The Department of Community Health Sciences works in the area of public and population health sciences to advance health and wellbeing, thereby contributing to Aga Khan University’s vision of serving communities in the developing world and Muslim societies. It applies the University's values of Impact, Quality, Relevance and Access to Public ​Health Education, Research and Practice.​​​​​​​​

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Submissions from 2020

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Using mobile phones to improve community health workers performance in low-and-middle-income countries, Anam Shahil Feroz, Rawshan Jabeen, and Sarah Saleem

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A comparison of MITS counseling and informed consent processes in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Kenya, and Ethiopia, Anam Shahil Feroz, Christina Paganelli, Milka Bunei, Beza Eshetu, Shahana Parveen, Sayyeda Reza, Chaitali Sanji, Shiyam Sunder Tikmani, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, and Sarah Saleem

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Exploring perspectives, preferences and needs of a telemonitoring program for women at high risk for preeclampsia in a tertiary health facility of Karachi: A qualitative study protocol, Anam Shahil Feroz, Sarah Saleem, and Emily Seto

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Looking beyond the numbers: Quality assurance procedures in the global network for women's and children's health research maternal newborn health registry, Ana Garces, Emily MacGuire, Holly L. Franklin, Norma Alfaro, Gustavo Arroyo, Lester Figueroa, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Sarah Saleem, Fabian Esama, and Archana Patel

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Association of parity with birthweight and neonatal death in five sites: The global network's maternal newborn health registry study, Ana Garces, Wilton Perez, Margo S. Harrison, Kay S. Hwang, Tracy L. Nolen, Robert L. Goldenberg, Archana B. Patel, Patricia L. Hibberd, Adrien Lokangaka, and Sarah Saleem

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Reports from the NICHD global network's maternal and newborn health registry: Supplement introduction, Robert L. Goldenberg, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Sarah Saleem, Patricia L. Hibberd, Jorge E. Tolosa, Marion Koso-Thomas, Elizabeth M. McClure, and Global Network investigators

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Institutional deliveries and stillbirth and neonatal mortality in the global network's maternal and newborn health registry, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Norman Goco, Manjunath S. Somannavar, Avinash Kavi, Sunil S. Vernekar, Antoinette Tshefu, Elwyn Chomba, Ana L. Garces, Sarah Saleem, and Farnaz Naqvi

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Potentially heterogeneous cross-sectional associations of seafood consumption with diabetes and glycemia in urban south Asia, Matthew O. Gribble, Jennifer R. Head, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Deksha Kapoor, Vandana Garg, Deepa Mohan, Ranjit Mohan Anjana, Viswanathan Mohan, Sudha Vasudevan, and Muhammad Masood Kadir

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Mobile consulting (mConsulting) and its potential for providing access to quality healthcare for populations living in low-resource settings of low- and middle-income countries, Frances Griffiths, Jocelyn Anstey Watkins, Caroline Huxley, Bronwyn Harris, Jonathan Cave, Senga Pemba, Beatrice Chipwaza, Romaina Iqbal, Saleem Sayani, and Komal Tabani

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Healthcare utilisation and expenditure patterns for cardio-metabolic diseases in South Asian cities: The CARRS study, Priti Gupta, Kalpana Singh, Roopa Shivashankar, Kavita Singh, Ajay Vamadevan, V Mohan, Muhammad Masood Kadir, Nikhil Tandon, K M. Narayan, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, and Mohammed K. Ali

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Engagement of private healthcare providers for case finding of tuberculosis and diabetes mellitus in Pakistan, Shifa Salman Habib, Sana Rafiq, Wafa Zehra Jamal, Shaikh Muhammad Ayub, Rashida Abbas Ferrand, Aamir Khan, and Syed Mohammad Asad Zaidi

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Evaluation of computer aided detection of tuberculosis on chest radiography among people with diabetes in Karachi Pakistan, Shifa Salman Habib, Sana Rafiq, Syed Mohammad Asad Zaidi, Rashida Abbas Ferrand, Jacob Creswell, Bram Van Ginneken, Wafa Zehra Jamal, Kiran Sohail Azeemi, Saira Khowaja, and Aamir Khan

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Barriers to optimizing teledentistry during COVID-19 pandemic, Muhammad Mohsin Haider, Asad Allana, and Raheel Rehman Allana

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Assessing the governance of the health policy-making process using a new governance tool: The case of Lebanon, Rasha Hamra, Sameen Siddiqi, Emma Carmel, and Walid Ammar

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Substantial and sustained reduction in under-5 mortality, diarrhea, and pneumonia in Oshikhandass, Pakistan: Evidence from two longitudinal cohort studies 15 years apart, C L. Hansen, B J J. McCormick, Iqbal Azam Syed, K Ahmed, J M. Baker, E Hussain, A Jahan, A F. Jamison, N Samji, Oshikhandass Diarrhea and Pneumonia Project, Anita K. M. Zaidi, and Ahmed Jan

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Cesarean birth in the global network for women's and children's health research: Trends in utilization, risk factors, and subgroups with high cesarean birth rates, Margo S. Harrison, Ana L. Garces, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Sarah Saleem, Janet L. Moore, Fabian Esamai, Archana B. Patel, Elwyn Chomba, Carl L. Bose, and Edward A. Liechty

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Knowledge, awareness, and practices of cervical cancer, its risk factors, screening, and prevention among women in Karachi, Pakistan, Samina Hirani, Sarah Khana, Sidra Akram, Safna Naozer Virji, Preet Ayoub Shaikh, Ehsun Naeem, Rayaan Asad Chaudhry, Ahmed Bilal Khalid, Jalal Ud Din Khan, Muhammad Suhaib Qasim, and Imtiaz Jehan

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Associations of outdoor fine particulate air pollution and cardiovascular disease in 157 436 individuals from 21 high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries (PURE): A prospective cohort study, Perry Hystad, Andrew Larkin, Sumathy Rangarajan, Khalid F. AlHabib, Álvaro Avezum, Kevser Burcu Tumerdem Calik, Jephat Chifamba, Antonio Dans, Rafael Diaz, and Romaina Iqbal

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Contribution of house dust contamination towards lead exposure among children in Karachi, Pakistan, Akihiko Ikegami, Mayumi Ohtsu, Ambreen Sahito, Adeel Ahmed Khan, Zafar Fatmi, Yoshihiko Nakagi, Takahiko Yoshida, and Fujio Kayama

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Malnutrition and food insecurity in child labourers in Sindh, Pakistan: A cross-sectional study, Meesha Iqbal, Zafar Fatmi, Kausar S. Khan, Yusra Jumani, Neelma Amjad, and Asaad Ahmed Nafees

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Recommendations: Putting an end to child labour in Pakistan!, Meesha Iqbal, Zafar Fatmi, Kausar S. Khan, Asaad Ahmed Nafees, and Neelma Amjad

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Brucellosis in Pakistan: A neglected zoonotic disease, Meesha Iqbal, Zafar Fatmi, and Mumtaz Ali Khan

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Do recipients of cash transfer scheme make the right decisions on household food expenditure? A study from a rural district in Pakistan, Aminah Jahangir, Shehla Zaidi, Jai K. Das, and Shifa Habib

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Low vaccination in rural Sindh, Pakistan: A case of refusal, ignorance or access?, Durenaz Jamal, Shehla Zaidi, Sara Husain, David W. Orr, Atif Riaz, Asif A. Farrukhi, and Rabia Najmi Taha

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COVID-19: Ensuring continuity of TB services in the private sector, W Z. Jamal, Shifa Salman Habib, S Khowaj, N Safdar, and S M A. Zaidi

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Effect of 5-minute movies shown via a mobile phone app on risk factors and mortality after stroke in a low- to middle-income country: Randomized controlled trial for the stroke caregiver dyad education intervention (Movies4Stroke), Ayeesha Kamran Kamal, Adeel Khoja, Bushra Usmani, Shahvaiz Magsi, Aresha Malani, Zahra Peera, Saadia Sattar, Masood Ahmed Akram, Sumaira Shahnawaz, Maryam Zulfiqar, Abdul Muqeet, Fabiha Zaidi, Saleem Sayani, Azmina Artani, Syed Iqbal Azam, and Sarah Saleem

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Assessing the efficiency of sub-national units in making progress towards universal health coverage: Evidence from Pakistan, Faraz Khalid, Maria Petro Brunal, Abdul Sattar, Samia Laokri, Matthew Jowett, Wajeeha Raza, and David R. Hotchkiss

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Regulation, quality reporting and third-party certification of healthcare providers, Amir Jahan Khan and Muhammad Ashar Malik

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Might representation of the UK's international aid be overly positive?, Mishal Khan

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Decolonising COVID-19: Delaying external debt repayments, Mishal Khan and Sarah Shanks

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Compliance of smokeless tobacco supply chain actors and products with tobacco control laws in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan: Protocol for a multicentre sequential mixed-methods study, Zohaib Khan, Rumana Huque, Aziz Sheikh, Anne Readshaw, Jappe Eckhardt, Cath Jackson, Mona Kanaan, Romaina Iqbal, Zohaib Akhter, and Javaid Khan

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Growth from birth through six months for infants of mothers in the "women first" preconception maternal nutrition trial, Nancy F. Krebs, K Michael Hambidge, Jamie L. Westcott, Ana L. Garcés, Lester Figueroa, Antoinette K. Tsefu, Adrien L. Lokangaka, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Sangappa M. Dhaded, Sarah Saleem, and Sumera Aziz Ali

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Lifetime risk of diabetes in metropolitan cities in India, Shammi Luhar, Dimple Kondal, Rebecca Jones, Ranjit M. Anjana, Shivani A. Patel, Sanjay Kinra, Lynda Clarke, Mohammed K. Ali, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, and Muhammad Masood Kadir

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Mainstreaming nutrition services: Stabilization centers and outpatient therapeutic program centers, Ashar Muhammad Malik

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Regional trends in birth weight in low- and middle-income countries 2013-2018, Irene Marete, Osayame Ekhaguere, Carla M. Bann, Sherri L. Bucher, Paul Nyongesa, Archana B. Patel, Patricia L. Hibberd, Sarah Saleem, Robert L. Goldenberg, and Shivaprasad S. Goudar

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The need for transgender healthcare medical education in a developing country, Russell S. Martins, Raisa Saleh, Hasan Kamal, Mishal Gillani, Asma A H. Merchant, Muhammad M. Munir, Hamza M. Iftikar, Zara Shah, Muhammad H Z. Hussain, Mohammad K. Azhar, Fatima Qadri, and Sarah Saleem

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Estimation of the burden of out-of-hospital traumatic cardiac arrest in Karachi, Pakistan, using a cross-sectional capture-recapture analysis, Minaz Mawani, Syed Iqbal Azam, Muhammad Masood Kadir, Zainab Samad, and Junaid Abdul Razzak

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The global network maternal newborn health registry: A multi-country, community-based registry of pregnancy outcomes, Elizabeth M. McClure, Ana L. Garces, Patricia L. Hibberd, Janet L. Moore, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Sarah Saleem, Fabian Esamai, Archana Patel, Elwyn Chomba, and Adrien Lokangaka

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Stillbirth 2010-2018: A prospective, population-based, multi-country study from the global network, Elizabeth M. McClure, Sarah Saleem, Shivaprasad S. Gouda, Ana Garces, Ryan Whitworth, Fabian Esamai, Archana B. Patel, Shiyam Sunder Tikmani, Musaku Mwenechanya, and Elwyn Chomba

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Maternal infection and stillbirth: A review, Elizabeth M. McClure, Robert M. Silver, Jean Kim, Imran Ahmed, Mangala Kallapur, Najia Bano Ghanchi, Mahantesh B. Nagmoti, Sangappa Dhaded, Shiyam Sunder Tikmani, and Sarah Saleem

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Exploring women and traditional birth attendants' perceptions and experiences of stillbirths in district Thatta, Sindh, Pakistan: A qualitative study, Sanam Zulfiqar Mcnojia, Sarah Saleem, Anam Shahil Feroz, Kausar S. Khan Ms, Farnaz Naqvi, Shiyam Sunder Tikmani, Elizabeth M. McClure, Sameen Siddiqi, and Robert L. Goldenberg

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Computer aided detection of tuberculosis on chest radiographs: An evaluation of the CAD4TB v6 system, Keelin Murphy, Shifa Salman Habib, Syed Mohammad Asad Zaidi, Saira Khowaja, Aamir Khan, Jaime Melendez, Ernst T. Scholten, Farhan Amad, Steven Schalekamp, and Maurits Verhagen

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Exploring the potential of artificial intelligence and machine learning to combat COVID-19 and existing opportunities for LMIC: A scoping review, Maleeha Naseem, Ramsha Akhund, Hajra Arshad, and Muhammad Talal Ibrahim

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Variations in knowledge, awareness and treatment of hypertension and stroke risk by country income level, Martin O' Donnell, Graeme J. Hanke, Sumathy Rangarajan, Siu Lim Chin, Purnima Rao-Melacini, John Ferguson, Denis Xavier, Liu Lisheng, Hongye Zhang, and Romaina Iqbal

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Non-Adherence to WHO recommendations regarding infant feeding practices results in dilemma of malnourishment: A community-based prospective cohort study conducted in Karachi, Pakistan, Muhammad Osama, Anosh Aslam Khan, Sohaib Hasan Syed, Osama Mohiuddin, Ammar Hassan, Syeda Ramsha Zaidi, and Neelofar Sami

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Development of the global network for women's and children's health research's socioeconomic status index for use in the network's sites in low and lower middle-income countries, Archana B. Patel, Carla M. Bann, Ana L. Garces, Nancy F. Krebs, Adrien Lokangaka, Antoinette Tshefu, Carl L. Bose, Sarah Saleem, Robert L. Goldenberg, and Shivaprasad S. Goudar

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Evaluating the effect of care around labor and delivery practices on early neonatal mortality in the global network's maternal and newborn health registry, Archana B. Patel, Elizabeth M. Simmon, Sowmya R. Rao, Janet Moore, Tracy L. Nolen, Robert L. Goldenberg, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Manjunath S. Somannavar, Sarah Saleem, and Farnaz Naqvi

Association between depression and quality of lift among Pakistani adolescents and youth (15-24 years) with self-reported polycystic ovarian syndrome- A web-based analytical cross-sectional survey, Ghazal Peerwani

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Depression among adult patients with primary brain tumour: A cross-sectional study of risk factors in a low-middle-income country, Anum Sadruddin Pidani, Amna Rehana Siddiqui, Syed Iqbal Azam, Muhammad Shahzad Shamim, Adnan Jabbar, and M. Shameel Khan

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Nepal's response to contain COVID-19 Infection, Rano Mal Piryani, Suneel Piryani, and Jay Narayan Shah

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School-based interventions to promote personal and environmental hygiene practices among children in Pakistan: Protocol for a mixed methods study, Nousheen Pradhan, Waliyah Mughis, Tazeen S. Ali, Maleeha Naseem, and Rozina Karmaliani Professor

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Rates and risk factors for preterm birth and low birthweight in the global network sites in six low- and low middle-income countries, Yamini V. Pusdekar, Archana B. Patel, Kunal G. Kurhe, Savita R. Bhargav, Vanessa Thorsten, Ana Garces, Robert L. Goldenberg, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Sarah Saleem, and Fabian Esamai

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Association of symptoms of depression with cardiovascular disease and mortality in low-, middle-, and high-income countries, Selina Rajan, Martin McKee, Sumathy Rangarajan, Shrikant Bangdiwala, Annika Rosengren, Rajeev Gupta, Vellappillil Raman Kutty, Andreas Wielgosz, Omar Rahman, and Romaina Iqbal

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Neonatal deaths in infants born weighing ≥ 2500 g in low and middle-income countries, Sarah Saleem, Farnaz Naqvi, Elizabeth M. McClure, Kayla J. Nowak, Shiyam Sunder Tikmani, Ana L. Garces, Patricia L. Hibberd, Janet L. Moore, Tracy L. Nolen, and Sameen Siddiqi

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Perceptions and experiences of men and women towards acceptability and use of contraceptives in underserved areas of Karachi, Pakistan: A midline qualitative assessment of sukh initiative, Karachi Pakistan, Sarah Saleem, Narjis Rizvi, Anam Feroz, Sayyeda Reza, Saleem Jessani, and Farina Abrejo

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Lifestyle changes and glycemic control in type 1 diabetes mellitus: A trial protocol with factorial design approach, Sobia Sawani, amna siddiqui, Syed Iqbal Azam, Khadija N Humayun, Asma Ahmed, Aysha Habib, Sabahat Naz, Mayera Tufail, and Romaina Iqbal

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A multicenter case control study of association of vitamin D with breast cancer among women in Karachi, Pakistan, Uzma Shamsi, Shaista Khan, Syed Iqbal Azam, Aysha Habib, Amir Maqbool, Mohammad Hanif, Tiffany Gill, Romaina Iqbal, and David Callen

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Physical and mental health impacts of COVID-19 on healthcare workers: A scoping review, Natasha Shaukat, Daniyal Mansoor Ali, and Junaid Razzak

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Determinants of occupational hazards knowledge and safety practices among textile workers in Karachi, Pakistan: A cross sectional study, Natasha Shaukat, Hasan Nawaz Tahir, Tanzil Jamali, Mohammed Moizul Hassan, and Asaad Ahmed Nafees

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Predictive modeling for perinatal mortality in resource-limited settings, Vivek V. Shukla, Barry Eggleston, Namasivayam Ambalavanan, Elizabeth M. McClure, Musaku Mwenechanya, Elwyn Chomba, Carl Bose, Melissa Bauserman, Antoinette Tshefu, and Sarah Saleem

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Household and personal air pollution exposure measurements from 120 communities in eight countries: Results from the PURE-AIR study, Matthew Shupler, Perry Hystad, Aaron Birch, Daniel Miller-Lionberg, Matthew Jeronimo, Raphael E. Arku, Yen Li Chu, Rehman Khawaja, Romaina Iqbal, and khawar Kazmi

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Global strategies and local implementation of health and health-related SDGs: Lessons from consultation in countries across five regions, Sameen Siddiqi, Wafa Aftab, Fahad Javaid Siddiqui, Luis Huicho, Roman Mogilevskii, Peter Friberg, Johanna Lindgren-Garcia, Sara Causevic, Anil Khamis, Mashal Murad Shah, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta

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Are rural hospitals in Pakistan responding to the global surgery movement? An analysis of the gaps, challenges and opportunities, Sameen Siddiqi, Muhammad Sohaib Khan, Narjis Rizvi, Imran Naeem Abbasi, Shafquat Rozi, Ather Enam, and Sadaf Khan

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What will it cost to prevent violence against women and girls in low- and middle-income countries? Evidence from Ghana, Kenya, Pakistan, Rwanda, South Africa and Zambia, Sergio Torres-Rueda, Giulia Ferrari, Stacey Orangi, Regis Hitimana, Emmanuelle Daviaud, Theresa Tawiah, Rebecca Kyerewaa Dwommoh Prah, Rozina Karmaliani Professor, Eleonah Kapapa, Edwine Barasa, Rachel Jewkes, and Anna Vassall

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Challenges and opportunities for formulation and implementation of a pharmacovigilance policy in Pakistan- A qualitative descriptive study, Nazish Abbas

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Spectrum of dystrophin gene mutations observed in patients suspected of Duchenne muscular dystrophy in Pakistan, Zeeshan Ahmed

Factors associated with secondary caries among adult aged 18-64-year old visiting dental teaching hospitals in Karachi, Pakistan: A cross-sectional study, Anum Ali

Cost of motorcycle crash victims at a public tertiary healthcare Facility in Karachi, Pakistan: A cross-sectional study/, Asrar Ali

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Oral health status of chemotherapy patients, subjected to additional oral hygiene instruction at a tertiary care hospital in Karachi Pakistan: Per-post design, Mashal Amin

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Coronary heart disease, hypertension and use of biomass fuel among women: Comparative cross-sectional study, Zafar Fatmi, Georgia Ntani, and David Coggon

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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