2023
Mitigating the effects of climate change on human health with vaccines and vaccinations
Kim C, Agampodi S, Marks F, Kim J, Excler J. Mitigating the effects of climate change on human health with vaccines and vaccinations. Frontiers In Public Health 2023, 11: 1252910. PMID: 37900033, PMCID: PMC10602790, DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1252910.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRespiratory syncytial virus infectionCost-effective public health interventionsSyncytial virus infectionVaccine-preventable diseasesPublic health interventionsUse of vaccinesResource-poor countriesTransmissible infectious diseasesPublic health consequencesWorld Health OrganizationBody of evidenceHelminthic infectionsVirus infectionVaccine researchGlobal vaccine developmentVaccine developmentHealth interventionsNarrative reviewInfectious diseasesHealth consequencesVaccinationDiseaseAvailable evidenceHealth OrganizationVaccine
2020
Female Obesity: An Emerging Threat in Sri Lanka
Jayasinghe I, Hettiarachchi A, Koralegedara I, Amarasinghe G, Agampodi T, Dissanayake K, Warnasekara J, Wickramasinghe N, Abeyrathne P, Agampodi S. Female Obesity: An Emerging Threat in Sri Lanka. Current Developments In Nutrition 2020, 4: nzaa063_043. PMCID: PMC7259207, DOI: 10.1093/cdn/nzaa063_043.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchObesity grade IPrevalence of overweightBurden of overweightPrevalence of underweightMaternal health programsPeriod of gestationBurden of malnutritionLow educational levelPublic health systemCross-sectional analysisDedicated clinicCentral obesityOngoing cohortMiddle-income countriesWaist circumferenceFirst trimesterPregnant womenMean agePregnant mothersBody of evidenceAnthropometric assessmentGrade IHigh riskObesityHealth programs