Sunday A. Adedini
Federal University Oye-Ekiti & University of Witwatersrand
sunday.adedini@fuoye.edu.ng
Sunday A. Adedini is a health demographer with nearly two decades of experience in demography, population studies, and public health research. He earned his PhD from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, and has since built a career that bridges academia and applied research across Africa. His scholarly work has considerably advanced understanding in maternal and child health, sexual and reproductive health, family planning, and urban demography—especially in addressing health disparities affecting women and newborns in sub-Saharan Africa. Professor Adedini has led research initiatives on critical issues, including mortality surveillance, gender dynamics in vaccination uptake, HIV/AIDS interventions, demographic estimation, demographic transitions, and the quality of maternal care within RMNCAEH+N frameworks. One of his notable achievements is establishing South Africa’s first urban-based Health and Demographic Surveillance System, a model he is now replicating in Nigeria. His work has garnered numerous awards, fellowships, and competitive research grants from global donors and foundations. With presentations at more than 50 international conferences and over 100 highly cited peer-reviewed publications, he ranks among the top 3% of researchers in his field globally.
Currently, he is the Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Federal University Oye-Ekiti and also a Professor in the Department of Demography and…
1.) Sunmola, K. A., & Adedini, S. A. (2025). Gender-based violence against young women: A comparative analysis of cross-sectional surveys of 11 sub-Saharan African countries. African Journal of Reproductive Health, 29(7), https://www.ajrh.info/index.php/ajrh/article/view/5825
2.) Adedini, S.A., Anjorin, S. S., Mobolaji, J. W., Okolie, E. A., & Yaya, S. (2024). Assessing Africa’s child survival gains and prospects for attaining SDG target on child mortality. PLOS Global Public Health, 4(7), e0003022.
3.) Adedini S.A, Abatan S.M, Sunmola K.A, Ogunsakin A.D & Shittu S.B (2024): Association of early marriage, women’s empowerment and infant mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, International Journal of Population Studies
4.) Omisakin, O. A., & Adedini, S. A. (2024). A Longitudinal Multilevel Analysis of the Effects of Contraceptive Failures on Unintended Pregnancies among Women in Urban Nigeria. Journal of Urban Health, 1-12, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11524-023-00819-7
5.) Adedini, S. A., & Omisakin, O. A. (2023). Comparing the reasons for contraceptive discontinuation between parenting adolescents and young women in sub-Saharan Africa: a multilevel analysis. Reproductive Health, 20(1), 1-12, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-023-01660-6
1) [2011-2014] Ph.D. Fellowship Award of the Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa (CARTA)
2) [2014] Exceptional Research Output Award (as the best Postdoc Researcher in 2014 at Wits University, South Africa) (Total value=ZAR40,000).
3) [2021] Distinguished award by Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), in recognition of invaluable contribution to doctoral training and support for the Intervention towards Strengthening Research Training at OAU (ItSRETO), Ile-Ife
4) [2023] Vice-Chancellor’s Prize as the most innovative lecturer in the Faculty of Social Sciences, Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria.
2.) [2023]: Co-investigator: Assessment of the Routine Data Management of RMNCAEH+N QoC and use for decision-making in Ondo and Ekiti States of Nigeria (USD 93,776)
3.) Family planning and urban development in Nigeria: exploring policy and programmatic gaps, funded by Bill and Melinda Gates through IUSSP (USD 40,000)
4.) COVID-19 household transmission in South Africa, funded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (USD 881,394)
5.) Community acceptancy and health facility preparedness for implementation of maternal immunization programs in urban and rural South Africa, funded by IMPRINT Network, United Kingdom (GB£70,000)
6.) Intervention towards Strengthening Research Training in Obafemi Awolowo University (ItSTRETO), Nigeria; funded by CARTA (USD100,000)
7.) Community perceptions about major childhood killer diseases and preventive healthcare practices and treatment uptake in Nigeria, funded by the Wellcome Trust, Carnegie Corporation, and Sida; through CARTA (USD25,000)
8.) Quality of maternity care in Nigeria, funded by McArthur Foundation (USD44,223)