameena Goga et al. (2019). An educational intervention to update health workers about HIV and infant feeding. (external link)
- Ameena Goga; Tanya Doherty; Samuel Manda et al. (2020). Translating new evidence into clinical practice: a quasi-experimental controlled before–after study evaluating the effect of a novel outreach mentoring approach on knowledge, attitudes and confidence of health workers providing HIV and infant feeding counselling in South Africa. (external link)
- Beatrice Odongkara; Victoria Nankabirwa; Grace Ndeezi et al. (2022). Incidence and risk factors for low birthweight and preterm birth in post-conflict northern Uganda: A community-based cohort study. (external link)
- Vincent Didas Assey; Stefan Peterson; Sabas Kimboka et al. (2009). Tanzania national survey on iodine deficiency: impact after twelve years of salt iodation. (external link)
- Alice Mugisha; Ole Andreas Krumsvik; Thorkild Tylleskär et al. (2018). Data Collectors' Design Preferences for Mobile Electronic Data Capturing Forms. (external link)
- Tanya Doherty; Debra Jackson; Sonja Swanevelder et al. (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. (external link)
- Alice Mugisha; Victoria Nankabirwa; Thorkild Tylleskär et al. (2019). A usability design checklist for Mobile electronic data capturing forms: the validation process. (external link)
- Juliet Ndimwibo Babirye; Ingunn Marie S. Engebretsen; Frederick Makumbi et al. (2012). Timeliness of childhood vaccinations in Kampala Uganda: a community-based cross-sectional study. (external link)
- Faustin Nd. Kitetele; Wenche Dageid; Gilbert M. Lelo et al. (2023). HIV Disclosure to Infected Children Involving Peers: A New Take on HIV Disclosure in the Democratic Republic of Congo. (external link)
- Tebagalika Barbara Eva Kirunda; Lars T. Fadnes; Henry Wamani et al. (2015). Population-based survey of overweight and obesity and the associated factors in peri-urban and rural Eastern Uganda Chronic Disease epidemiology. (external link)
- Julia Brandenberger; Christian Pohl; Florian Vogt et al. (2021). Health care provided to recent asylum-seeking and non-asylum-seeking pediatric patients in 2016 and 2017 at a Swiss tertiary hospital - a retrospective study. (external link)
- Elin Hestvik; James K Tumwine; Thorkild Tylleskar et al. (2011). Faecal calprotectin concentrations in apparently healthy children aged 0-12 years in urban Kampala, Uganda: a community-based survey. (external link)
- Ingunn Marie S. Engebretsen; Debra Jackson; Lars T. Fadnes et al. (2014). Growth effects of exclusive breastfeeding promotion by peer counsellors in sub-Saharan Africa: the cluster-randomised PROMISE EBF trial. (external link)
- Agnes Kasede Napyo; Thorkild Tylleskär; David Mukunya et al. (2020). Barriers and enablers of adherence to infant nevirapine prophylaxis against HIV 1 transmission among 6-week-old HIV exposed infants: A prospective cohort study in Northern Uganda. (external link)
- Anna Agnes Ojok Arach; Noeline Nakasujja; Victoria Nankabirwa et al. (2020). Perinatal death triples the prevalence of postpartum depression among women in Northern Uganda: A community-based crosssectional study. (external link)
- Hamidah Hussain; Amyn Malik; Junaid F. Ahmed et al. (2021). Cost-effectiveness of household contact investigation for detection of tuberculosis in Pakistan. (external link)
- Abdoulaye Hama Diallo; Nicolas Meda; W.T. Ouedraogo et al. (2011). A prospective study on neonatal mortality and its predictors in a rural area in Burkina Faso: Can MDG-4 be met by 2015?. (external link)
- Leila Georgena Katirayi; Caspian Chouraya; Kwashie Kudiabor et al. (2016). Lessons learned from the PMTCT program in Swaziland: challenges with accepting lifelong ART for pregnant and lactating women - a qualitative study. (external link)
- Ingunn Marie S. Engebretsen; Karen Marie Moland; Jolly Kaharuza Nankunda et al. (2010). Gendered perceptions on infant feeding in Eastern Uganda: continued need for exclusive breastfeeding support. (external link)
- Jørn Ivar Klungsøyr; Thorkild Tylleskar; Bruce MacLeod et al. (2009). OMEVAC – Open Mobile Electronic Vaccine Trials, an interdisciplinary project to improve quality of vaccine trials in lowresource settings. (external link)
- Joseph Rujumba; Grace Ndeezi; Victoria Nankabirwa et al. (2020). "If I have money, I cannot allow my baby to breastfeed only …" barriers and facilitators to scale-up of peer counselling for exclusive breastfeeding in Uganda. (external link)
- David Mukunya; Marte Emilie Sandvik Haaland; James K Tumwine et al. (2020). “The cord is the child”: meanings and practices related to umbilical cord care in Central Uganda. (external link)
- Ana Montoya-Ferrer; Armen Sanosyan; Alexis Fayd'Herbe De Maudave et al. (2021). Clinical and Biological Factors Associated with Early Epstein-Barr Virus Infection in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Exposed Uninfected Infants in Eastern Uganda. (external link)
- Victoria Temwanani Mukhula; Moleen Zunza; Thandiwe Elsie Mbira et al. (2025). Comparison of infant feeding practices by maternal HIV status, and associated factors, in a rural district, South Africa 2019. (external link)
- Robert Byamugisha; Thorkild Tylleskar; Mike N. Kagawa et al. (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. (external link)
- Mattias Schedwin; Aurélie Bisumba Furaha; Richard Kapend et al. (2022). Under-five mortality in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: secondary analyses of survey and conflict data by province. (external link)
- Valérie Desquiret-Dumas; Morgana D’Ottavi; Audrey Monnin et al. (2022). Long-term persistence of mitochondrial DNA instability in HIV-exposed uninfected children during and after exposure to antiretroviral drugs and HIV. (external link)
- Victoria Nankabirwa; James K Tumwine; Olive Namugga et al. (2017). Early versus late BCG vaccination in HIV-1-exposed infants in Uganda: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. (external link)
- Jolly Kaharuza Nankunda; James K. Tumwine; Victoria Nankabirwa et al. (2010). "She would sit with me": mothers' experiences of individual peer support for exclusive breastfeeding in Uganda. (external link)
- Susanna Myrnerts Höök; Nicolas Pejovic; Francesco Cavallin et al. (2020). Smartphone app for neonatal heart rate assessment: an observational study. (external link)
- Elin Hestvik; Edda Jonina Olafsdottir; Thorkild Tylleskar et al. (2012). Faecal calprotectin in HIV-infected, HAART naïve Ugandan children: a hospital-based survey. (external link)
- Robert Byamugisha; James K. Tumwine; Grace Ndeezi et al. (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. (external link)
- Justin Bruno Tongun; James K Tumwine; Grace Ndeezi et al. (2019). The effect of health worker training on early initiation of breastfeeding in south Sudan: A hospital-based before and after study. (external link)
- Victoria Nankabirwa; Thorkild Tylleskar; James K. Tumwine et al. (2010). Maternal education is associated with vaccination status of infants less than 6 months in Eastern Uganda: a cohort study. (external link)
- Michael J Boivin; Daniel Okitundu; Guy Makila-Mabe Bumoko et al. (2013). Neuropsychological Effects of Konzo: A Neuromotor Disease Associated With Poorly Processed Cassava. (external link)
- Nicolas Pejovic; Thorkild Tylleskär (2017). Kufflös larynxmask kan minska risker vid neonatal återupplivning. (external link)
- Anthony Kabui Waruru; Joyce Wamicwe; Jonathan Mwangi et al. (2021). Where Are the Newly Diagnosed HIV Positives in Kenya? Time to Consider Geo-Spatially Guided Targeting at a Finer Scale to Reach the “First 90”. (external link)
- Hanifa Bachou; Thorkild Tylleskär; Robert Downing et al. (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. (external link)
- Stéphane Blanche; Thorkild Tylleskär; Marianne Peries et al. (2019). Growth in HIV-1-exposed but uninfected infants treated with lopinavir?ritonavir versus lamivudine: a secondary analysis of the ANRS 12174 trial. (external link)
- Joseph Rujumba; James K. Tumwine; Thorkild Tylleskar et al. (2012). Listening to health workers: lessons from Eastern Uganda for strengthening the programme for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV. (external link)
- Eli Fjeld; Seter Siziya; Mary Katepa-Bwalya et al. (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. (external link)
- Nicolas Pejovic; Daniele Trevisanuto; Clare Lubulwa et al. (2017). Neonatal resuscitation using a laryngeal mask airway: a randomised trial in Uganda. (external link)
- Hamidad Farid Hussain; Amani Thomas Mori; Aamir Javed Khan et al. (2019). The cost-effectiveness of incentive-based active case finding for tuberculosis (TB) control in the private sector Karachi, Pakistan. (external link)
- Mala Ali Mapatano; Lyn Haskins; Vaughn John et al. (2021). Establishing a postgraduate programme in nutritional epidemiology to strengthen resource capacity, academic leadership and research in the democratic republic of Congo. (external link)
- Grace Ndeezi; James K. Tumwine; Bjørn Johan Bolann et al. (2010). Zinc status in HIV infected Ugandan children aged 1-5 years: a cross sectional baseline survey. (external link)
- Agnes Kasede Napyo; James K. Tumwine; David Mukunya et al. (2020). Exclusive breastfeeding among HIV exposed infants from birth to 14 weeks of life in Lira, Northern Uganda: a prospective cohort study. (external link)
- Christiane Horwood; Sphindile Mapumulo; Lyn Haskins et al. (2021). A North–South‑South partnership in higher education to develop health research capacity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: the challenge of finding a common language. (external link)
- Pierre Zalagile Akilimali; Patou Masika Musumari; Pierrot LundimuTugirimana et al. (2016). Depressive Symptoms, Loss of Appetite and Under Nutrition among Treated HIV Patients: A Cross Sectional Study in Goma, the Democratic Republic of Congo. (external link)
- Jolly Nankunda; James K Tumwine; Åshild Soltvedt et al. (2006). Community based peer counsellors for support of exclusive breastfeeding: experiences from rural Uganda. (external link)
- H Acham; JK Kikafunda; S Oluka et al. (2008). Height, weight, body mass index and learning achievement in Kumi district, East of Uganda. (external link)
- Anne Hatløy; Silondile Luthuli; Vaughn John et al. (2021). ‘I am not only beneficial to the community but to the entire country, I am trained as a researcher now’: Developing health research skills in low-income countries. (external link)
- Anne-Sophie Bedin; Jean-Pierre Molès; David Rutagwera et al. (2019). MAIT cells, TCR ??+ cells and ILCs cells in human breast milk and blood from HIV infected and uninfected women. (external link)
- Charles Amnon S. Karamagi; James K Tumwine; Thorkild Tylleskär et al. (2007). Intimate partner violence and infant morbidity: Evidence of an association from a population-based study in Eastern Uganda in 2003. (external link)
- Pierre Zalagile Akilimali; Patou Masika Musumari; Esperance Kashala Abotnes et al. (2016). Food insecurity and undernutrition in treated HIV patients a (post-) conflict setting: A cross sectional study from Goma,Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. (external link)
- Jolly Kaharuza Nankunda; Thorkild Tylleskar; Grace Ndeezi et al. (2010). Establishing individual peer counselling for exclusive breastfeeding in Uganda: implications for scaling-up. (external link)
- Lumbwe Chola; Lars T. Fadnes; Ingunn Marie S. Engebretsen et al. (2013). Infant feeding survival and Markov transition probabilities among children under age 6 months in Uganda. (external link)
- Henry Wamani; Anne Nordrehaug Åstrøm; Stefan Peterson et al. (2006). Predictors of poor anthropometric status among children under 2 years of age in rural Uganda. (external link)
- Joseph Rujumba; Stella Neema; James K Tumwine et al. (2013). Pregnant women's experiences of routine counselling and testing for HIV in Eastern Uganda: a qualitative study. (external link)
- Akwi Noela Regina Okalany; Ingunn Marie Stadskleiv Engebretsen; David Mukunya et al. (2025). Congenital cytomegalovirus in eastern Uganda: prevalence and outcomes. (external link)
- Anneli Eriksson; Martin Gerdin; Richard Garfield et al. (2016). How bad is it? Usefulness of the “7eed Model” for scoring severity and level of need in complex emergencies. (external link)
- Esperance Kashala Abotnes; Marie-Thérèse Sombo; Daniel L. Okitundu et al. (2018). Dietary cyanogen exposure and early child neurodevelopment: An observational study from the Democratic Republic of Congo. (external link)
- Agnes Anna Arach; James K. Tumwine; Noeline Nakasujja et al. (2021). Perinatal death in Northern Uganda: incidence and risk factors in a community-based prospective cohort study. (external link)
- Justin Bruno Tongun; David Mukunya; Thorkild Tylleskär et al. (2019). Determinants of Health Facility Utilization at Birth in South Sudan. (external link)
- Marina Manuela de Paoli; Eli Fjeld Falnes; Thorkild Tylleskar et al. (2010). Mothers' knowledge and utilization of prevention of mother to child transmission services in northern Tanzania. (external link)
- Désiré Tshala-Katumbay; Karin Edelbol Eeg-Olofsson; Thorkild Tylleskär et al. (2001). Impairments, disabilities and handicap pattern in konzo-a non-progressive spastic para/tetraparesis of acute onset. (external link)
- Ingunn Marie S. Engebretsen; Victoria Nankabirwa; Tanya Doherty et al. (2014). Early infant feeding practices in three African countries: the PROMISE-EBF trial promoting exclusive breastfeeding by peer counsellors. (external link)
- Anneli Eriksson; Martin Gerdin Wärnberg; Thorkild Tylleskär et al. (2020). Predicting the Unpredictable - Harder than Expected. (external link)
- Jean-Claude Mwanza; Désiré Tshala-Katumbay; Thorkild Tylleskär (2005). Neuro-ophthalmologic manifestations of konzo. (external link)
- Eli Fjeld Falnes; Karen Marie Moland; Thorkild Tylleskar et al. (2011). "It is her responsibility": partner involvement in prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV programmes, northern Tanzania. (external link)
- Elin Hestvik; Thorkild Tylleskar; Deogratias H Kaddu-Mulindwa et al. (2010). Helicobacter pylori in apparently healthy children aged 0-12 years in urban Kampala, Uganda: a community-based cross sectional survey. (external link)
- Robert Byamugisha; James K. Tumwine; Nulu Semiyaga et al. (2010). Determinants of male involvement in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV programme in Eastern Uganda: a cross-sectional survey. (external link)
- Grace Ndeezi; Thorkild Tylleskar; Christopher Ndugwa et al. (2010). Effect of multiple micronutrient supplementation on survival of HIV-infected children in Uganda: a randomized, controlled trial. (external link)
- Joseph Rujumba; Stella Neema; Robert Byamugisha et al. (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. (external link)
- Ingunn Marie S. Engebretsen; Rebecca Shanmugam; Elisabeth Sommerfelt et al. (2010). Infant feeding modalities addressed in two different ways in Eastern Uganda. (external link)
- Hanifa Bachou; James K Tumwine; Robert K N Mwadime et al. (2008). Reduction of unnecessary transfusion and intravenous fluids in severely malnourished children is not enough to reduce mortality. (external link)
- Victoria Nankabirwa; Thorkild Tylleskär; Josephine Tumuhamye et al. (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. (external link)
- Hanifa Bachou; Thorkild Tylleskär; Deogratias H Kaddu-Mulindwa et al. (2006). Bacteraemia among severely malnourished children infected and uninfected with the human immunodeficiency virus-1 in Kampala, Uganda. (external link)
- Hanifa Bachou; James K Tumwine; Robert K N Mwadime et al. (2006). Risk factors in hospital deaths in severely malnourished children in Kampala, Uganda. (external link)
- David Mukunya; James K. Tumwine; Victoria Nankabirwa et al. (2021). Neonatal hypothermia in northern uganda: A community-based cross-sectional study. (external link)
- Michael Balikuddembe; Nazarius M. Tumwesigye; Peter Khisa Wakholi et al. (2017). Computerized Childbirth Monitoring Tools for Health Care Providers Managing Labor: A Scoping Review. (external link)
- Michael Balikuddembe; Nazarius M. Tumwesigye; Peter Khisa Wakholi et al. (2019). Expert perspectives on essential parameters to monitor during childbirth in low resource settings: A Delphi study in sub-Saharan Africa. (external link)
- Agnes Kasede Napyo; Thorkild Tylleskär; David Mukunya et al. (2021). Incidence of home delivery among women living with HIV in Lira, Northern Uganda: a prospective cohort study. (external link)
- Charles Amnon S. Karamagi; James K Tumwine; Thorkild Tylleskär et al. (2006). Intimate partner violence against women in eastern Uganda: implications for HIV prevention. (external link)
- Anthony Kabui Waruru; Thomas N.O. Achia; James L. Tobias et al. (2018). Finding Hidden HIV Clusters to Support Geographic-Oriented HIV Interventions in Kenya. (external link)
- Justin Bruno Tongun; Mohammed Boy Sebit; Grace Ndeezi et al. (2018). Prevalence and determinants of pre-lacteal feeding in South Sudan: a community-based survey. (external link)
- Julia Brandenberger; Thorkild Tylleskär; Katrin Sontag et al. (2019). A systematic literature review of reported challenges in health care delivery to migrants and refugees in high-income countries - the 3C model. (external link)
- Nobubelo Kwanele Ngandu; Carl Lombard; Thandiwe Elsie Mbira et al. (2022). HIV viral load non-suppression and associated factors among pregnant and postpartum women in rural northeastern South Africa: a cross-sectional survey. (external link)
- Tanya Doherty; Ingunn Marie Stadskleiv Engebretsen; Thorkild Tylleskär et al. (2022). Questioning the ethics of international research on formula milk supplementation in low-income African countries: response. (external link)
- Tanya Doherty; Christiane Horwood; Lyn Haskins et al. (2020). Breastfeeding advice for reality: Women's perspectives on primary care support in South Africa. (external link)
- Nancy Birungi; Lars T. Fadnes; Isaac Okullo et al. (2015). Effect of breastfeeding promotion on early childhood caries and breastfeeding duration among 5 year old children in Eastern Uganda: A cluster randomized trial. (external link)
- Mattias Schedwin; Aurélie Bisumba Furaha; Kelly Elimian et al. (2024). Facility capacity and provider knowledge for cholera surveillance and diarrhoea case management in cholera hotspots in the Democratic Republic of Congo–a mixed-methods study. (external link)
- Thomas Sang Mwogi; Tim Mercer; Dan N. Tran et al. (2020). Therapeutic turnaround times for common laboratory tests in a tertiary hospital in Kenya. (external link)
- Martin Chebet; Peter Olupot-Olupot; Andrew D Weeks et al. (2025). Term stillbirths in Eastern Uganda: a community-based prospective cohort study. (external link)
- John Wogabaga; Kathy Burgoine; Abel Kakuru et al. (2025). Incidence and risk factors for clinical omphalitis among neonates in Eastern Uganda using chlorhexidine gel for cord care: a community-cohort study. (external link)
- Grace Ndeezi; Thorkild Tylleskar; Christopher Ndugwa et al. (2012). Multiple micronutrient supplementation does not reduce diarrhoea morbidity in Ugandan HIV-infected children: a randomised controlled trial. (external link)
- David Mukunya; James K Tumwine; Victoria Nankabirwa et al. (2017). Factors associated with delayed initiation of breastfeeding: a survey in Northern Uganda. (external link)
- Tanya Doherty; David Sanders; Debra Jackson et al. (2012). Early cessation of breastfeeding amongst women in South Africa: an area needing urgent attention to improve child health. (external link)
- Philippe Van De Perre; Chipepo Kankasa; Nicolas Nagot et al. (2017). Pre-exposure prophylaxis for infants exposed to HIV through breast feeding. (external link)
- Espérance Kashala; Irene Bircow Elgen; Kristian Sommerfelt et al. (2005). Cognition in African children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. (external link)
- David Mukunya; Beatrice Odongkara; Thereza Piloya et al. (2020). Prevalence and factors associated with neonatal hypoglycemia in Northern Uganda: a community-based cross-sectional study. (external link)
- Beatrice Odongkara; Thorkild Tylleskär; Nicolas Pejovic et al. (2020). Adding video-debriefing to Helping-Babies-Breathe training enhanced retention of neonatal resuscitation knowledge and skills among health workers in Uganda: a cluster randomized trial. (external link)
- Nicolas Pejovic; Susanna Myrnerts Höök; Josaphat Byamugisha et al. (2020). A randomized trial of laryngeal mask airway in neonatal resuscitation. (external link)
- Appolinaire Tiam; Michelle Gill; Rhoderick Machekano et al. (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. (external link)
- Désiré Tshala-Katumbay; Jean-Pierre Banea-Mayambu; Théodore Kazadi-Kayembe et al. (2001). Neuroepidemiology of Konzo. A spastic para/tetraparesis of acute onset in a new area of the Democratic republic of Congo. (external link)
- Adeyinka Onabolu; Mpoko Bokanga; Thorkild Tylleskär et al. (2001). High cassava production and low dietary cyanide exposure in mid-west Nigeria. (external link)
- Lars T. Fadnes; Victoria Nankabirwa; Halvor Sommerfelt et al. (2011). Is vaccination coverage a good indicator of age-appropriate vaccination? A prospective study from Uganda. (external link)
- Prabina Bhattarai; Abhinav Vaidya; Thorkild Tylleskär (2025). Overweight, obesity and physical inactivity among women of reproductive age in Eastern Nepal: a cross-sectional community-based study. (external link)
- Anselme Simeon Sanou; Hama Abdoulaye Diallo; Penny Holding et al. (2018). Effects of schooling on aspects of attention in rural Burkina Faso, West Africa.. (external link)
- Nicolas Nagot; Mandisa Singata-Madliki; Amandine Cournil et al. (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. (external link)
- Henry Wamani; Thorkild Tylleskär; Anne Nordrehaug Åstrøm et al. (2004). Mothers' education but not fathers' education, household assets or land ownership is the predictor of child health inequalities in rural Uganda. (external link)
- Daniele Trevisanuto; Gary Weiner; Satyan Lakshminrusimha et al. (2020). Management of mothers and neonates in low resources setting during covid-19 pandemia. (external link)
- Abdoulaye Hama Diallo; Nicolas Meda; Halvor Sommerfelt et al. (2012). The high burden of infant deaths in rural Burkina Faso: a prospective community-based cohort study. (external link)
- Alice Nandawula Mugisha; Ankica Babic; Peter Wakholi et al. (2017). Usability in mobile electronic data collection tools: Form developers' views. (external link)
- Ameena Goga; Trisha Ramraj; Logashvari Naidoo et al. (2024). Safety and pharmacokinetics of subcutaneous administration of broadly neutralizing anti-HIV-1 monoclonal antibodies (bNAbs), given to HIV-1 exposed, uninfected neonates and infants: study protocol for a phase I trial. (external link)
- Joern Blume; Ana Lorena Ruano; Siri Wang et al. (2018). Oral medicine acceptance in infants and toddlers: measurement properties of the caregiver-administered Children's acceptance tool (CareCAT). (external link)
- James K Tumwine; Victoria Nankabirwa; Hama Abdoulaye Diallo et al. (2018). Exclusive breastfeeding promotion and neuropsychological outcomes in 5-8 year old children from Uganda and Burkina Faso: Results from the PROMISE EBF cluster randomized trial. (external link)
- Julia Brandenberger; Kayvan Bozorgmehr; Florian Vogt et al. (2020). Preventable admissions and emergency-department-visits in pediatric asylum-seeking and non-asylum-seeking patients. (external link)
- Hamidou Traore; Nicolas Meda; Nicolas Nagot et al. (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). (external link)
- Pierre Zalagile Akilimali; Esperance Kashala Abotnes; Patou Masika Musumari et al. (2015). Predictors of persistent Anaemia in the first year of antiretroviral therapy: A retrospective cohort study from Goma, the Democratic Republic of Congo. (external link)
- Johan Ankarklev; Elin Hestvik; Marianne Lebbad et al. (2012). Common coinfections of giardia intestinalis and helicobacter pylori in non-symptomatic Ugandan children. (external link)
- Susanna Myrnerts Höök; Nicolas Pejovic; Gaetano Marrone et al. (2018). Accurate and fast neonatal heart rate assessment with a smartphone‐based application – a manikin study. (external link)
- Michael Balikuddembe; Peter Khisa Wakholi; Nazarius M. Tumwesigye et al. (2021). An Algorithm (LaD) for Monitoring Childbirth in Settings Where Tracking All Parameters in the World Health Organization Partograph Is Not Feasible: Design and Expert Validation. (external link)
- Nicolas Nagot; Chipepo Kankasa; James K Tumwine et al. (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. (external link)
- Audrey Monnin; Nicolas Nagot; Marianne Peries et al. (2020). Mitochondrial DNA parameters in blood of infants receiving lopinavir/ritonavir or lamivudine prophylaxis to prevent breastfeeding transmission of HIV-1. (external link)
- Nicolas Pejovic; Susanna Myrnerts Höök; Josaphat Byamugisha et al. (2019). Neonatal resuscitation using a supraglottic airway device for improved mortality and morbidity outcomes in a low-income country: Study protocol for a randomized trial. (external link)
- Anselme Simeon Sanou; Abdoulaye Hama Diallo; Penny Holding et al. (2018). Association between stunting and neuro-psychological outcomes among children in Burkina Faso, West Africa. (external link)
- Michael Balikuddembe; Peter Khisa Wakholi; Nazarius M. Tumwesigye et al. (2018). Midlevel maternity providers' preferences of a childbirth monitoring tool in low-income health units in Uganda. (external link)
- Mårten Larsson; Susanna Myrnerts Höök; Allan Mpamize et al. (2022). Oxygen saturation after birth in resuscitated neonates in Uganda: A video-based observational study. (external link)
- Thorkild Tylleskar; Debra Jackson; Nicolas Meda et al. (2011). Exclusive breastfeeding promotion by peer counsellors in sub-Saharan Africa (PROMISE-EBF): a cluster-randomised trial. (external link)
- Victoria Nankabirwa; James K Tumwine; Proscovia M. Mugaba et al. (2015). Child survival and BCG vaccination: A community based prospective cohort study in Uganda. (external link)
- Daniel Helldén; Susanna Myrnerts Höök; Nicolas Pejovic et al. (2021). Neonatal resuscitation practices in Uganda: A video observational study. (external link)
- Nicolas Pejovic; Daniele Trevisanuto; Jolly Kaharuza Nankunda et al. (2016). Pilot manikin study showed that a supraglottic airway device improved simulated neonatal ventilation in a low-resource setting. (external link)
- Phyllis Awor; Henry Wamani; Thorkild Tylleskär et al. (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. (external link)
- Appolinaire Tiam; Seble G. Kassaye; Rhoderick Machekano et al. (2019). Comparison of 6-week PMTCT outcomes for HIV-exposed and HIV-unexposed infants in the era of lifelong ART: Results from an observational prospective cohort study. (external link)
- Dulanjalee Kariyawasam; Marianne Peres; Frantz Foissac et al. (2019). Lopinavir-Ritonavir Impairs Adrenal Function in Infants. (external link)
- Audrey Monnin; Nicolas Nagot; Sabrina Eymard-Duvernay et al. (2020). Health outcomes at school age among children who are hiv-exposed but uninfected with detected mitochondrial dna depletion at one year. (external link)
- Nagaonle Eric Some; Ingunn Marie S. Engebretsen; Nicolas Nagot et al. (2018). HIV-1 disease progression in immune-competent HIV-1-infected and breastfeeding mothers participating in the ANRS 12174 clinical trial in Burkina Faso, South Africa, Uganda and Zambia: a cohort study. (external link)
- Pierre Akilimali; Patou M Musumari; Esperance Kashala Abotnes et al. (2017). Disclosure of HIV status and its impact on the loss in the follow-up of HIV-infected patients on potent anti-retroviral therapy programs in a (post-) conflict setting: A retrospective cohort study from Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo. (external link)
- Lumbwe Chola; Lungiswa Leonora Nkonki; Chipepo Kankasa et al. (2011). Cost of individual peer counselling for the promotion of exclusive breastfeeding in Uganda. (external link)
- Audrey Monnin; Amélie Vizeneux; Nicolas Nagot et al. (2021). Longitudinal Follow-Up of Blood Telomere Length in HIV-Exposed Uninfected Children Having Received One Year of Lopinavir/Ritonavir or Lamivudine as Prophylaxis. (external link)
- Tanya Doherty; Christiane Horwood; Lyn Haskins et al. (2019). Breastfeeding advice for reality: Women's perspectives on primary care support in South Africa. (external link)
- Vincent Didas Assey; Thorkild Tylleskär; Philip B Momburi et al. (2009). Improve salt iodation methods for small-scale salt producers in lov-resource settings in Tanzania. (external link)
- Lumbwe Chola; Lars T. Fadnes; Ingunn Marie S. Engebretsen et al. (2015). Cost-effectiveness of peer counselling for the promotion of exclusive breastfeeding in Uganda. (external link)
- David Gatsinzi Rutagwera; Jean-Pierre Molès; Chipepo Kankasa et al. (2019). Prevalence and determinants of HIV shedding in breast milk during continued breastfeeding among Zambian mothers not on antiretroviral treatment (ART): A cross-sectional study. (external link)
- Armen Sanosyan; David Gatsinzi Rutagwera; Jean-Pierre Moles et al. (2016). Increased Epstein-Barr virus in breast milk occurs with subclinical mastitis and HIV shedding. (external link)
- Nagaonle Eric Some; Ingunn Marie S. Engebretsen; Nicolas Nagot et al. (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. (external link)
- Charles Amnon S. Karamagi; James K. Tumwine; Thorkild Tylleskär et al. (2006). Antenatal HIV testing in rural eastern Uganda in 2003: incomplete rollout of the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV programme?. (external link)
- David Mukunya; Victoria Nankabirwa; Grace Ndeezi et al. (2019). Key decision makers and actors in selected newborn care practices: A community-based survey in northern Uganda. (external link)
- Anselme Simeon Sanou; Abdoulaye Hama Diallo; Penny Holding et al. (2018). Effects of schooling on aspects of attention in rural Burkina Faso, West Africa. (external link)
- Anthony Kabui Waruru; Ruth Nduati; Thorkild Tylleskär (2005). Audio computer-assisted self-interviewing (ACASI) may avert socially desirable responses about infant feeding in the context of HIV. (external link)
- Ameena Goga; Philippe Van de Perre; Nobubelo Ngandu et al. (2021). Eliminating HIV transmission through breast milk from women taking antiretroviral drugs. (external link)
- Abdoulaye Hama Diallo; Nicolas Meda; Emmanuel Zabsonre et al. (2010). Perinatal mortality in rural Burkina Faso: a prospective community-based cohort study. (external link)
- Victoria Nankabirwa; Thorkild Tylleskar; Jolly Kaharuza Nankunda et al. (2011). Malaria Parasitaemia among Infants and Its Association with Breastfeeding Peer Counselling and Vitamin A Supplementation: A Secondary Analysis of a Cluster Randomized Trial. (external link)
- Victoria Nankabirwa; James K Tumwine; Thorkild Tylleskar et al. (2011). Perinatal mortality in Eastern Uganda: A community based prospective cohort study. (external link)
- Appolinaire Tiam; Michelle M Gill; Heather J Hoffman et al. (2017). Conventional early infant diagnosis in Lesotho from specimen collection to results usage to manage patients: Where are the bottlenecks?. (external link)
- Nagaonle Eric Some; Ingunn Marie S. Engebretsen; Nicolas Nagot et al. (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). (external link)
- Leila Katirayi; Hazel Namadingo; Mafayo Phiri et al. (2016). HIV-positive pregnant and postpartum women's perspectives about Option B+ in Malawi: A qualitative study. (external link)
- Andrea Melberg; Abdoulaye Hama Diallo; Ana Lorena Ruano et al. (2016). Reflections on the unintended consequences of the promotion of institutional pregnancy and birth care in Burkina Faso. (external link)
- Anselme Simeon Sanou; Abdoulaye Hama Diallo; Penny Holding et al. (2017). Maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy and child's cognitive performance at 6-8 years of age in rural Burkina Faso: An observational study. (external link)
- Thorkild Tylleskär; Francesco Cavallin; Susanna Myrnerts Höök et al. (2021). Outcome of infants with 10 min Apgar scores of 0-1 in a low-resource setting. (external link)
- Agnes Langat; Tegan L Callahan; Isabella Yonga et al. (2021). Associations of Sociodemographic and Clinical Factors with Late Presentation for Early Infant HIV Diagnosis (EID) Services in Kenya. (external link)
- Anne Bergljot Bærug; Petter Laake; Beate Fossum Løland et al. (2017). Explaining socioeconomic inequalities in exclusive breast feeding in Norway. (external link)
- Henriette Kronstad Helland; Thorkild Tylleskär; Monika Kvernenes et al. (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. (external link)
- Anthony Kabui Waruru; Thomas NO Achia; Hellen Muttai et al. (2018). Spatial-temporal trend for mother-to-child transmission of HIV up to infancy and during pre-Option B+ in western Kenya, 2007-13. (external link)
- Souleymane Tassembedo; Mwiya Mwiya; Anais Mennecier et al. (2024). Evaluation of the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV programs at the second immunization visit in Burkina Faso and Zambia. (external link)
- Grace Ndeezi; James K Tumwine; Christopher Ndugwa et al. (2011). Multiple micronutrient supplementation improves vitamin B-12 and folate concentrations of HIV infected children in Uganda: a randomized controlled trial. (external link)
- Lars T. Fadnes; Debra Jackson; Ingunn Marie S. Engebretsen et al. (2011). Vaccination coverage and timeliness in three South African areas: a prospective study. (external link)
- David Mukunya; James K Tumwine; Grace Ndeezi et al. (2025). Assessing a bundle of peer counseling, mobile phone messages, and mama kits in promoting timely initiation of and exclusive breastfeeding in Uganda: A cluster randomized controlled study. (external link)
- Robert Byamugisha; Anne Nordrehaug Åstrøm; Grace Ndeezi et al. (2011). Male partner antenatal attendance and HIV testing in eastern Uganda: a randomized facility-based intervention trial. (external link)
- Justin Bruno Tongun; Mohammed Boy Sebit; David Mukunya et al. (2018). Factors associated with delayed initiation of breastfeeding: A cross-sectional study in South Sudan. (external link)
- Eli Fjeld Falnes; Thorkild Tylleskar; Marina Manuela de Paoli et al. (2010). Mothers’ knowledge and utilization of prevention of mother to child transmission services in northern Tanzania. (external link)
- Esperance Kashala; Thorkild Tylleskär; Irene Bircow Elgen et al. (2005). Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder among school children in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. (external link)
- Roelant Van der Lelij; Gianni Varnaccia; Thorkild Tylleskär et al. (2015). Dietary behaviour and parental socioeconomic position among adolescents: The German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents 2003-2006 (KiGGS). (external link)
- Jean Claude Mwanza; LK Nyanabo; Thorkild Tylleskär et al. (2004). Neuro-ophtalmological disorders in HIV infected subjects with neurological manifestations. (external link)
- Audrey Monnin; Valérie Desquiret-Dumas; Nicolas Meda et al. (2021). Mitochondrial dna instability is common in hiv-exposed uninfected newborns. (external link)
- Esperance Kashala; Astri Johansen Lundervold; Kristian Sommerfelt et al. (2006). Co-existing symptoms and risk factors among African school children with hyperactivity-inattention symptoms in Kinshasa, Congo. (external link)
- Andrea Melberg; Abdoulaye Hama Diallo; Thorkild Tylleskär et al. (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. (external link)
- Andrea Melberg; Abdoulaye Hama Diallo; Katerini Tagmatarchi Storeng et al. (2018). Policy, paperwork and 'postographs': Global indicators and maternity care documentation in rural Burkina Faso. (external link)
Professional article
Study protocol
- Amit Bansal; Ida Sofie Karlsen Sletten; Tung Thanh Le et al. (2026). Systematic review protocol: evaluation of candidate platforms and vaccines for emerging and re-emerging viral threats. (external link)
- Martin Chebet; David Mukunya; Kathy Burgoine et al. (2023). A cluster randomised trial to evaluate the effectiveness of household alcohol-based hand rub for the prevention of sepsis, diarrhoea, and pneumonia in Ugandan infants (the BabyGel trial): a study protocol. (external link)
Conference poster
- Amit Bansal; Tung Thanh Le; Stig Tollefsen et al. (2025). Systematic Review Protocol: Establishment and Analysis of Landscapes for Candidate Platforms and Vaccines Against Current and Emerging Viral Threats. (external link)
- Andrea Melberg; Abdoulaye Hama Diallo; Katerini Tagmatarchi Storeng et al. (2013). Accountability and health worker performance in primary care maternities in rural Burkina Faso. (external link)
- Martin Chebet; David Mukunya; Kathy Burgoine et al. (2023). Incidence, causes and risk factors for term stillbirths in Eastern Uganda. (external link)
- Noella Okalany; Francis Okello; Martin Chebet et al. (2023). Congenital CMV in Resource-Poor Settings: Preliminary Findings from Eastern Uganda. (external link)
- Gerard Musoba Mark; Jørn Ivar Klungsøyr; Kayondo Ronald et al. (2013). Mobile data collection in clinical trials: integration of OpenClinica and OpenXdata. (external link)
- Thorkild Tylleskär; Nicolas Nagot; Chipepo Kankasa et al. (2013). Towards elimination of breastfeeding transmission by infant PreP: results of ANRS 12174 trial using boosted lopinavir or lamivudine in Africa. (external link)
- Ingunn Marie S. Engebretsen; Thorkild Tylleskar; James K. Tumwine (2007). Ugandan infants grow better if exclusively breastfed early in life. (external link)
- Ingunn Marie S. Engebretsen; James K. Tumwine; Henry Wamani et al. (2007). Socio-Economic Status predicts anthropometric status in a Ugandan infant population. (external link)
- Victoria Nankabirwa; James K. Tumwine; Halvor Sommerfelt et al. (2010). Perinatal motrality in Eastern Uganda: a community-based prospective cohort study. (external link)
- Victoria Nankabirwa; Thorkild Tylleskar; Halvor Sommerfelt et al. (2010). Maternal secondary education reduces missed childhood vaccinations by fifty percent: evidence from a community based prospective cohort study. (external link)
- Ingunn Marie S. Engebretsen; Thorkild Tylleskar; James K. Tumwine (2008). Factors associated with wasting and stunting among Ugandan Infants. (external link)
- Ingunn Marie S. Engebretsen; Rebecca Shanmugam; James K. Tumwine et al. (2008). Comparing infant feeding practices among Ugandan infants with a prospective and retrospective study design: weekly one-week infant feeding recalls versus since-birth recalls at 12 weeks of age. (external link)
- Ingunn Marie S. Engebretsen; Karen Marie Moland; Thorkild Tylleskar et al. (2009). ‘No new born feeds on breast milk only’: Infant feeding perceptions among men and women in Eastern Uganda. (external link)
- Ingunn Marie S. Engebretsen; Henry Wamani; Nulu Semiyaga et al. (2004). Rates of exclusive breastfeeding since birth in Uganda. (external link)
- Grace Ndeezi; Thorkild Tylleskar; Christopher Ndugwa et al. (2009). The effect of six months multiple micronutrient supplementation on survival of HIV infected children in Uganda: a randomised controlled trial. (external link)
- Jolly Kaharuza Nankunda; James K. Tumwine; Victoria Nankabirwa et al. (2010). Experience of mothers with one to one peer support for exclusive breastfeeding in Eastern Uganda. (external link)
- Juliet Ndimwibo Babirye; Fred Nuwaha; Lars T. Fadnes et al. (2011). Timeliness of Childhood immunizations in Kampala Uganda. (external link)
- Juliet Ndimwibo Babirye; Fred Nuwaha; Ingunn Marie S. Engebretsen et al. (2011). Timeliness of child vaccinations in Kampala, Uganda. (external link)
- Alice Mugisha; Samuel Kagongwe; Victoria Nankabirwa et al. (2017). Implementing Mobile Electronic Data Capture Forms in community and facility based health studies in Uganda: the start-up process. (external link)
- Victoria Nankabirwa; Thorkild Tylleskar; James K. Tumwine (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. (external link)
- David Mukunya; Marte Emilie Sandvik Haaland; Thorkild Tylleskär et al. (2017). We shall count it as a part of kyogero?. Acceptability of single dose 7.1% chlorhexidine di-gluconate solution for umbilical cord care among women in Kampala and Mukono district, central Uganda: A qualitative study. (external link)
- Andrea Melberg; Abdoulaye Hama Diallo; Nicolas Meda et al. (2012). Referral as relief: Health workers' experience of obstetric referrals from primary health care facilities in rural Burkina Faso. (external link)
- Peter Khisa Wakholi; Jørn Ivar Klungsøyr; Thorkild Tylleskär et al. (2013). Process aware mobile-phone based data collection system for use in vaccine registries. (external link)
- Tanya Doherty; Debra Jackson; Sonja Swanevelder et al. (2013). Hospitalisation and death events in a cohort of infant from South Africa: Effects of low birth weight and breastfeeding status. (external link)
- Ingunn Marie S. Engebretsen; Karen Marie Moland; Jolly Kaharuza Nankunda et al. (2009). Fathers’ and mothers’ perceptions about infant feeding practices in Eastern Uganda. (external link)
- Jolly Kaharuza Nankunda; Thorkild Tylleskar; Grace Ndeezi et al. (2009). Individual peer counselling for exclusive breastfeeing in Uganda: Implications for scaling up. (external link)
- Ingunn Marie S. Engebretsen; Karen Marie Moland; Thorkild Tylleskar et al. (2009). Low acceptability for exclusive replacement feeding among Eastern Ugandan fathers. (external link)
- Ingunn Marie S. Engebretsen; Karen Marie Moland; Lars T. Fadnes et al. (2009). Advicing global infant feeding recommendations with local insight’: health workers knowledge of infant feeding practices in Eastern Uganda. (external link)
- Joern Blume; Siri Wang; Debra Jackson et al. (2013). Administer Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) to Breastfed Infants Sub-Study of the ANRS 12174 Trial in South Africa. (external link)
- Eric Some; Ingunn Marie S. Engebretsen; Nicolas Nagot et al. (2015). Infant feeding practices among HIV positive mothers in 4 African countries in the ANRS 12174 trial. (external link)
- Jörn Blume; Siri Wang; Debra Jackson et al. (2013). Adherence and Successful Administration Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) to Breastfed Infants Sub-study of the ANRS 12174 Trial in South Africa. (external link)
- Nicolas Pejovic; Daniele Trevisanuto; Jolly Kaharuza Nankunda et al. (2013). Higher success rate and operator satisfaction with I-gel™ laryngeal mask airway compared to face mask:! a mannequin study of neonatal resuscitation in Uganda. (external link)
- Ingunn Marie S. Engebretsen; Henry Wamani; Nulu Semiyaga et al. (2005). Cultural obstacles to exclusive breastfeeding in Eastern Uganda: Experiences and Attitudes. (external link)
- Thorkild Tylleskar; Ingunn Marie S. Engebretsen; Henry Wamani et al. (2005). Exclusive breastfeeding rates are low in Eastern Uganda, irrespective of background characteristics. (external link)
- Ingunn Marie S. Engebretsen; Debra Jackson; Lars Thore Fadnes et al. (2012). Promotion of exclusive breastfeeding by peer-counsellors in Sub-Saharan Africa: Anthropometric outcomes from the cluster randomised PROMISE EBF TRIAL. (external link)
- Jolly Kaharuza Nankunda; James K. Tumwine; Thorkild Tylleskar (2009). "She would sit with me" Mothers' experience of individual peer counselling for exclusive breastfeeding in a randomised community trial in Uganda. (external link)
- Henry Wamani; Thorkild Tylleskar (2009). Anemia and associated factors in under-fives and their mothers in Sub-Saharan Africa: a meta-analysis of 7 demographic and health surveys. (external link)
- Ingunn Marie S. Engebretsen; Debra Jackson; Lars Thore Fadnes et al. (2012). Is promotion of exclusive breastfeeding safe in sub-Saharan Africa with respect to child growth? Results form the cluster-randomised PROMISE EBF-trial. (external link)
- Vincent D Assey; Stefan Peterson; Sabas Kimboka et al. (2009). Tanzania national survey on iodine deficiency: impact after twelve years of salt iodation. (external link)
- David Mukunya; Thorkild Tylleskär; Halvor Sommerfelt et al. (2017). Willingness to pay for a single dose 7.1% chlorhexidine digluconate solution for umbilical cord care in central Uganda: a contingency valuation study. (external link)
- Nancy Birungi; Lars T. Fadnes; Arabat Kasangaki et al. (2014). Breastfeeding promotion and early childhood caries (ECC) in eastern Uganda. (external link)
- Jørn Ivar Klungsøyr; Thorkild Tylleskar (2009). EpiHandy / openXdata demonstrasjon / stand. (external link)
- Jørn Ivar Klungsøyr; Thorkild Tylleskar; Aamir Khan et al. (2009). OMEVAC – Open Mobile Electronic Vaccine Trials, an interdisciplinary project to improve quality of vaccine trials in low-resource settings. (external link)
Conference lecture
- Thorkild Tylleskär (2016). La recherche: un outil pour des actions de santé publique internationale?. (external link)
- Vincent D Assey; Thorkild Tylleskar; Philippe B Momburi et al. (2009). Improving sustainable methods for small-scale salt iodation in low-income countries. (external link)
- Anne Hatløy; M.A. Mapatano; Thorkild Tylleskär et al. (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.. (external link)
- Juliet Ndimwibo Babirye; Fred Nuwaha; Fred Makumbi et al. (2011). TImeliness ofChild Vacdnations inKampala Uganda. (external link)
- Thorkild Tylleskar; Mickey Chopra; Abdoulaye Hama Diallo et al. (2010). Exclusive breastfeeding promotion by peer-counsellors in Sub-Saharan Africa: Results from the multi-centre cluster-randomised behaviour intervention trial PROMISE EBF. (external link)
- Elin Hestvik; Thorkild Tylleskar; Deogratias H Kaddu-Mulindwa et al. (2010). Helicobacter Pylori in apparently healthy children aged 0-12 years in urban Kampala, Uganda: a community-based cross sectional survey. (external link)
- B. Ogle; Thorkild Tylleskär; L. Hambraeus (2001). Global Nutrition 2000 E-learning for the advancement of nutrition in Africa and Asia. (external link)
- Ingunn Marie S. Engebretsen; James K. Tumwine; Charles Amnon S. Karamagi et al. (2007). Infant feeding practices in Eastern Uganda in the light of current WHO recommendations and prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1. (external link)
- Anthony Kabui Waruru; B Antonsson-Olge; L Hambraeus et al. (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. (external link)
- Thorkild Tylleskär; Tore Wenzel-Larsen (2002). All the statistical tables you need at hand on your PC with StaTable. (external link)
- Anthony Kabui Waruru; Thorkild Tylleskär (2002). Is audio computer-assisted self-interviewing (ACASI) a feasible method for collecting sensitive information?. (external link)
- Thorkild Tylleskar (2010). Konzo - a toxiconutritional disorder. (external link)
- B Olge; L Hambraeus; G Westman et al. (2002). The Global Nutrition Programme: incorporating information technology in capacity building of academicians and student in tertiary education in the South. (external link)
- Henry Wamani; J Nsungwa; S Peterson et al. (2002). Infant nutrition and care in Uganda: data from IMCI baseline survey in the year 2000. (external link)
- Thorkild Tylleskär (2009). Dietary intake and sulphur nutrition in a konzo-affected population in DR Congo. (external link)
- Thorkild Tylleskär (2015). A Norwegian success story in EDCTP partnerships: PROMISE PEP: Prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV. (external link)
- Ingunn Marie S. Engebretsen; Thorkild Tylleskar; Jørn Ivar Klungsøyr et al. (2007). The WHO Child Growth Standards compared to the old NCHS/WHO reference in a Ugandan infant population. (external link)
- Jørn Ivar Klungsøyr; Obrestad Jan; Stian Skjørestad et al. (2005). The CoSMOS approach - development of EpiHandy a tool for mobile data collection. (external link)
- Jørn Ivar Klungsøyr; Thorkild Tylleskär; Charles Amnon S. Karamagi et al. (2005). Piloting a software for handheld computers for improved quality in nutrition research and programs in low-income countries. (external link)
- Thorkild Tylleskär; Mickey Chopra; Hama Diallo et al. (2009). Preliminary results from the multi-centre cluster-randomised behaviour intervention trial PROMISE EBF: breastfeeding promotion in Sub-Saharan Africa. (external link)
- Jørn Ivar Klungsøyr; Stian Skjørestad; Jan Obrestad et al. (2005). The CoSMOS approach - development of EpiHandy, a tool for mobile data collection. (external link)
- Thorkild Tylleskär (2008). Mortalité et morbidité maternelles chez les adolescents. (external link)
- Thorkild Tylleskär (2009). Kan Kongo komme seg ut av Mørkrets Hjerte?. (external link)
- Thorkild Tylleskär (2008). Child health, nutrition and HIV. (external link)
- Thorkild Tylleskär (2002). Hardware, software, people-ware in nutrition. (external link)
Editorial/Leader article
- Philippe Van de Perre; Thorkild Tylleskär; Jean-François Delfraissy et al. (2013). How evidence based are public health policies for prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV?. (external link)
- Thorkild Tylleskär; Anne Bergljot Bærug (2016). Breastfeeding: the medical profession sweeping at its own doorstep. (external link)
- Désiré Tshala-Katumbay; Ngoyi Mumba; Luwa Okitundu et al. (2013). Cassava food toxins, konzo disease, and neurodegeneration in sub-Sahara Africans. (external link)
Conference abstract
- Thorkild Tylleskär; Mickey Chopra; Hama Diallo et al. (2009). Preliminary results from the multi-centre cluster-randomised behaviour intervention trial PROMISE EBF: breastfeeding promotion in Sub-Saharan Africa. (external link)
- Thorkild Tylleskar; Hama Diallo; Victoria Nankabirwa et al. (2012). High perinatal mortality in Burkina Faso and Uganda. (external link)
- Juliet Ndimwibo Babirye; Fred Nuwaha; Ingunn Marie S. Engebretsen et al. (2011). Timeliness of child vaccinations in Kampala, Uganda. (external link)
- Ingunn Marie S. Engebretsen; Karen Marie Moland; Jolly Kaharuza Nankunda et al. (2009). FATHERS' AND MOTHERS' PERCEPTIONS ABOUT INFANT FEEDING PRACTICES IN EASTERN UGANDA. (external link)
- Hama Diallo; E Zabsonre; J Rouamba et al. (2009). A community-based randomized trial to promote exclusive breastfeeding in Burkina Faso: Acceptability and impact of the intervention. (external link)
- Victoria Nankabirwa; Thorkild Tylleskar; James K Tumwine (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. (external link)
- Ingunn Marie S. Engebretsen; Karen Marie Moland; Jolly Kaharuza Nankunda et al. (2009). Fathers’ and mothers’ perceptions about infant feeding practices in Eastern Uganda. (external link)
- Thorkild Tylleskar; Phillippe Vande Perre; Nicolas Meda et al. (2012). New ways to prevent mother to child transmission during breastfeeding in low-resource settings - the PROMISE PEP trial. (external link)
- E Kashala; Irene Bircow Elgen; Kristian Sommerfelt et al. (2004). Neuropsychiatric symptoms among African school children in Kinshasa. (external link)
- Robert Byamugisha; Anne Nordrehaug Astrøm; Grace Ndeezi et al. (2012). A letter to the male partner increases antenatal attendance and HIV testing in eastern Uganda: results from a randomized facility-based intervention trial. (external link)
- Jolly Kaharuza Nankunda; Thorkild Tylleskar; Grace Ndeezi et al. (2009). INDIVIDUAL PEER COUNSELLING FOR EXCLUSIVE BREASTFEEDING IN UGANDA: IMPLICATIONS FOR SCALING UP. (external link)
- Ingunn Marie S. Engebretsen; Karen Marie Moland; Thorkild Tylleskar et al. (2009). 'No new born feeds on breast milk only:' Infant feeding perceptions among men and women in Eastern Uganda. (external link)
- Thorkild Tylleskär (2004). Konzo en Afrique. (external link)
- Vincent Didas Assey; Thorkild Tylleskar; Philippe B Momburi et al. (2009). Improving sustainable methods for small-scale salt iodation in low-income countries. (external link)
- Thorkild Tylleskar; Stephen Mucunguzi; Henry Wamani et al. (2012). An evaluation of improved access to transport for emergency obstetric care in Northern Uganda using caesarean section rate. (external link)
- Josef Rujumba; James Tumwine; S Neema et al. (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. (external link)
- Vincent Didas Assey; Stefan Peterson; Sabas Kimboka et al. (2009). Tanzania national survery on iodine deficiency: impact after twelve years of salt iodation. (external link)
- Ingunn Marie S. Engebretsen; Karen Marie Moland; Lars T. Fadnes et al. (2009). ADVISING GLOBAL INFANT FEEDING RECOMMENDATIONS WITH LOCAL INSIGHT: HEALTH WORKERS KNOWLEDGE OF INFANT FEEDING PRACTICES IN EASTERN UGANDA. (external link)
- Henry Wamani; Thorkild Tylleskar (2009). ANEMIA AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS IN UNDER-FIVES AND THEIR MOTHERS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: A META-ANALYSIS OF 7 DEMOGRAPHIC AND HEALTH SURVEYS. (external link)
- Jolly Kaharuza Nankunda; James K. Tumwine; Thorkild Tylleskar (2009). "She would sit with me" Mothers' experience of individual peer counselling for exclusive breastfeeding in a randomised community trial in Uganda. (external link)
- Andrea Melberg; Abdoulaye Hama Diallo; Nicolas Meda et al. (2012). Obstetric care in primary health centres in rural Burkina Faso from a health worker perspective. (external link)
- Josef Rujumba; S Neema; Thorkild Tylleskar et al. (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. (external link)
- Victoria Nankabirwa; Thorkild Tylleskar; Jolly Kaharuza Nankunda et al. (2011). Prevalence of malaria parasitaemia among infants in Uganda and its association with breastfeeding, peer counselling and vitamin a supplementation. (external link)
Letter to the editor
- Bente Elisabeth Moen; Thorkild Tylleskär (2018). La oss kvotere. (external link)
- Ingvild Fossgard Sandøy; Bente Elisabeth Moen; Simon Nygaard Øverland et al. (2024). Forskere føler seg lurt. (external link)
- Thorkild Tylleskär (2014). Et budsjettkutt som ikke er til å leve med :. (external link)
- Elin Hestvik; Thorkild Tylleskar (2012). Comment on: The seroprevalence of Helicobacter pylori and its relationship to malaria in Ugandan children. (external link)
- Philippe Van de Perre; Thorkild Tylleskär (2024). The battle against paediatric HIV is far from over. (external link)
- Carl Lombard; Simon Cousens; Thorkild Tylleskär et al. (2016). Trial size, HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis, and breastfeeding - Authors' reply. (external link)
Doctoral thesis (PhD)
- Susanna Myrnerts Höök; Thorkild Tylleskär (2021). Supporting neonatal resuscitation in low-resource settings : Innovations and new strategies. (external link)
- Henry Wamani; Thorkild Tylleskär (2005). Malnutrition and child health inequalities : the case of Uganda and sub-Saharan Africa. (external link)
- Samuel Ikwaras Okware; Thorkild Tylleskär (2015). Three ebola outbreaks in Uganda 2000-2011. (external link)
- Nagaonle Eric Some; Thorkild Tylleskär; Ingunn Marie S. Engebretsen (2019). Breastfeeding patterns and mothers’health in an HIV context in Sub Saharan Africa. (external link)
- Charles Amnon S. Karamagi; Thorkild Tylleskär; Harald Kristian Heggenhougen (2006). Supporting Mothers for Child Health and Nutrition in Uganda. (external link)
- Jean-Claude Mwanza; Thorkild Tylleskär (2004). Neuro-ophthalmology of Konzo, Human African trypanosomiasis and NeuroAIDS. (external link)
- Philippa Musoke; Thorkild Tylleskar (2011). Paediatric HIV-1 infection in Uganda. (external link)
- Barbara Eva Kirunda; Thorkild Tylleskär (2017). Body weight and physical activity of adults in rural Uganda. (external link)
- Anthony Kabui Waruru; Thorkild Tylleskär; Thomas Achia (2019). Mapping HIV in Kenya: Geospatial variability of HIV diagnoses, treatment, and impact : Implications for HIV epidemic control. (external link)
- Sam Agatre Okuonzi; Thorkild Tylleskar (2009). Free-Market Illusions: Health Sector Reforms In Uganda 1987–2007. (external link)
- Esperance Kashala; Thorkild Tylleskär (2005). Mental Health of African School Children. (external link)
- Phyllis Awor; Thorkild Tylleskär (2016). Drug shops in integrated community case management of malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoea in Uganda: Appropriateness of care and adherence to treatment guidelines. (external link)
Lecture
- Thorkild Tylleskär (2013). Norway in a Globalized World: Global Perspectives on Health Sector Development". (external link)
- Thorkild Tylleskär (2009). Krig og menneskerettigheter i Kongo. (external link)
- Thorkild Tylleskar (2010). What are the infant feeding challenges in emergencies in areas with high HIV prevalence?. (external link)
- Thorkild Tylleskär (2022). Global child health after the easy victories: time to step up for the difficult ones. (external link)
- Joern Blume; Thorkild Tylleskär (2013). Breastfeeding and HIV in the context of limited resources: first results of the ANRS12174 trial. (external link)
- Joern Blume; Siri Wang; Amwe Aku et al. (2013). Antiretroviral Prophylaxis to Breastfed Infants-Adherence by Medication Return and Successful Administration: Substudy of the ANRS12174 trial in South Africa. (external link)
- Thorkild Tylleskär (2013). The unfinished agenda of Health for all by the year 2000. (external link)
- Thorkild Tylleskär (2008). Getting DR Congo out of the Heart of Darkness - the role of the international community. (external link)
- Thorkild Tylleskär (2022). "The Uganda top 500 scientists" according to the AD Scientific Index - why are so many missing?. (external link)
Master’s thesis
- Thorkild Tylleskär; Øivind Kandal (2007). L'Histoire du Manioc et du Konzo en Afrique Centrale. (external link)
- Hanifa Bachou; Thorkild Tylleskär (2004). Malnutrition in children admitted to Mulago hospital, Uganda: prevalence, mortality and associated factors. (external link)
- Thorkild Tylleskär; Robert Byamugisha (2006). Male involvement in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIVprogramme in Mbale, Uganda. (external link)
- Lillian Ndugulile; Thorkild Tylleskär; Karen Marie Moland (2006). Mothers’ knowledge on exclusive breastfeeding in Kilimanjaro region, Tanzania. (external link)
- Thorkild Tylleskär; Abdoulaye Hama Diallo (2009). Epidemiology of perinatal mortality in rural Burkina Faso: A community-based prospective cohort study. (external link)
- Thorkild Tylleskär; Jonas Finger (2009). Education, Physical Activity and Nutrition in Germany. The role of age, region, occupation, income and health behaviour. (external link)
- Thorkild Tylleskär; Mark Gerard Musoba (2012). Mobile Data collection in clinical trials. Integration of openClinica and openXdata to provide a mobile data collection solution. (external link)
- Thorkild Tylleskär; Allan Mushima Bulwanda Mukaya (2012). Zambian newborns exposed to HIV and antiretroviral drugs: Evolution of neutrophil cell count in the first 6 months. Sub-study of the ANRS 12174 trial in Zambia. (external link)
Academic book chapter
- Jørn Ivar Klungsøyr; Stian Skjørestad; Weiqin Chen et al. (2005). Using Mobile Technology for Data Collection. (external link)
- Jørn Ivar Klungsøyr; Thorkild Tylleskar; Bruce MacLeod et al. (2008). OMEVAC – Open Mobile Electronic Vaccine Trials, an interdisciplinary project to improve quality of vaccine trials in lowresource settings. (external link)
- Thorkild Tylleskär; Désiré Tshala-Katumbay (2015). Konzo: A permanent, non-progressive motor neuron disorder. (external link)
- Amadou Gallo Diop; Isidore Obot Millogo; Ismael Thiam et al. (2007). Neurological disorders associated with malnutrition. (external link)
Academic literature review
- Philippe Van de Perre; Ameena Goga; Nobubelo Ngandu et al. (2021). Eliminating postnatal HIV transmission in high incidence areas: need for complementary biomedical interventions. (external link)
- Ingunn Marie S. Engebretsen; Thorkild Tylleskar (2010). Hiv, amming og antiretrovirale medisiner. (external link)
- Thorkild Tylleskar (2010). Making it happen, level 2. (external link)
- Espérance Kashala Abotnes; Daniel L. Okitundu; Dieudonné Mumba Ngoyi et al. (2018). Konzo: a distinct neurological disease associated with food (cassava)cyanogenic poisoning. (external link)
- Philippe Van de Perre; Pierre-Alain Rubbo; Johannes Viljoen et al. (2012). HIV-1 reservoirs in breast milk and challenges to elimination of breast-feeding transmission of HIV-1. (external link)
- Lars T. Fadnes; Adam Taube; Thorkild Tylleskär (2009). How to identify information bias due to self-reporting in epidemiological research. (external link)
- Thorkild Tylleskär (2016). För mycket och för lite skämmer allt - malnutrition i ett globalt perspektiv. (external link)
Media interview
- Thorkild Tylleskar (2012). Vår dødelige livsstil. (external link)
- Thorkild Tylleskar (2012). Redder liv med mobil. (external link)
- Thorkild Tylleskär (2007). De som reiser på 3. klasse. (external link)
- Thorkild Tylleskär; Atle Skjærstad (2008). Ingen pris er for høy for fred. (external link)
- Thorkild Tylleskär (2015). Nobelpris i medisin - parasittbekjempelse. (external link)
- Thorkild Tylleskär (2009). Kan amma utan att smitta barn med hiv. (external link)
- Thorkild Tylleskär (2006). Intervju på NRK P1 Norgesglasset i forbindelse med HIV Research Net konferansen 19.-20. oktober. (external link)
Media feature article
Popular science article
Non-fiction monograph
See a complete overview of publications in NVA.
Original Lancet /NEJM publications:
Projects
Ongoing projects:
- Emollient therapy for very low birthweight infants (<1500 g) in Uganda: effects on survival, infection, growth and development
- PROMISE ZERO
- REBOA PPH trial – Randomized Clinical Trial Assessing the usefulness of aorta ballon in postpartum haemorrhage
- 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
- Sambulelo
- Norwegian Research School in Global Health for Sustainable Futures
- BURST-Excel - The Bergen-Uganda Collaboration on Research Schools and Training for Excellence in Global Health
Past 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
- SURVIVAL PLUSS – Increasing capacity for mama-baby survival in post-conflict Uganda and South Sudan
- HI TRAIN – Health Informatics Training and Research in East Africa for Improved Health Care
- GROW NUT – Growing Partnership for Higher Education and Research in Nutritional Epidemiology in DR Congo
- PROMISE EPI – Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1: programme evaluation and innovative rescue intervention integrated in the Expanded Programme of Immunization
- NeoSupra Trial – Randomized Phase III Clinical Trial Assessing a Supraglottic Device Versus Face-mask Ventilation in Neonatal Resuscitation in Africa
Kompetanse
- MA, African Linguistics, Sorbonne, Paris, France, 1987
- MD: University Medical Degree, Uppsala University, 1988
- PhD: Doctor of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, 1994
- Specialist in Paediatrics, 2001