Biography

Alison Talbert is a paediatrician with a Master’s degree in epidemiology. Research interests are malnutrition, infection, and infant and young child feeding. She moved to Kilifi in 2005 from Tanzania and has worked on malnutrition studies led by Professor Kath Maitland and Dr. Jay Berkley. She has been an investigator on a study of endotoxinaemia in malnutrition and malaria, and on clinical trials of an outpatient treatment strategy of ready to use supplementary food in moderate malnutrition (Modmal) and omega-3 PUFA enriched ready to use therapeutic food in treatment of severe acute malnutrition (NjuguPlus). She is a member of the Neonatal Nutrition Network (NeoNuNet), originally a collaboration of 2 Kenyan and 5 Nigerian newborn units with UK scientists from Liverpool and Newcastle, which has now expanded into 7 African countries.

Current Work

She is PI of a community-based study of breastfeeding practices and advice given to first time mothers in Jaribuni and Kauma locations. She is also site lead for Virutubisho, a trial of multiple micronutrient supplementation in women of reproductive age and pregnant women in Kilifi County.

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Publications

Time to full enteral feeds in hospitalised preterm and very low birth weight infants in Nigeria and Kenya.
Imam, Z. O., Nabwera, H. M., Tongo, O. O., Andang'o, P. E. A., Abdulkadir, I., Ezeaka, C. V., Ezenwa, B. N., Fajolu, I. B., Mwangome, M. K., Umoru, D. D., Akindolire, A. E., Otieno, W., Olwala, M., Nalwa, G. M., Talbert, A. W., Abubakar, I., Embleton, N. D., Allen, S. J.
PLoS One, (2024). 19:e0277847

Time to full enteral feeds in hospitalised preterm and very low birth weight infants in Nigeria and Kenya.
Imam, Z. O., Nabwera, H. M., Tongo, O. O., Andang'o, P. E. A., Abdulkadir, I., Ezeaka, C. V., Ezenwa, B. N., Fajolu, I. B., Mwangome, M. K., Umoru, D. D., Akindolire, A. E., Otieno, W., Olwala, M., Nalwa, G. M., Talbert, A. W., Abubakar, I., Embleton, N. D., Allen, S. J.
PLoS One, (2024). 19:e0277847

Derivation and external validation of a clinical prognostic model identifying children at risk of death following presentation for diarrheal care.
Ahmed, S. M., Brintz, B. J., Talbert, A., Ngari, M., Pavlinac, P. B., Platts-Mills, J. A., Levine, A. C., Nelson, E. J., Walson, J. L., Kotloff, K. L., Berkley, J. A., Leung, D. T.
PLOS Glob Public Health, (2023). 3:e0001937

Trends in inpatient and post-discharge mortality among young infants admitted to Kilifi County Hospital, Kenya: a retrospective cohort study.
Talbert, A., Ngari, M., Obiero, C., Nyaguara, A., Mwangome, M., Mturi, N., Ouma, N., Otiende, M., Berkley, J.
BMJ Open, (2023). 13:e067482

Prospective observational study of the challenges in diagnosing common neonatal conditions in Nigeria and Kenya.
Staunton, A. P., Nabwera, H. M., Allen, S. J., Tongo, O. O., Akindolire, A. E., Abdulkadir, I., Ezeaka, C. V., Ezenwa, B. N., Fajolu, I. B., Imam, Z. O., Umoru, D. D., Otieno, W., Nalwa, G. M., Olwala, M., Talbert, A. W., Andang'o, P. E. A., Mwangome, M. K., Abubakar, I., Embleton, N. D.
BMJ Open, (2022). 12:e064575

Enteral Feeding Practices for Very Preterm and Very Low Birth Weight Infants in Nigeria and Kenya.
Tongo, O. O., Olwala, M. A., Talbert, A. W., Nabwera, H. M., Akindolire, A. E., Otieno, W., Nalwa, G. M., Andang'o, P. E. A., Mwangome, M. K., Abdulkadir, I., Ezeaka, C. V., Ezenwa, B. N., Fajolu, I. B., Imam, Z. O., Umoru, D. D., Abubakar, I., Embleton, N. D., Allen, S. J.
Front Pediatr, (2022). 10:892209

Burden of disease and risk factors for mortality amongst hospitalized newborns in Nigeria and Kenya.
Nabwera, H. M., Wang, D., Tongo, O. O., Andang'o, P. E. A., Abdulkadir, I., Ezeaka, C. V., Ezenwa, B. N., Fajolu, I. B., Imam, Z. O., Mwangome, M. K., Umoru, D. D., Akindolire, A. E., Otieno, W., Nalwa, G. M., Talbert, A. W., Abubakar, I., Embleton, N. D., Allen, S. J., Neonatal Nutrition, Network
PLoS One, (2021). 16:e0244109

Evidence that informs feeding practices in very low birthweight and very preterm infants in sub-Saharan Africa: an overview of systematic reviews.
Akindolire, A., Talbert, A., Sinha, I., Embleton, N., Allen, S., Neonatal Nutrition, Network
BMJ Paediatr Open, (2020). 4:e000724

Exclusive breastfeeding in first-time mothers in rural Kenya: a longitudinal observational study of feeding patterns in the first six months of life.
Talbert, A., Jones, C., Mataza, C., Berkley, J. A., Mwangome, M.
Int Breastfeed J, (2020). 15:17

Individualized breastfeeding support for acutely ill, malnourished infants under 6 months old.
Mwangome, M., Murunga, S., Kahindi, J., Gwiyo, P., Mwasho, G., Talbert, A., Kiige, L., Samburu, B., Mturi, N., Abubakar, A., Jones, C., Berkley, J. A.
Matern Child Nutr, (2020). 16:e12868