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Almamy Malick Kante, PhD, MHP, MSc, conducts research on strengthening national data systems and on measuring maternal, newborn, and child health and mortality in LMICs.
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Research Interests
- Methodological and measurement approaches to mortality; causes of death; and reproductive; maternal; newborn; and child health (RMNCH) indicators
- Strengthening national data systems—particularly sample registration systems (SRS)
- Design; implementation; and evaluation of health programs
Experiences & Accomplishments
Demographer specializes in the methodological and measurement approaches to mortality; causes of death; and reproductive; maternal; newborn; and child health (RMNCH) indicators. My work also focuses on strengthening national data systems—particularly sample registration systems (SRS)—to generate timely; reliable; and policy-relevant health and mortality statistics in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). I am engaged in the design; implementation; and evaluation of health programs across several sub-Saharan African countries;
Honors & Awards
- 2006-2009 Fellow of the National institute for demographic studies (INED) (France) (graduate fellowship for PhD in Demography)
- 2006-2007 Fellow of the “Fondation de France” (France)
- 2011 Best poster, INDEPTH Network International Scientific Conference (Mozambique)
- 2016 Winner of the Calderone Junior Faculty prize, Columbia University (USA)
- 2017 Winner of the DIH Small Grants program, Johns Hopkins University (USA)
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I am listing my key publications on mortality measurement, community wealth workers program evaluation and sample registration system implementation and key results
Kante AM, Manhica C, Aveika A, Mulungo A, Dyk FV, Machava N, Kuo H, Saccor S, Gibson DG, Monjane C, Black RE, Macicame I, Amouzou A (2025). Measuring childhood mortality through mobile phone interviews in Mozambique. Trop Med Int Health. 2025;30(10):1087–96. https://doi.org/10.1111/tmi.70004
Kanté AM, Youssoufa LO, Mounkaila A, Mahamadou Y, Bamogo A, Jiwani SS, Hazel E, Maïga A, Munos MK, Walton S, Tam Y, Walker N, Akseer N, Wong JW, Moussa M, Dagobi AE, Jessani NS, Amouzou A (2024). Challenges in reducing maternal and neonatal mortality in Niger: an in-depth case study. BMJ Glob Health 2024;0:e011732. doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2023-011732
Macicame I, Kanté AM, Wilson E, *Gilbert B, Koffi A, Nhachungue S, Monjane C, Duce P, Adriano A, Chicumbe S, Jani I, Kalter HD, Datta A, Zeger S, Black RE, Samo Gudo E, Amouzou A, and the COMSA-Mozambique study team (2023). Countrywide Mortality Surveillance for Action (COMSA) in Mozambique: results from a national sample vital registration system for mortality and cause of death. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 108(Suppl 5), 2023, pp. 5–16. doi:10.4269/ajtmh.22-0367
Kanté AM, Exavery A, Jackson EJ, Kassimu T, Baynes C, Hingora A, Phillips JF (2019). The Impact of Paid Community Health Worker Deployment on Child Survival: The Connect Experiment in Rural Tanzania. BMC Health Service Research 2019, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-4203-1
Helleringer S, Pison G, Masquelier B, Kanté AM, Douillot L, Duthé G, Sokhna C, Delaunay V (2014). Improving the Quality of Adult Mortality Data Collected in Demographic Surveys: Validation Study of a New Siblings’ Survival Questionnaire in Niakhar, Senegal. PLoS Medicine 11(5): e1001652. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001652