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Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta · SciRah

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Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta

Aga Khan University
Institute for Global Health and Development, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
PK
Hospital for Sick Children
Institute for Global Health and Development, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
CA

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Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta — researcher profile on SciRah

ORCID iD 0000-0003-0637-599X

Citations: 380.6K
h-index: 221
i10-index: 1,167
Works: 2,476

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Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
Theo Vos, Stephen S Lim, Cristiana Abbafati, Kaja Abbas +96 more
2020The Lancet19K citations Open access
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Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
Spencer Lewis James, Degu Abate, Kalkidan Hassen Abate, Solomón Mequanente Abay +96 more
2018The Lancet14K citations Open access
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Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 328 diseases and injuries for 195 countries, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016
Theo Vos, Amanuel Alemu Abajobir, Kalkidan Hassen Abate, Cristiana Abbafati +96 more
2017The Lancet13K citations Open access
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Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013
Marie Ng, Tom Fleming, Margaret Robinson, Blake Thomson +96 more
2014The Lancet12K citations Open access
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Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
Christopher J L Murray, Aleksandr Y. Aravkin, Peng Zheng, Cristiana Abbafati +96 more
2020The Lancet9,831 citations Open access
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Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
Gregory A. Roth, Degu Abate, Kalkidan Hassen Abate, Solomón Mequanente Abay +96 more
2018The Lancet8,593 citations Open access
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Maternal and child undernutrition and overweight in low-income and middle-income countries
Robert E. Black, Cesar Gomes Victora, Susan P. Walker, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta +7 more
2013The Lancet8,460 citations
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Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015
Mohammad Hossein Forouzanfar, Ashkan Afshin, Lily Alexander, H Ross Anderson +96 more
2016The Lancet7,699 citations Open access
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Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults
Leandra Abarca-Gómez, Ziad Abdeen, Zargar Abdul Hamid, Niveen Abu-Rmeileh +96 more
2017The Lancet7,485 citations Open access
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Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 310 diseases and injuries, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015
Theo Vos, Christine Allen, Megha Kataria Arora, Ryan M Barber +96 more
2016The Lancet7,251 citations Open access
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Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015
Haidong Wang, Mohsen Naghavi, Christine Allen, Ryan M Barber +96 more
2016The Lancet6,592 citations Open access
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Maternal and child undernutrition: global and regional exposures and health consequences
Robert E. Black, Lindsay Helen Allen, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Laura E. Caulfield +4 more
2008The Lancet6,449 citations
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Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013
Theo Vos, Ryan M Barber, Brad Bell, Amelia Bertozzi-Villa +96 more
2015The Lancet6,415 citations Open access
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Global, Regional, and National Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life-years for 32 Cancer Groups, 1990 to 2015
Christina Fitzmaurice, Christine Allen, Ryan M Barber, Lars Barregård +96 more
2016JAMA Oncology6,217 citations Open access
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Health professionals for a new century: transforming education to strengthen health systems in an interdependent world
Julio M. Frenk, Lincoln Chen, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Jordan J. Cohen +15 more
2010The Lancet5,939 citations Open access
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Global, regional, and national burden of neurological disorders, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016
Valery L. Feigin, Emma L. Nichols, Shazia Alam, Marlena S. Bannick +96 more
2019The Lancet Neurology5,628 citations Open access
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Global incidence, prevalence, years lived with disability (YLDs), disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 371 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
Alize J Ferrari, Damian Francesco Santomauro, Amirali Aali, Yohannes Habtegiorgis Abate +96 more
2024The Lancet5,072 citations Open access
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Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
Jeffrey D Stanaway, Ashkan Afshin, Emmanuela E. Gakidou, Stephen S Lim +96 more
2018The Lancet4,938 citations Open access
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Antibiotic resistance—the need for global solutions
Ramanan Laxminarayan, Adriano Gianmaria Duse, Chand Wattal, Anita K. M. Zaidi +22 more
2013The Lancet Infectious Diseases4,426 citations Open access
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Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 359 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
Hmwe Hmwe Kyu, Degu Abate, Kalkidan Hassen Abate, Solomon M Abay +96 more
2018The Lancet4,086 citations Open access
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Global, Regional, and National Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases for 10 Causes, 1990 to 2015
Gregory A. Roth, Catherine Owens Johnson, Amanuel Alemu Abajobir, Foad Abd-Allah +96 more
2017Journal of the American College of Cardiology3,791 citations Open access
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Our future: a Lancet commission on adolescent health and wellbeing
George C. Patton, Susan Margaret Sawyer, John S. Santelli, David Anthony Ross +26 more
2016The Lancet3,771 citations Open access
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Alcohol use and burden for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016
Max Griswold, Nancy Fullman, Caitlin N. Hawley, Nicholas Arian +96 more
2018The Lancet3,525 citations Open access
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Evidence-based interventions for improvement of maternal and child nutrition: what can be done and at what cost?
Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Jai K Das, Arjumand Rizvi, Michelle F Gaffey +5 more
2013The Lancet3,083 citations
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Global burden of 288 causes of death and life expectancy decomposition in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
Mohsen Naghavi, Kanyin Liane Ong, Amirali Aali, Hazim Ababneh +96 more
2024The Lancet2,862 citations Open access
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Global burden and strength of evidence for 88 risk factors in 204 countries and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
Michael D Brauer, Gregory A. Roth, Aleksandr Y. Aravkin, Peng Zheng +96 more
2024The Lancet2,853 citations Open access
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Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013
Mohammad Hossein Forouzanfar, Lily Alexander, H Ross Anderson, Victoria F Bachman +96 more
2015The Lancet2,701 citations Open access
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Global, regional, and national deaths, prevalence, disability-adjusted life years, and years lived with disability for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015
Joan Bautista Soriano, Amanuel Alemu Abajobir, Kalkidan Hassen Abate, Semaw Ferede Abera +96 more
2017The Lancet Respiratory Medicine2,541 citations Open access
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Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 3663 population-representative studies with 222 million children, adolescents, and adults
Nowell H Phelps, Rosie K. Singleton, Bin Zhou, Rachel A Heap +96 more
2024The Lancet2,500 citations Open access
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Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016
Emmanuela E. Gakidou, Ashkan Afshin, Amanuel Alemu Abajobir, Kalkidan Hassen Abate +96 more
2017The Lancet2,407 citations Open access
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Global burden of childhood pneumonia and diarrhoea
Christa L. Fischer Walker, Igor Rudan, Li Liu, Harish Nair +5 more
2013The Lancet2,353 citations Open access
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International standards for newborn weight, length, and head circumference by gestational age and sex: the Newborn Cross-Sectional Study of the INTERGROWTH-21st Project
José Villar, Leila Cheikh Ismail, Cesar Gomes Victora, Eric O. Ohuma +15 more
2014The Lancet2,276 citations
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What works? Interventions for maternal and child undernutrition and survival
Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Tahmeed Ahmed, Robert E. Black, Simon Nicholas Cousens +7 more
2008The Lancet2,258 citations
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How many child deaths can we prevent this year?
Gareth Jones, Richard W. Steketee, Robert E Black, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta +1 more
2003The Lancet2,242 citations
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Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 315 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE), 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015
Nicholas J Kassebaum, Megha Kataria Arora, Ryan M Barber, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta +96 more
2016The Lancet2,162 citations Open access
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Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 333 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016
Simon Iain Hay, Amanuel Alemu Abajobir, Kalkidan Hassen Abate, Cristiana Abbafati +96 more
2017The Lancet2,080 citations Open access
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Global, regional, and national burden of traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016
Spencer Lewis James, Alice Theadom, Richard G. Ellenbogen, Marlena S. Bannick +96 more
2018The Lancet Neurology2,005 citations Open access
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The Burden of Primary Liver Cancer and Underlying Etiologies From 1990 to 2015 at the Global, Regional, and National Level
Tomi Akinyemiju, Semaw Ferede Abera, Muktar Beshir Ahmed, Noore Alam +79 more
2017JAMA Oncology1,987 citations Open access
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Estimates of the global, regional, and national morbidity, mortality, and aetiologies of lower respiratory infections in 195 countries, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016
Christopher Troeger, Brigette F. Blacker, Ibrahim A Khalil, Puja C Rao +96 more
2018The Lancet Infectious Diseases1,976 citations Open access
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Global age-sex-specific fertility, mortality, healthy life expectancy (HALE), and population estimates in 204 countries and territories, 1950–2019: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
Haidong Wang, Kaja Abbas, Mitra Abbasifard, Mohsen Abbasi‐Kangevari +96 more
2020The Lancet1,968 citations Open access
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Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 188 countries, 1990–2013: quantifying the epidemiological transition
Christopher J L Murray, Ryan M Barber, Kyle J Foreman, Ayşe Abbasoğlu Özgören +96 more
2015The Lancet1,966 citations Open access
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Global, regional, and national trends in haemoglobin concentration and prevalence of total and severe anaemia in children and pregnant and non-pregnant women for 1995–2011: a systematic analysis of population-representative data
Gretchen A Stevens, Mariel McKenzie Finucane, Luz Maria De‐Regil, Christopher Paciorek +5 more
2013The Lancet Global Health1,934 citations Open access
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Every Newborn: progress, priorities, and potential beyond survival
Joy Elizabeth Lawn, Hannah K. Blencowe, Shefali Oza, Danzhen You +8 more
2014The Lancet1,924 citations
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Nurturing care: promoting early childhood development
Pia R Britto, Stephen James Lye, Kerrie Proulx, Aisha Khizar Yousafzai +14 more
2016The Lancet1,785 citations Open access
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Global, regional, and national levels and causes of maternal mortality during 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013
Nicholas J Kassebaum, Amelia Bertozzi-Villa, Megan Coggeshall, Katya Anne Shackelford +96 more
2014The Lancet1,644 citations Open access
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Evidence-based, cost-effective interventions: how many newborn babies can we save?
Gary Lee Darmstadt, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Simon Nicholas Cousens, Taghreed Adam +2 more
2005The Lancet1,540 citations
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The State of US Health, 1990-2016
The US Burden of Disease Collaborators, Ali H. Mokdad, Katherine Ballestros, Michelle Marie Echko +96 more
2018JAMA1,515 citations Open access
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Estimates of the global, regional, and national morbidity, mortality, and aetiologies of diarrhoea in 195 countries: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016
Christopher Troeger, Brigette F. Blacker, Ibrahim A Khalil, Puja C Rao +96 more
2018The Lancet Infectious Diseases1,477 citations Open access
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Can available interventions end preventable deaths in mothers, newborn babies, and stillbirths, and at what cost?
Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Jai K Das, Rajiv Bahl, Joy Elizabeth Lawn +7 more
2014The Lancet1,363 citations
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Maternal and Neonatal Morbidity and Mortality Among Pregnant Women With and Without COVID-19 Infection
José Villar, Shabina Ariff, Robert B. Gunier, Ramachandran Thiruvengadam +46 more
2021Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine1,338 citations Open access
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Affiliation history

University College Dublin2018
Universidade Católica de Pelotas2016
Boston University1991–2012
United Nations Children's Fund2013
Isfahan University of Medical Sciences2023
Aga Khan University1991–2026
Australian National University2019
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro2016
Brigham and Women's Hospital2015
United Nations2022