Bolarinwa, Obasanjo

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Name:

Bolarinwa, Obasanjo

Email:

o.bolarinwa@yorksj.ac.uk

Department:

Global Healthcare Management

Organisation:

York St John University

Address:

Export Building, Clove Crescent, East India, London, E14 2BA

Country:

United Kingdom

Homepage:

https://www.yorksj.ac.uk/our-staff/staff-profiles/obasanjo-bolarinwa.php

Biography

Expertise:

Sexual health, Reproductivee health, Maternal health, Health inequalities, Africa, Population health, Spatial Analysis, Multidimensional analysis

Job title:

Senior Lecturer

Biography:

I have been a global public health expert for many years. I specialise in global public health research methodologies, including protocol formulation and implementation. My expertise includes demographic analysis, database management, and evaluating health outcomes. I have conducted several maternal, sexual and reproductive health research in various regions, including sub-Saharan Africa and the UK, and I am committed to advancing health equity and evidence-based interventions in global public health.

Qualifications:

PhD Demography and Population Studies MSc Global Public Health MSc Demography and Social Statistics BSc Demography and Social Statistics

My Latest

Bolarinwa, Obasanjo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9208-6408 Decolonising higher education staffing in the UK: addressing racial and gendered inequalities through deliberate EDI. Frontiers in Sociology. (In Press)
Bolarinwa, Obasanjo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9208-6408 and GBD 2023 Disease and injury and risk factor collaborators (2025) Burden of 375 diseases and injuries, risk-attributable burden of 88 risk factors, and healthy life expectancy in 204 countries and territories, including 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023. The Lancet.
Bolarinwa, Obasanjo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9208-6408 and Ajayi, Kobi (2025) Young mothers in Kenya face a higher risk of giving birth early: study explores why. The Conversation.
Bolarinwa, Obasanjo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9208-6408 and GBD 2023 Causes of Death Collaborators, . (2025) Global burden of 292 causes of death in 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023. The Lancet.
Odimegwu, Clifford, Bolarinwa, Obasanjo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9208-6408, Mohammed, Aliu and Gayawan, Ezra (2025) Spatial pattern and influence of mass media exposure on sexual exposure among women with disabilities in sub-Saharan Africa. Archives of Public Health, 83 (1).
GBD 2023 Cancer Collaborators and Bolarinwa, Obasanjo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9208-6408 (2025) The global, regional, and national burden of cancer, 1990–2023, with forecasts to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023. The Lancet.
Bolarinwa, Obasanjo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9208-6408 and Mohammed, Aliu (2025) Bridging gaps in maternity care for women with disabilities: a scoping review of access and utilisation in sub-Saharan Africa adopting the WHO health systems framework. Contraception and Reproductive Medicine, 10 (1).
Bolarinwa, Obasanjo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9208-6408, Tadokera, Rebecca ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5195-2376 and Tiwari, Ritika ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5078-8989 (2025) A policy brief on improving reproductive and maternity services utilisation among women of reproductive age in Nigeria. Frontiers in Global Women's Health, 6.
Bolarinwa, Obasanjo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9208-6408 (2025) Birth control in Africa: study tracks the use of long-acting contraception in 26 countries. The Conversation.
Bolarinwa, Obasanjo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9208-6408, Mohammed, Aliu and Odimegwu, Clifford Obby (2025) Sexual health is an extra struggle for women with disabilities: findings from 10 African countries. The Conversation.

My Most Viewed

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1	Global age-sex-specific mortality, life expectancy, and population estimates in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1950–2021, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021	228	202
2	Prevalence of Non-Communicable Diseases and Associated Factors in South Africa: Evidence from National Income Dynamics Survey, 2008-2017.	127	44
3	Social Distancing, Lockdown Obligatory, and Response Satisfaction During COVID-19 Pandemic: Perception of Nigerian Social Media Users	118	28
4	Is intimate partner violence vertically transmitted among women in sub-Saharan Africa? Evidence from Demographic Health Surveys between 2010-2019	114	25
5	Perceptions on abortion and long-acting contraceptive use among women of reproductive age in selected Nigerian States: a cross-sectional study	105	28
6	Health system barriers influencing timely breast cancer diagnosis and treatment among women in low and middle-income Asian countries: evidence from a mixed-methods systematic review	93	46
7	Knowledge, attitude, perception, and preventative practices towards COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review	91	32
8	The Future of Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights in the Era of Artificial Intelligence: Prospects, Challenges, and Policy Implications	90	109
9	Global burden of 288 causes of death and life expectancy decomposition in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021	89	180
10	Multiple high-risk fertility behaviours and children under five mortality survivors among ever-married women of reproductive age in Nigeria	82	28