Impact of the societal response to COVID-19 on access to healthcare for non-COVID-19 health issues in slum communities of Bangladesh, Kenya, Nigeria and …

SAKS Ahmed, M Ajisola, K Azeem, P Bakibinga… - BMJ global …, 2020 - gh.bmj.com
Introduction With COVID-19, there is urgency for policymakers to understand and respond to
the health needs of slum communities. Lockdowns for pandemic control have health, social …

A review of postpartum depression, preterm birth, and culture

SS Gulamani, SS Premji, ZK Kanji… - The Journal of perinatal & …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Postpartum depression (PPD) varies worldwide and is considered a serious issue because
of its devastating effects on mothers, families, and infants or children. Preterm birth may be a …

[HTML][HTML] Trends and determinants of stillbirth in developing countries: results from the Global Network's Population-Based Birth Registry

S Saleem, SS Tikmani, EM McClure, JL Moore… - Reproductive health, 2018 - Springer
Background Stillbirth rates remain high, especially in low and middle-income countries,
where rates are 25 per 1000, ten-fold higher than in high-income countries. The United …

Impact of social isolation on mortality and morbidity in 20 high-income, middle-income and low-income countries in five continents

R Naito, DP Leong, SI Bangdiwala, M McKee… - BMJ global …, 2021 - gh.bmj.com
Objective To examine the association between social isolation and mortality and incident
diseases in middle-aged adults in urban and rural communities from high-income, middle …

[HTML][HTML] Analysis of openstreetmap data quality at different stages of a participatory mapping process: Evidence from slums in Africa and Asia

G Yeboah, J Porto de Albuquerque, R Troilo… - … International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
This paper examines OpenStreetMap data quality at different stages of a participatory
mapping process in seven slums in Africa and Asia. Data were drawn from an …

[PDF][PDF] Time to focus child survival programmes on the newborn: assessment of levels and causes of infant mortality in rural Pakistan

FF Fikree, SI Azam… - Bulletin of the World …, 2002 - SciELO Public Health
OBJECTIVE: Population-based surveys were conducted in selected clusters of Pakistan's
least developed provinces, Balochistan and North-West Frontier Province (NWFP), including …

[PDF][PDF] Comparision of obstetric outcome among teenage and non-teenage mothers from three tertiary care hospitals of Sindh, Pakistan

N Shah, DK Rohra, S Shuja, NF Liaqat… - JPMA-Journal of the …, 2011 - academia.edu
Objective: To compare the obstetric outcome of teenage pregnancies with that of non
teenage pregnancies. Methods: A prospective case-control study was conducted in three …

[HTML][HTML] Dose-response of cotton dust exposure with lung function among textile workers: MultiTex Study in Karachi, Pakistan

NA Ali, AA Nafees, Z Fatmi, SI Azam - The international journal of …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Cotton dust exposure among textile mill workers lead to impaired lung function.
However, only few studies have investigated the dose-response relationship between cotton …

Designing a balanced scorecard for a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan: a modified Delphi group exercise

F Rabbani, SMW Jafri, F Abbas, M Shah… - … journal of health …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Balanced Scorecards (BSC) are being implemented in high income health settings linking
organizational strategies with performance data. At this private university hospital in …

Dental age table for a sample of Pakistani children

RH Sukhia, M Fida, SI Azam - The European Journal of …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
The aim of this study was to evaluate the applicability of Demirjian's dental age assessment
table in a sample of Southern Pakistani population and, if not applicable, to formulate a …