Submissions from 2021
Association of hemoglobin levels in the first trimester and at 26 to 30 weeks with fetal and neonatal outcomes: A secondary analyses of the global network for women's and children's health's ASPIRIN trial, Saleem Jessani, Sarah Saleem, Matthew K. Hoffman, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Richard J. Derman, Janet L. Moore, Ana Garces, Lester Figueroa, Nancy F. Krebs, and Jean Okitawutshu
Association of haemoglobin levels in the first trimester and at 26-30 weeks with fetal and neonatal outcomes: A secondary analysis of the global network for women's and children's health's ASPIRIN trial, Saleem Jessani, Sarah Saleem, M K. Hoffman, S S. Goudar, R J. Derman, J L. Moore, A Garces, L Figueroa, N F. Krebs, and J Okitawutshu
FRAX-based intervention thresholds for Pakistan, H Johansson, G Naureen, Romaina Iqbal, Lena Jafri, Aysha Habib Khan, Masood Umer, E Liu, L Vandenput, M Lorentzon, and E V. McCloskey
Practices and attitude of general physicians in Pakistan regarding post-traumatic stress disorder: A cross-sectional study, Fatima Kanwal, Javeria Nafis, and Marie Andrades
Health services utilization and out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditures in public and private facilities in Pakistan: An empirical analysis of the 2013-14 OOP health expenditure survey, F Khalid, W Raza, D R. Hotchkiss, and R H. Soelaeman
Illicit cigarette trade in the cities of Pakistan: Comparing findings between the consumer and waste recycle store surveys, Amina Khan, Fiona Dobbie, Kamran Siddiqi, Saeed Ansaari, S M. Abdullah, Romaina Iqbal, Zohaib Khan, Salman Sohail, Mona Kanaan, and Rumana Huque
Rethinking vaccine hesitancy among minority groups, Mishal S. Khan, Sameen A Mohsin Ali, Addy Adelaine, and Abraar Karan
Variations in the association of height with mortality, cardiovascular disease and cancer in low-, middle- and high-income countries, Aditya K. Khetan, Darryl P. Leong, Rajeev Gupta, Yibing Zhu, Sidong Li, Weida Liu, Iolanthé M. Kruger, Koon K. Teo, Andreas Wielgosz, and Romaina Iqbal
The factors influencing cesarean-section rates-A narrative review from Pakistan, Bakhtawar M H. Khowaja, Farida Bibi Mughal, and Komal Valliani
Initial exploration of status and reason for tobacco use among out of school children in Karachi, Pakistan, Hajra Khwaja
Factors associated with child maltreatment among children aged 11 to 17 years in community settings of Karachi, Pakistan, using belsky ecological framework, Maryam Pyar Ali Lakhdir, Salima Farooq, Uzma Rahim Khan, Yasmin Parpio, Syed Iqbal Azam, Junaid Razzak, Anjiya Aslam Laljee, and Muhammad Masood Kadir
Implementation research on measuring quality in primary care: Balancing national needs with learning from the eastern Mediterranean region, Mondher Letaief, Lisa R. Hirschhorn, Sheila Leatherman, Alaa A. Sayed, Aziz Sheikh, and Sameen Siddiqi
Improving maternal and child health in Pakistan: A programme evaluation using a difference in difference analysis, Muhammad Ashar Malik, Lara Riedige Rohm, Pieter van Baal, and Eddy van Doorslaer van Doorslaer
Spatiotemporal variation and socioeconomic factors of financial hardships of out-of-pocket health expenditure in Pakistan, Muhammad Ashar Malik, Iqbal Azam Syed, Amir Khan, Faisal Rifaq, and Kinza Chaudhary
Associations of fish consumption with risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality among individuals with or without vascular disease from 58 countries, Deepa Mohan, Andrew Mente, Mahshid Dehghan, Sumathy Rangarajan, Martin O'Donnel, Weihong Hu, Gilles Dagenai, Andreas Wielgosz, Scott Lear, and Romaina Iqbal
Use of low-cost particle counters for cotton dust exposure assessment in textile mills in low- and middle-income countries, Asaad Ahmed Nafees, Abdul Rehman Iqbal, Paul Cullinan, Sara De Matteis, Peter Burney, and Sean Semple
Impact of using different predictive equations on the prevalence of chronic byssinosis in textile workers in Pakistan, Asaad Ahmed Nafees, Muhammad Zia Muneer, Sara De Matteis, Andre Amaral, Peter Burney, and Paul Cullinan
Indoor air quality and its relationship with cluster type in urban Pakistani households, Asaad Ahmed Nafees, U Rabbani, S Razzaq, K Minai, Muhammad Arslan Khan, S Naeem, Zafar Fatmi, and P Burney
Impact of social isolation on mortality and morbidity in 20 high-income, middle-income and low-income countries in five continents, Ryo Naito, Darryl P. Leong, Shrikant Ishve Bangdiwala, Martin McKee, S V. Subramanian, Sumathy Rangarajan, Shofiqul Islam, Alvaro Avezum, Karen E. Yeates, and Syed Iqbal Azam
Incidence and pathophysiology of diabetes in south Asian adults living in India and Pakistan compared with US blacks and whites, K M Venkat Naraya, Dimple Kondal, Natalie Daya, Unjali P. Gujral, Deepa Mohan, Shivani A. Patel, Roopa Shivashankar, Ranjit Mohan Anjana, Lisa R. Staimez, and Muhammad Masood Kadir
Incidence of diabetes in south Asian young adults compared to Pima Indians, K M Venkat Narayan, Dimple Kondal, Sayuko Kobes, Lisa R. Staimez, Deepa Mohan, Unjali P. Gujral, Shivani A. Patel, Ranjit Mohan Anjana, Roopa Shivashankar, and Muhammad Masood Kadir
Association of ultra-processed food intake with risk of inflammatory bowel disease: Prospective cohort study, Neeraj Narula, Emily C L. Wong, Mahshid Dehghan, Andrew Mente, Sumathy Rangarajan, Fernando Lanas, Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo, Priyanka Rohatgi, P V M. Lakshmi, and Romaina Iqbal
Predicting mortality in SARS-COV-2 (COVID-19) positive patients in the inpatient setting using a novel deep neural network, Maleeha Naseem, Hajra Arshad, Syeda Amrah Hashmi, Furqan Irfan, and Fahad Shabbir Ahmed
A surrogate FRAX model for Pakistan, G Naureen, H Johansson, Romaina Iqbal, Lena Jafri, Aysha Habib Khan, Masood Umer, E Liu, L Vandenput, M Lorentzon, N C. Harvey, E V. McCloskey, and J A. Kanis
The efficacy of a personalized mhealth coaching program during pregnancy on maternal diet, supplement use, and physical activity: Protocol for a parallel-group randomized controlled trial, Rozina Nuruddin, Khadija Vadsaria, Nuruddin Badruddin Mohammed, and Saleem Sayani
COVID-19 vaccination in Sindh province, Pakistan: A modelling study of health impact and cost-effectiveness, Carl A B. Pearson, Fiammetta Bozzani, Simon R. Procter, Nicholas G. Davies, Maryam Huda, Henning Tarp Jensen, Marcus Keogh-Brown, Muhammad Khalid, Sedona Sweeney, and Sergio Torres-Rueda
Quality of inpatient care of small and sick newborns in Pakistan: Perceptions of key stakeholders, Nousheen Pradhan, Ammarah Ali, Sana Roujani, Sumera Aziz Ali, Samia Rizwan, Sarah Saleem, and Sameen Siddiqi
Health systems approach to ensure quality and safety amid COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan, Nousheen Pradhan, Anam Shahil Feroz, and Syed Mairajuddin Shah
Implications for schools reopening during the second wave of COVID-19 in Pakistan, Nousheen Pradhan and Kashmira Nanji
Adolescent undernutrition in south Asia: A scoping review, Sara Estecha Querol, Paramjit Gill, Romaina Iqbal, Maartje Kletter, Neslihan Ozdemir, and Lena Al-Khudairy
The double burden of malnutrition and associated factors among south Asian adolescents: Findings from the global school-based student health survey, Sara Estecha Querol, Romaina Iqbal, Laura Kudrna, Lena Al-Khudairy, and Paramijit Gill
Changing perceptions of rural frontline workers and caregivers about management of childhood diarrhea and pneumonia despite several inequities: The Nigraan plus trial in Pakistan, Fauziah Rabbani, Hyder Ali Khan, Suneel Piryani, Nousheen Pradhan, Natasha Shaukat, Anam Shahil Feroz, and Shagufta Perveen
Conflicts of interest: An invisible force shaping health systems and policies, Afifah Rahman-Shepherd, Priya Balasubramaniam, Meenakshi Gautham, Eleanor Hutchinson, Freddy E. Kitutu, Robert Marten, and Mishal S. Khan
Examining the relationships between early childhood experiences and adolescent and young adult health status in a resource-limited population: A cohort study, Zeba A. Rasmussen, Wasiat H. Shah, Chelsea L. Hansen, Syed Iqbal Azam, Ejaz Hussain, Barbara A. Schaefer, Nicole Zhong, Alexandra A. Jamison, Khalil Ahmed, and Benjamin J J. McCormick
Desire to limiting child birth and the associated determinants among married females: Sukh survey-Karachi, Pakistan, Shama Razzaq, Saleem Jessani, Sumera Aziz Ali, Zahid Abbasi, and Sarah Saleem
Unintended pregnancy and the associated factors among pregnant females: Sukh survey-Karachi, Pakistan, Shama Razzaq, Saleem Jessani, Narjis Rizvi, and Sarah Saleem
Sociodemographic, clinical characteristics, and outcomes of influenza pneumonia patients admitted in a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan: Findings from a cross-sectional study, Fazal Ur Rehman, Muhammad Arslan Ahmed, Kashif Aziz, Mahmooda Jabeen Ashraf, Tazein Amber, and Sumera Aziz Ali
Fears and barriers: Problems in breast cancer diagnosis and treatment in Pakistan, Sidra Saeed, Muhammad Asim, and Malik Muhammad Sohail
Psychosocial risk factors and cardiovascular disease and death in a population-based cohort from 21 low-, middle-, and high-income countries, Ailiana Santosa, Annika Rosengren, Chinthanie Ramasundarahettige, Sumathy Rangarajan, Jephat Chifamba, Scott A. Lear, Paul Poirier, Karen E. Yeates, Rita Yusuf, and Romaina Iqbal
Frequency and determinants of vitamin D deficiency among premenopausal and postmenopausal women in Karachi Pakistan, Uzma Shamsi, Syed Iqbal Azam, Azra Shamsi, Dua Shamsi, and David Callen
Factors associated with mammographic breast density among women in Karachi Pakistan, Uzma Shamsi, Shaista Afzal Saeed, Azra Shamsi, Syed Iqbal Azam, and David Callen
Safety of daily low-dose aspirin use during pregnancy in low-income and middle-income countries, Vanessa L. Short, Matthew Hoffman, Mrityunjay Metgud, Avinash Kavi, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Jean Okitawutshu, Antoinette Tshefu, Carl L. Bose, Saleem Jessani, and Sarah Saleem
Smokeless tobacco initiation, use and cessation in south Asia: A qualitative assessment, Faraz Siddiqui, Ray Croucher Ray Croucher, Fayaz Ahmad, Zarak Hussain Ahmed, Roshani Babu, Linda Bauld, Fariza Fieroze, Rumana Huque, Maira Mubashir, and Narjis Rizvi
Determinants of hepatitis B vaccination status in health care workers of two secondary care hospitals of Sindh, Pakistan: A cross-sectional study, Salman Muhammad Soomar, Amna Rehana siddiqui, Syed Iqbal Azam, and Syed Mairajuddin Shah
Tuberculosis and non-communicable disease multimorbidity: An analysis of the world health survey in 48 low- and middle-income countries, Brendon Stubbs, Kamran Siddiqi, Helen Elsey, Najma Siddiqi, Ruimin Ma, Eugenia Romano, Sameen Siddiqi, and Ai Koyanagi
Associations of cereal grains intake with cardiovascular disease and mortality across 21 countries in prospective urban and rural epidemiology study: Prospective cohort study, Sumathi Swaminathan, Mahshid Dehghan, John Michael Raj, Tinku Thomas, Sumathy Rangarajan, David Jenkins, Prem Mony, Viswanathan Mohan, Scott A. Lear, and Romaina Iqbal
Exploring equity in health and poverty impacts of control measures for SARS-CoV-2 in six countries, Sedona Sweeney, Theo Prudencio Juhani Capeding, Rosalind Eggo, Maryam Huda, Mark Jit, Don Mudzengi, Nichola R. Naylor, Simon Procter, Matthew Quaife, and Lela Serebryakova
The impact of disease control measures on the spread of covid-19 in the province of Sindh, Pakistan, Bilal Ahmed Usmani, Mustafain Ali, Muhammad Abul Hasan, Amna Rehana siddiqui, Sameen Siddiqi, Aaron Guanliang Lim, and Saad Ahmed Qazi
Improving palliative care with Maslow's hierarchy of needs, Komal Valliani
Human emotions during COVID-19: A lens through Kubler-Ross grief theory, Komal Valliani and Farida Bibi Mughal
Virtual primary care implementation during COVID-19 in high-income countries: A scoping review, Kristina De Vera, Priyanka Challa, Rebecca H. Liu, Kaitlin Fuller, Anam Shahil Feroz, Anissa Gamble, Eunice Leung, and Emily Seto
Association of bedtime with mortality and major cardiovascular events: An analysis of 112,198 individuals from 21 countries in the PURE study, Chuangshi Wang, Bo Hu, Sumathy Rangarajan, Shrikant I. Bangdiwala, Scott A. Lear, Viswanathan Mohan, Rajeev Gupta, Khalid F. Alhabib, Biju Soman, and Romaina Iqbal
Performance and determinants of serum creatinine and cystatin C-based GFR estimating equations in south Asians, Yeli Wang, Andrew S. Levey, Lesley A. Inker, Saleem Jessani, Rasool Bux, Zainab Samad, Ali Raza Khan, Amy B. Karger, John C. Allen, and Tazeen H. Jafar
Measuring and predicting personal and household black carbon levels from 88 communities in eight countries, Ying Wang, Matthew Shupler, Aaron Birch, Yen Li Chu, Matthew Jeronimo, Sumathy Rangarajan, Maha Mustaha, Laura Heenan, Rehman Khawaja, Romaina Iqbal, and Khawar Kazmi
The influence of the urban food environment on diet, nutrition and health outcomes in low-income and middle-income countries: A systematic review, Susannah Westbury, Iman Ghosh, Helen Margaret Jones, Daniel Mensah, Folake Samuel, Ana Irache, Nida Azhar, Lena Al-Khudairy, Romaina Iqbal, and Oyinlola Oyebode
Prevalence and determinants of inappropriate antibiotic dispensing at private drug retail outlets in urban and rural areas of Indonesia: A mixed methods study, Luh Putu Lila Wulandari, Mishal Khan, Marco Liverani, Astri Ferdiana, Yusuf Ari Mashuri, Ari Probandari, Tri Wibawa, Neha Batura, Gill Schierhout, and John Kaldor
Improved first trimester maternal iodine status with preconception supplementation: The women first trial, Amy E. Young, Jennifer F. Kemp, Charis Uhlson, Jamie L. Westcott, Sumera Aziz Ali, Sarah Saleem, Ana Garcès, Lester Figueroa, Manjunath S. Somannavar, and Shivaprasad S. Goudar
Effectiveness of typhoid conjugate vaccine against culture-confirmed salmonella enterica serotype typhi in an extensively drug-resistant outbreak setting of Hyderabad, Pakistan: A cohort study, Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai, Sultan Karim, Sonia Qureshi, Abdul Momin Kazi, Hina Memon, Amber Junejo, Zohra Khawaja, Najeeb Ur Rehman, Muhammad Sajid Ansari, Rafey Ali, Heera Mani Lohana, and Farah Naz Qamar
Identifying TB hotspots through mobile x-rays in Karachi, Pakistan: Spatial analysis of data from an active case-finding program, Syed Mohammad Asad Zaidi, Wafa Zehra Jamal, Christina Mergenthaler, Kiran Sohail Azeemi, Nick Van Den Berge, Jacob Creswell, Aamir Khan, Saira Khowaja, and Shifa Salman Habib
Submissions from 2020
Factors (Risk) contributing to tobacco use among undergraduate university students (18-25 years) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Pakistan, Amir Abdullah, Tazeen Saeed Ali, Kashmira Nanji, Saleema Allana, Hizbullah Khan, and Bilal Ahmed
Strengthening research capacity through regional partners: The HRP alliance at the world health organization, Richard Adanu, Luis Bahamondes, Vanessa Brizuela, Evelyn Gitau, Seni Kouanda, Pisake Lumbiganon, Thi Thuy Hanh Nguyen, Sarah Saleem, Anna Thorson, and Kwasi Torpey
Long-term clinical outcomes of percutaneous coronary intervention in saphenous vein grafts in a low to middle-income country, Ghurfan Adnan, Intisar Ahmed, Javed Tai, Maria Ali Khan, and Hammad Hasan
Implementation of health and health-related sustainable development goals: Progress, challenges and opportunities - A systematic literature review, Wafa Aftab, Fahad Javaid Siddiqui, Hana Tasic, Shagufta Perveen, Sameen Siddiqi, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Gender variations in neonatal and early infant mortality in India and Pakistan: A secondary analysis from the global network maternal newborn health registry, Zubair H. Aghai, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Archana Patel, Sarah Saleem, Sangappa M. Dhaded, Avinash Kavi, Parth Lalakia, Farnaz Naqvi, Patricia L. Hibberd, and Elizabeth M. McClure
Perception-based influence factors of intention to adopt COVID-19 epidemic prevention in China, Munir Ahmad, Khadeeja Iram, and Gul Jabeen
Impact of the societal response to COVID-19 on access to healthcare for non-COVID-19 health issues in slum communities of Bangladesh, Kenya, Nigeria and Pakistan: Results of pre-COVID and COVID-19 lockdown stakeholder engagements, Syed A K Shifat Ahmed, Motunrayo Ajisola, Kehkashan Azeem, Pauline Bakibinga, Yen-Fu Chen, Narjis Rizvi, Syed Iqbal Azam, Romaina Iqbal, Ahsana Nazish, and Komal Tabani
Effect of parent-child relationship on physical aggression among adolescents: Global school-based student health survey, Maryam Pyar Ali Lakhdir, Shafquat Rozi, Ghazal Peerwani, and Apsara Ali
Prevalence and determinants of anemia among women of reproductive age in Thatta Pakistan: Findings from a cross-sectional study, Sumera Aziz Ali, Zahid Abbasi, Babar Shahid, Ghazal Moin, K Michael Hambidge, Nancy F. Krebs, Jamie E. Westcott, Elizabeth M. McClure, Robert L. Goldenberg, and Sarah Saleem
Factors affecting the utilization of antenatal care among married women of reproductive age in the Rural Thatta, Pakistan: Findings from a community-based case-control study, Sumera Aziz Ali, Savera Aziz Ali, Anam Feroz, Sarah Saleem, Zafar Fatmi, and Muhammad Masood Kadir
Use of smokeless tobacco before conception and its relationship with maternal and fetal outcomes of pregnancy in Thatta, Pakistan: Findings from women first study, Sumera Aziz Ali, Umber S. Khan, Farina Abrejo, Brandi Vollmer, Sarah Saleem, Michael K. Hambidge, Nancy F. Krebs, Jamie E. Westcott, Robert L. Goldenberg, Elizabeth M. McClure, and Omrana Pasha
Prevalence and determinants of anemia among women of reproductive age in developing countries, Sumera Aziz Ali, Umber S. Khan, and Anam Shahil Feroz
Hemoglobin concentrations and adverse birth outcomes in south Asian pregnant women: Findings from a prospective maternal and neonatal health registry, Sumera Aziz Ali, Shiyam Sunder Tikmani, Sarah Saleem, Archana B. Patel, Patricia L. Hibberd, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Sangappa Dhaded, Richard J. Derman, Janet L. Moore, Elizabeth M. McClure, and Robert L. Goldenberg
Intimate partner violence against women in Pakistan: A review of qualitative research, Tazeen S. Ali, Rida Farhan, and Michelle Ayub
Temporal changes in diabetes prevalence and achievement of care goals in urban south Asia from 2010 to 2016 - The center for cardio-metabolic risk reduction in south Asia study, Ranjit Mohan Anjana, Mohan Deepa, Radhakrishnan Subashini, Shivani A. Patel, Dimple Kondal, Ranjit Unnikrishnan, Nikhil Tandon, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, K M. Venkat Narayan, Muhammad Masood Kadir, Viswanathan Mohan, and Mohammed K. Ali
Contrasting associations between diabetes and cardiovascular mortality rates in low-, middle-, and high-income countries: Cohort study data from 143,567 individuals in 21 countries in the PURE study, Ranjit Mohan Anjana, Viswanathan Mohan, Sumathy Rangarajan, Hertzel C. Gerstein, Ulagamadesan Venkatesan, Patrick Sheridan, Gilles R. Dagenais, Scott A. Lear, Koon Teo, and Romaina Iqbal
Perceptions of stakeholders about the role of health system in suicide prevention in Ghizer, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, Anila Anjum, Tazeen S. Ali, Nousheen Pradhan, Murad M. Khan Dr., and Rozina Karmaliani Professor
Long-term exposure to outdoor and household air pollution and blood pressure in the prospective urban and rural epidemiological (PURE) study, Raphael E. Arku, Michael Brauer, Suad H. Ahmed, Khalid F. AlHabib, Álvaro Avezum, Jian Bo, Tarzia Choudhury, Antonio Ml Dans, Rajeev Gupta, and Romaina Iqbal
Covid -19, misinformation, and antimicrobial resistance, Mehreen Arshad, Syed Faisal Mahmood, Mishal Khan, and Rumina Hasan
Prelacteal feeding practices in Pakistan: A mixed-methods study, Muhammad Asim, Zarak Husain Ahmed, Mark D. Hayward, and Elizabeth M. Widen
Why are the Pakistani maternal, fetal and newborn outcomes so poor compared to other low and middle-income countries?, Aleha Aziz, Sarah Saleem, Tracy L. Nolen, Nousheen Akber Pradhan, Elizabeth M. McClure, Saleem Jessani, Ana L. Garces, Patricia L. Hibberd, Janet L. Moore, and Sameen Siddiqi
Risk factors for postpartum sepsis: A nested case-control study, Samina Bakhtawar, Sana Sheikh, Rahat Qureshi, Zahra Hoodbhoy, Beth Payne, Iqbal Azam Syed, Peter Von Dadelszen, and Laura Magee
The relationship between birth intervals and adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes in six low and lower-middle income countries, Melissa Bauserman, Kayla Nowak, Tracy L. Nolen, Jackie Patterson, Adrien Lokangaka, Antoinette Tshefu, Archana B. Patel, Patricia L. Hibberd, Sarah Saleem, and Saleem Jessani
Maternal mortality in six low and lower-middle income countries from 2010 to 2018: Risk factors and trends, Melissa Bauserman, Vanessa R. Thorsten, Tracy L. Nolen, Jackie Patterson, Adrien Lokangaka, Antoinette Tshefu, Archana B. Patel, Patricia L. Hibberd, Sarah Saleem, and Saleem Jessani
Association of dairy consumption with metabolic syndrome, hypertension and diabetes in 147 812 individuals from 21 countries, Balaji Bhavadharini, Mahshid Dehghan, Andrew Mente, Sumathy Rangarajan, Patrick Sheridan, Viswanathan Mohan, Romaina Iqbal, Rajeev Gupta, Scott Lear, and Edelweiss Wentzel-Viljoen
White rice intake and incident diabetes: A study of 132,373 participants in 21 countries, Balaji Bhavadharini, Viswanathan Mohan, Mahshid Dehghan, Sumathy Rangarajan, Sumathi Swaminathan, Annika Rosengren, Andreas Wielgosz, Alvaro Avezum, Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo, and Romaina Iqbal
Prevalence and population attributable risk for chronic airflow obstruction in a large multinational study, Peter Burney, Jaymini Patel, Cosetta Minelli, Louisa Gnatiuc, André F S. Amaral, Ali Kocabaş, Hamid Hacene Cherkaski, Amund Gulsvik, Rune Nielsen Rune Nielsen, and Asaad Ahmed Nafees
The state of diet-related NCD policies in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Tunisia and Vietnam: A comparative assessment that introduces a ‘policy cube’ approach, Kent Buse, Wafa Aftab, Sadika Akhter, Linh Bui Phuong, Haroun Chemli, Minakshi Dahal, Anam Shahil Feroz, Sayad Hofiani, Nousheen Pradhan, and Fauziah Rabbani
Preconceptional lipid-based nutrient supplementation in 2 low-resource countries results in distinctly different IGF-1/mTOR placental responses, Marisol Castillo-Castrejon, Ivana V. Yang, Elizabeth J. Davidson, Sarah J. Borengasser, Purevsuren Jambal, Jamie Westcott, Jennifer F. Kemp, Ana Garces, Sumera Aziz Ali, and Sarah Saleem
Measuring service quality and assessing its relationship to contraceptive discontinuation: A prospective cohort study in Pakistan and Uganda, Karen T. Chang, Nirali M. Chakraborty, Amanda M. Kalamar, Waqas Hameed, Ben Bellows, Karen A. Grépin, Agha Xaher Gul, Sarah E K. Bradley, Lynn M. Atuyambe, and Dominic Montagu
Associations of sickness absence for pain in the low back, neck and shoulders with wider propensity to pain, David Coggon, Georgia Ntani, Karen Walker-Bone, Vanda E. Felli, Raul Harari, Lope H. Barrero, Sarah A. Felknor, Marianela Rojas, Anna Cattrell, and Muhammad Masood Kadir
Association of egg intake with blood lipids, cardiovascular disease, and mortality in 177,000 people in 50 countries, Mahshid Dehghan, Andrew Mente, Sumathy Rangarajan, Viswanathan Mohan, Scott Lear, Sumathi Swaminathan, Andreas Wielgosz, Pamela Seron, Alvaro Avezum, and Romaina Iqbal
Preconception nutrition intervention improved birth length and reduced stunting and wasting in newborns in south Asia: The women first randomized controlled trial, Sangappa M. Dhaded, K. Michael Hambidge, Sumera Aziz Ali, Manjunath Somannavar, Sarah Saleem, Omrana Pasha, Umber Khan, Veena Herekar Herekar, Sunil Vernekar, and Yogesh Kumar S
Can schools of global public health dismantle colonial legacies?, Ngozi A. Erondu, Dorothy Peprah, and Mishal S. Khan
Knowledge, attitudes and practices towards COVID-19 among Pakistani residents: Information access and low literacy vulnerabilities, Zafar Fatmi, Shafaq Mahmood, Waqas Hameed, Ibtisam Qazi, Muhammad Siddiqui, Anny Dhanwani, and Sameen Siddiqi
Air pollution and non communicable diseases, Zafar Fatmi, Shafaq Mahmood, Zainab Samad, and Mohammad Wasay
Acute coronary syndrome and use of biomass fuel among women in rural Pakistan: A case-control study, Zafar Fatmi, Ambreen Sahito, Georgia Ntani, and David Coggon
The quality of patient care in oncology departments in Karachi, Pakistan: Patients' perceptions, Risha Fayyaz, Fasih Ali Ahmed, Adeel Abid, Afshan Akhtar, Rabail Jarwar, Anila Jasmine, Sameer Ahmad Khan, Shahira Shahid, Iraj Khan, Aneeq Muhammad Yousuf, and Imtiaz Jehan
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health and well-being of communities: An exploratory qualitative study protocol, Anam Shahil Feroz, Naureen Akber Ali, Noshaba Akber Ali, Ridah Feroz, Salima Nazim Meghani, and Sarah Saleem
Assessing mobile phone access, usage, and willingness among women to receive voice message-based mobile health intervention to improve antenatal care attendance in District Thatta, Sindh, Pakistan, Anam Shahil Feroz, Naureen Akber Ali, and Sarah Saleem