Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Research interests
Primary:
- Maternal Child Health
- Quality of Health Care and Health Service Delivery
- Clinical Trials
- Health Determinants and Health Systems in low and middle-income countries
Secondary:
- Infectious diseases epidemiology
- None-communicable diseases - CVD
Research groups and projects
- Clinical Handover and Global Health
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IGI Water Challenges group
- IGI Clean Air Group
Biography
Semira Manaseki-Holland trained as a public health physician in England with joint qualifications in paediatrics with research leadership focus on health systems and maternal-child health, mainly in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) over a 25 year period. Semira worked in the NHS for 9 years after which she intensified her global health research and health systems delivery, including living and working for two years in Mongolia, and 6 years in Afghanistan. Semira has worked extensively for WHO HQ, UN agencies, Ministries of Health and NGOs on a variety of settings and health programmes.
Semira’s pioneering international work includes conducting the first randomized control trials in Mongolia and Afghanistan. As CEO for Central Asia for a large multi-national NGO (AKHS) between 2005-2009 she managed the delivery of Afghanistan’s integrated healthcare services in 3 provinces, which ranged from provincial hospitals to district/ village clinics. At the same time she supported national health care delivery and reform systems in two remote, mountainous provinces of Tajikistan. Semira also managed the operations of three midwifery training colleges and academic research in Afghanistan and Tajikistan.
At the University of Birmingham, in 2012, Semira founded the Master’s in Public Health (Global) and directed it until 2019. As Reader in Public Health, Semira conducts global health research in maternal child health, health systems, complex community or health systems interventions, often within a randomised controlled trial design context. She also has an area of research in the UK surrounding mortality case note reviews in hospitals. Semira is the Health Lead for Institute of Global Innovation (IGI) https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/global-goals/igi/index.aspx challenge themes “Water Challenges in a Challenging world” and “Clean Air”. Semira teaches students at undergraduate and postgraduate level, including supervision of a number of PhDs.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Coproduced, arts interventions for nurturing care (0-5 years) in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs): a realist review
Gale, N. K., Ahmed, K., Diarra, N. H., Manaseki-Holland, S., Asamane, E., Sidibé, C. S., Touré, O., Wilson, M. & Griffiths, P., 17 May 2024, In: BMJ open. 14, 5, 10 p., e083093.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Experiences and challenges of people living with multiple long-term conditions in managing their care in primary care settings in Kerala, India: A qualitative study
Joseph, L., Krishnan, A., Lekha, T. R., Sasidharan, N., Thulaseedharan, J. V., Valamparampil, M. J., Harikrishnan, S., Greenfield, S., Gill, P., Davies, J., Manaseki-Holland, S. & Jeemon, P., 13 Jun 2024, In: PLoS ONE. 19, 6, 19 p., e0305430.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Exploring the preferred integration approach for HIV, diabetes and hypertension care and associated barriers and facilitators in Central Tanzania: An exploratory qualitative study
Gooden, T. E., Mkhoi, M. L., Mwalukunga, L. J., Mdoe, M., Senkoro, E., Kibusi, S. M., Thomas, G. N., Nirantharakumar, K., Manaseki-Holland, S. & Greenfield, S., 24 Jul 2024, In: PLOS Global Public Health. 4, 7, e0003510.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Statistical analysis plan for cluster randomised trial to evaluate a community-level complementary food safety and hygiene and nutrition intervention in Mali: the MaaCiwara study
Quinn, L., Martin, J., Asamane, E., Manaseki-Holland, S., Lilford, R. J., Traore, L., Thompson, J., Watson, S. I. & Hemming, K., 16 Jul 2024, In: Trials. 25, 1, 10 p., 483.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The pathway to diagnosis and follow-up care for atrial fibrillation in Sri Lanka: a descriptive longitudinal study [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]
NIHR Global Health Research Group on Atrial Fibrillation Management, Vethanayagam, S., Gooden, T. E., Uruthirakumar, P., Kanesamoorthy, S., Guruparan, M., Subaschandran, K., Lip, G. Y. H., Nirantharakumar, K., Thomas, G. N., Surenthirakumaran, R., Kumarendran, B. & Manaseki-Holland, S., 3 Jun 2024, In: NIHR Open Research. 4, 24 p., 63.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Improving primary healthcare for patients with non-communicable diseases during severe flooding in India
Manaseki-Holland, S. (Principal Investigator), Hemming, K. (Co-Investigator), Sitch, A. (Co-Investigator), Jowett, S. (Co-Investigator), Greenfield, S. (Co-Investigator), Han, S. (Co-Investigator), Nirantharakumar, K. (Co-Investigator), Hall, J. (Co-Investigator), Blackburn, S. (Co-Investigator), Widmann, M. (Co-Investigator), Jordan, R. (Co-Investigator) & Krause, S. (Co-Investigator)
1/01/24 → 31/12/28
Project: Other Government Departments
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Effect of urban vs rural context on effectiveness of a community intervention to prevent diarrhoea and stunting in young children in Mali
Jackson, L. (Co-Investigator), Jolly, K. (Co-Investigator), Gale, N. (Co-Investigator), Bensassi, S. (Co-Investigator), Hemming, K. (Researcher), Tebbs, S. (Co-Investigator), Manaseki-Holland, S. (Principal Investigator), Asamane, E. (Co-Investigator), Watson, S. (Researcher), Weber, K. (Researcher), Lilford, R. (Researcher), Quinn, L. (Researcher), Martin, J. (Researcher) & Adams, R. (Researcher)
1/01/21 → 31/03/25
Project: Research Councils
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Preventable Mortality Study - Extension of 14696
Manaseki-Holland, S. (Principal Investigator)
1/04/10 → 31/12/29
Project: Research
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ISPF Institutional Support Grant 2023/24: Enhancing enumerators' training and data monitoring for final evaluation, and dissemination of the MaaCiwara trial findings (supplement to 834286 / 1001159)
Asamane, E. (Co-Investigator), Weber, K. (Co-Investigator) & Manaseki-Holland, S. (Principal Investigator)
30/10/23 → 31/03/24
Project: Research Councils
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ISPF Institutional Support Grant 2023/24: What does 'empowerment' mean to women in Mali? (Supplement to: 834286 / 1001159)
Manaseki-Holland, S. (Principal Investigator), Weber, K. (Co-Investigator) & Asamane, E. (Co-Investigator)
30/10/23 → 31/03/24
Project: Research Councils
Datasets
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Research data supporting the publication "Barriers and facilitators for the provision of radiology services in Zimbabwe: a qualitative study based on staff experiences and observations"
Manaseki-Holland, S. (Creator), Cummins, C. (Creator) & Tombo, L. (Creator), University of Birmingham, 14 Dec 2022
DOI: 10.25500/edata.bham.00000891
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