[PDF][PDF] Implementing community-based perinatal care: results from a pilot study in rural Pakistan

ZA Bhutta, ZA Memon, S Soofi… - Bulletin of the World …, 2008 - SciELO Public Health
OBJECTIVE: This pilot study investigated the feasibility of delivering a package of
community-based interventions for improving perinatal care using lady health workers (LHWs) and …

Topical application of chlorhexidine to neonatal umbilical cords for prevention of omphalitis and neonatal mortality in a rural district of Pakistan: a community-based …

S Soofi, S Cousens, A Imdad, N Bhutto, N Ali, ZA Bhutta - The Lancet, 2012 - thelancet.com
Background Umbilical cord infection (omphalitis) is a risk factor for neonatal sepsis and
mortality in low-resource settings where home deliveries are common. We aimed to assess the …

Effect of provision of daily zinc and iron with several micronutrients on growth and morbidity among young children in Pakistan: a cluster-randomised trial

S Soofi, S Cousens, SP Iqbal, T Akhund, J Khan… - The Lancet, 2013 - thelancet.com
Background Powders containing iron and other micronutrients are recommended as a
strategy to prevent nutritional anaemia and other micronutrient deficiencies in children. We …

Improvement of perinatal and newborn care in rural Pakistan through community-based strategies: a cluster-randomised effectiveness trial

ZA Bhutta, S Soofi, S Cousens, S Mohammad… - The Lancet, 2011 - thelancet.com
Background Newborn deaths account for 57% of deaths in children younger than 5 years in
Pakistan. Although a large programme of trained lady health workers (LHWs) exists, the …

[HTML][HTML] Causal pathways from enteropathogens to environmental enteropathy: findings from the MAL-ED birth cohort study

…, S Simons, AM Soares, RMS Mota, S Soofi… - …, 2017 - thelancet.com
Background Environmental enteropathy (EE), the adverse impact of frequent and numerous
enteric infections on the gut resulting in a state of persistent immune activation and altered …

Acceptability of locally produced ready‐to‐use therapeutic foods in Ethiopia, Ghana, Pakistan and India

…, F Saalia, S Zaidi, S Soofi… - Maternal & child …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Successful treatment of severe acute malnutrition has been achieved with ready‐to‐use
therapeutic food (RUTF), but only 15% of children with severe acute malnutrition receive RUTF. …

[HTML][HTML] Global burden of respiratory infections associated with seasonal influenza in children under 5 years in 2018: a systematic review and modelling study

…, H Nair, ZA Bhutta, B Saeed, SB Soofi… - The Lancet Global …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Seasonal influenza virus is a common cause of acute lower respiratory
infection (ALRI) in young children. In 2008, we estimated that 20 million influenza-virus-associated …

[HTML][HTML] Use of quantitative molecular diagnostic methods to assess the aetiology, burden, and clinical characteristics of diarrhoea in children in low-resource settings …

…, I Ahmed, D Alam, A Ali, M Rasheed, S Soofi… - The Lancet Global …, 2018 - thelancet.com
Background Optimum management of childhood diarrhoea in low-resource settings has been
hampered by insufficient data on aetiology, burden, and associated clinical characteristics. …

[HTML][HTML] Use of quantitative molecular diagnostic methods to investigate the effect of enteropathogen infections on linear growth in children in low-resource settings …

…, I Ahmed, D Alam, A Ali, M Rasheed, S Soofi… - The Lancet Global …, 2018 - thelancet.com
Background Enteropathogen infections in early childhood not only cause diarrhoea but
contribute to poor growth. We used molecular diagnostics to assess whether particular …

[HTML][HTML] Use of antibiotics in children younger than two years in eight countries: a prospective cohort study

…, M Mahfuz, M Ulak, SK Shrestha, SB Soofi… - Bulletin of the World …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective To describe the frequency and factors associated with antibiotic use in early
childhood, and estimate the proportion of diarrhoea and respiratory illnesses episodes treated …