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Aamer Imdad
Researcher at State University of New York Upstate Medical University
Publications - 68
Citations - 4924
Aamer Imdad is an academic researcher from State University of New York Upstate Medical University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Pregnancy. The author has an hindex of 30, co-authored 54 publications receiving 4254 citations. Previous affiliations of Aamer Imdad include Aga Khan University.
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Breastfeeding promotion interventions and breastfeeding practices: a systematic review.
TL;DR: Breastfeeding education and/or support increased EBF rates and decreased no breastfeeding rates at birth, <1 month and 1-5 months and combined individual and group counseling appeared to be superior to individual or group counseling alone.
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Impact of maternal education about complementary feeding and provision of complementary foods on child growth in developing countries
TL;DR: Provision of appropriate complementary food, with or without nutritional education, and maternal nutritional counseling alone lead to significant increase in weight and height in children 6-24 months of age, recommended for inclusion in the Lives Saved Tool (LiST) model.
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Effect of breastfeeding promotion interventions on breastfeeding rates, with special focus on developing countries
TL;DR: Breastfeeding promotion interventions increased exclusive and any breastfeeding rates at 4-6 weeks and at 6 months, with a relatively greater impact of these interventions seen in developing countries.
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Vitamin A supplements for preventing mortality, illness, and blindness in children aged under 5: systematic review and meta-analysis
TL;DR: Vitamin A supplementation is associated with large reductions in mortality, morbidity, and vision problems in a range of settings, and these results cannot be explained by bias.
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Preventive zinc supplementation in developing countries: impact on mortality and morbidity due to diarrhea, pneumonia and malaria
Mohammad Yawar Yakoob,Evropi Theodoratou,Afshan Jabeen,Aamer Imdad,Thomas P. Eisele,Joy Ferguson,Arnoupe Jhass,Igor Rudan,Harry Campbell,Robert E. Black,Zulfiqar A Bhutta +10 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that zinc supplementation in children is associated with a reduction in diarrhea mortality of 13% and pneumonia mortality of 15% for inclusion in the LiST tool.