Submissions from 2019
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
Prevelence and associated factors of childhood obesity among school-going children aged 10-14 years in community-based schools of Karachi, Pakistan, Shaileena S. Bhimani
Association of dairy intake with cardiovascular disease and mortality in 21 countries from five continents (PURE): a prospective cohort study., Mahshid Dehghan, Andrew Mente, Sumathy Rangarajan, Patrick Sheridan, Viswanathan Mohanv, and Romaina Iqbal
Induction of labour & neurodevelopmental outcome among small for gestational age fetuses with deranged cerebral hemodynamics : a cohort study, Naveen Shaikh Dr
Factors associated with month 2 smear non-conversion among category 1 tuberculosis patients in Karachi, Pakistan, Kimberly A. D'Souza, Syed M A. Zaidi, Maria Jaswal, Shahid Butt, Saira Khowaja, Shifa Salman Habib, and Amyn A. Malik
Health systems readiness for adopting mhealth interventions for addressing non-communicable diseases in low- and middle-income countries: A current debate, Anam Shahil Feroz, Muhammad Masood Kadir, and Sarah Saleem
The need for research evidence to meet health workforce challenges in the eastern Mediterranean region, Fethiye Gulin Gedik, James Buchan, Zafar Mirza, Arash Rashidian, Sameen Siddiqi, and Gilles Dussault
Improving pregnancy outcomes in low- and middle-income countries, Robert L. Goldenberg, Elizabeth M. McClure, and Sarah Saleem
Criteria for assigning cause of death for stillbirths and neonatal deaths in research studies in low-middle income countries, Robert L. Goldenberg, Lulu Muhe, Sarah Saleem, Sangappa Dhaded, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Janna Patterson, Assaye Nigussie, and Elizabeth M. McClure
Routine antenatal ultrasound in low- And Middle-income Countries: First look - A cluster randomised trial, Robert L. Goldenberg, Robert O. Nathan, David Swanson, Sarah Saleem, Waseem Mirza, Fabian Esamai, David Muyodi, Ana L. Garces, Lester Figueroa, and Elwyn Chomba
Women's experiences of mistreatment during childbirth: A comparative view of home- and facility-based births in Pakistan, Waqas Hameed and Bilal Iqbal Avan
Does courtesy bias affect how clients report on objective and subjective measures of family planning service quality? A comparison between facility- and home-based interviews, Waqas Hameed, Muhammad Ishaque, Xaher Gul, Junaid-Ur-Rehman Siddiqui, Sharmeen Hussain, Wajahat Hussain, Aftab Ahmed, and Asma Balal
What influences family planning in rural Pakistan: Franchised service provider and community health worker perspective, Waqas Hameed, Junaid-ur-Rehman Siddiqui, Muhammad Ishaque, Sharmeen Hussain, Xaher Gul, Hina Najmi, Shehla Noorani, Ghulam Mustafa, and Asma Balal
Frequency of musculoskeletal disorder among physiotherapists in public and private hospitals, Yasir Iqbal
Exploring awareness of children on street regrading road traffic injuries in Karachi, Pakistan : a qualitative study, Munira Ismail
Determinants of uncontrolled hypertension in rural communities in south Asia-Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, Tazeen Jafar, Mihir Gandhi, Imtiaz Jehan, Aliya Naheed, H Asita de Silva, Hunaina Shahab, Dewan Alam, Nathasha Luke, Ching Wee Lim Wee Lim, and COBRA-BPS Study Group
Application of the GPS technology to assess time-location pattern of undergraduate students at a private medical university in Karachi, Pakistan: A pilot study, Tanzil Jamali, Adeel Ahmed Khan, Asaad Ahmed Nafees, Muhammad Ahmed, Syed Iqbal Azam, Muhammad Masood Kadir, and Kiyoung Lee
Stress and social support among fulltime working mohters, Nabea Jawaid
Awareness about occupational hazards and workplace safety measures among construction workers of AKUH: a qualitative exploratory study, Ayesha M Amin Karamali
Prevalence and factors associated with suicidal ideation among young youth 15-24 years in community setting of Hunza, Pakistan, Saeeda Karim
Diets for South Asians with diabetes: Recommendations, adherence, and outcomes, Shirin Kasturia, Mohammed K. Ali, Venkat Narayan, Nikhil Tandon, Roopa Shivashankar, Vandana Garg, Deksha Kapoor, Anitha Mohanasundaram, Deepa Mohan, and Muhammad Masood Kadir
Challenges in financing healthcare among elderly population of Karachi, Samana Ali Kazmi
Factors affecting quality of maternal care during childbirth : a qualitative exploratory study in public and private maternity care centers of Karachi, Pakistan, Nirmal Nasir Ali Khimani
Measuring the quality of primary health care: A regional initiative in the eastern Mediterranean region: Universal health coverage and quality primary care, Mondher Letaief, Lisa Hirschhorn, Aziz Sheikh, and Sameen Siddiqi
Root-Cause Analysis of Persistently High Maternal Mortality in a Rural District of Indonesia: Role of Clinical Care Quality and Health Services Organizational Factors, Mohammad Afzal Mahmood, Ismi Mufidah, Steven Scroggs, Amna Rehana Siddiqui, Hafsa Raheel, Koentijo Wibdarminto, Bernardus Dirgantoro, Jorien Vercruyssen, and Hayfaa A. Wahabi
Short-term association between black carbon exposure and cardiovascular diseases in Pakistan’s largest megacity, Daniel Malashock, Haider Khwaja, Zafar Fatmi, Azhar Siddique, Yi Lu, Shao Lin, and David Carpenter
Global Network for Women's and Children's Health Research: probable causes of stillbirth in low- and middle-income countries using a prospectively defined classification system, Elizabeth M. McClure, Ana Garces, Sarah Saleem, J L. Moore, Carl L. Bose, Fabian Esamai, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Elwyn Chomba, Omrana Pasha, and Shiyam Sunder Tikmani
The project to understand and research preterm pregnancy outcomes and stillbirths in South Asia (PURPOSe): a protocol of a prospective, cohort study of causes of mortality among preterm births and stillbirths, Elizabeth M. McClure, Sarah Saleem, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Sangappa Dhaded, G. Guruprasad, Yogesh Kumar, Shiyam Sunder Tikmani, Muhammad Masood Kadir, Jamal Raza, and Haleema Yasmin
Comparsion of oral hygiene status amongst male orphans and males living with parents of age 6-16 years urban Karachi, Pakistan, Ammar Ali Muhammad
Inequalities in the use of secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease by socioeconomic status: Evidence from the PURE observational study, Adrianna Murphy, Benjamin Palafox, Owen O'Donnell, David Stuckler, Pablo Perel, Khalid F. AlHabib, Alvaro Avezum, Xiulin Bai, Jephat Chifamba, and Romaina Iqbal
Maternal depression: A major risk factor for psychosocial wellbeing among preschoolers, Sanober Nadeem, Ghazala Rafique, and Yusra Sajid Chachar
Behavior problem and its associated factors among 6-17 years old siblings of developmentally disabled children in Karachi Pakistan, Apsara Ali Nathwani
Association between environmental tobacco smoke and dental caries amongst 5-14 years old children in Karachi, Pakistan., Anna Ali Nayani, Romaina Iqbal, Syed Iqbal Azam, Farhan Raza Khan, Aysha Habib Khan, Naveed Janjua, and Azmina Hussain
Establishing a hospital based fracture liaison service to prevent secondary insufficiency fractures, Shahryar Noordin, Salim Allana, and Bassam A. Masri
Macronutrient and fibre intake of young Spanish children with reference to their in utero growth status: Are they eating a healthy diet?, R. Nuruddin, Mireia Urpi-Sarda, Merida Rodriguez-Lopez, Dolores Garcia-Arenas, Eduard Gratacos, Fatima Crispi, and Ruthy Acosta-Rojas
Assessment of malnutrition in patients with liver cirrhosis using protein calorie malnutrition (PCM) score verses bio-electrical impedance analysis (BIA), Om Parkash, Wasim Jafri, S. M. Munir, and Romaina Iqbal