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Syed Iqbal Azam
Researcher at Aga Khan University
Publications - 72
Citations - 1093
Syed Iqbal Azam is an academic researcher from Aga Khan University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 16, co-authored 62 publications receiving 773 citations. Previous affiliations of Syed Iqbal Azam include The Aga Khan University Hospital & Aga Khan University Hospital.
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Impact of the societal response to COVID-19 on access to healthcare for non-COVID-19 health issues in slum communities of Bangladesh, Kenya, Nigeria and Pakistan: results of pre-COVID and COVID-19 lockdown stakeholder engagements.
Syed A. K. Shifat Ahmed,Motunrayo Ajisola,Motunrayo Ajisola,Kehkashan Azeem,Pauline Bakibinga,Yen-Fu Chen,Nazratun Nayeem Choudhury,Olufunke Fayehun,Frances Griffiths,Bronwyn Harris,Peter Kibe,Richard J. Lilford,Akinyinka O. Omigbodun,Narjis Rizvi,Jo Sartori,Simon Smith,Samuel I. Watson,Ria Wilson,Godwin Yeboah,Navneet Aujla,Syed Iqbal Azam,Peter J. Diggle,Paramjit Gill,Romaina Iqbal,Caroline W Kabaria,Lyagamula Kisia,Catherine Kyobutungi,Jason Madan,Blessing Mberu,Shukri F. Mohamed,Ahsana Nazish,Oladoyin M. Odubanjo,Mary E. Osuh,Eme T. Owoaje,Oyinlola Oyebode,João Porto de Albuquerque,Omar Rahman,Komal Tabani,Olalekan John Taiwo,Grant Tregonning,Olalekan A. Uthman,Rita Yusuf +41 more
TL;DR: Slum residents’ ability to seek healthcare for non-COVID-19 conditions has been reduced during lockdowns and clear communication is needed about what is available and whether infection control is in place to encourage healthcare seeking.
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Time to focus child survival programmes on the newborn: assessment of levels and causes of infant mortality in rural Pakistan
TL;DR: The results suggest that there should be a shift in child survival programmes to give greater emphasis to maternal and neonatal health, in particular to maternal tetanus immunization, safe delivery and cord care.
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Trends and determinants of stillbirth in developing countries: results from the Global Network’s Population-Based Birth Registry
Sarah Saleem,Shiyam Sunder Tikmani,Elizabeth M. McClure,Janet Moore,Syed Iqbal Azam,Sangappa M. Dhaded,Shivaprasad S. Goudar,Ana Garces,Lester Figueroa,Irene Marete,Constance Tenge,Fabian Esamai,Archana B. Patel,Sumera Aziz Ali,Farnaz Naqvi,Musaku Mwenchanya,Elwyn Chomba,Waldemar A. Carlo,Richard J. Derman,Patricia L Hibberd,Sherri Bucher,Edward A. Liechty,Nancy F. Krebs,K. Michael Hambidge,Dennis Wallace,Marion Koso-Thomas,Menachem Miodovnik,Robert L. Goldenberg +27 more
TL;DR: At the current rates of decline, stillbirth rates in these sites will not reach the Every Newborn Action Plan goal of 12 per 1000 births by 2030, and more attention to the risk factors and treating the causes of stillbirths will be required.
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Prevalence and risk factors associated with tuberculin skin test positivity among household contacts of smear-positive pulnionary tuberculosis cases in Umerkot, Pakistan.
TL;DR: The results suggest that the household contacts of AFB sputum smear-positive tuberculosis patients in a poor neighbourhood of rural Sindh had a high prevalence of M. tuberculosis infection as determined by TST.
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Impact of social isolation on mortality and morbidity in 20 high-income, middle-income and low-income countries in five continents.
Ryo Naito,Ryo Naito,Darryl P. Leong,Darryl P. Leong,Shrikant I. Bangdiwala,Shrikant I. Bangdiwala,Martin McKee,S. V. Subramanian,Sumathy Rangarajan,Sumathy Rangarajan,Shofiqul Islam,Shofiqul Islam,Alvaro Avezum,Karen Yeates,Scott A. Lear,Rajeev Gupta,Afzalhussein Yusufali,Antonio L. Dans,Andrzej Szuba,Khalid F. AlHabib,Manmeet Kaur,Omar Rahman,Pamela Seron,Rafael Diaz,Thandi Puoane,Weida Liu,Yibing Zhu,Yundong Sheng,Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo,Jephat Chifamba,I Rosnah,Kubilay Karsidag,Roya Kelishadi,Annika Rosengren,Rasha Khatib,Leela Itty Amma K R,Syed Iqbal Azam,Koon K. Teo,Koon K. Teo,Salim Yusuf,Salim Yusuf +40 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the association between social isolation and mortality and incident diseases in middle-aged adults in urban and rural communities from high-income, middle-income and low-income countries.