OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Annals of Global Health is 6. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Enhancing Health Policy Administration in LMICs: Dr. LJW Fellowship Program Insights (2021–2023)	374
From Excellent Clinicians to Custodians of Life: Reimagining Internationalization in Health Professions Education	117
The Architecture of Decolonial Partnerships in University Global Health Program Development	110
Successful Models of Virtual Experiential Education Initiatives in Global Health for International Students	78
Impact of Solid Fuel Use on Household Air Pollution and Respiratory Health in Two Low‑Income Communities in Mpumalanga, South Africa	75
Measurements of Surgical Volume in Low- and Middle-Income Countries, a Systematic Review	61
Inadequate Access to Potable Water Impacts Early Childhood Development in Low-Income Areas in Cape Town, South Africa	57
Global Community Health Screening and Educational Intervention for Early Detection of Cardiometabolic Renal Disease	54
Responding to the Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza: Damned if You do… Damned if You don’t!	40
“I Would Have to Hold Him and Pin Him Down”: Caregiver Experiences of Administering Drug‑Resistant Tuberculosis Treatment to Children in KwaZulu‑Natal, South Africa	37
Occupational Health Barriers in South Africa: A Call for Ubuntu	34
Prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes, Overweight, Obesity, and Metabolic Syndrome in Adults in Bogotá, Colombia, 2022–2023: A Cross‑Sectional Population Survey	33
Mining Migrant Worker Recruitment Policy and the Production of a Silicosis Epidemic in Late 20th-Century Southern Africa	30
Health in Persons Deprived of Their Liberty in South America: A Painful Reflection of Our Public Health	29
Impacts, Learner Diversity, and Curricular Framework of a Virtual Global Health Elective Catalyzed by the COVID-19 Pandemic	25
The Impact of Medical Waste on Indigenous Communities in Balochistan Pakistan: Sustainable Solutions in Reducing Inequality and Improving Resilience in Communities	25
Overcoming Stigma in Women’s HIV and Syphilis Care: The Role of Faith in Healing	25
Roles played by Locally Elected Representatives in Facilitating Multi‑Sectoral Action for Health: Evidence from Kerala, India	24
Designing, Implementing and Optimising a Capacity‑Building Model for Infectious Disease Modelling in India	24
Cervical Cancer Prevention in Rural Areas	24
Leveraging School Health Programs in Africa: Integrated Screening for Rheumatic Heart Disease and Dental Caries	23
Use of Universal Design for Learning Principles in a Public Health Course	23
Covid-19: Early Cases and Disease Spread	22
Air–Noise Pollution Linkages: Testing Innovative Community-Based Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies in Kenya	21
Health in All Policies Implementation in Quebec Suggests Great Promise for U.S.	21

Mortality of Three Major Gynecological Cancers in the European Region: An Age–Period–Cohort Analysis from 1992 to 2021 and Predictions in a 25-Year Period	21
Flooding and Cognitive Health among Middle‑Aged and Older Adults in Thailand: A Case Study of Resilient City Policy in Bangkok	20
Abdominal Injuries from Civilian Conflicts: An Emerging Global Health Challenge in Rural Southeast Nigeria	19
Russia’s Hybrid Warfare in Ukraine Threatens Both Healthcare & Health Protections Provided by International Law	18
Malnutrition among Children under Age Five in Panama: Results of the ENSPA 2019	18
Association between Food Insecurity, Socioeconomic Status of the Household Head, and Hypertension and Diabetes in Maputo City	17
Marburg Virus Outbreak in Equatorial Guinea: Need for Speed	16
Assessing Colorectal Care Capacity at an Urban Tertiary Hospital in Ghana	15
A Scoping Review on Resources, Tools, and Programs to Support Women’s Leadership in Global Health: What Is Available, What Works, and How Do We Know?	15
Long‑Term Impact of HEAT Educational Intervention in the Emergency Department in Karachi, Pakistan	15
National Public Health Institutes Organizational Strengthening Module Framework: Applying Organizational Development Principles	15
Maintaining Delivery of Evidence-Based Interventions to Reduce Under-5 Mortality During COVID-19 in Rwanda: Lessons Learned through Implementation Research	14
Characterizing Mobility and its Association with HIV Outcomes in Refugee Settlements in Uganda	14
Heat Stress Prevention and Management in the Construction Industry: A Gap Analysis	14
Solar Ultraviolet Radiation Exposure Among Opencast Miners in Namibia with the Use of Electronic Dosimeters: A Feasibility Study	14
Strengthening the Structure of Public Health: Suggesting the Incorporation of ‘People’ Component as the ‘Seventh Block’	13
Microplastics in the Asia-Pacific Region in the Plasticene Era: Exposures and Health Risks	13
Increasing Care for Underserved Communities Through a Global Health Residency Training Program	13
Contextual Insights for Infectious Pathogen Surveillance Using the Epidemic Intelligence from Open Sources System	13
Assessing the Human Health Benefits of Climate Mitigation, Pollution Prevention, and Biodiversity Preservation	12
Experiential Learning to Enhance Global Health Collaboration and Student Opportunity	12
Heat Stroke in the Era of Global Warming: A Call for Urgent Action	12
Improving Middle-Income Countries Access to Vaccines. A Blueprint to Overcome Current Challenges	12
Empowering Advanced Practice Nurses: A Review of Addressing Global Health Needs	11
PlasticHealthAware: Presenting the Latest Meta‑Analytical Findings on Plastic Chemicals and Human Health	11
Social and Behavioural Change Communication Challenges, Opportunities and Lessons from Past Public Health Emergencies and Disease Outbreaks: A Scoping Review	11
Antimicrobial Resistance and Migration: Interrelation Between Two Hot Topics in Global Health	11
Increasing Effectiveness and Equity in Strengthening Health Research Capacity Using Data and Metrics: Recent Advances of the ESSENCE Mechanism	11
Mobile Critical Care in Resource-Limited Settings: An Unmet Need	11
Decomposition Analysis of Antenatal Care Utilization Inequities in Kembata Tembaro Zone, Southern Ethiopia	11
Prioritization of Surgical, Obstetric, Trauma, and Anesthesia Care in South and Southeast Asian Countries’ Health Planning and Policy‑making	10
Outcomes of Invasive and Noninvasive Ventilation in a Haitian Emergency Department	10
Assessment of SADC Countries’ National Adaptation Planning Health Impacts Inclusion: A Thorough Review	10
Non-communicable Diseases Week: Best Practices in Addressing the NCDs Burden from Tanzania	10
Workforce Safety Vulnerabilities in Pakistan’s Construction Sector	10
Acceptability of a Whatsapp Triage, Referral, and Transfer System for Obstetric Patients in Rural Liberia	10
Global Oncology Medical Diplomacy Working Group Inaugural Meeting: Defining Worldwide Barriers to Germline Genomics in Cancer Prevention and Management	9
Consensus Conference Series on Dysglycemia‑Based Chronic Disease (DBCD) in Latin America: The Chilean Transculturalization	9
Comparative Analysis of Percutaneous Drainage versus Operative Drainage of Intra-Abdominal Abscesses in a Resource-Limited Setting: The Tanzanian Experience	9
Evaluating a Global Clinical Nutrition Program for Pediatric Oncology in Resource‑Limited Settings	9
Spatial Variation and Determinants of Inadequate Minimum Meal Frequency among Children Aged 6–23 Months in Ethiopia: Spatial and multilevel analysis using Ethiopian Mini Demographic and Health Survey	9
Dental Health Utilization in Palau: Feasibility of an Oral Cancer Screening Program	9
Faith Leaders Improve Healthy Timing and Spacing of Pregnancy: Results of Operations Research on the Channels of Hope Methodology in Kenya and Ghana	8
Haitian State Hospital Orthopedic Grand Rounds Series: A Virtual Curriculum to Address Global Surgery Needs	8
Addressing Critiques of the Evidence Linking Fluoride and Children’s IQ	8
Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 Vaccination Programs on the Reduction of COVID-19 Cases: A Systematic Literature Review	8
Reciprocal Innovation in Action: Adapting a Community-Based Care Model for Pregnant and Parenting Women in Kenya to Indiana	8
The Global Health Security Index and Its Role in Shaping National COVID‑19 Response Capacities: A Scoping Review	8
Fostering Sustainable Biomedical Research Training in Mozambique: A Spin-Off of the Medical Education Partnership Initiative	8
The Case for Local AI Development: Lessons From Computer-Aided Detection of Tuberculosis and Silicosis in Southern Africa’s Ex-Miners	8

Bridging the Gap: Evaluating Global Health Training Needs in Pediatric Residency and Fellowship: A Program-Wide Analysis	8
Multilevel Analysis of Severe Anthropometric Failure among Under‑Five Children in Benin: A Cross‑Sectional Study Using 2017 to 2018 Demographic and Health Survey Data	8
The Effect of Timeliness of Care on Lung Cancer Survival – A Population-Based Approach	8
Characteristics of Global Health Careers among Graduates of a Global Health Equity Residency Training Program in the United States	8
Implementing a WASH Package Within Prevention of Vertical Transmission of HIV Programming in Lilongwe, Malawi: A Program Evaluation	7
Is Traditional Agriculture a Viable Solution for Controlling Obesity and Food Insecurity in the Context of Climate Change? A Case Study from the Federated States of Micronesia	7
Mercury Contamination and Co‑exposures in the Amazon Basin: At the Center of the Planetary Environmental Crisis	7
The Open Burning of Plastic Wastes is an Urgent Global Health Issue	7
Understanding exposure risk using soil testing and GIS around an abandoned asbestos mine	7
Social Health Insurance and Healthcare Seeking Behavior in Urban Ethiopia	6
An Umbrella Review of Meta-Analyses Evaluating Associations between Human Health and Exposure to Major Classes of Plastic-Associated Chemicals	6
Perceived Health System Challenges of Implementing Cross-Border Malaria Preventive Measures at Ports of Entry in KwaZulu-Natal	6
Beyond Incidence and Mortality: Socioeconomic Mediation of Gastric Cancer Disparities in the United States, 1990–2021	6
A Systems‑Based Approach for the Prevention of Heat‑Associated Kidney Disease in Latin American Workers	6
Visible Pregnancy, Invisible HIV: How Social Norms Shape Adolescents Protection Choice in Kenya and Nigeria	6
Engaging with the Private Sector for Noncommunicable Disease Prevention and Control: Is it Possible to Create “Shared Value?”	6
Surveillance of Non-Malignant Asbestos-Related Diseases in an Exposed Population: A Scoping Review	6
Effective Humanitarian Work: Teaching Medical Skill Sets in Ukraine	6
Exploring Trainee Priorities: A Qualitative Needs Assessment to Inform Global Health Education	6
The Burden and Risk Factors Associated with Infectious Diseases among Refugees in a Camp for Migrants in Porto Alegre: A Cross-Sectional Survey	6