Submissions from 2022
Implementation research to increase treatment coverage of possible serious bacterial infections in young infants when a referral is not feasible: lessons learnt, Shabina Ariff, Sajid Bashir Soofi, Zamir Suhag, Suhail Chanar, Maria Asif Bhura, Zaib Dahar, Imran Ahmed, Ali Turab, Atif Habib, Yasir Bin Nisar, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Homozygous LEPR mutation as a cause of early onset childhood obesity in a Pakistani girl, Muzna Arif, Fozia Memon, Khadija N Humayun, and Salman Kirmani
Newborn screening for congenital hypothyroidism through dried blood spot in Low middle income country (LMIC): Experience from a tertiary care center, Muzna Arif, Fozia Memon, Khadija N Humayun, and Salman Kirmani
Role of inhaled antibiotics in children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis: Experience from the tertiary care center, Danish Abdul Aziz, Aiza Abbas, Anusha Alam, and Namrah Aziz
Association of vitamin D levels and asthma exacerbations in children and adolescents: Experience from a tertiary care center, Danish Abdul Aziz, Aiza Abbas, Werdah Viquar, and Ali Munawar Hussain
Neurodevelopment and recovery from wasting, Harriet M. Babikako, Celine Bourdon, Emmie Mbale, Peace Aber, Annet Birabwa, Josephine Chimoyo, Wieger Voskuijl, Zaubina Kazi, John Mukisa, and Ali Faisal Saleem
Risk factors associated with extensively drug-resistant typhoid in an outbreak setting of lyari town Karachi, Pakistan, Rabab Batool, Sonia Qureshi, Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai, Abdul Momin Kazi, Miqdad Ali, and Farah Naz Qamar
Growth Faltering in Small and Sick Newborn Infants: Does it Matter?, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Optimizing prevention and community-based management of severe malnutrition in children, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Diabetes in Pakistan: Addressing the crisis, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Zia Ul Haq, and Abdul Basit
A healthy future for children and adolescents - Authors' reply, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Tyler Vaivada, Maureen M. Black, and Robert E. Black
Health and development from preconception to 20 years of age and human capital, Robert E. Black, Li Liu, Fernando P. Hartwig, Francisco Villavicencio, Andrea Rodriguez-Martinez, Luis P. Vidaletti, Jamie Perin, Maureen M. Black, Hannah Blencowe, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Omicron spike function and neutralizing activity elicited by a comprehensive panel of vaccines, John E. Bowen, Amin Addetia, Ha V Dang, Cameron Stewart, Jack T. Brown, William K. Sharkey, Kaitlin R. Sprouse, Kumail Ahmed, Asefa Shariq Ansari, and Najeeha Talat Iqbal
SARS-CoV-2 spike conformation determines plasma neutralizing activity elicited by a wide panel of human vaccines, John E. Bowen, Young-Jun Park, Cameron Stewart, Jack T. Brown, William K. Sharkey, Alexandra C. Walls, Anshu Joshi, Kumail Ahmed, Asefa Shariq, and Najeeha Talat Iqbal
A homozygous MED11 C-terminal variant causes a lethal neurodegenerative disease, Elisa Calì, Sheng-Jia Lin, Clarissa Rocca, Yavuz Sahin, Aisha Al Shamsi, Salima El Chehadeh, Myriam Chaabouni, SYNaPS Study Group, Shahnaz Ibrahim, and Salman Kirmani
Spectrum of common pediatric neurological disorders: A cross-sectional study from three tertiary care centres across Pakistan, Prem Chand, Shahnaz Ibrahim, Khairunnisa Mukhtiar, Safia Awan, Durray Shahwar Abid Khan, Asna Sulaiman, Sajid Muhammad, Zahra Ali Padhani, Jai K. Das, and Mohammad Wasay
Physician's attitudes on pulmonary rehabilitation following COVID-19: A brief perspective from a developing country, Ivan Cherrez-Ojeda, Emanuel Vanegas, Miguel Felix, María José Farfán Bajaña, Azza Sarfraz, Zouina Sarfraz, Genesis Camacho, Alanna Barrios-Ruiz, and Jack Michel
Childhood mortality during and after acute illness in Africa and south Asia: A prospective cohort study, Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition (CHAIN) Network, Abdoulaye Hama Diallo, Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayeem Bin Shahid, Ali Fazal Khan, Ali Faisal Saleem, Benson O. Singa, Blaise Siezanga Gnoumou, Caroline Tigoi, Syed Asad Ali, and Zaubina Kazi
Performance of machine learning classifiers in classifying stunting among under-five children in Zambia, Obvious Nchimunya Chilyabanyama, Roma Chilengi, Roma Chilengi, Michelo Simuyandi, Caroline C. Chisenga, Masuzyo Chirwa, Kalongo Hamusonde, Rakesh Kumar Saroj, Najeeha Talat Iqbal, and Innocent Ngaruye
Associations between eight earth observation-derived climate variables and enteropathogen infection: An independent participant data meta-analysis of surveillance studies with broad spectrum nucleic acid diagnostics, Josh M. Colston, Benjamin F. Zaithcik, Hamada S. Badr, Eleanor Burnett, Syed Asad Ali, Ajit Rayamajhi, Syed M. Satter, Daniel Eibach, Ralf Krumkamp, M Imran Nisar, Anita K. M. Zaidi, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Risk factors for community-acquired bacterial infection among young infants in South Asia: A longitudinal cohort study with nested case–control analysis, Nicholas E. Connor, Mohammad Shahidul Islam, Luke C. Mullany, Nong Shang, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Anita K. M. Zaidi, Sajid Bashir Soofi, Muhammad Imran Nisar, Pinaki Panigrahi, and Kalpana Panigrahi
Alleviating hidden hunger: An infallible bridge to improved health and nutrition, Jai K. Das and Zahra Ali Padhani
Risk of obstructive sleep apnea and traffic accidents among male bus drivers in Ecuador: Is there a significant relationship?, Miguel Felix, María Belén Intriago Alvarez, Emanuel Vanegas, María José Farfán Bajaña, Zouina Sarfraz, Azza Sarfraz, Jack Michel, and Ivan Cherrez-Ojeda
Women's health: Optimal nutrition throughout the lifecycle, Edith J M Feskens, Regan Bailey, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Hans-Konrad Biesalski, Heather Eicher-Miller, Klaus Krämer, Wen-Harn Pan, and James C. Griffiths
Newborn weight change and predictors of underweight in the neonatal period in Guinea-Bissau, Nepal, Pakistan and Uganda, Valerie J. Flaherman, Amy S. Ginsburg, Muhammad Imran Nisar, Muddassir Altaf, Khushboo Liaquat, Benazir Baloch, Najeeb Rehman, Yasir Shafiq, Shabina Ariff, and Fyezah Jehan
Prevalence of hearing loss in children living in low- and middle-income countries over the last 10 years: A systematic review, Hillary V. Ganek, Ada Madubueze, Catherine E. Merritt, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Effects of prenatal exposure to maternal COVID-19 and perinatal care on neonatal outcome: results from the INTERCOVID Multinational Cohort Study, Francesca Giuliani, Daniel Oros, Robert B. Gunier, Sonia Deantoni, Stephen Rauch, Roberto Casale, Ricardo Nieto, Enrico Bertino, Albertina Rego, Camilla Menis, and Shabina Ariff
Burden, clinical characteristics, risk factors, and seasonality of adenovirus 40/41 diarrhea in children in eight low-resource settings, Godfrey Guga, Sarah Elwood, Caroline Kimathi, Gagandeep Kang, Margaret N. Kosek, Aldo A M Lima, Pascal O. Bessong, Amidou Samie, Najeeha Talat Iqbal, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Measuring contraceptive method mix, prevalence, and demand satisfied by age and marital status in 204 countries and territories, 1970-2019: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019, Annie Haakenstad, Olivia Angelino, Caleb M S Irvine, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Kelly Bienhoff, Corinne Bintz, Kate Causey, M Ashworth Dirac, Nancy Fullman, and Emmanuela Gakidou
Effect of bovine lactoferrin on seroconversion following polio vaccine administration in children: Protocol for a double-blinded randomised controlled trial, Atif Habib, Sidrah Nausheen, Shanila Nooruddin, Tooba Javed, Tariq Samejo, Amjad Hussain, Suneeta Namdave, Sehrish Amirali, Muhammad Umer, and Lumaan Sheikh
Health workers' experience of a digital health intervention implemented in peri-urban communities in Karachi, Pakistan, Kaniz Amna Haider, Omar Gulam, Rehan Adamjee, Benazir Baloch, and Zahra Hoodbhoy
Diagnostic accuracy of various immunochromatographic tests for NS1 antigen and IgM antibodies detection in acute dengue virus infection, Mughees Haider, Saira Yousaf, Asifa Zaib, Azza Sarfraz, Zouina Sarfraz, and Ivan Cherrez-Ojeda
Mental health and positive development prevention interventions: Overview of systematic reviews, Leila Harrison, Naeha Sharma, Omar Irfan, Michele Zaman, Tyler Vaivada, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
A case report on fibular aplasia, tibial campomelia, oligosyndactyly syndrome variant in a male infant, Hina Mumtaz Hashmi, Nazia Shamim, Vinod Kumar, Adnan Mirza, Salman Kirmani, Babar Irfan, and Hania Hasan
Routine immunization coverage and immunization card retention in Pakistan: Results from a cross-sectional national survey, Imtiaz Hussain, Ahmad Khan, Dale A. Rhoda, Imran Ahmed, Muhammad Umer, Uzair Ansari, Muhammad Akram Shah, Soofia Yunus, Sajid Bashir Soofi, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Practical approaches to improve vancomycin-related patient outcomes in pediatrics- an alternative strategy when AUC/MIC is not feasible, Kashif Hussain, Muhammad Sohail Salat, Shahzad Rauf, Manoj Rathi, Midhat Khan, Fizzah Naz, Wasif Ahmed Khan, Rahila Ikram, and Gul Ambreen
Optimal iron content in ready-to-use therapeutic foods for the treatment of severe acute malnutrition in the community settings: A protocol for the systematic review and meta-analysis, Aamer Imdad, Melissa François, Fanny F. Chen, Abigail Smith, Olivia Tsistinas, Emily Tanner Smith, Jai K. Das, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Enteroinvasive Escherichia Coli O96: H19 is an emergent biofilm-forming pathogen, Junaid Iqbal, Niharika Malviya, Jennifer A. Gaddy, Chengxian Zhang, Andrew J. Seier, Kathryn P. Haley, Ryan S. Doster, Ana E. Farfán-García, and Oscar G. Gómez-Duarte
Zinc supplementation and the prevention and treatment of sepsis in young infants: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Omar Irfan, Robert E. Black, Zohra S. Lassi, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Early postoperative arrhythmias after pediatric congenital heart disease surgery: A 5-year audit from a lower- to middle-income country, Sidra Ishaque, Saleem Akhtar, Asma Akbar Ladak, Russell Seth Martins, Muhammad Kamran Younis Memon, Alisha Raza Kazmi, Fatima Mahmood, and Anwar Ul Haque
Community-based asthma assessment in young children: Adaptations for a multicentre longitudinal study in South Asia, Mohammad Shahidul Islam, Samin Huq, Steven Cunningham, Jurgen Schwarze, ASMD Ashraful Islam, Mashal Amin, Farrukh Raza, Benazir Baloch, Muhammad Imran Nisar, and Sajid Bashir Soofi
Prevention and management of high-burden noncommunicable diseases in school-age children: A systematic review, Reena P. Jain, Daina Als, Tyler Vaivada, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Frequency of use and preferences for information and communication technologies in patients with sleep apnea: A multicenter, multinational, observational cross-sectional survey study, Veronica R. Jaritos, Emanuel Vanegas, Juan Facundo Nogueira, Sebastian Leiva Agüero, Vanina Giovini, Jorge Rey de Castro, Yadira Rodríguez Reyes, José Luis Carrillo Alduenda, Pammela Torres Gittaim, Zaira Romero, and Azza Sarfraz
The WHO global tuberculosis 2021 report - not so good news and turning the tide back to end TB, Chakaya Jeremiah, Eskild Petersen, Rebecca Nantanda, Brenda N. Mungai, Giovanni Battista Migliori, Farhana Amanullah, Patrick Lungu, Francine Ntoumi, and Nagalingeswaran Kumarasamy
Compounding inequalities: Adolescent psychosocial wellbeing and resilience among refugee and host communities in jordan during the COVID-19 pandemic, Nicola Jones, Sarah Baird, Bassam Abu Hamad, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Erin Oakley, Manisha Shah, Jude Sajdi, and Kathryn M. Yount
COVID-19, nutrition, and gender: An evidence-informed approach to gender-responsive policies and programs, Anna Kalbarczyk, Noora-Lisa Aberman, Bregje S M van Asperen, Rosemary Morgan, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Bianca Carducci, Rebecca Heidkamp, Saskia Osendarp, Neha Kumar, and Anna Lartey
Exploring terminology for puerperal sepsis and its symptoms in urban Karachi, Pakistan to improve communication, care-seeking, and illness recognition, Anna Kalbarczyk, Fatima Mir, Shabina Ariff, Aspara Ali, Abdul Momin Kazi, Gurpreet Kaur, Farheen Yousuf, Farzeen Hirani, Shazia Sultana, Linda A. Bartlett, Amnesty E. Lefevre, and Sajid Bashir Soofi
Acute stress in parents of patients admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit: A two-center cross-sectional observational study, Daniel Kaplan, Mekela Whyte Nesfield, Peter S. Eldridge, WIlliam Cuddy, Nadia Ansari, Pamela Siller, and Simon Li
Malaria reduction drove childhood stunting decline in Uganda: A mixed-methods country case study, Emily C. Keats, Richard B. Kajjura, Anushka Ataullahjan, Muhammad Islam, Breagh Cheng, Ahalya Somaskandan, Kimberly D. Charbonneau, Erica Confreda, Rachel Jardine, and Zulfiqar A. Bhutta
Knowledge and Practices on the Prevention and management of diarrhea in children under-2 years among women dwelling in urban slums of Karachi, Pakistan, Asif Khaliq, Amreen 1, Nazia Jameel, and Stefanie J. Krauth
Burden and risk factors for antenatal depression and its effect on preterm birth in South Asia: A population-based cohort study, Rasheda Khanam, Jennifer Applegate, Muhammad Imran Nisar, Arup Dutta, Sayedur Rahman, Ambreen Nizar, Said Mohammed Ali, Farzana Begum, Usma Mehmood, and Sajid Muhammad
Nutritional status and dietary intake of school-age children and early adolescents: Systematic review in a developing country and lessons for the global perspective, Durray Shahwar Abid Khan, Jai K. Das, Shagufta Zareen, Zohra S. Lassi, Afsah Salman, Muhammad Raashid, Aftab A. Dero, Aijaz Khanzada, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Interventions for high-burden infectious diseases in children and adolescents: A meta-analysis, Durray Shahwar Abid Khan, Rabia Naseem, Rehana Salam, Zohra Lassi, Jai K. Das, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Multiplex PCR assay to detect high risk lineages of Salmonella Typhi and Paratyphi A, Fahad Khokhar, Derek Pickard, Zoe Dyson, Junaid Iqbal, Agila Pragasam, Jobin Jacob John, Balaji Veeraraghavan, Farah Qamar, Gordon Dougan, and Hilary MacQueen
Measurement of sound levels in a neonatal intensive care unit of a tertiary care hospital, Karachi, Pakistan, Saleema Khowaja, Shabina Ariff, Laila Ladak, Zainab Manan, and Tazeen S. Ali
Improving health and social systems for all children in LMICs: Structural innovations to deliver high-quality services, Margaret E. Kruk, Todd P. Lewis, Catherine Arsenault, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Grace Irimu, Joshua Jeong, Zohra S. Lassi, Susan M. Sawyer, Tyler Vaivada, and Peter Waiswa
Relationship of caffeine regimen with osteopenia of prematurity in preterm neonates: A cohort retrospective study, Manoj Kumar, Amin Ali, Muhammad Azeem Khan, Sadia Sohail, Syed Muzaffar Saleem, Fizzah Naz, Wasif Ahmed Khan, Muhammad Sohail Salat, Kashif Hussain, and Gul Ambreen
Etiology, sensitivity and resistance pattern of urinary tract infection among children (0 To 16 Years), Manoj Kumar, Warda Khalid, Amin Ali, Syed Khurram Sajid, Yumna Muhammad Aslam, and Ayaz Ur Rehman
Towards standardised and valid anthropometric indicators of nutritional status in middle childhood and adolescence, Natasha Lelijveld, Rukundo K. Benedict, Stephanie V. Wrottesley, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Elaine Borghi, Tim J. Cole, Trevor Croft, Edward A. Frongillo, Chika Hayashi, and Sorrel Namaste
Oral amoxicillin plus gentamicin regimens may be superior to the procaine-penicillin plus gentamicin regimens for treatment of young infants with possible serious bacterial infection when referral is not feasible: Pooled analysis from three trials in Africa and Asia, Adrien Lokangaka Longombe, Adejumoke Idowu Ayede, Irene Marete, Fatima Mir, Clara Ladi Ejembi, Mohammod Shahidullah, Ebunoluwa A. Adejuyigbe, Robinson D. Wammanda, Antoinette Tshefu, and Anita K. M. Zaidi
The promise of telemedicine in Pakistan: A systematic review, Syed Sarosh Mahdi, Raheel Allana, Gopi Battineni, Tamsal Khalid, Daniyal Agha, Mariam Khawaja, and Francesco Amenta
Perspective on newborn screening (NBS): Evidence sharing on conditions to be included in NBS in Pakistan, Hafsa Majid, Lena Jafri, Sibtain Ahmed, Khadija Humayun, Salman Kirmani, Natasha Bahadur Ali, Bushra Moiz, Aysha Habib, and Bushra Afroze
Anti-PD-1 immunotherapy - Pembrolizumab current clinical trials for advanced head and neck cancer: A mapping systematic study, Humayun Manzoor, Amina Rasheed, Farah Zeen, Azza Sarfraz, and Zouina Sarfraz
Ventilator associated pneumonia in neonatal intensive care unit: Occurrence and risk factors, Fayaz Ahmed Memon, Javaid Iqbal, Faraz Hussain, Khalil Ahmad, Abdul Jabbar, and Shabina Ariff
Wolcott-Rallison syndrome: A case series of three patients, Fozia Memon, Muzna Arif, Salman Kirmani, and Khadija N Humayun
Epidemiological characteristics, treatment and its outcomes in children presenting with craniopharyngioma at a tertiary care center, Fozia Memon, Muzna Arif, Naureen Mushtaq, Salman Kirmani, and Khadija N Humayun
Pregnancy outcomes of patients with ultrasound-indicated and history-indicated mcdonald cervical cerclage, Zaibunnisa Memon, Naureen Anjum, and Zahra Hoodbhoy
Immunity to poliovirus in Afghanistan: A household sampling method for serological assessment based on geographical information systems, Amalia Mendes, Ari Whiteman, Benjamin Nygren, Brian Kaplan, Imtiaz Hussain, Sajid Bashir Soofi, Maureen Martinez, and Noha H. Farag
Risk factors for acute respiratory infections in children between 0 and 23 months of age in a peri-urban district in Pakistan: A matched case–control study, Fatima Mir, Shabina Ariff, Maria Asif Bhura, Suhail Chanar, Aspara Ali, Muhammad Jawwad, A Hussain, Arjumand Rizvi, Muhammad Umer, Zahid Memon, Atif Habib, Sajid Bashir Soofi, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Quality improvement initiative in paediatric echocardiography laboratory in a low- to middle-income country, Shazia Mohsin, Babar Hasan, Mishaal Ather, Salima Ashiqali, Nadeem Aslam, Farah Khalid, Zain Adil Shabbir, Shaan Adil Shabbir, and Devyani Chowdhury
Ameliorative effects of half-dose saffron and chamomile combination on Psycho-endocrinological changes in a diabetic murine model, Saara Muddasir, Hamna Rafique, Asra Khan, Prashant Tikmani, Zehra Batool, Saiqa Tabassum, Fazal M. Arain, Salman Siddiqi, Faiq Amin, and Muhammad Wasim
A systematic review of internet of things in clinical laboratories: Opportunities, advantages, and challenge, Tahir Munir, Muhammad Soomair Akbar, Sadia Ahmed, Azza Sarfraz, Zouina Sarfraz, Muzna Sarfraz, Miguel Felix, and Ivan Cherrez-Ojeda
Impact of interpregnancy intervals on perinatal and neonatal outcomes in a multiethnic Pakistani population, Khadija Murtaza, Zahra Saleem, Saliha Jabeen, A Khuzaim Alzahrani, Nadeem Kizilbash, Sajid Bashir Soofi, Haider Shirazi, Amanullah Yasin, and Sajid Malik
Cost-effectiveness analysis of implementing an integrated neonatal care kit to reduce neonatal infection in rural Pakistan, Fiona Muttalib, Karen Chung, Lisa Grace Pell, Shabina Ariff, Sajid Soofi, Shaun K. Morris, and Beate Sander
Interventions for neglected tropical diseases among children and adolescents: A meta-analysis, Fatima Abbas Naqvi, Jai K. Das, Rehana Salam, Syeda Fatima Raza, zohra lassi, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Viral infections in Pakistan: Prevalence, factors affecting spread, and recommendations for control, Zehra Naseem, Maaha Ayub, Sharaf Ali Shah, Syed Asad Ali, and Syed Hani Abidi
Anakinra treatment efficacy in reduction of inflammatory biomarkers in COVID-19 patients: A meta-analysis, Zunaira Naveed, Musharraf Sarwar, Zahid Ali, Danish Saeed, Khadija Choudhry, Azza Sarfraz, Zouina Sarfraz, Miguel Felix, and Ivan Cherrez-Ojeda
The role of precision medicine in head and neck cancer: A systematic study of ongoing clinical trials, Periea Kiran Nazeer, Saima Shaheen, Kashmala Shafique, Azza Sarfraz, Shehar Bano, and Zouina Sarfraz
CMV and EBV co-infection in HIV-infected children: Infection rates and analysis of differential expression of cytokines in HIV mono- and HIV-CMV-EBV co-infected groups, Fizza Nazim, Hammad Afzal Kayani, Aspara Ali Nathwani, Fatima Mir, and Syed Hani Abidi
Neurodevelopment assessment of small for gestational age children in a community-based cohort from Pakistan, Sabahat Naz, Zahra Hoodbhoy, Ali Jaffar, Sidra Kaleem Jafri, Babar Hasan, Devyani Chowdhury, and Melissa Gladstone
Serotype-specific effectiveness against pneumococcal carriage and serotype replacement after ten-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV10) introduction in Pakistan, Muhammad Imran Nisar, Fyezah Jehan, Shahira Shahid, Sheraz Ahmed, Sadia Shakoor, Furqan Kabir, Aneeta Hotwani, Sahrish Muneer, Farah Khalid, Sajid Muhammad, Asad Ali, and Najeeha Talat Iqbal
Treatment outcomes and prognostic factors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia in a low-middle income population: A multi-institutional report from Pakistan, Muhammad Imran Nisar, Shahira Shahid, Fatimah Yousuf, Laila Saleem Lakhani, Shamvil Ashraf, Uzma Imam, Junaid Zaheer, Asim Belgaumi, and Zehra Fadoo
The Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition (CHAIN) network nested case-cohort study protocol: A multi-omics approach to understanding mortality among children in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, James M. Njunge, Kirkby Tickell, Abdoulaye Hama Diallo, Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayeem Bin Shahi, Md Amran Gazi, Ali Faisal Saleem, Zaubina Kazi, Syed Ali, Caroline Tigoi, and Ezekiel Mupere
Building knowledge, optimising physical and mental health and setting up healthier life trajectories in South African women ( Bukhali): A preconception randomised control trial part of the Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI), Shane A. Norris, Catherine E. Draper, Alessandra Prioreschi, C M Smuts, Lisa Jayne Ware, CindyLee Dennis, Philip Awadalla, D Bassani, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, and Laurent Briollais
World tuberculosis day 2022: Aligning COVID-19 and tuberculosis innovations to save lives and to end tuberculosis, Francine Ntoumi, Jean B. Nachega, Eleni Aklillu, Jeremiah Chakaya, Irina Felker, Farhana Amanullah, Dorothy Yeboah-Manu, Kenneth G. Castro, and Alimuddin Zumla
The unique relevance of executive functions and self-regulation behaviors for understanding early childhood experiences and preschoolers' outcomes in rural Pakistan, Jelena Obradović, Jenna E. Finch, Catie Connolly, Saima Siyal, and Aisha K. Yousafzai
Digital interventions for universal health promotion in children and adolescents: A systematic review, Christina Oh, Bianca Carducci, Tyler Vaivada, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Interventions to promote physical activity and healthy digital media use in children and adolescents: A systematic review, Christina Oh, Bianca Carducci, Tyler Vaivada, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Diagnostic accuracy of artificial intelligence for detecting gastrointestinal luminal pathologies: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Om Parkash, Asra Tus Saleha Siddiqui, Uswa Jiwani, Fahad Rind, Zahra Ali Padhani, Arjumand Rizvi, Zahra Hoodbhoy, and Jai K. Das
Pediatric critical care nursing research priorities in Asia: An eDelphi study, Pei-Fen Poh, Qian Wen Sng, Jos M. Latour, Linxi He, Mei Fung Fong, Jayashree Muralidharah, Qalab Abbas, Yujiro Matsuishi, and Jan Hau Lee
Salmonellosis including enteric fever, Farah Qamar, Wajid Hussain, and Sonia Qureshi
Implementation evaluation of a leadership development intervention for improved family experience in a private paediatric care hospital, Pakistan, Muneera A. Rasheed, Ayesha Hussain, Amin Hashwani, Johannes T. Kedzierski, and Babar S. Hasan
Factors affecting accidental toxic ingestion among children younger than 5 years, Ambreen Raza, Mahnaz Hakeem, Hafsa Zaheer, Sana Samreen, Falak Naz, and Bushra Afroze
Barriers and facilitators to exclusive breastfeeding in rural Pakistan: A qualitative exploratory study, Atif Riaz, Shelina Bhamani, Sheraz Ahmed, Fayyaz Umrani, Sadaf Jakhro, Abdul Khaliq Qureshi, and Syed Asad Ali
Guidance relevant to the reporting of health equity in observational research: A scoping review protocol, Anita Rizvi, Daeria O. Lawson, Taryn Young, Omar Dewidar, Stuart Nicholls, Elie A. Akl, Julian Little, Olivia Magwood, Larissa Shamseer, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Effects of delayed versus immediate umbilical cord clamping in reducing death or major disability at 2 years corrected age among very preterm infants (APTS): A multicentre, randomised clinical trial, Kristy P. Robledo, William O. Tarnow-Mordi, Ingrid Rieger, Preeti Suresh, Andrew Martin, Carbo Yeung, Alpana Ghadge, Lumaan Sheikh, Shabina Ariff, and Bakhtawar Muhammad Hanif Khowaja
Frequency of bystander exposure to antibiotics for enteropathogenic bacteria among young children in low-resource settings, Elizabeth T. Rogawski McQuade, Stephanie A. Brennhofer, Sarah E. Elwood, Timothy L. McMurry, Joseph A. Lewnard, Estomih R. Mduma, Sanjaya Shrestha, Najeeha Talat Iqbal, Pascal O. Bessong, and Gagandeep Kang
The epidemiology of sapovirus in the etiology, risk factors, and interactions of enteric infection and malnutrition and the consequences for child health and development study: Evidence of protection following natural infection, Saba Rouhani, Pablo Peñataro Yori, Maribel Paredes Olortegui, Aldo A. Lima, Tahmeed Ahmed, Estomih R. Mduma, Ajila George, Amidou Samie, Erling Svensen, and Adil Kalam
Risk factors for acute diarrhoea in children between 0 and 23 months of age in a peri-urban district of Pakistan: A matched case-control study, Kamran Sadiq, Fatima Mir, Uswa Jiwani, Suhail Chanar, Apsara Ali Nathwani, Muhammad Jawwad, Amjad Hussain, Arjumand Rizvi, Shah Muhammad, and Muhammad Atif Habib
Teaching clinical skills using online modality through modified peyton’s framework: An experience from a medical university in Pakistan, sana saeed, Urooj Kashif, Samar Zaki, Khalid Samad, Muhammad Zuhair Yusuf, Mahanoor Raza, Shahjahan Jabbar, and Unab I. Khan