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Insights and research

The peer-reviewed research of our founder, Dr Emmanuel Agogo, on diagnostics, outbreak response and health systems in Africa, with the papers he led listed first.

Peer-reviewed journal articles
45
Published in 2026
7
As sole, first or senior author
8
Journals
34

Published in 2026

7 papers so far this year, led by a diagnostic accuracy study in The Lancet Infectious Diseases. Papers Dr Agogo led are listed first.

More from 2026

Led papers first

Papers led by Dr Agogo

8 papers where he is the sole, first or senior (last) author. Sole and first-authored work comes first, then senior authorship, newest first.

Sole author2008
The Practitioner

Contact tracing vital to prevent chlamydia reinfection

Agogo E

As senior author

In leading journals

Selected papers in The Lancet family, Nature Medicine, Clinical Infectious Diseases, the WHO Bulletin and other leading titles, plus 4 in BMJ Global Health (see the full list below).

All publications

Every indexed journal article, searchable and filterable. Dr Agogo’s name is in bold in each author list.

Papers per year45 articles, 2008 to 2026
2008: 2 papers220082010201220142016: 1 papers120162018: 2 papers220182019: 1 papers12020: 5 papers520202021: 10 papers102022: 7 papers720222023: 1 papers12024: 2 papers220242025: 7 papers72026: 7 papers72026

Showing all 45 papers

  1. 2024
    Journal of Public Health in Africa 15(1):751

    The cholera paradox: removing the pump handle

    Agogo E

    Sole authorEditorialOpen accessRead the paper
  2. 2008
    The Practitioner 252(1708):6

    Contact tracing vital to prevent chlamydia reinfection

    Agogo E

    Sole authorCorrespondence
  3. 2026
    Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease 114(2):117151

    Landscape analysis of Lassa virus diagnostic tests: challenges, innovations and future directions

    Mazzola L, Chi HF, Cherkaoui D … Agogo E (9 authors)

    Senior authorReviewRead the paper
  4. 2026
    Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease 114(1):117101

    Diagnostic tests for Nipah virus: a landscape analysis

    Mazzola L, Fru HC, Cherkaoui D … Agogo E (9 authors)

    Senior authorReviewRead the paper
  5. 2026
    Journal of Public Health in Africa 17(1):1712

    Charting a new course: recommendations for strategic priorities for the African Medicines Agency

    Salami O, Agogo E

    Senior authorCommentaryOpen accessRead the paper
  6. 2020
    BMC Medicine 18(1):151

    Africa's response to COVID-19

    Ihekweazu C, Agogo E

    Senior authorCommentaryOpen accessRead the paper
  7. 2020
  8. 2018
    Public Health 164:68–71

    HIV treatment scale-up: a critical step to controlling HIV epidemic in a resource-limited country

    Adeyinka DA, Olakunde BO, Morka M, Oladimeji O, Agogo EA

    Senior authorResearchRead the paper
  9. 2026
    Bulletin of the World Health Organization 104(2):118–120

    Diagnosis of the first few cases of a novel respiratory pathogen: the FFX-Dx protocol

    Denkinger CM, Cunningham J, Faehling V … Agogo E … Pollock NR (17 authors)

    CommentaryOpen accessRead the paper
  10. 2026
    Clinical Infectious Diseases 82(2):e404–e408

    In critical condition: the urgent need to support mpox therapeutic and diagnostic pipelines

    Perez Casas C, Burry J, Strub-Wourgaft N, Agogo E … Fallah MP (12 authors)

    ReviewOpen accessRead the paper
  11. 2026
    International Health 18(1):61–72

    A qualitative risk assessment of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in Nigeria: implications for One Health response

    Egwuenu A, Makama S, Ahmed N … Agogo E … Adetifa IMO (16 authors)

    ResearchOpen accessRead the paper
  12. 2026
    The Lancet Infectious Diseases 26(9):906–914

    Performance of five mpox antigen-based rapid diagnostic tests tested on lesion swabs from patients with suspected mpox from the Kinshasa province of DR Congo: a diagnostic accuracy study

    Kavunga-Membo H, Chi HF, Emperador DM … Agogo E, Subissi L (24 authors)

  13. 2025
    American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 113(2):382–386

    Establishment of a Lassa fever specimen biobank in Nigeria

    Chi HF, Etafo J, Fonkeng F … Agogo E … Adedosu NA (16 authors)

    ResearchOpen accessRead the paper
  14. 2025
  15. 2025
    Emerging Infectious Diseases 31(1):4–13

    Development and implementation of a public health event management system, Nigeria, 2018–2024

    Elston J, Eteng WO, Ihekweazu C … Agogo E … Adetifa I (23 authors)

    ResearchOpen accessRead the paper
  16. 2025
  17. 2025
    Journal of Clinical Virology 179:105830

    Laboratory evaluation of antigen rapid diagnostic tests to detect Ebola and Sudan viruses

    Emperador DM, Sayyad L, Brady M … Agogo E … Klena JD (10 authors)

  18. 2025
    PLOS Global Public Health 5(4):e0004405

    Evaluation of the diagnostic accuracy of the ReLASV Pan-Lassa Antigen Rapid Test for Lassa fever in Nigeria

    Chi HF, Etafo J, Fonkeng F … Agogo E … Nelson AA (12 authors)

    ResearchOpen accessRead the paper
  19. 2025
    The Journal of Infectious Diseases 232(Suppl 2):S150–S154

    Leveraging PEPFAR- and Global Fund-supported laboratory network for integrated disease testing: lessons from integrated HIV, tuberculosis, and COVID-19 testing in Nigeria

    Okoye M, Okoi C, Espy N … Agogo E … Ihekweazu C (35 authors)

  20. 2024
    BMC Health Services Research 24(1):444

    On-demand mobile hypertension training for primary health care workers in Nigeria: a pilot study

    Odu J, Osi K, Nguyen L … Agogo E, Thomas MP (19 authors)

    ResearchOpen accessRead the paper
  21. 2023
    PLOS ONE 18(9):e0291541

    Physicians' perception of task sharing with non-physician health care workers in the management of uncomplicated hypertension in Nigeria: a mixed method study

    Adejumo OA, Ogundele OA, Mamven M … Agogo E … Odili AN (20 authors)

    ResearchOpen accessRead the paper
  22. 2022
    BMC Public Health 22(1):551

    Development of a simple and effective online training for health workers: results from a pilot in Nigeria

    Thomas MP, Kozikott S, Kamateeka M … Agogo E … Lee CT (12 authors)

    ResearchOpen accessRead the paper
  23. 2022
  24. 2022
    BMJ Open 12(4):e058747

    Public risk perception and behaviours towards COVID-19 during the first and second waves in Nigeria: a secondary data analysis

    Ochu CL, Onoja M, Olatunji D … Agogo EA … Ihekweazu C (21 authors)

    ResearchOpen accessRead the paper
  25. 2022
    Health Security 20(2):147–153

    Impact of a newly established revolving outbreak investigation fund on timeliness of response to public health emergencies in Nigeria

    Dada AO, Lee CT, Elisha A … Agogo E, Ihekweazu C (14 authors)

  26. 2022
    JMIR Formative Research 6(5):e31292

    One hundred years of hypertension research: topic modeling study

    Abba M, Nduka C, Anjorin S, Mohamed S, Agogo E, Uthman O

    ResearchOpen accessRead the paper
  27. 2022
    Journal of Public Health 44(3):595–605

    Epidemiology of physical inactivity in Nigeria: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Adeloye D, Ige-Elegbede JO, Auta A … Agogo E … Adebiyi AO (13 authors)

    Systematic reviewOpen accessRead the paper
  28. 2022
    PLOS Global Public Health 2(6):e0000169

    COVID-19 mortality rate and its associated factors during the first and second waves in Nigeria

    Elimian K, Musah A, King C … Agogo E … Ihekweazu C (62 authors)

    ResearchOpen accessRead the paper
  29. 2021
    Annals of Medicine 53(1):495–507

    Estimating the prevalence of overweight and obesity in Nigeria in 2020: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Adeloye D, Ige-Elegbede JO, Ezejimofor M … Agogo E … Adebiyi AO (14 authors)

    Systematic reviewOpen accessRead the paper
  30. 2021
    BMC Public Health 21(1):2218

    Influence of contextual socioeconomic position on hypertension risk in low- and middle-income countries: disentangling context from composition

    Abba MS, Nduka CU, Anjorin S, Mohamed SF, Agogo E, Uthman OA

    ResearchOpen accessRead the paper
  31. 2021
    BMJ Global Health 6(12):e007518

    Tracking the uptake and trajectory of COVID-19 vaccination coverage in 15 West African countries: an interim analysis

    Afolabi MO, Wariri O, Saidu Y … Agogo E … Yaya S (16 authors)

    ReviewOpen accessRead the paper
  32. 2021
    BMJ Global Health 6(11):e007076

    Epidemiological comparison of the first and second waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria, February 2020–April 2021

    Akande OW, Elimian KO, Igumbor E … Agogo E … Ihekweazu C (54 authors)

    ResearchOpen accessRead the paper
  33. 2021
    BMJ Global Health 6(1):e004227

    Improving national intelligence for public health preparedness: a methodological approach to finding local multi-sector indicators for health security

    Erondu NA, Rahman-Shepherd A, Khan MS … Agogo E … Okereke E (16 authors)

    ReviewOpen accessRead the paper
  34. 2021
    Nature Medicine 27(5):744–745

    Africa needs more genome sequencing to tackle new variants of SARS-CoV-2

    Otu A, Agogo E, Ebenso B

    CorrespondenceRead the paper
  35. 2021
    One Health 13:100346

    The One Health approach to incident management of the 2019 Lassa fever outbreak response in Nigeria

    Nwafor CD, Ilori E, Olayinka A … Agogo E … Ihekweazu C (42 authors)

    ReviewOpen accessRead the paper
  36. 2021
    The Journal of Clinical Hypertension 23(5):963–977

    Prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension in Nigeria in 1995 and 2020: a systematic analysis of current evidence

    Adeloye D, Owolabi EO, Ojji DB … Agogo E … Harhay MO (15 authors)

    Systematic reviewOpen accessRead the paper
  37. 2021
    The Lancet Global Health 9(3):e280–e290

    A scorecard of progress towards measles elimination in 15 west African countries, 2001–19: a retrospective, multicountry analysis of national immunisation coverage and surveillance data

    Wariri O, Nkereuwem E, Erondu NA … Agogo E … Kampmann B (17 authors)

    ResearchOpen accessRead the paper
  38. 2021
    The Lancet Microbe 2(8):e347–e348

    Beyond vaccine hesitancy: time for Africa to expand vaccine manufacturing capacity amidst growing COVID-19 vaccine nationalism

    Otu A, Osifo-Dawodu E, Atuhebwe P, Agogo E, Ebenso B

    CommentaryOpen accessRead the paper
  39. 2020
    BMJ Global Health 5(9):e002830

    Using critical information to strengthen pandemic preparedness: the role of national public health agencies

    Khan MS, Dar O, Erondu NA … Agogo E … Squires N (12 authors)

    ReviewOpen accessRead the paper
  40. 2020
    Journal of Global Health 10(2):020399

    Nigeria's public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic: January to May 2020

    Dan-Nwafor C, Ochu CL, Elimian K … Agogo E … Ihekweazu C (80 authors)

    ReviewOpen accessRead the paper
  41. 2020
    Journal of Infection 80(5):578–606

    Epidemiology and case-control study of Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria from 2018 to 2019

    Ipadeola O, Furuse Y, Ilori EA … Agogo E, Ihekweazu C (30 authors)

    CorrespondenceRead the paper
  42. 2019
    Health Security 17(6):495–503

    Accelerating action in global health security: Global Biosecurity Dialogue as a model for advancing the Global Health Security Agenda

    Brizee S, Budeski K, James W … Agogo E … Cameron EE (21 authors)

  43. 2018
    Scandinavian Journal of Public Health 46(8):794–797

    Elimination of mother-to-child transmission of syphilis: is it a reality in Nigeria by 2020?

    Adeyinka DA, Olakunde BO, Ozigbu CE, Agogo EA … Oladimeji O (10 authors)

  44. 2016
    International Journal of STD & AIDS 27(14):1338–1341

    Missed opportunities in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV infection: experience from a national programme in Nigeria

    Adeyinka DA, Agogo EA, Ozigbu CE, Aboje S, Anyaike C, Asadu EC, Odoh D, Ganiyu J

  45. 2008
    International Journal of STD & AIDS 19(8):550–552

    Would offering rapid point-of-care testing or non-invasive methods improve uptake of HIV testing among high-risk genitourinary medicine clinic attendees? A patient perspective

    Forsyth SF, Agogo EA, Lau L, Jungmann E, Man S, Edwards SG, Robinson AJ

Listed papers are Dr Agogo’s personal scholarly record, produced with his co-authors and the institutions he served. They are not Forward Health projects. Source: Europe PMC, checked 10 October 2026. See Google Scholar for citation counts.

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