Social Sciences: Social Statistics & Demography

Nyovani J Madise

Primary position:
Professor of Demography and Social Statistics
Other positions:
Associate Dean (Research and Enterprise) of Faculty of Social and Human Sciences

Background

Nyovani Madise obtained her PhD in 1993. It investigated the interface between birth interval length and infant mortality in Malawi using multilevel modelling.

Before joining the University of Southampton in 1994, Nyovani worked as a lecturer in statistics at the University of Malawi. Nyovani co-directed Opportunities and Choices, a DFID-funded knowledge programme of research in reproductive health between 1999 and 2001 and was the first director of the Centre for AIDS Research. Nyovani is currently director of the Centre for Global Health, Population, Poverty, and Policy. She is also continuing to work on child survival, nutrition, HIV/AIDS and contraceptive use dynamics in sub-saharan Africa.

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"My research interests are in child and maternal health, HIV/AIDS, family planning and young people's sexual behaviour in the developing world."

Publications

The University of Southampton's electronic library (e-prints)

Article

Madise, N.J., Ziraba, A.K., Inungu, Joseph, Khamadi, S.A., Ezeh, A., Zulu, E.M., Kebaso, J, Okoth, V and Mwau, M (2012) Are slum dwellers at heightened risk of HIV infection than other urban residents? Evidence from population-based HIV prevalence surveys in Kenya. Health & Place (doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2012.04.003).
Moore, Ann M., Madise, Nyovani and Awusabo-Asare, Kofi (2012) Unwanted sexual experiences among young men in four sub-Saharan African countries: prevalence and context. Culture, Health & Sexuality, 14, (9), Summer Issue, 1021-1035. (doi:10.1080/13691058.2012.713119).
Amoako Johnson, Fiifi, Padmadas, Sabu S., Chandra, Hukum, Matthews, Zoe and Madise, Nyovani (2012) Estimating unmet need for contraception by district within Ghana: an application of small-area estimation techniques. Population Studies, 66, (2), 105-122. (doi:10.1080/00324728.2012.678585). (PMID:22553978).
Fotso, Jean Christophe, Madise, Nyovani, Baschieri, Angela, Cleland, John, Zulu, Eliya, Mutua, Martin Kavao and Essendi, Hildah (2012) Child growth in urban deprived settings: does household poverty status matter? At which stage of child development? Health & Place, 18, (2), 375-384. (doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2011.12.003). (PMID:22221652).
Chepngeno-Langat, Gloria, Falkingham, Jane, Madise, Nyovani and Evandrou, Maria (2012) Concern about HIV and AIDS among older people in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya. Risk Analysis (doi:10.1111/j.1539-6924.2011.01765.x).
Chepngeno-Langat, Gloria, Madise, Nyovani, Evandrou, Maria and Falkingham, Jane (2011) Gender differentials on the health consequences of care-giving to people with AIDS-related illness among older informal carers in two slums in Nairobi, Kenya. AIDS Care, 1-9. (doi:10.1080/09540121.2011.569698).
Kimani-Murage, Elizabeth, Madise, Nyovani J., Fotso, Jean-Christophe, Kyobutungi, Catherine, Mutua, Martin K., Gitau, Tabither and Yatich, Nelly (2011) Patterns and determinants of breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices in urban informal settlements, Nairobi Kenya. BMC Public Health, 11, (396) (doi:10.1186/1471-2458-11-396). (PMID:21615957).
Bocquier, Phillipe, Madise, N.J. and Zulu, Eliya M. (2011) Is there an urban advantage in child survival in sub-Saharan Africa? Evidence from 18 countries in the 1990s. Demography, 47
Kandala, Ngianga-Bakwin, Brodish, Paul, Buckner, Bates, Foster, Susan and Madise, Nyovani (2011) Millennium development goal 6 and HIV infection in Zambia: what can we learn from successive household surveys? Aids, 25, (1), 95-106. (doi:10.1097/QAD.0b013e328340fe0f). (PMID:21099671).
Johnson, Fiifi Amoako and Madise, Nyovani J. (2011) Targeting women at risk of unintended pregnancy in Ghana: Should geography matter? Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare, 2, (1), 29-35. (doi:10.1016/j.srhc.2010.10.003). (PMID:21147456).
Matthews, Zoe, Channon, Andrew A.R., Neal, Sarah, Osrin, David, Madise, Nyovani and Stones, William (2010) Examining the ‘‘Urban Advantage’’ in maternal health care in developing countries. PLoS Medicine, 7, (9), e1000327-[7pp]. (doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000327).
Ndugwa, Robert, Cleland, John, Madise, Nyovani, Fotso, Jean-Christophe and Zulu, Eliya (2010) Menstrual pattern, sexual behaviors and contraceptive use among postpartum women in Nairobi slums. Journal of Urban Health (doi:10.1007/s11524-010-9452-6). (PMID:20449772).
Ziraba, Abdallah K, Madise, N.J., Matilu, Mwau, Zulu, Eliya, Kebaso, John, Khamadi, Samoel, Okoth, Vincent and Ezeh, Alex (2010) The effect of participant non-response on the HIV prevalence estimates in a population based survey in two informal settlements in Nairobi city. Population Health Metrics (Submitted).
Ndugwa, Robert, Cleland, John, Madise, Nyovani, Fotso, Jean-Christophe and Zulu, Eliya (2010) Menstrual pattern, sexual behaviors and contraceptive use among postpartum women in Nairobi slums. Journal of Urban Health (doi:10.1007/s11524-010-9452-6).
Kimani-Murage, Elizabeth W., Holding, Penny A., Fotso, Jean-Christophe, Kahurani, Elizabeth N., Madise, Nyovani J., Ezeh, Alex C. and Zulu, Eliya M. (2010) Food security and nutritional outcomes among urban poor orphans in Nairobi, Kenya. Journal of Urban Health (doi:10.1007/s11524-010-9491-z).
Undie, Chi-Chi, Ziraba, Abdhalah Kasiira, Madise, Nyovani, Kebaso, John and Kimani-Murage, Elizabeth (2009) 'If you start thinking positively, you won't miss sex': narratives of sexual (in)activity among people living with HIV in Nairobi's informal settlements. Culture, Health & Sexuality,, 11, (8), 767-782. (doi:10.1080/13691050903105031).
Ziraba, Abdhalah Kasiira, Nyovani, Madise, Samuel, Mills, Catherine, Kyobutungi and Alex, Ezeh (2009) Maternal mortality in the informal settlements of Nairobi city: what do we know? Reproductive Health, 6, (6) (doi:10.1186/1742-4755-6-6).
Marston, M., Slaymaker, E., Cremin, I., Floyd, Sian, McGrath, N., Kasamba, I., Lutano, T., Nyirenda, M., Ndyanabo, A., Mupambireyi, Z. and Zaba, B. (2009) Trends and patterns in marriage and time spent single and sexually active in Sub Saharan Africa: a comparative analysis of six community based cohort studies. Sexually Transmitted Infections, 85, supplement 1, 64-71. (doi:10.1136/sti.2008.034249). (PMID:19307343).
Lalor, M.K., Ben-Smith, A., Gorak-Stolinska, P., Weir, R.E., Floyd, Sian, Blitz, R., Mvula, H., Newport, M.J., Branson, K., McGrath, N., Crampin, A.C., Fine, P.E. and Dockrell, H.M. (2009) Population differences in immune responses to Bacille Calmette-Guérin vaccination in infancy. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 199, (6), 795-800. (doi:10.1086/597069). (PMID:19434928).
Johnson, Fiifi Amoako and Madise, Nyovani J. (2009) Examining the geographical heterogeneity associated with risk of mistimed and unwanted pregnancy in Ghana. Journal of Biosocial Science, 41, (2), 249-267. (doi:10.1017/S0021932008003179).
Chepngeno-Langat, Gloria, Falkingham, Jane, Madise, Nyovani J. and Evandrou, Maria (2009) Socioeconomic differentials between HIV caregivers and noncaregivers: is there a selection effect? A case of older people living in Nairobi City. Research on Ageing, 32, (1), 67-96. (doi:10.1177/0164027509348116).
Ye, Yazoume, Madise, Nyovani, Ndugwa, Robert, Ochola, Sam and Snow, Robert W. (2009) Fever treatment in the absence of malaria transmission in an urban informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya. Malaria Journal, 8, 160-[7pp]. (doi:10.1186/1475-2875-8-160).
Ziraba, Abdhalah K., Mills, Samuel, Madise, Nyovani, Saliku, Teresa and Fotso, Jean-Christophe (2009) The state of emergency obstetric care services in Nairobi informal settlements and environs: results from a maternity health facility survey. BMC Health Services Research, 9, (46), 1-8. (doi:10.1186/1472-6963-9-46).
Kanyighe, C., Channon, A.R., Tadesse, E., Madise, N., Changole, J., Bakuwa, E., Malunga, E. and Stones, R.W. (2008) Determinants of post-partum maternal mortality at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi: a case control study 2001-2002. African Journal of Reproductive Health, 12, (3), 35-48.
Prost, M.A., Jahn, A., Floyd, S., Mvula, H., Mwaiyeghele, E., Mwinuka, V., Mhango, T., Crampin, A.C., McGrath, N., Fine, P.E. and Glynn, J.R. (2008) Implication of new WHO growth standards on identification of risk factors and estimated prevalence of malnutrition in rural Malawian infants. PLoS ONE, 3, (7), e2684. (doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0002684). (PMID:18628980).
Madise, N.J., Zulu, E. and Ciera, J. (2008) Poverty linked to early sexual debut and low condom use in Africa [Digest]. International Family Planning Perspectives, 34, (2), 99-100.
Jahn, A., Floyd, Sian, Crampin, A.C., Mwaungulu, F., Mvula, H., Munthali, F., McGrath, N., Mwafilaso, J., Mwinuka, V., Mangongo, B., Fine, P.E., Zaba, B. and Glynn , J.R. (2008) Population-level effect of HIV on adult mortality and early evidence of reversal after introduction of antiretroviral therapy in Malawi. Lancet, 371, (9624), 1603-1611. (doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60693-5). (PMID:18468544).
Jahn, A., Floyd, S., Mwinuka, V., Mwafilaso, J., Mwagomba, D., Mkisi, R.E., Karsulukuta, A., Khunga, A., Crampin, A.C., Branson, K., McGrath, N. and Fine, P.E.M. (2008) Ascertainment of childhood vaccination histories in northern Malawi. Tropical Medicine & International Health, 13, (1), 129-138. (doi:10.1111/j.1365-3156.2007.01982.x). (PMID:18291011).
Fotso, Jean-Christophe, Ezeh, Alex, Madise, Nyovani, Ziraba, Abdhallah and Ogollah, Reuben (2008) What does access to maternal care mean among the urban poor? Factors associated with use of appropriate maternal health services in the slum settlements of Nairobi, Kenya. Maternal and Child Health Journal (doi:10.1007/s10995-008-0326-4).
Madise, N., Zulu, E. and Ciera, J. (2007) Is poverty a driver for risky sexual behaviour? Evidence from national surveys of adolescents from four African countries. African Journal of Reproductive Health, 11, (3), 83-98.
Hosegood, V., Floyd, S., Marston, M., Hill, C., McGrath, N., Isingo, R., Crampin, A. and Zaba, B. (2007) Growing up in rural Africa: orphanhood and living arrangements of children in high HIV prevalence populations in Malawi, Tanzania and South Africa. Population Studies, 61, (3), 327-336. (doi:10.1080/00324720701524292).
Fotso, Jean-Christophe, Ezeh, Alex Chika, Madise, Nyovani Janet and Ciera, James (2007) Progress towards the child mortality millennium development goal in urban sub-Saharan Africa: the dynamics of population growth, immunization, and access to clean water. BMC Public Health, 7, (218) (doi:10.1186/1471-2458-7-218).
Guiella, G. and Madise, N. (2007) HIV/AIDS and sexual-risk behaviors among adolescents: factors influencing the use of condoms in Burkina Faso. African Journal of Reproductive Health, 11, (3), 182-196.
Moore, A.M., Awusabo-Asare, K., Madise, M., John-Langba, J. and Kumi-Kyereme, A. (2007) Coerced first sex among adolescent girls in sub-Saharan Africa: prevalence and context. African Journal of Reproductive Health, 11, (3), 62-82.
Floyd, S., Crampin, A.C., Glynn, J., Madise, N., Mwenebabu, M., Mkhondia, S., Ngwira, B., Zaba, B. and Fine, P.E.M (2007) The social and economic impact of parental HIV on children in northern Malawi: retrospective population-based cohort study. AIDS CARE, 19, (6), 781-790. (doi:10.1080/09540120601163227).
Stephenson, Rob, Baschieri, Angela, Clements, Steve, Hennink, Monique and Madise, Nyovani (2006) Contextual influences on the use of health facility for childbirth in Africa. American Journal of Public Health, 96, (1), 84-93. (doi:10.2105/AJPH.2004.057422).
Kandala, N. B. M., Magadi, M.A. and Madise, N.J. (2006) An investigation of district spatial variations of childhood diarrhea and fever in Malawi. Social Science and Medicine, 62, (5), 1138-1152. (doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.07.028).
Hennink, M. and Madise, Nyovani J. (2005) Influence of user fees on contraceptive use in Malawi. African Population Studies, 20, (2), 125-141.
Griffiths, P., Madise, N., Matthews, Z. and Whitworth, A. (2004) A tale of two continents: comparing determinants of child nutritional status from selected African and Asian regions. Health & Place, 10, (2), 183-199. (doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2003.07.001).
Ngianga-Bakwin, Kandala and Madise, Nyovani (2004) The spatial epidemiology of childhood diseases in Malawi and Zambia. African Population Studies, 19, (Supplement B), 199-226.
Madise, Nyovani (2004) Book Review: Global AIDS: Myths and Facts, Alexander Irwin, Joyce Millen and Dorothy Fallows, Cambridge MA, South End Press 2003, $19.00, 267 pp. Psychology, Health and Medicine, 9, (3), 399-400. (doi:10.1080/13548500412331272243).
Magadi, Monica, Diamond, Ian, Madise, Nyovani and Smith, Peter, Mascie-Taylor, C.G.N. (ed.) (2004) Pathways of the determinants of unfavourable birth outcomes in Kenya. Journal of Biosocial Science, 36, (2), 153-176. (doi:10.1017/S0021932003006163).
Clements, Steve and Madise, Nyovani (2004) Who is being served least by family planning providers? A study of modern contraceptive use in Ghana, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. African Journal of Reproductive Health, 8, (2), 124-136.
Akwara, Priscilla A., Madise, Nyovani Janet and Hinde, Andrew (2003) Perception of risk of HIV/AIDS and sexual behaviour in Kenya. Journal of Biosocial Science, 35, (3), 385-411. (doi:10.1017/S0021932003003857).
Tuoane, Maletela, Madise, Nyovani Janet and Diamond, Ian (2003) Provision of family planning services in Lesotho. International Family Planning Perspectives, 30, (2), 77-86.
Madise, N.J., Banda, E.M. and Benaya, K.W. (2003) Infant mortality in Zambia: socioeconomic and demographic determinants. Social Biology, 50, (1-2), 148-166.
Crampin, Amelia C., Floyd, Sian, Glynn, Judith R., Madise, Nyovani, Nyondo, Andrew, Khondowe, Masiya M., Njoka, Chance L., Kanyongoloka, Huxley, Ngwira, Bagrey, Zaba, Basia and Fine, Paul E.M. (2003) The long-term impact of HIV and orphanhood on the mortality and physical well-being of children in rural Malawi. AIDS, 17, (3), 389-397. (doi:10.1097/01.aids.0000042939.55529.a8).
Tuoane, Maletela, Diamond, Ian and Madise, Nyovani (2003) Use of family planning in Lesotho: the importance of quality of care and access. African Population Studies, 18, (2), 105-132.
Magadi, Monica, Madise, Nyovani and Diamond, Ian, Hollander, D. (ed.) (2001) In Kenya, the risk of poor birth outcomes is highest for a woman's first child. International Family Planning Perspectives [Digest], 27, (3), 156-157.
Magadi, Monica, Diamond, Ian and Madise, Nyovani (2001) Analysis of factors associated with maternal mortality in Kenyan hospitals. Journal of Biosocial Science, 33, (3), 375-389. (doi:10.1017/S0021932001003753).
Magadi, Monica, Madise, Nyovani and Diamond, Ian (2001) Factors associated with unfavourable birth outcomes in Kenya. Journal of Biosocial Science, 33, (2), 199-225. (doi:10.1017/S0021932001001997).
Magadi, Monica A., Madise, Nyovani J. and Rodrigues, Roberto N. (2000) Variations in antenatal care between women of different communities in Kenya. APHRC Working Papers
Magadi, Monica, Diamond, Ian and Madise, Nyovani (2000) Individual and community level factors associated with premature births, size of baby at birth and caesarean section deliveries in Kenya. APHRC Working Papers
Magadi, Monica Akinyi, Madise, Nyovani Janet and Rodrigues, Roberto Nascimento (2000) Frequency and timing of antenatal care in Kenya: explaining the variations between women of different communities. Social Science and Medicine, 51, (4), 551-561. (doi:10.1016/S0277-9536(99)00495-5).
Magadi, Monica, Diamond, Ian and Madise, Nyovani (2000) Patient socio-demographic characteristics and hospital factors associated with maternal mortality in Kenyan hospitals. APHRC Working Papers
Madise, Nyovani J., Matthews, Zoë and Margetts, Barrie (1999) Heterogeneity of child nutritional status between households: a comparison of six sub-Saharan African countries. Population Studies, 53, (3), 331-343. (doi:10.1080/00324720308092).
Madise, N.J. and Mpoma, M.O. (1997) Child malnutrition and feeding practices in Malawi. Food and Nutrition Bulletin, 18, (2), 190-201.
Madise, N.J. and Diamond, I. (1995) Determinants of infant mortality in Malawi: an analysis to control for death clustering within families. Journal of Biosocial Science, 27, (1), 95-106.

Book

Wittenberg, J.A., Munthali, A., Moore, E., Zulu, N., Madise, M., Mkandawire, F., Limbani, L., Darabi, L. and Konyani, S. (2007) Protecting the next generation in Malawi: new evidence on adolescent sexual and reproductive health needs, New York, Guttmacher Institute, 49pp. (Protecting the next generation).
Madise, N., Stones, R.W. and McEachran, J. (2001) Code of standards and ethics for reproductive health research, Southampton, UK, Opportunities and Choices Programme, Univeversity of Southampton

Book Section

Madise, Nyovani, Fotso, Jean-Christophe, Ezeh, Alex and Ciera, James (2008) Progress toward the child mortality millennium goal in urban sub-Saharan Africa: the dynamics of population growth, immunization and access to clean water. In, Proceedings of the United Nations Expert Group Meeting on Population Distribution, Urbanization, Internal Migration and Development. , United Nations, 231-243.
Nyarko, P., Madise, N. and Diamond, I. (1999) Infant mortality and the pace of childbearing in Ghana: some evidence of son preference. In, Third African Population Conference, Durban, South Africa, 6-10 December 1999. The African Population in the 21st Century [Troisieme Conference Africaine sur la Population, La Population Africaine au 21e Siecle]. Third African Population Conference: The African Population in the 21st Century Dakar, Senegal, Union for African Population Studies, 619-644.
Madise, N.J. (1996) Child mortality in Malawi: further evidence of death clustering within families. In, Powell, R.A., Mwageni, E.A. and Ankomah, A. (eds.) Population Dynamics: Some Past and Emerging Issues. Exeter, UK, University of Exeter, 27-35.

Monograph

Stephenson, Rob, Clements, Steve, Baschieri, Angela, Hennink, Monique and Madise, Nyovani (2004) Contextual influences on the use of health facilities for childbirth in Africa. Southampton, UK, Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute, 35pp. (S3RI Applications and Policy Working Papers, (A04/18) ).
Hennink, Monique and Madise, Nyovani (2004) Appropriateness of User Fees for Reproductive Health in Malawi. Southampton, UK, Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute, 24pp. (S3RI Applications and Policy Working Papers, (A04/17) ).
Kandala, N. B., Magadi, M. A. and Madise, N. J. (2004) An Investigation of District Spatial Variations of Childhood Diarrhoea and Fever Morbidity in Malawi. Southampton, UK, Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute, 35pp. (S3RI Applications and Policy Working Papers, (A04/14) ).
Clements, Steve, Baschieri, Angela, Hennink, Monique, Madise, Nyovani and Stephenson, Rob (2004) Explaining areal variations in contraceptive use in East Africa. Southampton, UK, Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute, 22pp. (S3RI Applications and Policy Working Papers, (A04/01) ).
Madise, Nyovani, Matthews, Zoë and Whitworth, Alison (2003) A tale of two continents: Infant death clustering in India and sub-Saharan Africa. Southampton, UK, Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute, 42pp. (S3RI Applications and Policy Working Papers, (A03/14) ).
Magadi, Monica, Diamond, Ian, Madise, Nyovani and Smith, Peter (2003) Pathways of the determinants of unfavourable birth outcomes in Kenya. Southampton, UK, Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute, 37pp. (S3RI Applications and Policy Working Papers, (A03/03) ).
Madise, Nyovani, Stephenson, Rob, Holmes, David and Matthews, Zoë (2003) Impact of estimation techniques on regression analysis: an application to survey data on child nutritional status in five African countries. Southampton, UK, Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute, 26pp. (S3RI Applications and Policy Working Papers, (A03/07) ).
Nyarko, Philomena, Madise, Nyovani and Diamond, Ian (2003) Child loss and fertility behaviour in Ghana. Southampton, UK, Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute, 25pp. (S3RI Applications and Policy Working Papers, (A03/08) ).
Madise, N.J., Hennink, M., Kainja, E. and Dambula, I. (2002) Appropriateness of user fees for reproductive health services in Malawi. Southampton, UK, Southampton University, 2pp. (Poverty and Equity in Reproductive Health Series, (Factsheet 7) ).
Sheppard, Zoe, Madise, Nyovani and Hennink, Monique (2001) Gender and risk of HIV in Ghana and Uganda. Southampton, UK, Southampton University (Opportunities and Choices).
 

Research

Research Interests

My research interests are in child and maternal health, HIV/AIDS, family planning and young people's sexual behaviour in the developing world. I am currently working on a large research programme on linkages between urbanisation, poverty and health in Africa. I also have interests in strengthening research capacity in developing countries, and in working with policymakers, and have advised UNAIDS, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and the Botswana Government.

Contact

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Social Statistics & Demography
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University of Southampton
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