OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Health is 5. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Combatting thalassemia in the United Arab Emirates	43
Global burden and cross-country inequality of infectious skin diseases in children: the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021	36
The population-level impact of COVID-19 on maternal healthcare utilization: evidence from the 2022 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey	35
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	31
Burden, impacts and management practices of dysmenorrhea among female students in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis	29
Integrating traditional medicine into the Ghanaian health system: perceptions and experiences of traditional medicine practitioners in the Ashanti region	26
Postoperative trachomatous trichiasis: a systematic review and meta-analysis study	23
Malawi newborn and child health national clinical practice guidelines: a landscape analysis	23
‘I struggle to feel normal’: phenomenological analysis of experience with living in crises resettlement camps in Nigeria	20
Deliberative dialogues in rural South Africa reveal public support and communication challenges in HIV cure research: uMkhanyakude district, KwaZulu-Natal	19
Dengue and diabetes comorbidity: an emerging public health threat	19
Unveiling the hidden health challenges: malaria, helminths, STIs and other pathologies among street children, adolescents and young adults in Cameroon	18
Risk factors and mortality rates for children co-infected with HIV and TB in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis	17
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	17
Stigma associated with cutaneous leishmaniasis in rural Sri Lanka: development of a conceptual framework	17
Equity of opportunity in China’s essential public health services: influencing factors and moderating mechanisms	17
Compliance with spectacle use among schoolchildren in a school health programme in Islamabad, Pakistan	16
Comment on: Risk factors associated with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in areas with a moderate tuberculosis burden	16
The state of wildfire and health research: emerging trends, challenges and gaps	16
Development and validation of supervised machine learning multivariable prediction models for the diagnosis of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia using nasopharyngeal swab PCR in adults in a low-	15
Harnessing artificial intelligence for skin-related neglected tropical diseases (skin NTDs): opportunities, challenges and future directions	15
Determinants of the use of insecticide-treated nets and intermittent preventive treatment of malaria among pregnant women in Angola	15
Predictors of iron status among preschool-age children in Malawi: insights from a micronutrient survey	14
A qualitative study on pre-exposure prophylaxis uptake and retention among men who have sex with men and transgender women in Myanmar	14
Exploring the impact of COVID-19 on frontline health workers through a photovoice study in Kaduna, Kwara and Ogun States, Nigeria	14

Beyond business as usual for lymphatic filariasis mass drug administration in hotspot districts	14
Systematic review on cumulative HIV viraemia among people living with HIV receiving antiretroviral treatment and its association with mortality and morbidity	13
Prevalence of Giardia duodenalis among Asian children: a systematic review and meta-analysis	13
Management of children with danger signs in integrated community case management care in rural southwestern Uganda (2014–2018)	13
The heterogeneous impacts of government on health system efficiency in China's new health reform, 2010–2019	13
Impact of seasonal changes on human onchocerciasis transmission and disease elimination	13
Risk factors and circulation pattern of respiratory syncytial virus in children under 2 years in Maputo, Mozambique	12
Integrating community efforts, innovative government interventions and data in the fight against kala-azar: lessons from Dumka, India	12
Prevalence and adverse perinatal outcomes of anaemia in the third trimester of pregnancy in Hebei Province, China	12
The sky's the limit: improving satellite imagery data literacy to address non-communicable diseases	12
Ethical issues surrounding the implementation of long-acting injectable antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan Africa	11
Integrated services for neglected tropical diseases and mental health: pilot study assessing acceptability, feasibility and attitudes in Benue State, Nigeria	11
Innovation in laboratory testing approaches to oversee Africa's local production of medical products	11
Sociocultural and indigenous practices of rural India in adapting to heat stress: an exploratory descriptive qualitative study	11
Successful completion of onchocerciasis elimination mapping (OEM) in Niger, West Africa	11
People, power and participation: strategic directions for integrated person-centred care for NTDs and mental health	11
Enablers and barriers to COVID-19 vaccine uptake in an urban slum in Lagos, Nigeria: informing vaccine engagement strategies for the marginalized	10
Women's involvement in decision-making and receiving husbands’ support for their reproductive healthcare: a cross-sectional study in Lalitpur, Nepal	10
Comment on: ‘Impact of home-based follow-up care on hypertension control among patients attending Thika Level Five Hospital, Kiambu County, Kenya: a randomized controlled study’	10
Self-reported prevalence of tuberculosis: unveiling spatial representation in the districts of Tamil Nadu	10
The interruption of transmission of onchocerciasis in Kaduna, Kebbi and Zamfara states, Nigeria: another milestone achievement	10
The magnitude of intimate partner violence during pregnancy and associated factors in rural Ethiopia	10
Association between urinary polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon metabolites and diabetes mellitus among the US population: a cross-sectional study	10
Integrating gender equity and social inclusion into forecasting and supply planning (FSP): a policy commentary	9
Sarcoidosis in first- and second-generation immigrants: a cohort study of all adults 18 years of age and older in Sweden	9
Innovate to eliminate: a prerequisite in NTD programmes	9
Family planning interventions across the League of Arab States: a regional scoping review	9
Sociodemographic and lifestyle determinants of blood pressure in adult Nigerians	9
The quagmire of alcohol normalization in Nepal: urgent call for a unified alcohol control act	9
Are informal healthcare providers knowledgeable in tuberculosis care? A cross-sectional survey using vignettes in West Bengal, India	9
Gender differences in the surgical management of trachomatous trichiasis: an exploratory analysis of global trachoma survey data, 2015–2019	9
Assessing the inequalities in demand for family planning satisfied in Ghana: evidence from the 1993–2014 Demographic and Health Surveys	9
Barriers in managing maternal schistosomiasis: a qualitative study of healthcare providers in Tanzania	9
COVID-19 vaccine wastage in private and public healthcare facilities in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa	9
Compliance and illiteracy when treating tuberculosis	9
Lassa fever cases suffer from severe underreporting based on reported fatalities	8
Exploring the well-being of people affected by skin NTDs in Kaduna and Kwara States, Nigeria: a photovoice and scoping review study	8
The development and roll-out of a new hydrocoele surgery facility assessment tool for the elimination of lymphatic filariasis	8
Erratum to: Securing the supply of benzathine penicillin: a global perspective on risks and mitigation strategies to prevent future shortages	8
Windows of opportunity in integrating mental health into care of neglected tropical diseases: the Nigeria experience	8
A quality improvement approach in co-developing a primary healthcare package for raising awareness and managing female genital schistosomiasis in Nigeria and Liberia	8
Cholera burden in Ghana: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prevalence, antimicrobial resistance and risk factors	8
Prevalence and predictors of infant and young child feeding practices in sub-Saharan Africa	8
Co-designing the FOotpaths foR Adolescent MAternal Mental HeAlth (FOR MAMA) intervention for pregnant teens in Malawi	8
Application of a count regression model to identify the risk factors of under-five child morbidity in Bangladesh	8
Eliminating all circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus: a prerequisite to declaring global polio eradication	8
Differential effects of size-specific particulate matter on frailty transitions among middle-aged and older adults in China: findings from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS),	8
Microbial foodborne outbreaks in Africa: a systematic review	8
Let them talk and we listen: what are diseases of neglected people?	8
Combining non-structural protein 1 and IgM tests for acute dengue diagnosis in Saudi Arabia	8

How can the neglected tropical disease community be inclusive and equitable in programme delivery? Reaching refugees and internally displaced persons through integrating a ‘leave no one behind’ approa	8
Covid-19 vaccination coverage and associated factors among older hypertensive patients in Hangzhou, China	8
‘He who knows it, feels it.’ Stepping stones towards fulfilling a peer-advocate role among people with chronic stigmatising conditions in Liberia	8
Overview and understanding of mental health and psychosocial support in Afghanistan	8
Prevalence, assessment and correlates of mental health problems in neglected tropical diseases: a systematic review	7
The Amazonian Tropical Bites Research Initiative, a hope for resolving zoonotic neglected tropical diseases in the One Health era	7
Impact of evidence-based programmatic adaptations in addressing the persistence and recrudescence of trachoma in Kajiado County, Kenya	7
Important entomological events in the history of onchocerciasis (“river blindness”)	7
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	7
Evidence of reduced academic performance among schoolchildren with helminth infection	7
Behaviour Insight Shadowing: examining daily life settings for the prevention of neglected tropical disease	7
Tropical Data: supporting health ministries worldwide to conduct high-quality trachoma surveys	7
Understanding male circumcision: insights from a peri-urban community in Maputo City, Mozambique	7
Delivering malaria services during the COVID-19 pandemic: challenges and lessons from an international non-governmental organisation	7
Human papillomavirus vaccine coverage among immigrant adolescents in Alberta: a population-based cohort study	7
Level of exposure to aflatoxins during pregnancy and its association with adverse birth outcomes in Africa: a meta-analysis	7
Community health workers to reduce unmet surgical needs in an urban slum in India: an implementation study	7
Experiences and needs of persons who have undergone limb amputation in Saki West, Oyo State, Nigeria	7
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	7
Rethinking expertise in artificial intelligence ethics for global health	7
Stochastic frontier approach to efficiency analysis of health facilities in providing services for non-communicable diseases in eight LMICs	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	6
Prevalence of neonatal near miss in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis	6
The impact of COVID-19 on health system resilience to the cerebrospinal meningitis outbreak in the Upper West Region of Ghana: a qualitative study	6
An examination of the predictors of change in BMI among 38 026 school students in Makkah, Saudi Arabia	6
Prevalence of and factors associated with early initiation of breastfeeding in Bangladesh: a multilevel modelling	6
Mediating effects of hypertension in association between household wealth disparities and diabetes among women of reproductive age: analysis of eight countries in sub-Saharan Africa	6
Education and non-communicable diseases in India: an exploration of gendered heterogeneous relationships	6
Is equitable access to health and social care possible for Vietnamese older adults? Care providers’ perspectives	6
Impact of basic psychological support on stigma and mental well-being of people with disabilities due to leprosy and lymphatic filariasis: a proof-of-concept study	6
Visual acuity outcome and complications of cataract surgery in Nigeria: a systematic review and meta-analysis	6
Use of Washington Group question sets by teachers to identify functional difficulty in schools in Sierra Leone	6
Experiences of social stigma of people living with Hansen's disease in Brazil: silencing, secrets and exclusion	6
Trachoma prevalence surveys in 15 indigenous and non-indigenous evaluation units in Brazil, 2018–2023	6
Discovering risk patterns in people with affective disorder–induced disabilities associated with their healthcare delay	5
Comment on: ‘Disclosure of diagnosis by parents and caregivers to children infected with HIV in Hawassa, southern Ethiopia: a multicentre, cross-sectional study’	5
Medical alliances and diabetes-related distress in China: role of self-efficacy as a partial mediator	5
Prevalence and determinants of diarrhoea and acute respiratory infections among children aged under five years in West Africa: evidence from demographic and health surveys	5
Trend, prevalence and predictors of successful vaginal birth after caesarean section in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis	5
Lessons from the field: implementing pharmacy services in the Tanzanian hospital setting	5
Primary healthcare readiness for nutritionally at-risk infants aged under 6 months: a facility-based survey in Senegal	5
Neonatal pain management practice in the neonatal intensive care unit of public hospitals: a survey of healthcare providers in eastern Ethiopia	5
Impact of kinship support on child mortality in the Upper East Region of Ghana: assessing the Grandmother Hypothesis	5
Progress towards malaria elimination: insights from Cambodia's mobile malaria workers during the COVID-19 pandemic	5
Impact of age and gender differences in the prevalence and patterns of multimorbidity in the Thai Cohort Study	5
Addressing the challenges of reaching trachoma elimination: leveraging on lessons learnt from programme implementation	5
A pilot study to address the mental health of persons living with lymphatic filariasis in Léogâne, Haiti: Implementing a chronic disease self-management program using a stepped-wedge cluster design	5
High prevalence of trachomatous inflammation–follicular with no trachomatous trichiasis: can alternative indicators explain the epidemiology of trachoma in Côte d’Ivoire?	5
Addressing the risk factors for the prevention of cardiovascular diseases in the Philippines	5
Machine learning insights on the effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical interventions against COVID-19 in Nigeria	5
Intimate partner violence and maternal antenatal care utilization: is there a dose-response relationship? Findings from the Ethiopian National Demographic and Health Survey	5
Programmatic implications of the efficiency of uptake of Onchocerca volvulus microfilaria by Simulium sp .	5
Trends in lifestyle and mental health among 0.1 million Chinese: a longitudinal study pre- and post-COVID-19	5