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Name: Olukemi O. TONGO |
| Designation: Senior Lecturer | |
| Faculty: Clinical Sciences | |
| Department: Paediatrics |
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| Phone Number: +2348050214353 |
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Biography: I was born in Ibadan and had my primary and secondary education in Ibadan. I had my first degree in medicine from Ogun State University (now Olabisi Onabanjo University) in the 80s and finished as the best graduating student of the second set of intakes in 1989. I developed interest in Paediatrics during my housemanship at the Ogun State University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu seeing the way the resident doctors and Consultants handled children and brought smiles to the faces of families. It was particularly motivating to see the Paediatricians look at children from a distance and tell who was sick or not sick even before touching and they were usually right.After my national youth service at the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna, I returned to commence residency training in Paediatrics at the Ogun State University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu. Thereafter, I transferred to the University College Hospital, Ibadan for my residency training in Paediatrics in the search for excellence in my chosen field. My interest in neonatology developed while in Sagamu with the way my consultants paid attention to details and was often very rewarding. While doing my residency training in UCH, the interest in neonatology was further rekindled. After my residency training in Ibadan, I joined as academic staff of the College of Medicine as a lecturer in Neonatology in the year 2000 and subsequently Honorary Consultant in Neonatology at the University College Hospital, Ibadan till date. In addition to my teaching responsibilities in the University, I also serve as national trainer in Neonatal Resuscitation, Essential Newborn Care, Comprehensive Newborn Care and Kangaroo Mother care. I have been active in my professional associations and held posts as the Vice President (2018 - 2021) and President (2021 - 2023) of the Nigerian Society of Neonatal Medicine. I have been the National Coordinator of the Neonatal Resuscitation Training programme of the Paediatric Association of Nigeria from 2018 till date. |
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Research
Current Research and Capacity Building Projects including Grants
Title: A feasibility and pilot trial of enteral probiotic administration in preterm infants admitted to a neonatal unit in Nigeria
Funder: MRC (JGHT)
Role: Principal Investigator
Collaborators: Abimbola Akindolire, Stephen Allen, Nicholas Embleton, Janet Berrington, Chris Stewart
Publications
Books
1. Ike Lagunju, Kemi Tongo, Olugbemiro Sodeinde, Stephen Allen. (2008). Management of the sick child. In: Michael Eddleston, Robert Davidson, Andrew Brent, Robert Wilkinson (Eds). Oxford Handbook of Tropical Medicine. Oxford. Oxford medical publications. 1–29pp. ISBN 978-019-920-409-0. (United Kingdom)
2. Kemi Tongo (2013). The Newborn. In: IkeOluwa Lagunju, Adebanji E Adeyoju (Eds). Child health. Ibadan: BookBuilders. Editions Africa. 1–22pp. ISBN – 978-921-027-5. (Nigeria)
3. Tongo, O.O., Ayede, A.I. (2018) Neonatal Infections. In: RE Oladokun and K Osinusi (eds). A handbook of Paediatric infectious diseases and antimicrobial therapy. Ibadan: Inspiration. 80 – 84pp. ISBN 978-978-54160-4-6. (Nigeria)
4. Tongo, O.O., Ayede, A.I., Alao, M.A. (2020). Neonatology. In:Lagunju, I.A., Akindolire, A.E., Oladokun, R.E (Eds). A handbook for residents in paediatrics. Ibadan. Department of Paediatrics. 61 – 69pp. ISBN 978-978-985-146-1.
Journal Articles
5. Tongo, O.O., Orimadegun, A.E., Ajayi, S.O., Akinyinka O.O. 2009 The Economic Burden of Preterm/Very Low Birth Weight Care in Nigeria. Journal of Tropical Paediatrics. Vol. 55. No. 4: 262 – 64.
6. Falade, C.O., Tongo, O.O., Ogunkunle, O.O., Orimadegun, A.E. 2010 Effects of malaria in pregnancy on newborn anthropometry Journal of Infection in Developing Countries. Vol. 4. No.7: 448 – 453.
7. Fawole, A.O., Shah, A., Tongo, O., Dara, KM., El-Ladan, A., Umezulike, AC., Alu, FE., Eniayewun, AB., Fabanwo, AO., Adewunmi, AA., Adegbola, O., Adebayo, AA., Obaitan, FO., Onala, OE., Usman, Y., Sullayman, AO., Kailani, S., Sa'id M. 2011 Determinants of perinatal mortality in Nigeria International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics. Vol. 114. No1. 37 – 42.
8. Tongo, O.O., Orimadegun, A.E., Akinyinka, O.O. 2011 Utilisation of malaria preventive measures during pregnancy and birth outcomes in Ibadan, Nigeria. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth Vol.11:60
9. Abdulraheem, M.A., Tongo, O.O., Orimadegun, A.E., Akinbami, O.F 2016 Neonatal transport practices in Ibadan, Nigeria Pan African Medical Journal. Vol. 24:216 doi:10.11604/pamj.2016.24.216.8651
10. Akindolire, A.E., Tongo, O.O., Dada-Adegbola, H.O., Akinyinka, O.O. 2016 Aetiology of early onset septicaemia among neonates at the University College Hospital, Ibadan. The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries. Vol. 10. No. 12:1338-44.
11. Akindolire, A.E., Tongo, O.O., Dada-Adegbola, H.O., Akinyinka, O.O. 2018 Healthcare-associated infections in a Newborn Unit in Nige. African Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences. Vol. 47. No. 2: 215 – 21.
12. Labaeka, A. A., Tongo, O.O., Ogunbosi, O.B., Fasunla, A.J. 2018 Prevalence of hearing impairment among high-risk newborns in Ibadan, Nigeria. Frontiers in Paediatrics. Vol. 6:194. .Doi:10.3389/fped.2018.00194
13. Tongo, O.O., Labaeka, A.A 2020 Antibiotic Prescription Pattern for Neonatal Sepsis at the University College Hospital, Ibadan; How Judicious. American Journal of Pediatrics. Vol. 6. No. 1: 58-61
14. Tongo, O.O., Abdulraheem, M.A., Orimadegun, A.E., Akinbami, F.O 2020 Immediate Outcomes of Neonatal Transport in a Tertiary Hospital in South-West of Nigeria. Glob J of Ped & Neonatal Car. Vol. 2. No.1: GJPNC.MS.ID.000529. DOI: 10.33552/GJPNC.2020.02.000529
15. Olusanya, B.A., Oluleye, T.S., Tongo, O.O., Ugalahi, M.O., Babalola, Y.O., Ayede, A.I., Bayeroju, A.M. 2020 Retinopathy of prematurity in a tertiary facility: an initial report of a screening programme. Nigerian Journal of Paediatrics. 2020. 47;(2): 55 – 60.
16. Read, S.K., Jibril, A., Tongo, O., Akindolire, A., Abdulkadir, I., Nabwera, H., Sinha, I., Allen, S and The Neonatal Nutrition Network 2020 Parents’ perceptions of core outcomes in neonatal research in two Nigerian neonatal units. BMJ Paediatrics. 4:e000669. doi:10.1136/ bmjpo-2020-000669
17. Nabwera, H.M., Wang, D., Tongo, O.O., Andang’o, PEA., Abdulkadir, I., Ezeaka, C.V., Ezenwa, BN., Fajolu, IB., Imam, ZK., Mwangome, MK., Umoru, DD., Akindolire, AE., Otieno, W., Nalwa, GM., Talbert, AW., Abubakar, I., Embleton, ND., Allen SJ 2021 Burden of disease and risk factors for mortality amongst hospitalized newborns in Nigeria and Kenya. PLoS ONE. Vol. 16. No. 1: e0244109. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244109
18. Tongo, O.O., Imam, Z.O/ In: Sinha, I.P., Bhatt, J.M., Cleator, A., et al., (Eds) 2021 Respiratory Diseases of the Newborn Infant in Low- and middle-income countries. Sheffield, European Respiratory Society. (ISBN 978-1-84984-137-5)
19. Thomas Edwards, Christopher T Williams, Macrine Olwala, Pauline Andang’o, Walter Otieno, Grace N Nalwa, Abimbola Akindolire, Ana I Cubas-Atienzar, Toby Ross, Olukemi O Tongo, Emily R Adams, Helen Nabwera, Stephen Allen 2023 Molecular surveillance reveals widespread colonisation by carbapenemase and extended spectrum beta-lactamase producing organisms in neonatal units in Kenya and Nigeria. Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control; 12:14. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-023-01216-0.
20. Olukemi O Tongo, Macrine A Olwala, Alison W Talbert, Helen M Nabwera, Abimbola E Akindolire, Walter Otieno, Grace M Nalwa, Pauline EA Andang'o, Martha K Mwangome, Isa Abdulkadir, Chinyere V Ezeaka, Beatrice N Ezenwa, Iretiola B Fajolu, Zainab O Imam, Dominic D Umoru, Ismaela Abubakar, Nicholas D Embleton, Stephen J Allen. (2022). Enteral Feeding Practices for Very Preterm and Very Low Birth Weight Infants in Nigeria and Kenya. Front. Pediatr.,10 https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2022.892209
21. James H Cross, Christine Bohne, Samuel K Ngwala, Josephine Shabani, John Wainaina, Olabisi Dosunmu, Irabi Kassim, Rebecca E Penzias, Robert Tillya, David Gathara, Evelyn Zimba, Veronica Chinyere Ezeaka, Opeyemi Odedere, Msandeni Chiume, Nahya Salim, Kondwani Kawaza, Norman Lufesi, Grace Irimu, Olukemi O Tongo, Lucas Malla, Chris Paton, Louise T Day, Maria Oden, Rebecca Richards-Kortum, Elizabeth M Molyneux, Eric O Ohuma, Joy E Lawn, with NEST360 Neonatal Inpatient Dataset Learning Group 2023. Neonatal inpatient dataset for small and sick newborn care in low- and middle-income countries: systematic development and multi-country operationalisation with NEST360 BMC Pediatrics (2023) 23: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-023-04341-2
22. OO Tongo, AE Orimadegun, AA Labaeka, OO Akinyinka 2022. Infant Care Practices at Home in the First Weeks of Life in Ibadan, South-West Nigeria. West African Journal of Medicine Vol.39; (12): 1245-1252.
23. AP Staunton, HM Nabwera, SJ Allen, OO Tongo, AE Akindolire, Isa Abdulkadir, Chinyere V Ezeaka, Beatrice N Ezenwa, Iretiola B Fajolu, Zainab O Imam, Dominic D Umoru, Walter Otieno, Grace M Nalwa, Macrine Olwala, Alison W Talbert, Pauline EA Andang'o, Martha K Mwangome, Ismaela Abubakar, Nicholas D Embleton. 2022 Prospective observational study of the challenges in diagnosing common neonatal conditions in Nigeria and Kenya. BMJ open 2022;12:e064575. doi:10.1136/ bmjopen-2022-064575
Supervision
CURRENT STUDENTS
Fellowship Level
1. Borokini Ayodeji.
Title: Comparative efficacy of skin-to-skin care versus expressed breastmilk in procedural pain relief among neonates in a tertiary hospital in Ibadan. Commenced 2020
2. Adeigbe Olanrewaju.
Title: evaluation of clinical parameters in prediction of shock and fluid responsiveness in critically ill children at the University College Hospital Ibadan. Commenced 2020.
3. Sobande, Oluseye James.
Title: Accuracy of platelet-lymphocyte ratio and neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio in predicting neonatal sepsis at the University College Hospital, Ibadan. Commenced 2019.
4. Thomas, Orighomisan.
Title: Effect of implementing the World Health Organisation’s Quality Assessment and Improvement Tool on paediatric emergency care at the University College Hospital, Ibadan Commenced 2019.
5. Lagunju, OreOluwa, Eniola.
Title: Electroencephalographic patterns in term newborns with severe perinatal asphyxia and correlation with neurodevelopmental outcomes at three months at University College Hospital, Ibadan. Commenced 2022.
PREVIOUS STUDENTS (Selected)
Fellowship
1. Ebruke, E.B.
Title: Intracranial ventricular sizes of newborn infants in Ibadan. 2006
2. Adetola, A.O.
Title: Neonatal mortality among babies born at Adeoyo maternity hospital, Ibadan. 2007
3. Ajayi, S.O.
Title: Foetal Nutritional status at birth in term newborns at the University College Hospital, Ibadan: Comparison of the static skinfold thickness with other assessment tools. April 2010
4. Akinola, M.O.
Title: Neonatal hearing screening with otoacoustic emissions and auditory brainstem response audiometry in Ibadan. May 2013
5. Olorundare, E.I. Title: predictive values of anthropometric indices for identification of low birthweight in the University College Hospital, Ibadan. October 2013
6. Abdulraheem, M.A.
Title: Neonatal transport care practices in Ibadan and outcome of transported neonates. April 2014
7. Akindolire, A.E.
Title: Bacterial aetiology and clinical predictors of neonatal septicaemia in Ibadan. May 2014
8. Kigbu, Allan.
Title: Intestinal bacterial colonisation in the first two weeks of life of healthy newborns delivered at the university college hospital, Ibadan. April 2015
9. Olopade, O.O.
Title: Evaluation of cutaneous jaundice meter as a screening tool for significant neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia. November 2015
10. Oyibotha,
Title: pattern of early transfontanelle ultrasound findings in term newborns with neonatal encephalopathy at the university college hospital, Ibadan. May 2015
11. Labaeka, A.A.
Title: Hearing screening in high risk neonates with auditory brain stem response in Ibadan. Nov 2016
12. Olumorin, O.O.
Title: Glycaemic profiles of exclusively breastfed apparently healthy term and late preterm neonates over the first 48 hours of life at the Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja. October 2016.
13. Lawal, A.T.
Title: Evaluation of the nRIFLE criteria in the early diagnosis of acute kidney injury in term neonates with severe birth asphyxia at the University College Hospital, Ibadan. April 2019
14. Atuchukwu, O.O.
Title: The effect of phototherapy on serum calcium levels in term neonates with jaundice at the University College Hospital, Ibadan. April 2020
15. Fasina, Kehinde Funke.
Title: Vitamin d status of parturient nigerian mothers and cord blood of their term babies at the University College Hospital, Ibadan.
16. Monye, Henrietta Ifechukwude.
Title: Normative values for ocular biometric parameters in preterm babies and associated demographic and clinical factors at the University College Hospital, Ibadan. May 2022
17. Adesola Adelaja.
Title: the magnitude of risk for early onset sepsis in neonates born after rupture of membranes of 18 hours or more at the University College Hospital Ibadan. October 2022
18. Major, Winifred Nnedinma.
Title: the predictive value of neutrophil- lymphocyte ratio and platelet- lymphocyte ratio as screening tools for early onset neonatal sepsis in National Hospital Abuja. October 2023
19. Olateju Olafimihan.
Title: Neonatal hypernatraemia among exclusively breastfed term and late preterm babies at the University College Hospital, Ibadan. October 2023.
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