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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Eye health in Papua New Guinea	51
Emotional reactions towards COVID-19 among persons with diabetes	32
Erratum to: A multimodal approach to improve asthmatic adolescents’ self-efficacy in Taiwan	31
Combatting thalassemia in the United Arab Emirates	27
Dengue and diabetes comorbidity: an emerging public health threat	25
Stigma associated with cutaneous leishmaniasis in rural Sri Lanka: development of a conceptual framework	24
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	24
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	23
Postoperative trachomatous trichiasis: a systematic review and meta-analysis study	23
Malawi newborn and child health national clinical practice guidelines: a landscape analysis	21
Integrating traditional medicine into the Ghanaian health system: perceptions and experiences of traditional medicine practitioners in the Ashanti region	21
Unveiling the hidden health challenges: malaria, helminths, STIs and other pathologies among street children, adolescents and young adults in Cameroon	18
Burden, impacts and management practices of dysmenorrhea among female students in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis	17
Neonatal and postneonatal tetanus at a referral hospital in Kamsar, Guinea: a retrospective audit of paediatric records (2014–2018)	16
Determinants of the use of insecticide-treated nets and intermittent preventive treatment of malaria among pregnant women in Angola	16
The state of wildfire and health research: emerging trends, challenges and gaps	15
Beyond business as usual for lymphatic filariasis mass drug administration in hotspot districts	15
Risk factors and circulation pattern of respiratory syncytial virus in children under 2 years in Maputo, Mozambique	15
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-	14
Exploring the impact of COVID-19 on frontline health workers through a photovoice study in Kaduna, Kwara and Ogun States, Nigeria	13
Comment on: Risk factors associated with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in areas with a moderate tuberculosis burden	13
Systematic review on cumulative HIV viraemia among people living with HIV receiving antiretroviral treatment and its association with mortality and morbidity	12
Management of children with danger signs in integrated community case management care in rural southwestern Uganda (2014–2018)	12
The heterogeneous impacts of government on health system efficiency in China's new health reform, 2010–2019	12
Innovation in laboratory testing approaches to oversee Africa's local production of medical products	11

Prevalence of Giardia duodenalis among Asian children: a systematic review and meta-analysis	11
Ethical issues surrounding the implementation of long-acting injectable antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan Africa	11
Prevalence and adverse perinatal outcomes of anaemia in the third trimester of pregnancy in Hebei Province, China	11
Women's involvement in decision-making and receiving husbands’ support for their reproductive healthcare: a cross-sectional study in Lalitpur, Nepal	10
The interruption of transmission of onchocerciasis in Kaduna, Kebbi and Zamfara states, Nigeria: another milestone achievement	10
Association between urinary polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon metabolites and diabetes mellitus among the US population: a cross-sectional study	10
Beyond counting intended pregnancies among young women to understanding their associated factors in sub-Saharan Africa	10
Successful completion of onchocerciasis elimination mapping (OEM) in Niger, West Africa	10
A multimodal approach to improve asthmatic adolescents’ self-efficacy in Taiwan	9
Integrated services for neglected tropical diseases and mental health: pilot study assessing acceptability, feasibility and attitudes in Benue State, Nigeria	9
Sarcoidosis in first- and second-generation immigrants: a cohort study of all adults 18 years of age and older in Sweden	9
The sky's the limit: improving satellite imagery data literacy to address non-communicable diseases	9
Innovate to eliminate: a prerequisite in NTD programmes	9
People, power and participation: strategic directions for integrated person-centred care for NTDs and mental health	9
Self-reported prevalence of tuberculosis: unveiling spatial representation in the districts of Tamil Nadu	8
The magnitude of intimate partner violence during pregnancy and associated factors in rural Ethiopia	8
Assessing the prevalence of refractive errors and accuracy of vision screening by schoolteachers in Liberia	8
Overview and understanding of mental health and psychosocial support in Afghanistan	8
Enablers and barriers to COVID-19 vaccine uptake in an urban slum in Lagos, Nigeria: informing vaccine engagement strategies for the marginalized	8
Assessing the inequalities in demand for family planning satisfied in Ghana: evidence from the 1993–2014 Demographic and Health Surveys	8
Increasing efficiencies from integrating control and elimination programmes for soil-transmitted helminths and schistosomiasis	8
Mapping the prevalence and socioeconomic predictors of low birth weight among Bangladeshi newborns: evidence from the 2019 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey	8
Compliance and illiteracy when treating tuberculosis	8
Perinatal outcomes in anemic pregnant women in public hospitals of eastern Ethiopia	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),	7
A quality improvement approach in co-developing a primary healthcare package for raising awareness and managing female genital schistosomiasis in Nigeria and Liberia	7
Lassa fever cases suffer from severe underreporting based on reported fatalities	7
“It's like being involved in a car crash”: teen pregnancy narratives of adolescents and young adults in Jos, Nigeria	7
Mobility-related inequality in healthcare utilization between floating and native populations and its influencing factors: evidence from China	7
The development and roll-out of a new hydrocoele surgery facility assessment tool for the elimination of lymphatic filariasis	7
Windows of opportunity in integrating mental health into care of neglected tropical diseases: the Nigeria experience	7
Socio-economic determinants of healthy behaviours among primary schoolchildren and adolescents in Lokossa district of southern Benin	7
Exposure to household air pollution from solid cookfuels and childhood stunting: a population-based, cross-sectional study of half a million children in low- and middle-income countries	7
Global epidemiology of Giardia duodenalis infection in cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis	7
Co-designing the FOotpaths foR Adolescent MAternal Mental HeAlth (FOR MAMA) intervention for pregnant teens in Malawi	7
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	7
Erratum to: Securing the supply of benzathine penicillin: a global perspective on risks and mitigation strategies to prevent future shortages	7
Let them talk and we listen: what are diseases of neglected people?	7
Gender differences in the surgical management of trachomatous trichiasis: an exploratory analysis of global trachoma survey data, 2015–2019	7
COVID-19 vaccine wastage in private and public healthcare facilities in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa	7
Are informal healthcare providers knowledgeable in tuberculosis care? A cross-sectional survey using vignettes in West Bengal, India	7
Pricing air pollution: evidence from short-term exposure to air pollution on hospitalization of acute bronchitis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in southwestern China	7
Prevalence and predictors of infant and young child feeding practices in sub-Saharan Africa	7
Exploring the well-being of people affected by skin NTDs in Kaduna and Kwara States, Nigeria: a photovoice and scoping review study	7
The Amazonian Tropical Bites Research Initiative, a hope for resolving zoonotic neglected tropical diseases in the One Health era	7
Prevalence, assessment and correlates of mental health problems in neglected tropical diseases: a systematic review	6
Tropical Data: supporting health ministries worldwide to conduct high-quality trachoma surveys	6
Level of exposure to aflatoxins during pregnancy and its association with adverse birth outcomes in Africa: a meta-analysis	6
Application of a count regression model to identify the risk factors of under-five child morbidity in Bangladesh	6
Experiences and needs of persons who have undergone limb amputation in Saki West, Oyo State, Nigeria	6

Human papillomavirus vaccine coverage among immigrant adolescents in Alberta: a population-based cohort study	6
Covid-19 vaccination coverage and associated factors among older hypertensive patients in Hangzhou, China	6
Evidence of reduced academic performance among schoolchildren with helminth infection	6
Education and non-communicable diseases in India: an exploration of gendered heterogeneous relationships	5
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	5
Understanding male circumcision: insights from a peri-urban community in Maputo City, Mozambique	5
Community health workers to reduce unmet surgical needs in an urban slum in India: an implementation study	5
Prevalence of and factors associated with early initiation of breastfeeding in Bangladesh: a multilevel modelling	5
Vision impairment and self-reported anxiety and depression in older adults in Nigeria: evidence from a cross-sectional survey in Kogi State	5
An examination of the predictors of change in BMI among 38 026 school students in Makkah, Saudi Arabia	5
Prevalence of neonatal near miss in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis	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
Behaviour Insight Shadowing: examining daily life settings for the prevention of neglected tropical disease	5
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
Individual, household, and community-level predictors of modern contraceptive use among married women in Cameroon: a multilevel analysis	5
High prevalence of trachomatous inflammation–follicular with no trachomatous trichiasis: can alternative indicators explain the epidemiology of trachoma in Côte d’Ivoire?	5
Using mobile health applications to enhance physical activity in Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study on users’ perceptions	5
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	5
Primary healthcare readiness for nutritionally at-risk infants aged under 6 months: a facility-based survey in Senegal	5
Stochastic frontier approach to efficiency analysis of health facilities in providing services for non-communicable diseases in eight LMICs	5
Eliminating all circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus: a prerequisite to declaring global polio eradication	5
Considerations of sex and gender dimensions by research ethics committees: a scoping review	5
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	5
Experiences of social stigma of people living with Hansen's disease in Brazil: silencing, secrets and exclusion	5
Impact of kinship support on child mortality in the Upper East Region of Ghana: assessing the Grandmother Hypothesis	4
Intimate partner violence and maternal antenatal care utilization: is there a dose-response relationship? Findings from the Ethiopian National Demographic and Health Survey	4
Association between women's empowerment and fertility preferences in Ghana	4
Delivering universal eye health coverage: a call for more and better eye health funding	4
Machine learning insights on the effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical interventions against COVID-19 in Nigeria	4
Neonatal pain management practice in the neonatal intensive care unit of public hospitals: a survey of healthcare providers in eastern Ethiopia	4
The future of data management for pediatric cataract	4
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	4
Addressing the risk factors for the prevention of cardiovascular diseases in the Philippines	4
Towards achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 3: multilevel analyses of demographic and health survey data on health insurance coverage and maternal healthcare utilisation in sub-Saharan Africa	4
Exposure to interparental violence and risk of intimate partner violence among women in sexual unions in sub-Saharan Africa	4
Impact of age and gender differences in the prevalence and patterns of multimorbidity in the Thai Cohort Study	4
Discovering risk patterns in people with affective disorder–induced disabilities associated with their healthcare delay	4
Prevalence and determinants of diarrhoea and acute respiratory infections among children aged under five years in West Africa: evidence from demographic and health surveys	4
Direct economic costs related to antimicrobial resistance in bloodstream infections isolated from newborns in a perinatal hospital in Peru	4
Addressing the challenges of reaching trachoma elimination: leveraging on lessons learnt from programme implementation	4
Prevalence, inequality and associated factors of overweight/obesity among Bangladeshi adolescents aged 15–19 years	4
Medical alliances and diabetes-related distress in China: role of self-efficacy as a partial mediator	4
Multilevel analysis to identify the factors associated with caesarean section in Bangladesh: evidence from a nationally representative survey	4
Comment on: ‘Disclosure of diagnosis by parents and caregivers to children infected with HIV in Hawassa, southern Ethiopia: a multicentre, cross-sectional study’	4
Trend, prevalence and predictors of successful vaginal birth after caesarean section in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis	4