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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Postoperative trachomatous trichiasis: a systematic review and meta-analysis study	39
Erratum to: A multimodal approach to improve asthmatic adolescents’ self-efficacy in Taiwan	36
Combatting thalassemia in the United Arab Emirates	33
Global burden and cross-country inequality of infectious skin diseases in children: the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021	28
The population-level impact of COVID-19 on maternal healthcare utilization: evidence from the 2022 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey	28
Unveiling the hidden health challenges: malaria, helminths, STIs and other pathologies among street children, adolescents and young adults in Cameroon	23
Stigma associated with cutaneous leishmaniasis in rural Sri Lanka: development of a conceptual framework	23
Deliberative dialogues in rural South Africa reveal public support and communication challenges in HIV cure research: uMkhanyakude district, KwaZulu-Natal	23
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	22
Malawi newborn and child health national clinical practice guidelines: a landscape analysis	21
‘I struggle to feel normal’: phenomenological analysis of experience with living in crises resettlement camps in Nigeria	20
Dengue and diabetes comorbidity: an emerging public health threat	18
Burden, impacts and management practices of dysmenorrhea among female students in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis	17
Integrating traditional medicine into the Ghanaian health system: perceptions and experiences of traditional medicine practitioners in the Ashanti region	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	16
Systematic review on cumulative HIV viraemia among people living with HIV receiving antiretroviral treatment and its association with mortality and morbidity	15
Comment on: Risk factors associated with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in areas with a moderate tuberculosis burden	14
Risk factors and mortality rates for children co-infected with HIV and TB in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis	14
Risk factors and circulation pattern of respiratory syncytial virus in children under 2 years in Maputo, Mozambique	14
Prevalence of Giardia duodenalis among Asian children: a systematic review and meta-analysis	14
The state of wildfire and health research: emerging trends, challenges and gaps	13
Harnessing artificial intelligence for skin-related neglected tropical diseases (skin NTDs): opportunities, challenges and future directions	13
Beyond business as usual for lymphatic filariasis mass drug administration in hotspot districts	13
The heterogeneous impacts of government on health system efficiency in China's new health reform, 2010–2019	13
Determinants of the use of insecticide-treated nets and intermittent preventive treatment of malaria among pregnant women in Angola	13

Prevalence and adverse perinatal outcomes of anaemia in the third trimester of pregnancy in Hebei Province, China	12
A qualitative study on pre-exposure prophylaxis uptake and retention among men who have sex with men and transgender women in Myanmar	12
Predictors of iron status among preschool-age children in Malawi: insights from a micronutrient survey	12
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-	12
Exploring the impact of COVID-19 on frontline health workers through a photovoice study in Kaduna, Kwara and Ogun States, Nigeria	12
Management of children with danger signs in integrated community case management care in rural southwestern Uganda (2014–2018)	12
Women's involvement in decision-making and receiving husbands’ support for their reproductive healthcare: a cross-sectional study in Lalitpur, Nepal	11
The sky's the limit: improving satellite imagery data literacy to address non-communicable diseases	11
The interruption of transmission of onchocerciasis in Kaduna, Kebbi and Zamfara states, Nigeria: another milestone achievement	11
People, power and participation: strategic directions for integrated person-centred care for NTDs and mental health	11
Successful completion of onchocerciasis elimination mapping (OEM) in Niger, West Africa	11
Integrating community efforts, innovative government interventions and data in the fight against kala-azar: lessons from Dumka, India	11
Integrated services for neglected tropical diseases and mental health: pilot study assessing acceptability, feasibility and attitudes in Benue State, Nigeria	10
Innovation in laboratory testing approaches to oversee Africa's local production of medical products	10
The magnitude of intimate partner violence during pregnancy and associated factors in rural Ethiopia	10
Ethical issues surrounding the implementation of long-acting injectable antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan Africa	10
Sociodemographic and lifestyle determinants of blood pressure in adult Nigerians	10
Innovate to eliminate: a prerequisite in NTD programmes	10
Association between urinary polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon metabolites and diabetes mellitus among the US population: a cross-sectional study	10
Self-reported prevalence of tuberculosis: unveiling spatial representation in the districts of Tamil Nadu	10
Assessing the inequalities in demand for family planning satisfied in Ghana: evidence from the 1993–2014 Demographic and Health Surveys	9
Gender differences in the surgical management of trachomatous trichiasis: an exploratory analysis of global trachoma survey data, 2015–2019	9
Sarcoidosis in first- and second-generation immigrants: a cohort study of all adults 18 years of age and older in Sweden	9
Lassa fever cases suffer from severe underreporting based on reported fatalities	9
Enablers and barriers to COVID-19 vaccine uptake in an urban slum in Lagos, Nigeria: informing vaccine engagement strategies for the marginalized	9
Assessing the prevalence of refractive errors and accuracy of vision screening by schoolteachers in Liberia	9
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	9
Family planning interventions across the League of Arab States: a regional scoping review	8
Are informal healthcare providers knowledgeable in tuberculosis care? A cross-sectional survey using vignettes in West Bengal, India	8
Overview and understanding of mental health and psychosocial support in Afghanistan	8
Perinatal outcomes in anemic pregnant women in public hospitals of eastern Ethiopia	8
Exploring the well-being of people affected by skin NTDs in Kaduna and Kwara States, Nigeria: a photovoice and scoping review study	8
Microbial foodborne outbreaks in Africa: a systematic review	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
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
Compliance and illiteracy when treating tuberculosis	8
COVID-19 vaccine wastage in private and public healthcare facilities in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa	8
Socio-economic determinants of healthy behaviours among primary schoolchildren and adolescents in Lokossa district of southern Benin	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
Co-designing the FOotpaths foR Adolescent MAternal Mental HeAlth (FOR MAMA) intervention for pregnant teens in Malawi	8
Prevalence, assessment and correlates of mental health problems in neglected tropical diseases: a systematic review	7
Prevalence and predictors of infant and young child feeding practices in sub-Saharan Africa	7
Erratum to: Securing the supply of benzathine penicillin: a global perspective on risks and mitigation strategies to prevent future shortages	7
Windows of opportunity in integrating mental health into care of neglected tropical diseases: the Nigeria experience	7
Behaviour Insight Shadowing: examining daily life settings for the prevention of neglected tropical disease	7
Human papillomavirus vaccine coverage among immigrant adolescents in Alberta: a population-based cohort study	7
Combining non-structural protein 1 and IgM tests for acute dengue diagnosis in Saudi Arabia	7
The development and roll-out of a new hydrocoele surgery facility assessment tool for the elimination of lymphatic filariasis	7
Application of a count regression model to identify the risk factors of under-five child morbidity in Bangladesh	7

Eliminating all circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus: a prerequisite to declaring global polio eradication	7
Experiences and needs of persons who have undergone limb amputation in Saki West, Oyo State, Nigeria	7
Community health workers to reduce unmet surgical needs in an urban slum in India: an implementation study	7
‘He who knows it, feels it.’ Stepping stones towards fulfilling a peer-advocate role among people with chronic stigmatising conditions in Liberia	7
Let them talk and we listen: what are diseases of neglected people?	7
Covid-19 vaccination coverage and associated factors among older hypertensive patients in Hangzhou, China	7
The Amazonian Tropical Bites Research Initiative, a hope for resolving zoonotic neglected tropical diseases in the One Health era	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	6
Considerations of sex and gender dimensions by research ethics committees: a scoping review	6
Rethinking expertise in artificial intelligence ethics for global health	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
Individual, household, and community-level predictors of modern contraceptive use among married women in Cameroon: a multilevel analysis	6
Stochastic frontier approach to efficiency analysis of health facilities in providing services for non-communicable diseases in eight LMICs	6
Evidence of reduced academic performance among schoolchildren with helminth infection	6
Level of exposure to aflatoxins during pregnancy and its association with adverse birth outcomes in Africa: a meta-analysis	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 and factors associated with early initiation of breastfeeding in Bangladesh: a multilevel modelling	6
Prevalence of neonatal near miss in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis	6
Tropical Data: supporting health ministries worldwide to conduct high-quality trachoma surveys	6
Understanding male circumcision: insights from a peri-urban community in Maputo City, Mozambique	6
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	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
Primary healthcare readiness for nutritionally at-risk infants aged under 6 months: a facility-based survey in Senegal	6
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
Intimate partner violence and maternal antenatal care utilization: is there a dose-response relationship? Findings from the Ethiopian National Demographic and Health Survey	5
Trend, prevalence and predictors of successful vaginal birth after caesarean section in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis	5
Education and non-communicable diseases in India: an exploration of gendered heterogeneous relationships	5
Is equitable access to health and social care possible for Vietnamese older adults? Care providers’ perspectives	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
Neonatal pain management practice in the neonatal intensive care unit of public hospitals: a survey of healthcare providers in eastern Ethiopia	5
Exposure to interparental violence and risk of intimate partner violence among women in sexual unions in sub-Saharan Africa	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
Progress towards malaria elimination: insights from Cambodia's mobile malaria workers during the COVID-19 pandemic	5
Impact of kinship support on child mortality in the Upper East Region of Ghana: assessing the Grandmother Hypothesis	5
Discovering risk patterns in people with affective disorder–induced disabilities associated with their healthcare delay	5
An examination of the predictors of change in BMI among 38 026 school students in Makkah, Saudi Arabia	5
Experiences of social stigma of people living with Hansen's disease in Brazil: silencing, secrets and exclusion	5
High prevalence of trachomatous inflammation–follicular with no trachomatous trichiasis: can alternative indicators explain the epidemiology of trachoma in Côte d’Ivoire?	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
Addressing the risk factors for the prevention of cardiovascular diseases in the Philippines	5
Multilevel analysis to identify the factors associated with caesarean section in Bangladesh: evidence from a nationally representative survey	5
Machine learning insights on the effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical interventions against COVID-19 in Nigeria	5
Medical alliances and diabetes-related distress in China: role of self-efficacy as a partial mediator	5
The future of data management for pediatric cataract	5
Using mobile health applications to enhance physical activity in Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study on users’ perceptions	5
Trachoma prevalence surveys in 15 indigenous and non-indigenous evaluation units in Brazil, 2018–2023	5
Vision impairment and self-reported anxiety and depression in older adults in Nigeria: evidence from a cross-sectional survey in Kogi State	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