OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Health is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Season, household registry and isolated birth defects: a population-based case-control study in Danyang, China	49
Erratum to: Securing the supply of benzathine penicillin: a global perspective on risks and mitigation strategies to prevent future shortages	32
Risk factors associated with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in areas with a moderate tuberculosis burden	31
Burden of overweight and obesity among adolescents in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis	26
Corrigendum to: The development and roll-out of a new hydrocoele surgery facility assessment tool for the elimination of lymphatic filariasis	25
A commentary: what do Rebecca Cheptegei and Gisèle Pelicot have in common?	25
Mortality risk stratification based on comorbidity status among cervical cancer patients in Lagos, Nigeria	21
Mental health and neglected tropical diseases – the neglected dimension of burden: identifying the challenges and understanding the burden	21
Eliminating all circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus: a prerequisite to declaring global polio eradication	21
Postoperative trachomatous trichiasis: a systematic review and meta-analysis study	21
Transportation of therapeutic and controlled drugs across international borders: a descriptive analysis of information available to travellers	20
Considerations of sex and gender dimensions by research ethics committees: a scoping review	18
Sputum culture conversion and its predictors among drug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis patients in eastern Ethiopia	18
A secondary analysis to determine countries and districts eligible for documented full geographic coverage for trichiasis case finding and outreaches	16
Inequalities in the prevalence of skilled birth attendance in Ghana between 1993 and 2014	16
Eye health in Papua New Guinea	15
Covid-19 vaccination coverage and associated factors among older hypertensive patients in Hangzhou, China	14
Stigma, depression and quality of life among people affected by neglected tropical diseases in Nepal	14
Active surveillance of immunization adverse effects: a multicentre, open-label, three-arm randomized uncontrolled trial in Ethiopia	14
Essential dataset features in a successful obesity registry: a systematic review	13
Impact of basic psychological support on stigma and the mental well-being of people with disabilities due to leprosy and lymphatic filariasis: a postintervention evaluation study	13
Influence of type of cooking fuel on risk of hypertension among reproductive-age women in sub-Saharan Africa: insights from nationally representative cross-sectional surveys	12
Online health information–seeking behaviours for low back pain in the United Kingdom: analysis of data from Google trends and the Global Burden of Disease Study, 2004–2019	12
Neglected tropical diseases in Republic of Guinea: disease endemicity, case burden and the road towards the 2030 target	12
Association between maternal exposure to chemical fertilizer and the risk of birth defects in a rural population in northern China: a population-based study	10

The influence of childhood socioeconomic status on non-communicable disease risk factor clustering and multimorbidity among adults in Botswana: a life course perspective	10
Behaviour Insight Shadowing: examining daily life settings for the prevention of neglected tropical disease	10
The burden and impact of COVID-19 among newborns in African countries: a study protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis	10
Emotional reactions towards COVID-19 among persons with diabetes	10
The Amazonian Tropical Bites Research Initiative, a hope for resolving zoonotic neglected tropical diseases in the One Health era	10
An evaluation of mental health integration in the neglected tropical diseases program in Zamfara, North-west Nigeria	9
Bayesian analysis of non-communicable diseases risk factors: a focus on the lower-educated population in Bangladesh	9
Application of a count regression model to identify the risk factors of under-five child morbidity in Bangladesh	9
Perception, practice and associated factors of labour pain management among obstetric care providers in public health facilities in Harari Region, Ethiopia: a multicentre cross-sectional study	9
Prevalence, assessment and correlates of mental health problems in neglected tropical diseases: a systematic review	9
Heterogenous pathogen profile associated with acute conjunctivitis in Nepal	8
Development and validation of a Perceived Relocation Stress Scale for older individuals transferred to long-term care facilities in Taiwan	8
Treatment-related characteristics of communities in districts characterized by persistent trachoma: an exploratory descriptive study	8
Experiences and needs of persons who have undergone limb amputation in Saki West, Oyo State, Nigeria	8
Windows of opportunity in integrating mental health into care of neglected tropical diseases: the Nigeria experience	8
A mixed methods evaluation of an integrated training package for skin neglected tropical diseases in Kaduna and Ogun, Nigeria	8
Assessing the prevalence of trachoma in the East, North, Far North and Adamaoua regions of Cameroon, 2016–2022	8
Insecticide-treated net distribution in Western Kenya: impacts related to COVID-19 and health worker strikes	8
Knowledge and use of chorhexidine gel in umbilical cord care among postpartum women at Poly General Hospital, Enugu, Southeast Nigeria: a cross-sectional study	8
Integrating traditional medicine into the Ghanaian health system: perceptions and experiences of traditional medicine practitioners in the Ashanti region	8
Combatting thalassemia in the United Arab Emirates	8
Erratum to: A multimodal approach to improve asthmatic adolescents’ self-efficacy in Taiwan	8
Guidelines for the transfer of people living with HIV attending primary healthcare facilities in South Africa: a scoping review	8
Explaining the continuing high prevalence of trachomatous trichiasis unknown to the health system in evaluation units: a mixed methods explanatory study in four trachoma-endemic countries	7
Does women's empowerment and socio-economic status predict adequacy of antenatal care in sub-Saharan Africa?	7
Assessment of water, sanitation and hygiene practices for prevention and control of COVID-19 in Kenya	7
Individual-level and neighborhood-level shifts in mortality patterns among drug poisoning deaths in a high-density Asian city: a territory-wide, case-only analysis	7
Accelerating onchocerciasis elimination in humanitarian settings: lessons from South Sudan	7
Evidence of reduced academic performance among schoolchildren with helminth infection	7
Community health workers to reduce unmet surgical needs in an urban slum in India: an implementation study	7
In our own eyes: ethical dilemmas and insights encountered by researchers conducting qualitative research in high ambient temperatures in Kilifi, Kenya	7
Fertility desires of antiretroviral therapy-attending HIV-positive women and its associated factors in Harari region, Ethiopia	7
System and facility readiness assessment for conducting active surveillance of adverse events following immunization in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	7
Human papillomavirus vaccine coverage among immigrant adolescents in Alberta: a population-based cohort study	7
Dengue and diabetes comorbidity: an emerging public health threat	7
Job satisfaction among community drug distributors in the Mass Drug Administration programme in Nigeria: a cross-sectional study	7
Mental health, stigma and the quality of life of people affected by neglected tropical diseases of the skin in Kasai Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo: a sex-disaggregated analysis	7
Stigma associated with cutaneous leishmaniasis in rural Sri Lanka: development of a conceptual framework	7
Tropical Data: supporting health ministries worldwide to conduct high-quality trachoma surveys	7
Prevalence of hypertension among type 2 diabetes mellitus patients in China: a systematic review and meta-analysis	7
Level of exposure to aflatoxins during pregnancy and its association with adverse birth outcomes in Africa: a meta-analysis	7
Neonatal and postneonatal tetanus at a referral hospital in Kamsar, Guinea: a retrospective audit of paediatric records (2014–2018)	6
Gestational trophoblastic disease and associated factors among women experiencing first trimester pregnancy loss at a regional referral hospital in central Tanzania: a cross-sectional study	6
Corrigendum to: Prevalence and determinants of cardiovascular risk factors in Lesotho: a population-based survey	6
Corrigendum to: Navigating the way to onchocerciasis elimination: the feasibility and affordability of Onchocerciasis Elimination Mapping	6
Time to treat the climate and nature crisis as one indivisible global health emergency	6
Enteral nutrition therapy for elderly patients with common-type COVID-19, a retrospective study based on medical records	6
Short-term forecasting of the COVID-19 outbreak in India	6
Is the neglected tropical disease mass drug administration campaign approach an effective strategy to deliver universal health coverage? A case study of the Liberia neglected tropical disease programm	6
Low medication adherence and its associated factors among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus attending Amana Hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: a cross-sectional study	5

Female genital schistosomiasis: my personal account and key recommendations to the global health community	5
The therapeutic threshold in clinical decision-making for TB	5
Early-onset developmental impairments among infants attending the routine immunization clinic at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria	5
Is the African Vaccine Manufacturing Accelerator a decoupling mechanism?	5
Systematic review on cumulative HIV viraemia among people living with HIV receiving antiretroviral treatment and its association with mortality and morbidity	5
Definitive outcomes in patients with rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis treated in Niger from 2012 to 2019: A retrospective cohort study	5
Factors associated with tungiasis among school-age children in Kwale County, rural Kenya	5
Introduction of a novel neonatal warming device in Malawi: an implementation science study	5
Early signs of geographic spread of COVID-19: lessons learnt from outbreaks in Wuhan 2020 and Nanjing 2021	5
Voluntary medical male circumcision and educational gradient in relation to HIV infection among sexually active adult men in Eswatini: evidence from the national surveys in 2006–2007 and 2016	5
The effect of an interactive mobile health intervention to improve community-based essential neonatal care practices among postpartum women in northeast Ethiopia: a cluster randomized controlled trial	5
The heterogeneous impacts of government on health system efficiency in China's new health reform, 2010–2019	5
‘Follow the cattle’: a joint cross-border trachoma MDA perspective	5
Management of children with danger signs in integrated community case management care in rural southwestern Uganda (2014–2018)	5
Related factors to the coping style of patients with sudden sensorineural hearing loss	4
Regional and socio-economic disparity in use of insecticide-treated nets to prevent malaria among pregnant women in Kenya	4
Time trends in socio-economic and geographic-based inequalities in childhood wasting in Guinea over 2 decades: a cross-sectional study	4
Progress towards the elimination of trachoma in Nigeria	4
Comparison of standard and modified human landing catching techniques for blackfly collection	4
Neglected tropical disease elimination is a relay race – let's not drop the baton	4
Spatial distribution of sexual network locations used by long-distance truck drivers along the Northern Corridor highway, Kenya	4
How has the Ascend programme contributed to strengthening health systems for sustainable country-driven neglected tropical disease programming?	4
Exploring the impact of COVID-19 on frontline health workers through a photovoice study in Kaduna, Kwara and Ogun States, Nigeria	4
Evaluation of the Mawid mobile healthcare application in delivering services during the COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia	4
The individual- and community-level women's empowerment and utilization of maternity care services in Afghanistan: a multilevel cross-validation study	4
Prevalence of Giardia duodenalis among Asian children: a systematic review and meta-analysis	4
Global knowledge and attitudes towards mpox (monkeypox) among healthcare workers: a systematic review and meta-analysis	4
Evaluation of joint external evaluation to COVID-19 and other infectious diseases mortality outcomes in 96 countries	4
Concordance of emergency department physicians’ decisions on HIV post-exposure prophylaxis with national guidelines: results from a retrospective cohort study	4
Reimagining diaspora diplomacy during the COVID-19 crisis in India	4
Leveraging resources and the impact of neglected tropical disease elimination programmes: getting (much) more than what you pay for	4
Physical activity levels and sociodemographic factors associated with meeting recommended levels among shop attendants in Mbarara municipality, Uganda	4
Attitudes towards wife-beating justification and its association with female genital mutilation – analysis of ever-married Somali women in the 2020 Somali Health and Demographic Survey	4
Recognising the potential of neglected tropical disease programmes as a platform for pandemic preparedness: the Ascend experience	4
Predictor of anemia among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics at Hiwot Fana Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Eastern Ethiopia: a case-control study	4
HIV testing among women of reproductive age in 28 sub-Saharan African countries: a multilevel modelling	4
Prevalence of and factors associated with early initiation of breastfeeding in Bangladesh: a multilevel modelling	4
Lived experience and lessons learned from the support of two secondary eye care units to improve cataract surgery and refractive services in two regions of Ethiopia: health system-strengthening suppor	4
Equity in telemedicine for older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic	4