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Sheikh Mohammed Shariful Islam

Researcher at Deakin University

Publications -  237
Citations -  53825

Sheikh Mohammed Shariful Islam is an academic researcher from Deakin University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Population. The author has an hindex of 41, co-authored 169 publications receiving 30835 citations. Previous affiliations of Sheikh Mohammed Shariful Islam include Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich & Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.

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Global injury morbidity and mortality from 1990 to 2017: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

Spencer L. James, +633 more
- 01 Oct 2020 - 
TL;DR: Injuries are an important cause of health loss globally, though mortality has declined between 1990 and 2017, and future research in injury burden should focus on prevention in high-burden populations, improving data collection and ensuring access to medical care.
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The global distribution of lymphatic filariasis, 2000–18: a geospatial analysis

Aniruddha Deshpande, +730 more
TL;DR: Although the prevalence of lymphatic filariasis infection has declined since 2000, MDA is still necessary across large populations in Africa and Asia, and these mapped estimates can be used to identify areas where the probability of meeting infection thresholds is low, and to indicate additional data collection or intervention might be warranted before MDA programmes cease.
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Mapping geographical inequalities in access to drinking water and sanitation facilities in low-income and middle-income countries, 2000–17

Aniruddha Deshpande, +705 more
TL;DR: High-resolution geospatial estimates of access to drinking water and sanitation facilities in low-income and middle-income countries from 2000 to 2017 identify areas with successful approaches or in need of targeted interventions to enable precision public health to effectively progress towards universal access to safe water and sanitary facilities.