Suneth Agampodi, MBBS, MSc, MPH, MD
Assistant Professor Adjunct of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)Cards
About
Research
Overview
Medical Research Interests
Epidemiology; Health Services Research; Infectious Disease Medicine; Leishmaniasis; Leptospirosis; Population Health; Public Health; Zoonoses
Public Health Interests
Community Engagement; Community Health; Emerging Infectious Diseases; Epidemiology Methods; Global Health; Infectious Diseases; Neglected Tropical Diseases; Vaccines
Publications
2025
Global, regional, and national prevalence of child and adolescent overweight and obesity, 1990–2021, with forecasts to 2050: a forecasting study for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
Collaborators G, Kerr J, Patton G, Cini K, Abate Y, Abbas N, Al Magied A, ElHafeez S, Abd-Elsalam S, Abdollahi A, Abdoun M, Abdulah D, Abdulkader R, Abdullahi A, Abeywickrama H, Abie A, Abiodun O, Abohashem S, Abtahi D, Abualruz H, Abubakar B, Abu-Gharbieh E, Abukhadijah H, Abu-Rmeileh N, Aburuz S, Abu-Zaid A, Adams L, Adane M, Addo I, Adedokun K, Adegoke N, Adesola R, Adetunji J, Adeyeoluwa T, Adiga U, Adnani Q, Afify A, Afolabi A, Afzal M, Afzal S, Agampodi S, Aghamiri S, Sobrinho C, Agyemang-Duah W, Ahinkorah B, Ahlstrom A, Ahmad A, Ahmad D, Ahmad F, Ahmad M, Ahmad N, Ahmad S, Ahmed A, Ahmed H, Ahmed L, Ahmed M, Ahmed M, Ahmed S, Ajami M, Akkaif M, Akrami A, Al Hamad H, Al Hasan S, Al Ta'ani Z, Al Thaher Y, Alalwan T, Al-Aly Z, Alam K, Al-amer R, Alansari A, Al-Ashwal F, Albashtawy M, Alemayehu B, Algammal A, Alhabib K, Alhuwail D, Ali A, Ali E, Ali M, Ali M, Ali R, Ali W, Alif M, Alimohamadi Y, Al-Jabi S, Aljofan M, Aljunid S, Alkhatib A, Almahmeed W, Al-Marwani S, Alomari M, Alqahtani S, Alqarni A, Alrawashdeh A, Alrimawi I, Alrousan S, Alshahrani N, Altaany Z, Altaf A, Alvi F, Alvis-Guzman N, Al-Wardat M, Al-Worafi Y, Aly H, Aly S, Alzoubi K, Mohammadi M, Amera T, Amiri S, Amu H, Amugsi D, Amusa G, Ananda R, Ancuceanu R, Ansari M, Ansari S, Anuoluwa B, Anuoluwa I, Anvari S, Anwar S, Anyasodor A, Arab J, Arabloo J, Arafat M, Aravkin A, Areda D, Aregawi B, Arifin H, Armocida B, Ärnlöv J, Arooj M, Arora A, Artamonov A, Artanti K, Arumugam A, Asghari-Jafarabadi M, Ashraf T, Asiamah-Asare B, Astell-Burt T, Athari S, Atorkey, Atreya A, Aumoldaeva Z, Awoke M, Awotidebe A, Aychiluhm S, Azimi A, Aziz S, Aziz S, Azzam A, Azzolino D, Babashahi M, Babu G, Badran A, Bagheri N, Bai R, Baig A, Bakkannavar S, Balakrishnan S, Baltatu O, Bam K, Banik R, Barati S, Bardhan M, Barqawi H, Barquera S, Barrow A, Barua L, Bastan M, Basu S, Bayat R, Bayih M, Bayleyegn N, Beeraka N, Behera P, Ramirez D, Bello U, Belo L, Bennett D, Bergami M, Berhe K, Berihun A, Bhadoria A, Bhala N, Bharadwaj R, Bhardwaj N, Bhardwaj P, Bhaskar S, Bhat A, Bhattacharjee P, Bhatti G, Bhatti J, Bilgin C, Bisignano C, Biswas B, Peroni B, Bjertness E, Bjørge T, Boloor A, Boppana S, Bosoka S, Bouaoud S, Boyko E, Braithwaite D, Brazo-Sayavera J, Brenner H, Bryazka D, Bugiardini R, Bui L, Bustanji Y, Butt N, Butt Z, Barsbay M, Calina D, Cámera L, Campos L, Cao S, Capodici A, Carletti C, Carvalho A, Carvalho M, Cattafesta M, Cattaruzza M, Cegolon L, Cembranel F, Cerin E, Cernigliaro A, Chadwick J, Chakraborty C, Chandrasekar E, Chang J, Chattu V, Chaudhary A, Chaurasia A, Chen A, Chen H, Chew N, Chi G, Chimoriya R, Ching P, Chitheer A, Choi D, Chong B, Chong C, Chopra H, Chopra S, Chou H, Choudhari S, Chung S, Chung S, Chutiyami M, Cogen R, Columbus A, Conrad N, Criqui M, Cruz-Martins N, da Silva A, Dadras O, Dai X, Dalakoti M, D'Amico E, Dandona L, Dandona R, D'Anna L, Danpanichkul P, Darcho S, Soltani R, Dash N, Davletov K, Dehghan A, Denova-Gutiérrez E, Molla M, Dergaa I, Desale A, Devanbu V, Devegowda D, Dhali A, Dhungel B, Diaz D, Dinu M, Chi T, do Prado C, Dodangeh M, Doegah P, Dohare S, Dokova K, Doku P, Dolatkhah N, D'Oria M, Dorostkar F, Doshi O, Doshi R, Dowou R, Du M, Dumith S, Dumuid D, Duncan B, Dutta S, Ebrahimi A, Edvardsson K, Sedeh A, Ekholuenetale M, Arab R, Bayoumy I, Eladl M, El-Ashker S, Elbarazi I, Elgendy I, Elhadi M, El-Metwally A, Elmonem M, Elnaem M, Elsheikh R, Eltaha C, Emeto T, Eslami M, Fabin N, Fadavian H, Fagbamigbe A, Fakhradiyev I, Faraji S, Farinha C, Faris M, Faris P, Kouhanjani M, Farooque U, Farrokhpour H, Fasusi S, Fazeli P, Fazylov T, Feizkhah A, Fekadu G, Feng X, Fernandez-Jimenez R, Ferreira N, Foigt N, Folayan M, Fomenkov A, Foroumadi R, Rodrigues C, Foschi M, Francis K, Franklin R, Gába A, Gadanya M, Gaidhane A, Galali Y, Gallus S, Ganesan B, Gangachannaiah S, Gebregergis M, Gebrehiwot M, Getacher L, Getie M, Ghadirian F, Ghazy R, Gil A, Gill T, Gillum R, Girmay A, Golechha M, Goleij P, Goulart A, Grada A, Grivna M, Grover A, Guan Z, Guarducci G, Gubari M, Guha A, Gulati S, Gunawardane D, Guo Z, Gupta B, Gupta R, Gupta R, Gupta V, Gutiérrez-Murillo R, Guzman-Esquivel J, Hadi N, Hadian Z, Hamdy N, Hamidi S, Hanif A, Hanifi N, Hankey G, Haq A, Haro J, Hasan F, Hashempour R, Hashempur M, Hasnain S, Hassan A, Hassan N, Hassanipour S, Rad A, Havmoeller R, Hay S, Hebert J, Hezam K, Hiraike Y, Hoang M, Holla R, Hossain A, Hosseinzadeh H, Hostiuc M, Hostiuc S, Htay Z, Hu M, Hu Y, Humayun A, Hundie T, Husseiny M, Hussien F, Huynh H, Hwang B, Ibrahim R, Ibrayeva A, Ikeda N, Ilesanmi O, Ilic I, Ilic M, Inbaraj L, Inok A, Iqbal K, Islam S, Islam F, Islam R, Islam M, Ismail N, Iso H, Isola G, Ituka M, Iwagami M, Iwu-Jaja C, Iyasu A, Jacob L, Jaffar S, Jahrami H, Jain A, Jain R, Jairoun A, Jakovljevic M, Javaid S, Jayapal S, Jayaram S, Jebasingh F, Jee S, Jema A, Jeswani B, Jonas J, Joseph N, Joshua C, Jozwiak J, Jürisson M, Kaambwa B, Kabir A, Kadashetti V, Kakkar A, Kalra S, Kanaan S, Kankam S, Kanmanthareddy A, Kanmodi K, Kantar R, Kar D, Karajizadeh M, Karakasis P, Behnagh A, Karimzadhagh S, Kassebaum N, Kauppila J, Kayode G, Kedir S, Kehagias D, Keshwani A, Kesse-Guyot E, Keykhaei M, Khajuria H, Khalili P, Khalilian A, Khalis M, Khan A, Khan M, Khan A, Khan M, Khan M, Khan M, Khan N, Khanal V, Khanmohammadi S, Khatatbeh M, Kheirkhah M, Khidri F, Khokhar M, Khosla A, Khosravi S, Khosrowjerdi M, Khusun H, Kim G, Kim J, Kim J, Kim M, Kim Y, Kimokoti R, Kisa A, Kishore L, Shivakumar K, Kokkorakis M, Kompani F, Korzh O, Kostev K, Laxminarayana S, Kretchy I, Kua C, Defo B, Kuddus M, Kulimbet M, Kulkarni V, Kumar G, Kumar V, Kundu S, Kunutsor S, Kurmi O, Kurniasari M, Kusuma D, Kytö V, La Vecchia C, Lacey B, Lahariya C, Lai D, Landires I, Larijani B, Lassi Z, Le H, Le N, Lee H, Lee M, Lee P, Lee S, Lee W, Li A, Li M, Li W, Li Y, Lim S, Lin J, Lin Q, Lindholm D, Lindstedt P, Liu J, Lo J, López-Gil J, Lorkowski S, Lucchetti G, Lugo A, Lutambi A, Feei Z, Gómez J, Maghbouli N, Mahalleh M, Mahmood N, Majeed A, Makris K, Rad E, Malekzadeh R, Malhotra K, Malik A, Malik I, Malta D, Mamun A, Manu E, Marateb H, Marino M, Marjani A, Martinez-Piedra R, Martorell M, März W, Marzouk S, Masrouri S, Mathangasinghe Y, Matozinhos F, Matthias T, Mattiello R, Maugeri A, Mazidi M, McPhail S, Mechili E, Salas M, Mehmood A, Mehrabani-Zeinabad K, Meto T, Meles H, Mendoza W, Menezes R, Mengistie E, Meo A, Mestrovic T, Mettananda C, Mettananda S, Miao H, Miller T, Ming W, Mirrakhimov E, Misganaw A, Mitiku H, Mittal M, Mohamed J, Mohamed M, Mohamed N, Mohammad T, Mohammad-Alizadeh-Charandabi S, Mohammadian-Hafshejani A, Mohammadzadeh I, Mohammed S, Mokdad A, Monasta L, Mondello S, Moni M, Namin S, Ghalibaf A, Moradi Y, Morrison S, Motappa R, Mubarik S, Mulita F, Mullany E, Munkhsaikhan Y, Murillo-Zamora E, Murray C, Musa S, Mustafa G, Muthu S, Mwita J, Myung W, Nafiu A, Nagel G, Naik G, Naik H, Nambi G, Nangia V, Nargus S, Nascimento G, Nassar M, Nauman J, Naureen Z, Navaratna S, Nawsherwan, Nayak B, Nazri-Panjaki A, Negahdary M, Negoi I, Negoi R, Nematollahi S, Nepal S, Netsere H, Ng M, Ngunjiri J, Nguyen D, Nguyen P, Phuong The Nguyen, Niazi R, Nieddu L, Niknam M, Nikolouzakis T, Nikoobar A, Nkeck J, Nomura S, Noor S, Noreen M, Noubiap J, Nouri M, Nri-Ezedi C, Nugen F, Nuñez-Samudio V, Nur A, Nyande F, Nzoputam C, Oancea B, O'Connell E, Odetokun I, Ofakunrin A, Oguta J, Oh I, Okati-Aliabad H, Okeke S, Okekunle A, Okonji O, Olagunju A, Olalusi O, Olasehinde T, Oliveira A, Oliveira G, Oluwafemi Y, Omar H, Bali A, Omer N, Ong S, Ordak M, Ortiz A, Osborne A, Osman W, Otoiu A, Oumer A, Ouyahia A, Owolabi M, Owusu I, Oyebola K, Oyelade T, A M, Padron-Monedero A, Padubidri J, Palicz T, Panda S, Panda-Jonas S, Pandey A, Pandi-Perumal S, Pant S, Pardhan S, Parekh U, Parija P, Parikh R, Park E, Passera R, Patel J, Patoulias D, Paudel S, Peprah, Pereira M, Perico N, Perna S, Petcu I, Petermann-Rocha F, Pham H, Pham T, Pirouzpanah S, Polibin R, Popovic D, Potani I, Pourghazi F, Pourshams A, Pradhan J, Pradhan P, Prasad M, Prashant A, Prates E, Puvvula J, Qattea I, Qiao Y, Radhakrishnan V, Radojˇić M, Raggi C, Rahman F, Rahman M, Rahman M, Rahman M, Rahman M, Rahmanian M, Rahmanian V, Rahmati M, Kumar R, Raimondo I, Raj J, Rajput P, Ramadan M, Ramasamy C, Ramasamy S, Ramazanu S, Rana K, Ranabhat C, Rao M, Rao S, Rashedi S, Rashidi M, Rasouli-Saravani A, Rathish D, Rauniyar S, Rautalin I, Rawaf D, Rawaf S, Redwan E, Rege S, Rehman A, Reis-Mendes A, Remuzzi G, Rezaei N, Rezaeian M, Rhee T, Rocha-Gomes J, da Silva T, Rodriguez J, Roever L, Rohloff P, Romadlon D, Rony M, Roshandel G, Rout H, Roy N, Rwegerera G, Saad A, Saber-Ayad M, Sabzmakan L, Sadarangani K, Saddik B, Sadeghi M, Saeed U, Sagoe D, Sharif-Askari F, Sahebkar A, Sahoo S, Sajadi S, Sajid M, Salami A, Salaroli L, Saleem S, Saleh M, Salem M, Salihu D, Salimi S, Samy A, Santric-Milicevic M, Sarkar T, Sarmadi M, Sarode G, Sarode S, Sassano M, Saulam J, Sawhney M, Saxena S, Saya G, Schinckus C, Schmidt M, Schuermans A, Selvaraj S, Sendekie A, Sengupta P, Senol Y, Senthilkumaran S, Sepanlou S, Sethi Y, Seylani A, Shafie M, Shah S, Shahid S, Shahwan M, Shamim M, Shams-Beyranvand M, Shamsutdinova A, Shanawaz M, Shannawaz M, Sharath M, Sharifan A, Sharma M, Sharma U, Sharma V, Sheida F, Shenoy R, Shetty P, Shiferaw D, Shin M, Lapari M, Shiri R, Shittu A, Shool S, Shorofi S, Shrestha G, Shrestha R, Shuval K, Si Y, Sibuyi N, Siddig E, Siervo M, Silva D, Silva L, Singh A, Singh B, Singh H, Singh J, Singh K, Singh L, Singh M, Singh P, Singh S, Skryabina A, Smith A, Smith G, Soliman S, Soraneh S, Spartalis M, Srichawla B, Stanikzai M, Starodubova A, Straif K, Stubbs P, Subramaniyan V, Odidi M, Sulkowski A, Meo A, Sun Z, Sunny S, Sunuwar D, Swain C, Szarpak L, Y S, Tabarés-Seisdedos R, Tabatabaei S, Malazy O, Tabatabaeizadeh S, Tabatabai S, Tabche C, Tabish M, Taiba J, Tampa M, Tamuzi J, Tan K, Tanwar M, Tariq S, Tat N, Temsah M, Temsah R, Teramoto M, Terefa D, Tewari J, Thangaraju P, Thapar R, Thavamani A, Thirunavukkarasu S, Thomas J, Tiruneh S, Tiruye T, Titova M, Tiwari K, Tomo S, Tonelli M, Touvier M, Tovani-Palone M, Trabelsi K, Tran N, Tran T, Duc N, Trico D, Truyen T, Tsegay G, Tumurkhuu M, Tye S, Udoakang A, Ullah A, Ullah S, Ullah S, Umair M, Umar L, Umar U, Unim B, Upadhya D, Upadhyay E, Usman J, Ustunsoz D, Vaezghasemi M, Vaithinathan A, Van den Eynde J, Varghese J, Vasankari T, Vaziri S, Vellingiri B, Venketasubramanian N, Verma M, Verras G, Villalobos-Daniel V, Vladimirov S, Vlassov V, Vollset S, Vukovic R, Wahiduzzaman M, Wang C, Wang S, Wang X, Wang Y, Weerakoon K, Wei F, Wicaksana A, Wickramasinghe D, Wickramasinghe N, Willeit P, Wojewodzic M, Xia Q, Xiao G, Xie W, Xu S, Xu X, Yahya G, Yamagishi K, Yano Y, Yao H, Yarahmadi A, Yaribeygi H, Ye P, Yesuf S, Yin D, Yon D, Yonemoto N, Yu C, Yuan C, Yuce D, Yunusa I, Zamagni G, Zastrozhin M, Zeariya M, Zhang C, Zhang H, Zhang J, Zhang L, Zhang X, Zhang Z, Zhao H, Zheng D, Zhong A, Zhong C, Zhou J, Zhu B, Zhumagaliuly A, Zielińska M, Zitoun O, Zoghi G, Zou Z, Zyoud S, Gakidou E, Sawyer S, Azzopardi P. Global, regional, and national prevalence of child and adolescent overweight and obesity, 1990–2021, with forecasts to 2050: a forecasting study for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet 2025, 405: 785-812. PMID: 40049185, PMCID: PMC11920006, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(25)00397-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh-income North AmericaSouthern sub-Saharan AfricaExcess body massObesity prevalenceAged 5Non-communicable diseases in adulthoodGlobal burdenGlobal Burden of Disease StudyBurden of Disease StudyGlobal Burden of DiseaseSub-Saharan AfricaCentral Latin AmericaNational prevalence of childrenRisk Factors StudySpatiotemporal Gaussian process regression modelingBurden of diseaseMales aged 5Prevalence of childrenConsequences of obesityOverweight prevalenceAdolescent overweightAge-standardisedBody massIndividuals aged 5Females aged 5Global, regional, and national burden of suicide, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
Collaborators G, Weaver N, Bertolacci G, Rosenblad E, Ghoba S, Cunningham M, Ikuta K, Moberg M, Mougin V, Han C, Wool E, Abate Y, Adewuyi H, Adnani Q, Adzigbli L, Afolabi A, Agampodi S, Ahinkorah B, Ahmad A, Ahmad D, Ahmad S, Ahmed A, Ahmed H, Al Hamad H, Al-Ajlouni Y, Al-amer R, Albashtawy M, Aldhaleei W, Ali S, Ali W, Alomari M, Alsabri M, Alvis-Guzman N, Al-Worafi Y, Amindarolzarbi A, Amiri S, Andrei T, Anvari S, Arabloo J, Areda D, Artamonov A, Ashraf T, Athari S, Atout M, Azzam A, Badiye A, Baghcheghi N, Bahramian S, Banach M, Barker-Collo S, Bärnighausen T, Barrow A, Bashiri A, Bashiru H, Bastan M, Batra K, Batra R, Bayati M, Benjet C, Benzian H, Bertuccio P, Bhagavathula A, Bhattacharjee P, Bills C, Boppana S, Borges G, Borhany H, Bustanji Y, dos Santos F, Castelpietra G, Caye A, Cenderadewi M, Chandika R, Chandrasekar E, Charalampous P, Chen Y, Chimoriya R, Chopra H, Choudhari S, Chu D, Chukwu I, Chutiyami M, Cowden R, Dachew B, Dadras O, Dai X, Dalal K, Dandona L, Dandona R, Darcho S, Soltani R, Dávila-Cervantes C, de la Torre-Luque A, Debopadhaya S, Degenhardt L, Delgado-Enciso I, Dervišević E, Diaz M, Dongarwar D, Doshi O, Dsouza H, Dumith S, Duraisamy S, Eboreime E, Efendi F, Ekholuenetale M, Arab R, Elhadi M, ELNahas G, Eltaha C, Haque S, Eskandarieh S, Fahim A, Faro A, Fatehizadeh A, Fazeli P, Feizkhah A, Fekadu G, Ferreira N, Fischer F, Franklin R, Fridayani N, Gajdács M, Gandhi A, Ganesan B, Gebregergis M, Gebrehiwot M, Gebremeskel T, Getie M, Ghadimi D, Ghailan K, Ghashghaee A, Gholamrezanezhad A, Goleij P, Grada A, Grivna M, Guan S, Gulati S, Gupta S, Gutiérrez R, Gutiérrez-Murillo R, Hamilton E, Hanifi N, Hasan I, Tabatabaei M, Hay S, Heidari M, Hemmati M, Hoan N, Hosseinzadeh M, Hostiuc S, Huang J, Huynh H, Ibitoye S, Ilesanmi O, Ilic I, Ilic M, Immurana M, Inok A, Iwu C, Jahrami H, Jaka S, Yengejeh R, Ji Z, Jin S, Joseph N, Joshua C, Jozwiak J, Kabir Z, Kadashetti V, Kanmodi K, Kantar R, Kapoor N, Karaye I, Karmakar S, Kaur H, Kerr J, Khajuria H, Khan A, Khatab K, Kheirallah K, Kim K, Kim M, Shivakumar S, Kolahi A, Koohestani H, Krishna V, Kugbey N, Kulimbet M, Kumar G, Kumar M, Kundu S, Kytö V, Landires I, Le N, Lee D, Lee W, Lee Y, Lim S, Lin J, Liu R, López-Gil J, Lucchetti G, Feei Z, Maled V, Malhotra K, Malik A, Marconi A, Martinez-Piedra R, Marzo R, Mathangasinghe Y, Maulik P, Meles H, Menezes R, Meretoja T, Mestrovic T, Michalek I, Miller T, Mirza M, Misganaw A, Mittal C, Mohamed A, Mohamed N, Mohammadian-Hafshejani A, Mokdad A, Molinaro S, Monasta L, Ghalibaf A, Morrison S, Motappa R, Mughal F, Mulita F, Munkhsaikhan Y, Murray C, Muthu S, Myung W, Nafei A, Naghavi P, Naik G, Naik G, Natto Z, Naveed M, Navid S, Nayak B, Nazri-Panjaki A, Netsere H, Neupane S, Nguyen H, Nguyen N, Nguyen P, Phuong The Nguyen, Nguyen V, Nikoobar A, Noguer I, Nomura S, Nri-Ezedi C, Nuñez-Samudio V, Nzoputam O, Oancea B, Oduro M, Oh I, Okeke S, Oluwafemi Y, Ong S, Ordak M, Orpana H, Ortiz-Prado E, Osuagwu U, Padron-Monedero A, Padubidri J, Palma-Alvarez R, Pandey A, Pandey A, Pantazopoulos I, Park S, Park S, Pashaei A, Patel J, Pawar S, Peprah, Peres M, Petcu I, Philip A, Phillips M, Piracha Z, Pradhan J, Prates E, Pribadi D, Puvvula J, Qattea I, Qian G, Radhakrishnan V, Raghav P, Rahimibarghani S, Rahimi-Movaghar A, Rahimi-Movaghar V, Rahman M, Rahman M, Rahman M, Rahmanian M, Rajpoot P, Ramadan M, Ramasamy S, Rani S, Rao M, Rao S, Rashidi M, Rastogi P, Rathish D, Rawaf D, Reifels L, Rezaeian M, Rhee T, Rickard J, Roever L, Rony M, Chandan S, Saddik B, Sadeghian F, Saeb M, Saeed U, Moghaddam S, Safari M, Sagoe D, Sharif-Askari N, Sahoo P, Sahoo S, Salamati P, Salihu D, Salimi S, Salum G, Sameen S, Samy A, Santric-Milicevic M, Sarkar C, Sarode G, Sarode S, Sathian B, Schumacher A, Šekerija M, Semreen M, Sepanlou S, Shafie M, Shahid S, Shaikh A, Shaikh M, Sharifan A, Rad J, Sharma A, Sharma V, Sheikhi R, Shetty M, Shetty P, Shetty P, Shivarov V, Shool S, Singh P, Singh P, Singh S, Socea B, Stein D, Stein M, Sun J, Swain C, Szarpak L, Y S, Tabatabaei S, Tabche C, Tareke M, Temsah M, Thum C, Tiruye T, Tovani-Palone M, Tran N, Tran T, Duc N, Tromans S, Truyen T, Tsegay G, Tumurkhuu M, Vahdati S, Vaithinathan A, Valdez P, Vasankari T, Veroux M, Verras G, Vinayak M, Vos T, Walde M, Wang Y, Ward J, Wickramasinghe N, Wojewodzic M, Yesodharan R, Yiğit A, Yin D, Yip P, Yon D, Yonemoto N, Yu C, Zare I, Zeariya M, Zhang H, Zhong C, Zhu B, Zhumagaliuly A, Naghavi M. Global, regional, and national burden of suicide, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet Public Health 2025, 10: e189-e202. PMID: 39986290, PMCID: PMC11876099, DOI: 10.1016/s2468-2667(25)00006-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAge-standardised mortality ratesBurden of suicideRates of suicideIncidence of suicide attemptsGlobal burdenHighest age-standardised rateGlobal Burden of Disease StudyBurden of Disease StudyGlobal Burden of DiseaseSouthern sub-Saharan AfricaMortality rateAge-standardised ratesSub-Saharan AfricaPublic health frameworkRisk Factors StudyReduce suicide mortalityBurden of diseasePopulation mortality ratesMortality surveillanceCentral sub-Saharan AfricaVerbal autopsySuicide attemptsSuicide burdenVital registrationHealth frameworkEvaluation of naturally occurring IgG anti-Vi antibody titers as predictors and correlates of typhoid fever in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Khanam F, Rickett N, Ahmmed F, Islam M, Mbae C, Im J, Aziz A, Ongadi B, Chowdhury F, Khan A, Akter A, Firoj M, Rahman S, Haile K, Park S, Mwebia M, Mwangi M, Ngugi B, Behute M, Kering K, Agampodi S, Kanungo S, Liu X, Pollard A, Zaman K, Kim D, Kariuki S, Qadri F, Clemens J. Evaluation of naturally occurring IgG anti-Vi antibody titers as predictors and correlates of typhoid fever in Dhaka, Bangladesh. BMC Infectious Diseases 2025, 25: 149. PMID: 39891051, PMCID: PMC11786536, DOI: 10.1186/s12879-025-10548-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAntibodies, BacterialBangladeshChildChild, PreschoolCohort StudiesEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayFemaleHumansImmunoglobulin GIncidenceInfantMaleMiddle AgedPolysaccharides, BacterialSalmonella typhiSeroepidemiologic StudiesTyphoid FeverTyphoid-Paratyphoid VaccinesYoung AdultConceptsAnti-Vi antibodiesTyphoid feverReceiver operating characteristicTyphoid riskIncidence of typhoid feverCulture-confirmed typhoid feverAntibody titersResultsThe ROC analysisCox proportional hazards modelsRisk of typhoidTyphoid infectionEnzyme-linked immunosorbent assayProportional hazards modelMethodsWe analyzed dataPresence of antibodiesTyphoidCohort studyTyphoid vaccineROC analysisAntibody levelsCrude analysisIncreased seroprevalenceFeverHazards modelNatural immunityShigellosis in an Urban Slum in Kenya: Risk Factors and Antimicrobial Resistance
Ongadi B, Aziz A, Mbae C, Mwangi M, Kering K, Khan A, Nasrin D, Ngugi B, Bundi M, Park E, Islam T, Rickett N, Ahmmed F, Chowdhury F, Khanam F, Firoj G, Im J, Haile K, Ara S, Behute M, Agampodi S, Akter A, Kanungo S, Zaman K, Qadri F, Clemens J, Kariuki S. Shigellosis in an Urban Slum in Kenya: Risk Factors and Antimicrobial Resistance. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2025, 12: ofaf026. PMID: 39963694, PMCID: PMC11832040, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofaf026.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2024
Role of Toll-like receptor 2 during infection of Leptospira spp: A systematic review
Kappagoda C, Senavirathna I, Agampodi T, Agampodi S. Role of Toll-like receptor 2 during infection of Leptospira spp: A systematic review. PLOS ONE 2024, 19: e0312466. PMID: 39729468, PMCID: PMC11676585, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0312466.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsToll-like receptor 2Toll-like receptor 2 expressionReceptor 2TLR2 responsesSystematic reviewIn vivoImmune effectorsIn vitroEx vivoHuman studiesInvolvement of Toll-like receptor 2Systematic Review Centre for Laboratory Animal Experimentation riskInvolvement of TLR4Increased TLR2 expressionNational Institutes of Health Quality Assessment ToolEffective immune responseIn vitro studiesHuman leptospirosisTLR2 involvementRisk of biasIn vivo studiesTLR2 expressionOffice of Health AssessmentWeb of ScienceImmune responseGlobal, regional, and national age-sex-specific burden of diarrhoeal diseases, their risk factors, and aetiologies, 1990–2021, for 204 countries and territories: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
Collaborators G, Kyu H, Vongpradith A, Dominguez R, Ma J, Albertson S, Novotney A, Khalil I, Troeger C, Doxey M, Ledesma J, Sirota S, Bender R, Swetschinski L, Cunningham M, Spearman S, Abate Y, Al Magied A, ElHafeez S, Abdoun M, Abera B, Abidi H, Aboagye R, Abtew Y, Abualruz H, Abu-Gharbieh E, Abukhadijah H, Aburuz S, Addo I, Adekanmbi V, Adetunji C, Adeyeoluwa T, Adhikary R, Adnani Q, Adra S, Adzigbli L, Afolabi A, Afzal M, Afzal S, Agampodi S, Agide F, Ahinkorah B, Ahmad A, Ahmad S, Ahmed A, Ahmed A, Ahmed H, Ahmed S, Akinosoglou K, Akter E, Al Awaidy S, Alajlani M, Alam K, Albakri A, Albashtawy M, Aldhaleei W, Algammal A, Al-Gheethi A, Ali A, Ali S, Ali W, Alif M, Aljunid S, Al-Marwani S, Almazan J, Al-Mekhlafi H, Almustanyir S, Alqahatni S, Alrawashdeh A, Al-Rifai R, Alsabri M, Altaf A, Altirkawi K, Alvis-Guzman N, Alvis-Zakzuk N, Alyahya M, Al-Zyoud W, Amugsi D, Andrei C, Antoni S, Anuoluwa B, Anuoluwa I, Anwar S, Anwari P, Apostol G, Arabloo J, Arafat M, Aravkin A, Areda D, Aregawi B, Aremu A, Arndt M, Asgedom A, Ashraf T, Athari S, Atreya A, Ayele F, Azadi D, Azhar G, Aziz S, Azzam A, Babu G, Taghanaki P, Bahramian S, Balakrishnan S, Banik B, Bante S, Bardhan M, Bärnighausen T, Barqawi H, Barrow A, Basharat Z, Bassat Q, Bastan M, Basu S, Bathini P, Behzadi P, Beiranvand M, Bello M, Bello O, Beloukas A, Beran A, Bhandari D, Bhardwaj P, Bhutta Z, Borhany H, Bouaoud S, Brauer M, Buonsenso D, Butt Z, Barsbay M, Cámera L, Capodici A, Castañeda-Orjuela C, Cenderadewi M, Chakraborty C, Chakraborty S, Chattu V, Chaudhary A, Chichagi F, Ching P, Chirinos-Caceres J, Chopra H, Choudhari S, Chowdhury E, Chu D, Chukwu I, Chutiyami M, Cruz-Martins N, Dadras O, Dai X, Dandona L, Dandona R, Darcho S, Das J, Dash N, Delgado-Enciso I, Desye B, Devanbu V, Dhama K, Dhimal M, Diaz M, Chi T, Dohare S, Dorostkar F, Doshi O, Doshmangir L, Dsouza H, Duraisamy S, Durojaiye O, E'mar A, Ed-Dra A, Edinur H, Efendi D, Efendi F, Eghbali F, Ekundayo T, Sayed I, Elhadi M, El-Metwally A, Elshaer M, Elsohaby I, Eltaha C, Eshrati B, Eslami M, Fahim A, Fakhradiyev I, Fakhri-Demeshghieh A, Farahmand M, Fasina F, Fasina M, Feizkhah A, Fekadu G, Ferreira N, Fetensa G, Fischer F, Fukumoto T, Fux B, Gadanya M, Gaihre S, Gajdács M, Galali Y, Gandhi A, Gautam R, Gebregergis M, Gebrehiwot M, Gebremeskel T, Getachew M, Getahun G, Getie M, Ghasemzadeh A, Ghazy R, Ghozy S, Gil A, Girmay A, Gizaw A, Golechha M, Goleij P, Gona P, Grada A, Guarducci G, Gudeta M, Gupta V, Habteyohannes A, Hadi N, Hamidi S, Hamilton E, Harapan H, Hasan K, Hasan S, Hasani H, Hasnain S, Hassan I, He J, Hemmati M, Hezam K, Hosseinzadeh M, Huang J, Huynh H, Ibitoye S, Ikuta K, Ilesanmi O, Ilic I, Ilic M, Inamdar S, Isa M, Islam R, Islam M, Ismail N, Iwu C, Jacobsen K, Jahrami H, Jain A, Jain N, Jairoun A, Jakovljevic M, Yengejeh R, Javidnia J, Jayaram S, Jokar M, Jonas J, Joseph A, Joseph N, Jozwiak J, Kabir H, Kadir D, Kamal M, Kamal V, Kamireddy A, Kanchan T, Kanmodi K, S S, Kantar R, Karami J, Karki P, Kasraei H, Kaur H, Keykhaei M, Khader Y, Khalilian A, Khamesipour F, Khan G, Khan M, Khan Z, Khanal V, Khatab K, Khatatbeh M, Khater A, Kheirallah K, Khidri F, Khosla A, Kim K, Kim Y, Kisa A, Kissoon N, Klu D, Kochhar S, Kolahi A, Kompani F, Kosen S, Krishan K, Defo B, Kuddus A, Kuddus M, Kulimbet M, Kumar G, Kumar R, Kyei-Arthur F, Lahariya C, Lal D, Le N, Lee S, Lee W, Lee Y, Li M, Ligade V, Liu G, Liu S, Liu X, Liu X, Lo C, Lucchetti G, Lv L, Malhotra K, Malik A, Marasini B, Martorell M, Marzo R, Masoumi-Asl H, Mathur M, Mathur N, Mediratta R, Meftah E, Meto T, Meles H, Melese E, Mendoza W, Merati M, Meretoja T, Mestrovic T, Mettananda S, Minh L, Mishra V, Mithra P, Mohamadkhani A, Mohamed A, Mohamed M, Mohamed N, Mohammed M, Mohammed S, Monasta L, Moni M, Motappa R, Mougin V, Mubarik S, Mulita F, Munjal K, Munkhsaikhan Y, Naghavi P, Naik G, Nair T, Najmuldeen H, Nargus S, Davani D, Nashwan A, Natto Z, Nazri-Panjaki A, Nchanji G, Ndishimye P, Ngunjiri J, Nguyen D, Nguyen N, Nguyen V, Nigatu Y, Nikoobar A, Niranjan V, Nnaji C, Noman E, Noor N, Noor S, Nouri M, Nozari M, Nri-Ezedi C, Nugen F, Odetokun I, Ogunfowokan A, Ojo-Akosile T, Okeke I, Okekunle A, Olorukooba A, Olufadewa I, Oluwatunase G, Orish V, Ortega-Altamirano D, Ortiz-Prado E, Osuagwu U, Osuolale O, Ouyahia A, Padubidri J, Pandey A, Pandey A, Pando-Robles V, Pardhan S, Parikh R, Patel J, Patil S, Pawar S, Peprah, Perianayagam A, Perna S, Petcu I, Philip A, Polibin R, Postma M, Pourtaheri N, Pradhan J, Prates E, Pribadi D, Qasim N, Qazi A, Deepthi R, Radhakrishnan V, Rahim F, Rahman M, Rahman M, Rahmani S, Rahmanian M, Rahmanian N, Ramadan M, Ramasamy S, Ramazanu S, Rameto M, Ramteke P, Rana K, Ranabhat C, Rasella D, Rashidi M, Rasouli-Saravani A, Rathish D, Rauniyar S, Rawaf S, Redwan E, Regmi A, Rengasamy K, Rezaei N, Rezaei N, Rezaeian M, Riad A, Rodrigues M, Rodriguez J, Roever L, Rohilla R, Ronfani L, Rony M, Ross A, Roudashti S, Roy B, Runghien T, Dhingra M, Saddik B, Sadeghi E, Safari M, Sahoo S, Sajadi S, Salami A, Saleh M, Kafil H, Samodra Y, Sanabria J, Sanjeev R, Sarkar T, Sartorius B, Sathian B, Satpathy M, Sawhney M, Schumacher A, Sebsibe M, Serban D, Shafie M, Shahid S, Shahid W, Shaikh M, Sham S, Shamim M, Shams-Beyranvand M, Shamshirgaran M, Shanawaz M, Shannawaz M, Sharifan A, Sharma M, Sharma V, Shenoy S, Sherchan S, Shetty M, Shetty P, Shiferaw D, Shittu A, Shorofi S, Siddig E, Silva L, Singh B, Singh J, Sinto R, Socea B, Soeters H, Sokhan A, Sood P, Soraneh S, Sreeramareddy C, Srinivasamurthy S, Srivastava V, Stanikzai M, Subedi N, Subramaniyan V, Sulaiman S, Suleman M, Swain C, Szarpak L, Y S, Tabatabaei S, Tabche C, Taha Z, Talukder A, Tamuzi J, Tan K, Tandukar S, Temsah M, Thakali O, Thakur R, Thirunavukkarasu S, Thomas J, Thomas N, Ticoalu J, Tiwari K, Tovani-Palone M, Tram K, Tran A, Tran N, Tran T, Tromans S, Truyen T, Tumurkhuu M, Udoakang A, Udoh A, Ullah S, Umair M, Umar M, Unim B, Unnikrishnan B, Vahdati S, Vaithinathan A, Valizadeh R, Verma M, Verras G, Vinayak M, Waheed Y, Walde M, Wang Y, Waqas M, Weerakoon K, Wickramasinghe N, Wolde A, Wu F, Yaghoubi S, Yaya S, Yezli S, Yiğit V, Yin D, Yon D, Yonemoto N, Yusuf H, Zahid M, Zakham F, Zaki L, Zare I, Zastrozhin M, Zeariya M, Zhang H, Zhang Z, Zhumagaliuly A, Zia H, Zoladl M, Mokdad A, Lim S, Vos T, Platts-Mills J, Mosser J, Reiner R, Hay S, Naghavi M, Murray C. Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific burden of diarrhoeal diseases, their risk factors, and aetiologies, 1990–2021, for 204 countries and territories: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet Infectious Diseases 2024 PMID: 39708822, DOI: 10.1016/s1473-3099(24)00691-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPopulation-attributable fractionDiarrhoeal disease burdenGlobal burdenBurden of diarrhoeal diseaseRisk factorsEffectiveness of health interventionsGlobal Burden of Disease StudyBayesian meta-regression toolBurden of Disease StudyGlobal Burden of DiseaseComparative risk assessment frameworkDisease burdenDisability-adjusted life yearsPopulation-based surveyVerbal autopsy dataRisk Factors StudyMortality surveillance dataVital registration dataChild growth failureIndependent effects of risk factorsEffects of risk factorsAge groupsBurden of diseaseAge-sex groupsYears of lifeInvestigating disease awareness of cutaneous leishmaniasis in rural Sri Lanka to inform public health services: a cross-sectional study
Gunasekara S, Agampodi T, Weerasinghe M, Fernando M, Price H, Wickramasinghe N, Agampodi S. Investigating disease awareness of cutaneous leishmaniasis in rural Sri Lanka to inform public health services: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open 2024, 14: e088714. PMID: 39581720, PMCID: PMC11590865, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-088714.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSecondary outcome measuresAnuradhapura districtOutcome measuresProbability sample of householdsTreatment centresMultistage cluster samplingPublic health interventionsPublic health servicesCross-sectional studyData collection periodExpert consensus approachPrimary disease characteristicsRural Sri LankaPrimary outcome measureSample of householdsHealth interventionsLow disease awarenessHealth servicesPerceived susceptibilityEvidence-basedCommunity awarenessDisease awarenessDivisional Secretariat areaCluster samplingProbability sampleGlobal, regional, and national stillbirths at 20 weeks' gestation or longer in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2021: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
Collaborators G, Comfort H, McHugh T, Schumacher A, Harris A, May E, Paulson K, Gardner W, Fuller J, Frisch M, Taylor H, Leever A, Teply C, Verghese N, Alam T, Abate Y, Abbastabar H, ElHafeez S, Abdelmasseh M, Abd-Elsalam S, Abdissa D, Abdoun M, Abdulkader R, Abebe M, Abedi A, Abidi H, Abiodun O, Aboagye R, Abolhassani H, Abrigo M, Abu-Gharbieh E, Abu-Rmeileh N, Adane M, Addo I, Adema B, Adesina M, Adetunji C, Adeyinka D, Adnani Q, Afzal S, Agampodi S, Agodi A, Agyemang-Duah W, Ahinkorah B, Ahmad A, Ahmad D, Ahmadi A, Ahmed A, Ahmed H, Ahmed L, Ajami M, Akinosoglou K, Al Hasan S, Al-Aly Z, Alam K, Alanezi F, Alanzi T, Albashtawy M, Alemi S, Algammal A, Al-Gheethi A, Ali A, Ali L, Ali M, Alif M, Aljunid S, Almazan J, Al-Mekhlafi H, Almidani L, Almustanyir S, Altirkawi K, Aly H, Aly S, Amani R, Ameyaw E, Amhare A, Amin T, Amiri S, Andrei C, Andrei T, Anoushiravani A, Ansar A, Anvari D, Anwer R, Appiah F, Arab-Zozani M, Aravkin A, Areda D, Aregawi B, Artamonov A, Aryal U, Asemi Z, Asemu M, Asgedom A, Ashraf T, Asresie M, Atlaw D, Atout M, Atreya A, Atteraya M, Aujayeb A, Quintanilla B, Ayatollahi H, Ayyoubzadeh S, Azadnajafabad S, Azevedo R, Azzam A, Darshan B, Babaei M, Badar M, Badiye A, Baghcheghi N, Baghdadi S, Bagheri N, Bagherieh S, Asl F, Bai R, Bakshi R, Bam K, Banach M, Banke-Thomas A, Bansal H, Bantie B, Barchitta M, Bardhan M, Bashiri A, Basiru A, Baskaran P, Batra K, Bayani M, Bayleyegn N, Bedi N, Begum T, Behnoush A, Belgaumi U, Bermudez A, Beyene K, Bhandari B, Bhandari D, Bhardwaj N, Bhardwaj P, Bhaskar S, Bhattarai S, Bodolica V, Braithwaite D, Brenner H, Bustanji Y, Butt N, Butt Z, Cadri A, Campos-Nonato I, Cattaruzza M, Cembranel F, Cerin E, Chacón-Uscamaita P, Charan J, Chattu V, Chauhan D, Chavula M, Chen S, Chi G, Chitheer A, Cho W, Choudhari S, Chu D, Cruz-Martins N, Dadras O, Dagnew G, Dalaba M, Dandona L, Darwesh A, Das J, Das S, Dash N, Dávila-Cervantes C, Davletov K, Debela B, Debele A, Derese M, Deribe K, Dervišević E, Dessie A, Dhali A, Dhulipala V, Dirac M, Dong W, Dora B, Dsouza H, Duraes A, Dutta S, Dziedzic A, Ed-Dra A, Edvardsson K, Eini E, Ekholuenetale M, Zaki M, Elgendy I, Elhadi M, Elshaer M, Elsohaby I, Emeto T, Bain L, Esayas H, Eshrati B, Esposito F, Fagbamigbe A, Fakhradiyev I, Faramarzi A, Faro A, Fatehizadeh A, Fekadu G, Fischer F, Fomenkov A, Fukumoto T, Gaal P, Gaidhane A, Gajdács M, Galali Y, Gallus S, Ganesan B, Gazzelloni F, Gebrehiwot M, Gebremedhin A, Gebremeskel T, Geda Y, Gezae K, Ghazy R, Gheno G, Gialluisi A, Gissler M, Glasbey J, Glasstetter L, Golechha M, Goleij P, Golinelli D, Grivna M, Guha A, Guicciardi S, Guo H, Gupta S, Gupta V, Gupta V, Haller S, Halwani R, Hamidi S, Handal A, Haro J, Hartman N, Hasan T, Dehkordi A, Hasnain S, Hassanipour S, He W, Heidari M, Herrera-Serna B, Herteliu C, Hessami K, Hezam K, Hiraike Y, Holla R, Hossain M, Hosseinzadeh H, Hosseinzadeh M, Hostiuc M, Hostiuc S, Hu C, Huang J, Huda M, Huda N, Huynh H, Hwang B, Iftikhar P, Ilesanmi O, Ilic I, Ilic M, Immurana M, Iranmehr A, Iravanpour F, Iwagami M, Iwu C, Iyasu A, Jaafari J, Jafarzadeh A, Jahrami H, Janodia M, Javadi N, Javaheri T, Jayapal S, Jema A, Jokar M, Joseph N, Joshua C, Jürisson M, Kabir A, Kabir Z, Karaye I, Karimi H, Kasraei H, Kauppila J, Kendal E, Keykhaei M, Khalid N, Khamesipour F, Khan M, Khan M, Khan Y, Khatab K, Khatatbeh H, Khatatbeh M, Khateri S, Kashani H, Khormali M, Kim M, Kim T, Kim Y, Kimokoti R, Kisa A, Kisa S, Kochhar S, Kolahi A, Kompani F, Koohestani H, Kosen S, Koyanagi A, Krishan K, Krishnamoorthy V, Defo B, Kuchay R, Kuddus M, Kumar G, Kurmi O, La Vecchia C, Lacey B, Lahariya C, Laksono T, Lal D, Lasrado S, Latief K, Latifinaibin K, Le T, Lee M, Lee S, Lee W, Lee Y, Lenzi J, Li M, Li S, Ligade V, Lim S, Liu G, Liu J, Liu X, Lorenzovici L, Lotfizadeh M, Afifi A, Madureira-Carvalho Á, Magee L, Majeed A, Rad E, Malhotra K, Malik A, Malik I, Mallhi T, Maravilla J, Martini S, Martins-Melo F, Martorell M, Marzan M, Mathangasinghe Y, Mattiello R, Maugeri A, Mayeli M, Mazaheri M, Mediratta R, Mehrabani-Zeinabad K, Meles G, Meles H, Mendez-Lopez M, Mendoza W, Menezes R, Meretoja A, Meretoja T, Michalek I, Minh L, Mirfakhraie R, Mirghafourvand M, Mirica A, Mirrakhimov E, Mirza M, Bawa E, Misra S, Mizana B, Mohamed N, Mohammad-Alizadeh-Charandabi S, Mohammed G, Mohammed S, Mohammed S, Mokdad A, Molinaro S, Momtazmanesh S, Monasta L, Moni M, Ghalibaf A, Moraga P, Morovatdar N, Mosapour A, Mouodi S, Mousavi P, Mueller U, Mughal F, Mulita A, Mulita F, Muriithi M, Nair T, Najmuldeen H, Nambi G, Nangia V, Nascimento G, Nauman J, Nejadghaderi S, Nematollahi M, Nguefack-Tsague G, Ngunjiri J, Nguyen D, Nguyen H, Nguyen H, Nguyen P, Niazi R, Nikoobar A, Nnyanzi L, Noman E, Nomura S, Noreen M, Nurrika D, Nzoputam C, Nzoputam O, Oancea B, Obamiro K, Ogunsakin R, Okeke S, Okekunle A, Okonji O, Okwute P, Olagunju A, Olakunde B, Olatubi M, Olufadewa I, Olusanya B, Ordak M, Ortega-Altamirano D, Osman W, Osuagwu U, Otoiu A, Otstavnov N, Otstavnov S, Ouyahia A, Owolabi M, Padron-Monedero A, Padubidri J, Pana A, Parija P, Parikh R, Pashaei A, Patel S, Patil S, Pawar S, Pedersini P, Pepito V, Peprah, Pereira G, Pereira J, Pereira M, Pereira M, Perianayagam A, Perico N, Pesudovs K, Petcu I, Petermann-Rocha F, Pezeshki P, Pham T, Phan M, Philip A, Pigeolet M, Piracha Z, Podder V, Poddighe D, Pradhan P, Shahraki H, Raghav P, Rahman M, Rahmanian V, Raimondo I, Ramasamy S, Ranabhat C, Rancic N, Rao C, Rao S, Rasella D, Rashid A, Rawassizadeh R, Redwan E, Remuzzi G, Rengasamy K, Renzaho A, Rezaei N, Rezaei N, Rezaeian M, Robinson-Oden H, Roever L, Rohloff P, Ronfani L, Rwegerera G, Saad A, Saadatian Z, Sabour S, Saddik B, Sadeghi M, Saeb M, Saeed U, Saghazadeh A, Sagoe D, Sharif-Askari F, Sharif-Askari N, Sahebkar A, Sahoo H, Sahoo S, Saleh M, Salehi S, Salem M, Samy A, Sanjeev R, Sarikhani Y, Sarode S, Satpathy M, Sawhney M, Saya G, Saylan M, Schlaich M, Schneider I, Schuermans A, Sengupta P, Senthilkumaran S, Sepanlou S, Serban D, SeyedAlinaghi S, Seylani A, Shafie M, Shah J, Shah P, Shahid S, Shaikh M, Sham S, Shanawaz M, Shannawaz M, Sharew M, Sharma M, Shetty A, Shetty B, Shetty P, Shiri R, Shirkoohi R, Shivalli S, Shool S, Shorofi S, Shuja K, Shuval K, Sibhat M, Sidamo N, Silva J, Simpson C, Singh J, Singh P, Singh S, Skhvitaridze N, Socea B, Al Mamun Sohag A, Soleimani H, Solomon Y, Song S, Song Y, Spartalis M, Sreeramareddy C, Stergachis A, Suleman M, Sultana S, Sun H, Sun J, Szeto M, Tabarés-Seisdedos R, Tabatabai S, Tabish M, Taheri M, Soodejani M, Tamuzi J, Tan K, Tarigan I, Oliaee R, Taye B, Tefera Y, Temsah M, Teramoto M, Tesfamariam W, Teye-Kwadjo E, Tharwat S, Thavamani A, Thomas N, Titova M, Tiyuri A, Topor-Madry R, Tovani-Palone M, Tripathy J, Tromans S, Ubah C, Umair M, Umakanthan S, Unim B, Vaithinathan A, Tahbaz S, Valenti M, Valizadeh R, Van den Eynde J, Varthya S, Veroux M, Verras G, Villani L, Violante F, Vlassov V, Walde M, Wang F, Wang S, Wang Y, Wang Y, Wassie E, Weerakoon K, Wolde A, Xu X, Yadav V, Yang L, Yano Y, Yehualashet S, Yi S, Yiğit A, Yiğit V, Yip P, Yonemoto N, Zaki N, Zamagni G, Zaman B, Zastrozhin M, Zhang H, Zhang Y, Zhang Z, Zhao H, Zhong C, Zielińska M, Zuhriyah L, Hay S, Naghavi M, Murray C, Dandona R, Kassebaum N. Global, regional, and national stillbirths at 20 weeks' gestation or longer in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2021: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet 2024, 404: 1955-1988. PMID: 39510107, PMCID: PMC11694012, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(24)01925-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWeeks gestationNeonatal mortality rateNeonatal deathStillbirth rateGestational age thresholdAdverse pregnancy outcomesGlobal burdenMortality rateBurden of stillbirthsGlobal neonatal mortality ratesGlobal burden of stillbirthQuality of maternal health careAssessment of fertilityStillbirth definitionsTotal stillbirthsPregnancy outcomesNeonatal mortalityGestationReduce stillbirthsBurden of diseaseStillbirthGlobal Burden of Disease StudyBurden of Disease StudyGlobal improvementMaternal health careBiases in COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness studies using cohort design
Agampodi S, Tadesse B, Sahastrabuddhe S, Excler J, Kim J. Biases in COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness studies using cohort design. Frontiers In Medicine 2024, 11: 1474045. PMID: 39540039, PMCID: PMC11557388, DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2024.1474045.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCohort designHealth-promoting behaviorsObservational studyPublic health strategiesPublic health policiesMiddle-income countriesPre-existing data sourcesHealthy user biasHealthy vaccinee effectSociodemographic disparitiesHealth strategiesHealth policyOutcome misclassificationSustaining public trustMisclassification biasHealth statusHealthcare systemVaccinee effectSusceptibility biasDiverse populationsCOVID-19Vaccine effectiveness studiesFrailty biasVaccine effectivenessCOVID-19 pandemicAssessment of the productivity loss due to leading maternal ill-health conditions: a follow-up study of a prospective pregnancy cohort in rural Sri Lanka
Gunarathna S, Wickramasinghe N, Agampodi T, Prasanna I, Agampodi S. Assessment of the productivity loss due to leading maternal ill-health conditions: a follow-up study of a prospective pregnancy cohort in rural Sri Lanka. BMJ Open 2024, 14: e082798. PMID: 39477261, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082798.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIll-health conditionsRural Sri LankaPregnant womenPregnancy cohortFollow-up study of womenFollow-up studyProspective pregnancy cohortRajarata Pregnancy CohortSecondary outcome measuresMonthly household expenditureVaginal bleedingProductivity lossStudy of womenPrimary outcome measurePregnancy follow-upMedical careOutcome measuresHigher absenteeismNausea and vomitingPresenteeismHighest prevalenceAbsenteeismThird trimesterWomenRecommended priorities
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