Submissions from 2020
Modifiable risk factors, cardiovascular disease, and mortality in 155 722 individuals from 21 high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries (PURE): A prospective cohort study, Salim Yusuf, Philip Joseph, Sumathy Rangarajan, Shofiqul Islam, Andrew Mente, Perry Hystad, Michael Brauer, Vellappillil Raman Kutty, Rajeev Gupta, and Romaina Iqbal
Food supplements to reduce stunting in Pakistan: A process evaluation of community dynamics shaping uptake, Shehla Zaidi, Jai K. Das, Gul Nawaz Khan, Rabia Najmi Taha, Mashal Murad Shah, and Sajid Bashir Soofi
Operability, usefulness, and task-technology fit of an mHealth App for delivering primary health care services by community health workers in underserved areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan: Qualitative study, Shehla Zaidi, Abdul Momin Kazi, Atif Riaz, Ammarah Ali, Rabia Najmi Taha, Rawshan Jabeen, Umerdad Khudadad, and Saleem Sayani
Applying a governance barometer to vaccine delivery systems: Lessons from a rural district of Pakistan, Shehla Zaidi, Atif Riaz, Syed Shahzad Hussain, Saad B. Omer, and Syed Asad Ali
Operability, acceptability, and usefulness of a mobile app to track routine immunization performance in rural Pakistan: Interview study among vaccinators and key informants, Shehla Zaidi, Saqib Ali Shaikh, Saleem Sayani, Abdul Momin Kazi, Adeel Khoja, Syed Shahzad Hussain, and Rabia Najmi
Submissions from 2019
Quality of life of road traffic injury survivors aged 15-44 years suffered from moderate and severe head injuries in Karachi, Pakistan, S A. Abbasi, Tazeen Saeed Ali, Shafquat Rozi, Uzma Rahim Khan, and Rashid Jooma
Spectrum of dystrophin gene mutations observed in patients suspected of Duchenne muscular dystrophy in Pakistan, Zeeshan Ahmed
Intergenerational transmission of child maltreatment: Predictors of child emotional maltreatment among 11 to 17 years old children residing in communities of Karachi, Pakistan, Maryam Pyar Ali Lakhdir, Apsara Ali, Naureen Akber Ali, Salima Farooq, Iqbal Azam Syed, Asif Khaliq, and Muhammad Masood Kadir
Physical maltreatment and its associated factors among adolescents in Karachi, Pakistan, Maryam Pyar Ali Lakhdir, Naureen Akber Ali, Fauzia Basaria Hasnani, Salima Farooq, Yasmin Parpio, Uzma R. Khan, Iqbal Azam Syed, and Muhammad Masood Kadir
Are family planning vouchers effective in increasing use, improving equity and reaching the underserved? An evaluation of a voucher program in Pakistan, Moazzam Ali, Syed Khurram Azmat, Hasan Bin Hamza, Md Mizanur Rahman, and Waqas Hameed
Factors associated with anemia among women of the reproductive age group in Thatta district: Study protocol, Sumera Aziz Ali, Zahid Abbasi, Anam Feroz, K Michael Hambidge, Nancy F. Krebs, Jamie E. Westcott, and Sarah Saleem
Challenges of implementing an individual randomized controlled trial (women first: Preconception maternal nutrition study) in a rural study site: A case study from Pakistan, Sumera Aziz Ali, Umber S. Khan, Farina Abrejo, Sarah Saleem, Michael K. Hambidge, Nancy F. Krebs, Jamie E. Westcott, Robert L. Goldenberg, Elizabeth M. McClure, and Omrana Pasha
Sedentary lifestyle and framingham risk scores: A population-based study in Riyadh city, Saudi Arabia, AlJohara M. AlQuaiz, amna siddiqui, Ambreen Kazi, Mohammad Ali Batais, and Ali M. Al-Hazmi
Immunization decision-making capacity building in low- and middle-income countries through teaching vaccine economics everywhere: A program evaluation, Tania Banerjee, Shreena Malaviya, Yira Natalia Alfonso, Patrick Wedlock, George Pariy, Omrana Pasha, Dagna Constenla, Shehla Zaidi, Maryam Huda, and Farina Abrejo
Nurses' job dissatisfaction and associated factors at public sector tertiary care hospital in Pakistan: A qualitative study, Shazia Bano, Nousheen Pradhan, Narjis Rizvi, and Farid Midhet
Operationalization of bi-directional screening for tuberculosis and diabetes in private sector healthcare clinics in Karachi, Pakistan, Mashal S. Basir, Shifa Salman Habib, Syed M A. Zaidi, Saira Khowaja, Hamidah Hussain, Rashida A. Ferrand, and Aamir J. Khan
Polyhydramnios among women in a cluster-randomized trial of ultrasound during prenatal care within five low and low-middle income countries: A secondary analysis of the first look study, Melissa Bauserman, Robert Nathan, Adrien Lokangaka, Elizabeth M. McClure, Janet Moore, Daniel Ishoso, Antoinette Tshefu, Lester Figueroa, Sarah Saleem, and Waseem Mirza
Time to clarify state obligations and accountability on NCDs with human rights instruments, Kent Buse, Wafa Aftab, Sadika Akhter, Linh Bui Phuong, Haroun Chamli, Minakshi Dahal, Sarah Hawke, and Nousheen Pradhan
Association between the quality of contraceptive counseling and method continuation: Findings from a prospective cohort study in social franchise clinics in Pakistan and Uganda, Nirali M. Chakraborty, Karen Chang, Benjamin Bellows, Karen A. Grépin, Waqas Hameed, Amanda Kalamar, Xaher Gul, Lynn Atuyambe, and Dominic Montagu
Evaluating quality of contraceptive counseling: An analysis of the method information index, Karen T. Chang, Mulenga Mukanu, Ben Bellows, Waqas Hameed, Amanda M. Kalamar, Karen A. Grépin, Xaher Gul, and Nirali M. Chakraborty
Improving identification and child-focused collaborative care for children of parents with a mental illness in Tyrol, Austria, Hanna Christiansen, Annette Bauer, Batool Fatima, Melinda Goodyear, Ingunn Olea Lund, Ingrid Zechmeister-Koss, and Jean Lillian Paul
Drivers of international variation in prevalence of disabling low back pain: Findings from the cultural and psychosocial influences on disability study, David Coggon, Georgia Ntani, Keith T. Palmer, Vanda E. Felli, Florencia Harari, Leonardo A. Quintana, Sarah A. Felknor, Marianela Rojas, Anna Cattrell, and Muhammad Masood Kadir
Malpresentation in low- and middle-income countries: Associations with perinatal and maternal outcomes in the global network, Cassandra R. Duffy, Janet L. Moore, Sarah Saleem, Antoinette Tshefu, Carl L. Bose, Elwyn Chomba, Waldemar A. Carlo, Ana L. Garces, Nancy F. Krebs, and NICHD Global Network for Women's and Children's Health Research
Mortality and cardiovascular and respiratory morbidity in individuals with impaired FEV 1 (PURE): An international, community-based cohort study, MyLinh Duong, Shofiqul Islam, Sumathy Rangarajan, Darryl Leong, Om Kurmi, Koon Teo, Kieran Killian, Gilles Dagenais, Scott Lear, and Romaina Iqbal
Coronary heart disease, hypertension and use of biomass fuel among women: Comparative cross-sectional study, Zafar Fatmi, Georgia Ntani, and David Coggon
Regional variation in chronic kidney disease and associated factors in hypertensive individuals in rural South Asia: Findings from control of blood pressure and risk attenuation-Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, Liang Feng, Hithanadura Asita de Silva, Imtiaz Jehan, Anuradhani Kasturiratne, Gulshan Himani, Mohammad Abul Hasnat, Tazeen Jafar, and COBRA-BPS Study Group
Prevalence and correlates of cardiometabolic multimorbidity among hypertensive individuals: A cross-sectional study in rural South Asia—Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, Liang Feng, Imtiaz Jehan, H Asita de Silva, Aliya Naheed, Hamida Farazdaq, Samina Hirani Samina Hirani, Anuradhani Kasturiratne, Channa D. Ranasinha, Md Tauhidul Islam, Ali Tanweer Siddiquee, and Tazeen Jafar
Regional variation in comorbid prediabetes and diabetes and associated factors among hypertensive individuals in rural Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, Liang Feng, Aliya Naheed, H. Asita de Silva, Imtiaz Jehan, Rubhana Raqib, Md Tauhidul Islam, Nathasha Luke, Anuradhani Kasturiratne, Hamida Farazdaq, Sahar Senan, Tazeen Jafar, and COBRA-BPS Study Group
Using mobile phones to improve young people's sexual and reproductive health in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review protocol to identify barriers, facilitators and reported interventions, Anam Shahil Feroz, Farina Abrejo, Sumera Aziz Ali, Rozina Nuruddin, and Sarah Saleem
Perceptions of health professionals regarding minimally invasive tissue sampling (MITS) to identify the cause of death in stillbirths and neonates: Results from a qualitative study, Anam Shahil Feroz, Anum Shiraz Ali, Mohsina Noor Ibrahim, Elizabeth M. McClure, Shiyam Sunder Tikmani, Sayyeda Reza, Zahid Abbasi, Afia Zafar, Sameen Siddiqi, and Sarah Saleem
Perceptions of parents and religious leaders regarding minimal invasive tissue sampling to identify the cause of death in stillbirths and neonates: Results from a qualitative study, Anam Shahil Feroz, Mohsina Noor Ibrahim, Elizabeth M. McClure, Anum Shiraz Ali, Shiyam Sunder Tikmani, Sayyeda Reza, Zahid Abbasi, Jamal Raza, Haleema Yasmin, Khadija Bano, Afia Zafar, Sameen Siddiqi, Robert L. Goldenberg, and Sarah Saleem
Traditional birth attendants and birth outcomes in low-middle income countries: A review, Ana Garces, Elizabeth M. McClure, Leopoldo Espinoza, Sarah Saleem, Lester Figueroa, Sherri Bucher, and Robert L. Goldenberg
Methodological gaps and opportunities for studying multisectoral collaboration for health in low- and middle-income countries, Douglas Glandon, Shinjini Mondal, Ida Okeyo, Shehla Zaidi, Mishal S. Khan, Osman Dar, and Sara Bennett
Deep venous thrombosis in a patient with acquired factor VIII deficiency: A case report, Dreen Gul, Fazal Ur Rehman, Sumera Aziz Ali, and Savera Aziz Ali
A study protocol for an mHealth, multi-centre randomized control trial to promote use of postpartum contraception amongst rural women in Punjab, Pakistan, Xaher Gul, Waqas Hameed, Sharmeen Hussain, Ishaque Sheikh, and Junaid-Ur-Rehman Siddiqui
A multicountry randomized controlled trial of comprehensive maternal nutrition supplementation initiated before conception: The women first trial, K Michael Hambidge, Jamie E. Westcott, Ana Garcés, Lester Figueroa, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Sangappa M. Dhaded, Omrana Pasha, Sumera Aziz Ali, and Antoinette Tshefu
A prospective, population-based study of trends in operative vaginal delivery compared to cesarean delivery rates in low- and middle-income countries, 2010-2016, Margo S. Harrison, Sarah Saleem, Sumera Aziz Ali, Omrana Pasha, Elwyn Chomba, Waldemar A. Carlo, Ana L. Garces, Nancy F. Krebs, K Michael Hambidge, and Shivaprasad S. Goudar
Needs assessment regarding occupational health and safety interventions among textile workers: A qualitative case study in Karachi, Pakistan, Numan Hussain, Muhammad Masood Kadir, Asaad Ahmed Nafees, Rozina Karmaliani, and Tanzil Jamali
Health effects of household solid fuel use: Findings from 11 countries within the prospective urban and rural epidemiology study, Perry Hystad, MyLinh Duong, Michael Brauer, Andrew Larkin, Raphael Arku, Om P. Kurmi, Wen Qi Fan, Alvaro Avezum, Iqbal Azam Syed, and On behalf of Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiological (PURE) Study investigators
Relationship of sociodemographic factors with serum levels of vitamin D in a healthy population of Pakistan, Khalida Iqbal, Najmul Islam, Naseema Mehboobali, Ali Asghar, Saleem Perwaiz Iqbal, and Mohammad Perwaiz Iqbal
New leadership for the WHO regional office for the eastern Mediterranean: Exceptional election in an exceptional time, Samer Jabbour, Sameen Siddiqi, Rita Giacaman, Hani Serag, Jawad Al-Lawati, Amirhossein Takian, Habiba Ben Romdhane, Elsheikh Badr, Laith J. Abu-Raddad, and Aida Seif El-Dawla
Vitamin E inhibits apoptosis of human CD34+-derived erythroid progenitor cells obtained from healthy adults, Tanveer Jilani, Irfan Khan, Asmat Salim, Farina Bilwani, Bushra Moiz, Iqbal Azam Syed, and Mohammad Iqbal
Health care responses to meet the need of patients with lower limb amputation at a tertiary care hospital: A qualitative descriptive study, Saba Saleem Kabani
Facilitators and barriers toward food security of afghan refugees residing in Karachi, Pakistan, Mahasti Khakpour, Romaina Iqbal, Naveera Ghulam Hussain, Rachel Engler-Stringer, Mustafa Koc, Joseph Garcea, Marwa Farag, Carol Henry, and Hassan Vatanparast
Assessment of the per-hospital and facility-based trauma care in Kabul, Afghanistan : A mixed method study, Umerdad Khudadad
Pregnant women in four low-middle income countries have a high prevalence of inadequate dietary intakes that are improved by dietary diversity, Rebecca L. Lander, K Michael Hambidge, Jamie E. Westcott, Gabriela Tejeda, Tshilenge S. Diba, Shivanand C. Mastiholi, Umber S. Khan, Ana Garcés, Sumera Aziz Ali, Sarah Saleem, and On Behalf Of The Women First Preconception Nutrition Trial Group
Health expenditure and utilization survey Thatta district, 2019, Muhammad Ashar Malik, Wajeeha Raza, and Riaz Karimi
Pakistan developmental origins of health and disease (DOHaD) society: Addressing the 'DO' component of DOHaD, Nuruddin Badruddin Mohammed, Rozina Nuruddin, and Akbar Shoukat Ali
MultiTex RCT - A multifaceted intervention package for protection against cotton dust exposure among textile workers - A cluster randomized controlled trial in Pakistan: Study protocol, Asaad Ahmed Nafees, Sara De Matteis, Muhammad Masood Kadir, Peter Burney, David Coggon, Sean Semple, and Paul Cullinan
Time to adopt developmental origins of health and disease (DOHaD) science in Pakistan, Rozina Nuruddin, Akbar Shoukat Ali, and Nuruddin Badruddin Mohammed
Joint association of urinary sodium and potassium excretion with cardiovascular events and mortality: Prospective cohort study, Martin O'Donnell, Andrew Mente, Sumathy Rangarajan, Matthew J. McQueen, Neil O'Leary, Lu Yin, Xiaoyun Liu, Sumathi Swaminathan, Rasha Khatib, and Romaina Iqbal
Occupational health outcomes among international migrant workers, Kristine Husøy Onarheim, Dianne Egli-Gany, and Wafa Aftab
Maternal anaemia and maternal, fetal, and neonatal outcomes in a prospective cohort study in India and Pakistan, S Parks, M K. Hoffman, S S. Goudar, A Patel, Sarah Saleem, Sumera Aziz Ali, R L. Goldenberg, P L. Hibberd, J Moore, and D Wallace
Arsenic contamination of drinking water and mitigation in Pakistan: A case of Indus River basin, Unaib Rabbani and Zafar Fatmi
Status of maternal and child health in an urban squatter settlement of Karachi, Pakistan: Results from a round of surveillance, Unaib Rabbani, Maryam Huda, Aysha Zahidie, and Fauziah Rabbani
LMP1 expression in bone marrow trephines of patients with multiple myeloma confers a survival advantage, Sheerien Rajput, Khurram Minhas, Iqbal Azam Syed, Usman Shaikh, Azhar Hussain, and El Nasir Lalani
Polio: From eradication to systematic, sustained control, Oliver Razum, Devi Sridhar, Albrecht Jahn, Shehla Zaidi, Gorik Ooms, and Olaf Müller
Cholestyramine, a cost-effective yet efficacious anti-dote in digoxin toxicity, Fazal Ur Rehman, Zain Mushtaq, Savera Aziz Ali, Abdul Baqi, Mahreen Muzammil, and Sumera Aziz Ali
Prevalence and factors associated with violence against women in Pakistan, Narjis Rizvi, Anam Shahil Feroz, Saba Pervez, and Oyinlola Oyebode
Socioeconomic status and risk of cardiovascular disease in 20 low-income, middle-income, and high-income countries: The prospective urban rural epidemiologic (PURE) study, Annika Rosengren, Andrew Smyth, Sumathy Rangarajan, Chinthanie Ramasundarahettige, Shrikant I. Bangdiwala, Khalid F. AlHabib, Alvaro Avezum, Kristina Bengtsson Boström, Jephat Chifamba, and Romaina Iqbal
A systematic review of observational studies, demonstrating smoking among school going adolescents, Shafquat Rozi, Gillian Lancaster, Sadia Mahmud, Zahid Ahmad Butt, Talat Roome, and Nida Zahid
Effectiveness of a school based smokeless tobacco intervention: A cluster randomized trial, Shafquat Rozi, Nida Zahid, Talat Roome, Maryam Pyar Ali Lakhdir, Sobia Sawani, Anam Razzak, and Zahid Ahmad Butt
Factors associated with geriatric morbidity and impairment in a megacity of Pakistan, Saniya Sabzwari, Romaina Iqbal, Zafar Fatmi, and Iqbal Azam Syed
Building global partnerships through shared curricula for an MPH programme in India and Sri Lanka, Nalini Sathiakumar, Meghan Tipre, Rajitha Wickremasinghe, Vinod Bhat, Muhammad Masood Kadir, David Coggon, Arunasalem Pathemeswaran, Ramachandra Kamath, G. Arunkumar, Zafar Fatmi, Tamika Smith, Sanjay Pattanshetty, and Elizabeth Delzell
Factor associated with smokeless tobacco use in rural women and health systems readiness to address it, Inayat Muhammad Shahroz
Exploring the readiness of health care professionals regarding use of music therapy as procedural support in pediatric tertiary health care setting, Karachi, Rupani Sania Shamsuddin
Review of the governance of public sector hospitals in Pakistan: Lessons for the future, Sameen Siddiqi, Meesha Iqbal, and Wafa Aftab
Kangaroo mother care: Opportunities and implications for rural Pakistan, Hasan Nawaz Tahir and Zafar Fatmi
A prevalence of hepatitis C in pregnant women of Pakistan: A systematic review, Shiyam Sunder Tikmani, Sumera Aziz Ali, Sayyeda Reza, and Prashant Tikmani
Trends of antenatal care during pregnancy in low- and middle-income countries: Findings from the global network maternal and newborn health registry, Shiyam Sunder Tikmani, Sumera Aziz Ali, Sarah Saleem, Carla M. Bann, Musaku Mwenechanya, Waldemar A. Carlo, Lester Figueroa, Ana L. Garces, Nancy F. Krebs, and Archana Patel
Medical doctors' offline computer-assisted digital education: Systematic review by the digital health education collaboration, Hayfaa Abdelmageed Wahabi, Samia Ahmed Esmaeil, Khawater Hassan Bahkali, Maher Abdelraheim Titi, Yasser Sami Amer, Amel Ahmed Fayed, Amr Jamal, Nasriah Zakaria, Amna Rehana Siddiqui, and Monika Semwal
Incidence and contributing factors of glucose intolerance in Saudi postpartum women: Sub-group analysis from RAHMA study, Hayfaa Wahabi, Amel Fayed, Safaa M. S. T Tunkar, Ali Al-Hazmi, and Amna R. Siddiqui
A new health care model for Pakistan, Mohammad Wasay and Ashar Malik
Physical activity, sitting, and risk factors of cardiovascular disease: A cross-sectional analysis of the CARRS study, Jingkai Wei, Ranjit Mohan Anjana, Shifalika Goenka, Felipe Lobelo, Roopa Shivashankar, Muhammad Masood Kadir, Nikhil Tandon, Viswanathan Mohan, K M Venkat Narayan, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, and Mohammed K. Ali
Eel fish bite: An impending emergency in Arabian sea, Sadia Zafar and Zafar Fatmi
Association between asthma and dental caries amongst 12 - 15 years old children: A school-based cross-sectional study in karachi, pakistan, Wajeeha Zahid, Shafquat Rozi, Farhan Raza Khan, Nida Zahid, and Muhammad Masood Kadir
Health systems changes after decentralisation: Progress, challenges and dynamics in Pakistan, Shehla Zaidi, Maryam Bigdeli, Etienne V. Langlois, Atif Riaz, David W. Orr, Nasir Idrees, and Jesse B. Bump
Using m-health applications for improving primary care delivery by community health worker in underserved areas of Pakistan, Shehla Zaidi, Abdul Momin Kazi, Saleem Sayani, Atif Riaz, Rawshan Jabeen, Rabia Najmi Taha, and Ammarah Ali
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Perceptions on work related musculoskeletal disorders among nursing students, interns and key informations in tertiary hospital of Karachi : a qualitative descriptive study, Salima Saleem Aamdani
Exploring health care seeking knowledge, perceptions and practices for childhood diarrhea and pneumonia and their context in a rural Pakistani community, Wafa Aftab, Leah Shipton, Fauziah Rabbani, Kashif Sangrasi, Shagufta Perveen, Aysha Zahidie, Imran Naeem, and Shamim Qazi
Knowledge, attitude and practices of skilled birth attendants towards immediate postpartum family planning services, Shazia Nasim Akbani
The logistics of voucher management: The underreported component in family planning voucher discussions, Moazzam Ali, Madeline Farron, Syed Khurram Azmat, and Waqas Hameed
Pregnancy Outcomes among Women with an Unintended Pregnancy: Findings from a Prospective Registry in Rural Pakistan, Sumera Aziz Ali, Shiyam Sunder Tikmani, Margo S. Harrison, Sarah Saleem, Robert L. Goldenberg, Elizabeth M. McClure, and Omrana Pasha
Perceptions of stakeholders about the role of health system in suicide prevention in Ghizer, Gilgit-Baltistan, Anila Anjum
Impact of scaling up Xpert ® MTB/RIF testing for the detection of rifampicin-resistant TB cases in Karachi, Pakistan, W M. Awan, S M A. Zaidi, Shifa Salman Habib, S Khowaja, A Malik, U Khan, R A. Ferrand, J Creswell, and A Khan
Validity evidence of multiple mini interviews for selection into an undergradudate medical education program, Rukhsana Ayub
Dietary practices of school children in Sindh, Pakistan, Ayesha Aziz, Mehak Pervaiz, Ayesha Khalid, Ayesha Zahid Khan, and Ghazala Rafique
Assessing family planning service quality and user experiences in social franchising programme - Case studies from two rural districts in Pakistan, Syed Khurram Azmat, Moazzam Ali, Waqas Hameed, and Muhammad Ali Awan
Effectiveness of training on de-escalation of violence and management of aggressive behavior faced by health care providers in a public sector hospital of Karachi, Lubna Baig, Sana Tanzil, Shiraz Shaikh, Ibrahim Hashmi, Muhammad Arslan Khan, and Maciej Polkowski
Estimating the impact of "Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cancer project" on household economic : cost analysis of chronic myeloid leukemia in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa before & after the cancer project, Muhammad Zeeshan Bangash
An approach to identify a minimum and rational proportion of caesarean sections in resource-poor settings: A global network study, José M. Belizán, Nicole Minckas, Elizabeth M. McClure, Sarah Saleem, Janet L. Moore, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Fabian Esamai, Archana Patel, Elwyn Chomba, and Ana L. Garces