Submissions from 2025
An innovative community mobilisation and community incentivisation for child health in rural Pakistan (CoMIC): A cluster-randomised, controlled trial, Jai K. Das, Rehana A Salam A. Salam, Zahra Ali Padhani, Arjumand Rizvi, Mushtaq Mirani, Muhammad Khan Jamali, Sana Khatoon, Anjum Naqvi, Fariha Shaheen, Rafey Ali, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Submissions from 2024
UNITY: A low-field magnetic resonance neuroimaging initiative to characterize neurodevelopment in low and middle-income settings, F Abate, A Adu-Amankwah, K A Ae-Ngibise, F Agbokey, V A Agyemang, C T Agyemang, C Akgun, J Ametepe, Zahra Hoodbhoy, and Sidra Kaleem Jafri
Facilitators and barriers in acceptance of telemedicine among healthcare providers in Pakistan: A cross-sectional survey, Muhammad Wasi Abbas, Hasan Nawaz Tahir, Nazish Jaffar, Ghana Raza, Syed Aman Ali, and Rawshan Jabeen
Clinical presentation, diagnosis and management of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C): a systematic review, Qalab Abbas, Haider Ali, Fatima Amjad, Muhammad Zaid Hamid Hussain, Abdu R. Rahman, Maryam Hameed Khan, Fatima Abbas, Danyal Imam, Zuviya Alikhan, Sameer M. Belgaumi, Faiza Sattar, Arsalan Siddiqui, and Jai K. Das
Short- and medium-term longitudinal outcomes of children diagnosed with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children - Report from a single centre in Pakistan, Qalab Abbas, Fatima Farrukh Shahbaz, Fatima Amjad, Farah Khalid, Nadeem Aslam, and Shazia Mohsin
Publications in paediatric critical care medicine: Trends from Pakistan, Qalab Abbas, Naveed ur Rehman Siddiqu, Zahra Cheema Cheema, Muhammad Shahzad, Abdul Rahim Ahmed, and Anwar Ul Haque
Toxic elements identified in breast milk of mothers residing in water contaminated region of Sindh and their impact on infants’ growth patterns: A case-control study, Nurmeen Adil, Syed Sibt-E- Hassan, Amna Jabbar Siddiqui, Zehra Jamil, Junaid Iqbal, Syed Asad Ali, and Syed Ghulam Musharraf
AI-enabled workflow for automated classification and analysis of feto-placental doppler images, Ainhoa M. Aguado, Guillermo Jimenez- Perez, Josa Prats- Valero, Sergio Sánchez- Martínez, Zahra Hoodbhoy, Devyani Chowdhury, Shazia Mohsin, Roberta Castellani, Fàtima Crispi, Lea Testa, Bart Bijnens, Gabriel Bernardino, and Babar Hasan
The enterics for global health (EFGH) shigella surveillance study in Pakistan, Naveed Ahmed, Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai, and Farah Qamar
Frequency, risk factors, and outcome of neonatal meningitis in sepsis, Saeed Ahmed, Sundus Akhtar, Aysha Sultan, and Ayaz Ur Rehman
Predictors for poor daily weight gain in preterm neonates exposed to different dose regimens of caffeine in ICU- A retrospective cohort study, Saeed Ahmed, Ayaz Ur Rehman, Zainab Bibi, Sundus Iftikhar, Maleeha Raza, Hafiz Mohammad Amir Yousuf, Fizzah Naz, Wasif Ahmed Khan, Muhammad Sohail Salat, Gul Ambreen, and Kashif Hussain
The Environmental Enteric Dysfunction Biopsy Initiative (EEDBI) consortium: Mucosal investigations of environmental enteric dysfunction, Sheraz Ahmed, Kumail Ahmed, Aneeta Hotwani, Junaid Iqbal, Najeeha Talat Iqbal, Sadaf Jakhro, Furqan Kabir, Waheeda Memon, Abdul Khaliq Qureshi, Najeeb Rehman, Kamran Sadiq, and Fayyaz Umrani
Applying the principles for digital development to improve maternal and child health in the Peri-urban areas of Karachi, Pakistan, Hareem Ahmer, Kinza Farooqui, Karim Jivani, Rehan Adamjee, and Zahra Hoodbhoy
Clinical experience of next generation sequencing based expanded carrier screening in high-risk couples from a tertiary healthcare center in Pakistan, Fizza Akbar, Salman Kirmani, Zohra HassaN, Muhammad Farrukh Qazi, Najia Minhas Ali, and Bushra Afroze
Assessing pattern of the Pediatric Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome (PMIS) in children during the COVID-19 pandemic: Experience from the emergency department of tertiary care center of a low-middle-income country, Saleem Akhtar, Iqra Anis, Kumar Nirdosh, Muhammad Ihsan Tayyab Ihsan, Ahmed Raheem Buksh, and Surraiya Bano
Nurturing children and protecting our planet from climate change, Tobias Alfvén and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Atypical presentation of biotinidase deficiency: Masquerading neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder, Farhan Ali, Mohammad Raza, Shahnaz Ibrahim, and Khairunnisa Mukhtiar
Editorial: Biorisk management, laboratory acquired infections and clinical containment, volume II, Kashif Ali, Esmeralda Meyer, and Furqan Kabir
The impact of storage, handling, and treatment on nutritional quality and safety of animal milk: A protocol for the systematic review and meta-analysis, Roba Alwasila, Alaina Berg, Tarah Colaizy, Abigail Smith, James Evans, Mohammad Hassan Murad, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, and Aamer Imdad
Association of maternal nutritional status and small for gestational age neonates in peri-urban communities of Karachi, Pakistan: Findings from the PRISMA study, Sobia Ambreen, Nida Yazdani, Abdul Salam Alvi, Muhammad Farrukh Qazi, and Zahra Hoodbhoy
Oral health of chemotherapy patients before and after provision of oral hygiene instructions at a tertiary care hospital: Pre-post design, Mashal Amin, Farhan Raza Khan, Asad Allana, Rubina Barolia, and Iqbal Azam Syed
Drivers of anemia reduction among women of reproductive age in the Philippines: A country case study, Imelda Angeles-Agdeppa, Aatekah Owais, Eva A. Goyena, Catherine E. Merritt, Christopher Lee, Preety Rattan, Ma Lynell V. Maniego, Frances Pola S. Arias, Glenda P. Azaña, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Environmental surveillance for COVID-19 using SARS-CoV-2 RNA concentration in wastewater - A study in district east, Karachi, Pakistan, Nadia Ansari, Furqan Kabir, Farah Khalid, Usma Mehmood, Abdul Momin Kazi, Hussain Kalimuddin, Samiah Kanwar, Fatima Aziz, Fyezah Jehan, and Muhammad Imran Nisar
Opportunities and challenges for financing women's, children's and adolescents' health in the context of climate change, Blanca Anton, Soledad Cuevas, Mark Hanson, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Etienne V. Langlois, Domenico Gerardo Iaia, Giulia Gasparri, and Josephine Borghi
A research definition and framework for acute paediatric critical illness across resource-variable settings: A modified delphi consensus, Anita V. Arias, Michael Lintner Rivera, Nadeem I. Shafi, Qalab Abbas, Abdelhafeez H. Abdelhafeez, Muhammad Ali, Halaashuor Ammar, Ali I. Anwar, John Adabie Appiah, and Jonah E. Attebery
Effect of maternal and newborn care service package on perinatal and newborn mortality: A cluster randomized clinical trial, Shabina Ariff, Uswa Jiwani, Arjumand Rizvi, Sajid Muhammad, A Hussain, Imran Ahmed, Masawar Hussain, Muhammad Usman, Junaid Iqbal, Zahid Memon, Sajid Bashir Soofi, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Microtia and social media: How can we help our patients?, Muhammad Arslan, Chloe Cottone, Erinn Mangona, Andre Rafizadeh, and Marium Mohsin
Navigating autism treatment: Unlocking new frontiers with ChatGPT, Muhammad Moin Ashraf, Ibtehaj Ul Haque, and Navpreet Kaur Sangha
Impact and outcomes of hyperglycemia among post-operative children who underwent repair of congenital cardiac defects in a tertiary care setup of Pakistan, Yumna Muhammad Aslam, Ayaz Ur Rehman, Tarab Zehra, and Noor Ul Ain
Diarrhea case surveillance in the enteric for global health shigella surveillance Study: Epidemiologic methods, Hannah E. Atlas, Bakary Conteh, Md Taufiqul Islam, Khuzwayo C. Jere, Farah Qamar, Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai, Naveed Ahmed, Aneeta Hotwani, Sonia Qureshi, and Shazia Sultana
Oral and topical analgesia in pediatric electrodiagnostic studies, Bisma Aziz, Fazal Ur Rehman, Saadia Sattar, Sajid Hameed, Haris Hakeem, Marib Ghulam Rasool Malik, Safoora Ibraheem Zuberi, and Sara Khan
Evaluation of fecal inflammatory biomarkers to identify bacterial diarrhea episodes: Systematic review and protocol for the enterics for global health shigella surveillance study, Courtney Babb, Henry Badji, Jennifer Cornick, Taufiqur Rahman Bhuiyan, Sonia Qureshi, Kehkashan Begum, Mehreen Adnan, Junaid Iqbal, Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai, and Farah Qamar
Maternal vaccination against COVID-19 and neonatal outcomes during Omicron: INTERCOVID-2022 study, Fernando C. Barros, Robert B. Gunier, Albertina Rego, Loïc Sentilhes, Stephen Rauch, Serena Gandino, Jagjit S. Teji, Jim G. Thornton, Shabina Ariff, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Contemplating the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine introduction in Pakistan: Is now the time?, Rabab Batool
Exploring natural immune responses to shigella exposure using multiplex bead assays on dried blood spots in high burden countries: Protocol from a multisite diarrhea surveillance study, Rabab Batool, Aneeta Hotwani, Sonia Qureshi, Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai, Shazia Sultana, Farah Qamar, Prisca Benedicto Matambo, Lindsay N. Avolio, Henry Badji, and Farhana Khanam
Efficacy of typhoid vaccines against culture-confirmed salmonella typhi in typhoid endemic countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Rabab Batool, Zoya Haq Qamar, Rehana Abdus Salam, Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai, Per Ashorn, and Farah Qamar
Longevity of serologic responses following a single dose of typhoid conjugate vaccine among children living with HIV in Pakistan: A prospective cohort study, Rabab Batool, Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai, Fatima Mir, Sajid Muhammad, Saqib Ali Shaikh, Sikander Memon, and Farah Naz Qamar
Subsidiary learning opportunities for the sustainability of early child development, Farzana Begum, Ambreen Nizar, and Sidra Afzal
The impact of donating milk on the health of milk donors and their infants: A systematic review and meta-analysis protocol, Alaina Berg, Uzma Rani, Tarah Colaizy, Abigail Smith, James Evans, Mohammad H. Murad, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, and Aamer Imdad
WHO global research priorities for antimicrobial resistance in human health, Silvia Bertagnolio, Zlatina Dobreva, Chad M. Centner, Ioana Diana Olaru, Daniele Donà, Stefano Burzo, Benedikt D. Huttner, Joveria Farooqi, Fyezah Jehan, and Sadia Shakoor
Effect of play-based intervention on children's mental status and caregiver involvement during hospitalization: findings from Pakistan, Vardah Bharuchi and Muneera A. Rasheed
The quest to optimize management of severe childhood malnutrition globally, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Childhood growth during recovery from acute illness in Africa and South Asia: a secondary analysis of the childhood acute illness and nutrition (CHAIN) prospective cohort, Celine Bourdo, Abdoulaye Hama Diallo, Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayeem Bin Shahid, Md Alfazal Khan, Ali Faisal Saleem, Benson O. Singa, Blaise Siézanga Gnoumou, Caroline Tigoi, Syed Asad Ali, and Zaubina Kazi
Prescribing patterns of antibiotics in pediatric wards of secondary care centers: A retrospective study based on WHO AWaRe classification, Afia Tariq Butt, Sobia Ramzan, Dania Shabbir, Amna Sajjad, Murk Shaikh, Maryam Iqbal Syed, and Mohammad Aadil Qamar
Clinical and genetic delineation of autosomal recessive and dominant ACTL6B-related developmental brain disorders, Elisa Cali, Tania Quirin, Clarissa Rocca, Stephanie Efthymiou, Antonella Riva, Dana Marafi, Maha S. Zaki, Mohnish Suri, Prem Chand, and Shahnaz Ibrahim
Promoting healthy school food environments and nutrition in Canada: A systematic review of interventions, policies, and programs, Bianca Carducc, Georgia Dominguez, Emily Kidd, Christina Oh, Reena Jain, Amira Khan, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Pivoting school health and nutrition programmes during COVID-19 in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review, Bianca Carducci, Georgia Dominguez, Emily Kidd, Karlie Janes, Aatekah Owais, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Clinical severity of enteric viruses detected using a quantitative molecular assay compared to conventional assays in the global enteric multicenter study, Jordan Cates, Helen Powell, James Platts -Mills, Dilruba Nasrin, Sandra Panchalingam, Samba O O. Sow, Awa Traore Traore, Dipika Sur, Anita K. M. Zaidi, and Furqan Kabir
Exploring the role of information and communication technologies in allergic rhinitis in specialist centers: Patient perspectives on usefulness, value, and impact on healthcare, Ivan Cherrez-Ojeda, Jean Bousquet, Zouina Sarfraz, Azza Sarfraz, Monica Rodriguez Gonzales, Anna Bedbrook, Nelson Rosario, Benjamin Zepeda-Ortega, Guillermo Guidos, and Ulbio Alcivar Molina
A systematic review and meta-analysis of mobile health applications and telemonitoring in atopic dermatitis self-management, Ivan Cherrez-Ojeda, Karla Robles-Velasco, María F. Osorio, Ana Ormaza Vera, Zouina Sarfraz, Azza Sarfraz, Annia Cherrez, Sofia Cherrez, and Jorge Mario Sanchez Caraballo
Going from primary to primordial prevention: Is the juice worth the squeeze?, Andrew Chiou, Melody Hermel, Zohar Chai, Ariana Eiseman, Sandeep Mehta, Unab Khan, Zahra Hoodbhoy, Adeel Khoja, Junaid Iqbal, Aysha Almas, and Sana Sheikh
A multicenter study on the clinical characteristics and outcomes among children with moderate to severe abusive head trauma, Adriana Yock Corrales, Jan Hau Lee, Paula Caporal, Juan D. Roa, Jaime Fernandez Sarmiento, Yanan Zhu, Qalab Abbas, Yasser Kazzaz, Dianna Sri Dewi, and Shu Ling Chong
Efficacy of zinc fortified and fermented wheat flour (EZAFFAW): A randomized controlled trial protocol, Jai K. Das, Zahra Ali Padhani, Muhammad Khan, Mushtaq Mirani, Arjumand Rizvi, Imran Ahmed, Rahima Yasin, Kehkashan Begum, Junaid Iqbal, Khadija N Humayun, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Hamna Amir Naseem, Saeed Akhtar, Tariq Ismail, and Kauser Abdulla Malik
Optimizing research for neonates with encephalopathy: The role of core outcome sets, Declan Devane, Shabina Ariff, Maira Niaz, Mandy Daly, Patricia Healy, David M. Haas, Jamie J. Kirkham, Vincent Kibe, Sarah Koskei, and Farhana Tabassum
Motivations for investigating health inequities in observational epidemiology: A content analysis of 320 studies, Omar Dewidar, Georgia McHale, Ali Al Zubaidi, Mostafa Bondok, Leenah Abdelrazeq, Regina Greer Smith, Janice Tufte, Lucy C. Barker, Melissa K K. Sharp, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Population enumeration and household utilization survey methods in the enterics for global health (EFGH): Shigella surveillance study, Ryan Dodd, Alex O Awuor O. Awuor, Farhana Khanam, Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai, Naveed Ahmed, Irum Fatima Dehraj, Shazia Sultana, Sonia Qureshi, Farah Qamar, and Hannah E. Atlas
Duodenal quantitative mucosal morphometry in children with environmental enteric dysfunction: A cross-sectional multi-country analysis, Lubaina Ehsan, David Coomes, Paul Kelly, Adam A. Greene, Syed Asad Ali, Chola Mulenga, Donna M. Denno, Kelley VanBuskirk, Mustafa Mahfuz, and Sean R. Moore
Neurodevelopmental outcomes following possible serious bacterial infection in early infancy in Karachi, Pakistan: A prospective cohort study, Nudrat Farheen, Shahira Shahid, Kiran Ali Ramzan Ali Lalani, Fyezah Jehan, Iqbal Azam Syed, Farah Khalid, Batool Fatima, Mohammad Shahidul Islam, Shamim Ahmad Qazi, and Muhammad Imran Nisar
Comparison of Masimo Total Hemoglobin SpHb® continuous non-invasive hemoglobin monitoring device with laboratory complete blood count measurement using venous sample: Protocol for an observational substudy of the Pregnancy Risk and Infant Surveillance and Measurement Alliance Maternal and Newborn Health (PRISMA MNH) study, Fouzia Farooq, Emily R. Smith, Qing Pan, Sasha Glass Baumann, Victor Akelo, Fyezah Jehan, Margaret Margaret Kasaro, Muhammad Imran Nisar, Gregory Ouma, and Zahra Hoodbhoy
The Second International Collaborative Mycology Conference: Evidence-informed fight against fungal diseases in Pakistan, Joveria Farooqi, Felix Bongomin, Rumina Hasan, Nosheen Nasir, Muhammad Irfan, Syed Faisal Mahmood, Afia Zafar, Fatima Mir, Summiya Nizamuddin, and Kauser Jabeen
Knowledge and perceptions regarding pulmonary rehabilitation amongst Ecuadorian physicians following COVID-19 outbreak, Miguel Felix, Emanuel Vanegas, Azza Sarfraz, Genesis Camacho, Alanna Barrios Ruiz, Jack Michel, Zeynep Yukselen, Arjola Agolli, Pilar Cejudo, and Karla Robles Velasco
Data management in multicounty consortium studies: The enterics for gobal health (EFGH) Shigella surveillance study example, Erika Feutz, Prasanta K. Biswas, Latif Ndeketa, Billy Ogwel, Shazia Sultana, Naveed Ahmed Ahmed, Imran Ahmed Ahmed, Farah Qamar, Sonia Qureshi, and Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai
Pathogen genomic surveillance status among lower resource settings in Asia, Marya Getchell, Suci Wulandari, Ruklanthi de Alwis, Muhammad Imran Nisar, Farah Naz Qamar, Shreya Agoramurthy, Yoong Khean Khoo, Tze-Minn Mak, Anne-Claire Stona, Junxiong Pang, Muhd Haziq Fikry Haji Abdul Momin, Afreenish Amir, Lucia Rizka Andalucia, Ghows Azzam, and Savuth Chin
The elderly's limited awareness of advanced-way dental procedures hinders access to treatment, resulting in persistent pain and unmet dental needs in Pakistan, Raahim Salman Abdul Ghaffar, Tazeen Saeed Ali, and Abdullah Nawaz Baloch
Disparities in age and gender-specific SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic testing trends: A retrospective study from Pakistan, Najia Bano Ghanchi, Kiran Iqbal Masood, Muhammad Farrukh Qazi, Shahira Shahid, Asghar Nasir, Syed Faisal Mahmood, Zeeshan Ansar Ahmed, Muhammad Imran Nisar, and Zahra Hasan
Young adults' hopes regarding no communicable disease (NCD) prevention and management after the SARS-CoV-2 virus pandemic: Reflections from the NCD Child #YouthCOVIDCHAT Campaign, Nicola J. Gray, Marie Hauerslev, George Msengi, Laura Lewis Watts, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
A holistic strategy of mother and child health care to improve the coverage of routine and polio immunization in Pakistan: Results from a demonstration project, Atif Habib, Sajid Bashir Soofi, Imran Ahmed, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Zamir Hussain, Rehman Tahir, Saeed Anwar, Ahmed Ali Nauman, Muhammad Sharif, and Muhammad Islam
Normative values and factors affecting saphenous nerve responses in a south Asian population: A cross-sectional neurophysiological study at a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan, Sajid Hameed, Bisma Aziz, Pinin Baig, Marib Ghulam Rasool Malik, Safia Awan, and Sara Khan
Efflux pump gene single nucleotide variants associated with resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates with discrepant drug genotypes, Zahra Hasan, Safina Abdul Abdul Razzak, Akber Kanji, Sadia Shakoor, and Rumina Hasan
The second annual Vaccination Acceptance Research Network Conference (VARN2023): Shifting the immunization narrative to center equity and community expertise, Kathryn L. Hopkins, Gloria Lihemo, Talya Underwood, Theresa Sommers, Meredith Dockery, Nicholas Boehman, Ève Dubé, Rubina Qasim, Abdul Momin Kazi, and Holly Seale
Microbiological methods used in the enterics for global health shigella surveillance study, Bri Anna Horne, Henry Badji, Aneeta Hotwani, Junaid Iqbal, Farah Qamar, Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai, Sonia Qureshi, Jane Juma, Mary Charles, and Nigel A. Cunliffe
Dose-response study of caffeine on postnatal weight gain in premature neonates-A retrospective cohort study, Ijaz Hussain, Manoj Kumar, Fizzah Naz, Wasif Ahmed Khan, Shahzad Rauf, Muhammad Sohail Salat, Kashif Hussain, and Gul Ambreen
Congenital vallecular cyst: A case report of rare cause of upper air way obstruction in infant, Iram Iqbal, Ayaz Ur Rehman, Ariba Siddiqui, and Naveed ur Rehman Siddiqu
Pneumococcal carriage and changes in serotype distribution post- PCV13 introduction in children in Matiari, Pakistan, Izn Iqbal, Shahira Shahid, Samiah Kanwar, Furqan Kabir, Fayyaz Umrani, Sheraz Ahmed, Waqasuddin Khan, Muhammad Farrukh Qazi, Fatima Aziz, Sahrish Muneer, Adil Kalam, Aneeta Hotwani, Junaid Mehmood, Abdul Khaliq Qureshi, Zahra Hasan, Sadia Shakoor, Iqbal Azam Syed, Fyezah Jehan, and Muhammad Imran Nisar
Enteric pathogens relationship with small bowel histologic features of environmental enteric dysfunction in a multicountry cohort study, Najeeha Talat Iqbal, Sarah Lawrence, Tahmeed Ahmed, Furqan Kabir, Kumail Ahmed, Sheraz Ahmed, Syed Asad Ali, Aneeta Hotwani, Shahneel Hussain, Junaid Iqbal, Sadaf Jakhro, Abdul Khaliq Qureshi, Najeeb Rehman, Kamran Sadiq, and Fayyaz Umrani
Quality improvement in public-private partnerships in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review, Cassandra B. Iroz, Rohit Ramaswamy, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, and Paul Barach
Burden of respiratory disease in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: Experience from a PICU of a tertiary care center in Pakistan, Sidra Ishaque, Nazia Bibi, Zaiba Shafik Dawood, Janeeta Hamid, Quratulain Maha, Asma Sherazi, Ali Faisal Saleem, Qalab Abbas, Naveed ur Rehman Siddiqu, and Anwar Ul Haque
Exploring the perceptions and experiences of female's with ß-thalassemia major in a tertiary care private hospital in Pakistan, Rawshan Jabeen, Iqra Ansari, Butool Durrani, Mubarak Jabeen Salman, Laraib Mazhar, Muhammad Usman Hussain Ansari, Ali Hussain Ansari, Saba Kabani, and Saqib Husain Ansari
Anthropometry relationship with duodenal histologic features of children with environmental enteric dysfunction: A multicenter cross-sectional study, Zehra Jamil, Syed Asad Ali, Kelley VanBuskirk, Monica Mweetwa, Samer Mouksassi, Kumail Ahmed, Sheraz Ahmed, Shareef Dars, Aneeta Hotwani, Junaid Iqbal, Najeeha Talat Iqbal, Sadaf Jakhro, Furqan Kabir, Waheeda Memon, Abdul Khaliq Qureshi, Najeeb Rehman, Kamran Sadiq, Fayyaz Umrani, Gerald Smith, and Tahmeed Ahmed
Strain features of pneumococcal isolates in the pre- and post-PCV10 era in Pakistan, Nida Javaid, Asma Basharat, Hadiqa Jaleel, Shaper Mirza, Stephanie W. Lo, Stephen D. Bentley, Muhammad Imran Nisar, Sadia Shakoor, Furqan Kabir, and Aneeta Hotwani
Evaluating the association of childhood sexual abuse with the development of irritable bowel syndrome later in life: A systematic review, Muhammad Umer Junaid, Asad Saulat Fatimi, Hareem Rauf, Muhammad Taha Nasim, Kinza Jawed, and Kishwar Enam
Behavior change interventions to address unhealthy food consumption: A scoping review, Shivani Kachwaha, Sunny S. Kim, Jai K. Das, Sabrina Rasheed, SubbaRao M. Gavaravarapu, Pooja Pandey Rana, and Purnima Menon
Role of rotavirus vaccine in reducing diarrheal episodes in infants visiting private primary health care clinics in Karachi, Pakistan: A mixed-methods study, Serish Karim, Amna Rehana siddiqui, Nurose Karim, Nousheen Pradhan, Iqbal Azam Syed, and Muhammad Farrukh Qazi
Effects of COVID-19 illness and vaccination infodemic through mobile health, social media, and electronic media on the attitudes of caregivers and health care providers in Pakistan: Qualitative exploratory study, Abdul Momin Kazi, Nazia Ahsan, Rawshan Jabeen, Raheel Allana, Saima Jamal, Muhammad Ayub Khan Mughal, Kathryn L. Hopkins, and Fauzia Aman Malik
Histopathology underlying environmental enteric dysfunction in a cohort study of undernourished children in Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Zambia compared with United States children, Paul Kelly, Kelley VanBuskirk, David Coomes, Zehra Jamil, Syed Asad Ali, Kumail Ahmed, Sheraz Ahmed, Aneeta Hotwani, Junaid Iqbal, Najeeha Talat Iqbal, Sadaf Jakhro, Furqan Kabir, Waheeda Memon, Abdul Khaliq Qureshi, Najeeb Rehman, Kamran Sadiq, Fayyaz Umrani, Samer Mouksassi, Gerald Smith, and Shabab Hossain
Heated and humidified high flow therapy (HHHFT) in extreme and very preterm neonates with respiratory distress syndrome (RDS): A retrospective cohort from a tertiary care setting in Pakistan, Vikram Kumar Kessani, Fatima Hemani, Iqrar Ali, Sana Memon, Rija Zaheer, Albar Soomro, Jai K. Das, Khalid N. Haque, and Syed Rehan Ali
Insights into tuberculosis burden in Karachi, Pakistan: A concurrent adult tuberculosis prevalence and child mycobacterium tuberculosis infection survey, Palwasha Y. Khan, Mohammed Shariq Paracha, Chris Grundy, Falak Madhani, Rashida Abbas Ferrand, Saadia Saeed, Lamis Maniar, Maqboola Dojki, Liesl Page- Shipp, Nazia Khursheed, and Waleed Rabbani
A smooth transition: Assessing transition readiness in adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease, Shahzaib M. Khan, David Tuchman, Alizeh Imran, Fatima Mustafa Lakdawala, Sana Mansoor, and Joseph Abraham
Genomic analysis of clinical aeromonas isolates reveals genetic diversity but little evidence of genetic determinants for diarrhoeal disease, Elizabeth j. Klemm, Muhammad Imran Nisar, Farah Qamar, Anita K M. Zaidi, Farheen Qadri, Matt Bawn, Myron M. Levine, Robert A. Kingsley, Andrew Page, and Gordon Dougan
Health trends in Canada 1990-2019: An analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study, Jacek A. Kopec, Farshad Pourmalek, Daniel A. Adeyinka, Amin Adibi, Gina Agarwal, Samiah Alam, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Zahid A. Butt, Vijay K. Chattu, and Oghenowede Eyawo
Etiology of hospital mortality in children living in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Teresa B. Kortz, Rishi P. Mediratta, Audrey M. Smith, Katie R. Nielsen, Asya Agulnik, Stephanie Gordon Rivera, Hailey Reeves, Nicole F. O'Brien, Jan Hau Lee, and Qalab Abbas
Shigella detection and molecular serotyping with acCustomized taqman array card in the enterics for global health (EFGH): Shigella surveillance study, Jie Liu, Paul F Garcia Bardales, Sonia Qureshi, Naveed Ahmed, Fatima Aziz, Farah Qamar, Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai, Furqan Kabir, Sheikh Jarju, and Jane Juma
Challenges in institutional ethical review process and approval for international multicenter clinical studies in lower and middle-income countries: The case of PARITY study, Eliana Lopez-Baron, Qalab Abbas, Paula Caporal, Asya Agulnik, Jonah E. Attebery, Adrian Holloway, Niranjan Tex Kissoon, Celia Isabel Mulgado-Aguas, Kokou Amegan-Aho, and Marianne Majdalani
Biomarker relationships with small bowel histopathology among malnourished children with environmental enteric dysfunction in a multicountry cohort study, Mustafa Mahfuz, David Coomes, Marwa Abdalla, Najeeha Talat Iqbal, Syed Asad Ali, Kumail Ahmed, Sheraz Ahmed, Aneeta Hotwani, Shahneel Hussain, Junaid Iqbal, Sadaf Jakhro, Furqan Kabir, Waheeda Memon, Abdul Khaliq Qureshi, Najeeb Rehman, Kamran Sadiq, Fayyaz Umrani, Monica Mweetwa, Kelley VanBuskirk, and Kanta Chandwe
Initial dysnatremia and clinical outcomes in pediatric traumatic brain injury: A multicenter observational study, Gawin Mai, Jan Hau Lee, Paula Caporal, Juan D. Roa G, Sebastián González-Dambrauskas, Yanan Zhu, Adriana Yock-Corrales, Qalab Abbas, Yasser Kazzaz, and Dianna Sri Dewi
Global, regional, and national burden of injuries, and burden attributable to injuries risk factors, 1990 to 2019: Results from the Global Burden of Disease study 2019, Mohammad-Reza Malekpour, Negar Rezaei, Sina Azadnajafabad, Javad Khanali, Mohammadreza Azangou-Khyavy, Sahar Saeedi Moghaddam, Mahsa Heidari-Foroozan, Sahba Rezazadeh-Khadem, Seyyed-Hadi Ghamari, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Duodenal transcriptomics demonstrates signatures of tissue inflammation and immune cell infiltration in children with environmental enteric dysfunction across global centers, Chelsea Marie, Subhasish Das, Syed Asad Ali, Junaid Iqbal, David Coomes, Tahmeed Ahmed, Paul Kelly, Mustafa Mahfuz, Sean R. Moore, William A. Petri Jr., and Phillip I. Tarr
Implementation of a clinical breast exam and referral program in a rural district of Pakistan, Russell Seth Martins, Aiman Arif, Sahar Yameen, Shanila Noordin, Shah Muhammad, Mukhtiar Channa, Sajid Bashir Soofi, and Abida K. Sattar
Effective strategies for increasing the uptake of modern methods of family planning in South Asia: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Zahid Memon, Tahmeena Ahmed, Syeda Aleena Fazal, Sophie Reale, Rachael Spencer, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, and Hora Soltani
Association between the use of accredited social health activist (ASHA) services and uptake of institutional deliveries in India, Sujata Mishra, Susan Horton, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, and Beverley M. Essue