R. Aboagye

Most-cited papers

1. 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 Gregory A Aleksandr Y Peng Kalkidan Hassen Yohanne Brauer Roth Aravkin Zheng Abate Abate Abbafati Abb, Michael Brauer, G. Roth, A. Aravkin +496 more

   2024The Lancet1,840 citations Open access

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2. Global, regional, and national burden of disorders affecting the nervous system, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

   Jaimie D. Steinmetz, Katrin Seeher, N. Schiess, Emma Nichols +496 more

   2024Lancet Neurology1,245 citations Open access

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3. Global, regional, and national prevalence of adult overweight and obesity, 1990–2021, with forecasts to 2050: a forecasting study for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

   Marie Ng, E. Gakidou, Justin Lo, Y. Abate +496 more

   2025The Lancet768 citations Open access

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4. Global age-sex-specific mortality, life expectancy, and population estimates in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1950–2021, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

   Austin E Hmwe Hmwe Amirali Cristiana Jaffar Rouzbeh Madin Schumacher Kyu Aali Abbafati Abbas Abbasgholizadeh, Austin E. Schumacher, H. Kyu, Amirali Aali +496 more

   2024The Lancet522 citations Open access

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5. Global burden of 292 causes of death in 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023

   M. Naghavi, H. Kyu, B. A, M. Aalipour +496 more

   2025The Lancet460 citations Open access

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6. Burden of 375 diseases and injuries, risk-attributable burden of 88 risk factors, and healthy life expectancy in 204 countries and territories, including 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023

   S. Hay, K. Ong, D. Santomauro, B. A +496 more

   2025The Lancet401 citations Open access

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7. The global, regional, and national burden of cancer, 1990–2023, with forecasts to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023

   Lisa M. Force, Jonathan M. Kocarnik, Miranda L May, K. Bhangdia +496 more

   2025The Lancet374 citations Open access

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8. National-level and state-level prevalence of overweight and obesity among children, adolescents, and adults in the USA, 1990–2021, and forecasts up to 2050

   Marie Xiaochen Rebecca M Michael Arash Auwal Richard Gya Ng Dai Cogen Abdelmasseh Abdollahi Abdullahi Aboag, Marie Ng, X. Dai, Rebecca M. Cogen +334 more

   2024The Lancet312 citations Open access

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9. Global, regional, and national burden of epilepsy, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

   Valery L. Feigin, T. Vos, Balakrishnan Sukumaran Nair, S. Hay +496 more

   2025Lancet Public Health215 citations Open access

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10. Global, regional, and national burden of asthma and atopic dermatitis, 1990-2021, and projections to 2050: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021.

    Jiyeon Oh, Soeun Kim, M. Kim, Y. Abate +490 more

    2025The Lancet Respiratory Medicine173 citations Open access

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11. Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific burden of diarrhoeal diseases, their risk factors, and aetiologies, 1990–2021, for 204 countries and territories: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

    H. Kyu, Avina Vongpradith, R. Dominguez, Jianing Ma +496 more

    2024Lancet. Infectious Diseases (Print)164 citations Open access

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12. Global age-sex-specific all-cause mortality and life expectancy estimates for 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1950–2023: a demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023

    Austin E. Schumacher, P. Zheng, Ryan M. Barber, B. A +496 more

    2025The Lancet159 citations Open access

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13. Global, regional, and national burden of HIV/AIDS, 1990–2021, and forecasts to 2050, for 204 countries and territories: the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

    Austin Meixin Khai Hoan Magdalene K Deepa Edmond D Amanda Carter Zhang Tram Walters Jahagirdar Brewer Novotn, A. Carter, Meixin Zhang, K. Tram +496 more

    2024The Lancet HIV132 citations Open access

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14. Global, regional, and national trends in routine childhood vaccination coverage from 1980 to 2023 with forecasts to 2030: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023

    Emily Haeuser, Sam Byrne, Jason Nguyen, Cat Raggi +496 more

    2025The Lancet117 citations Open access

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15. Global, regional, and national progress towards the 2030 global nutrition targets and forecasts to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

    M. B. Arndt, Y. Abate, Mohsen Abbasi-Kangevari, S. Abd ElHafeez +496 more

    2024The Lancet106 citations Open access

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16. Global, regional, and national burden of household air pollution, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

    F. Bennitt, Sarah Wozniak, Kate Causey, Sandra Spearman +423 more

    2025The Lancet98 citations Open access

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17. Global, regional, and national burden of pulmonary arterial hypertension, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

    Peter J. Leary, Megan Lindstrom, C. Johnson, Sophia Emmons-Bell +289 more

    2024The Lancet Respiratory Medicine98 citations Open access

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18. Global, regional, and national burden of headache disorders, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023

    Andreas Kattem Yvonne Yiru Jaimie D Mohammad Amin Hasan De Hus⊘y Xu Steinmetz Aalipour Aalruz Abdulah Aboagye, Andreas Kattem Hus⊘y, Y. Xu, Jaimie D. Steinmetz +333 more

    2025Lancet Neurology82 citations Open access

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19. Global burden of lower respiratory infections and aetiologies, 1990-2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023.

    Sarah Brooke Sirota, Rose G. Bender, R. Dominguez, Amanda Movo +496 more

    2025Lancet. Infectious Diseases (Print)67 citations Open access

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20. Global burden of vision impairment due to age-related macular degeneration, 1990–2021, with forecasts to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

    Yi Deun Seoyoung Min Seo Sung Hwi Hasan Yohannes Habt Jeong Park Kim Hong Aalruz Abate Abbasgholizadeh A, Y. Jeong, Seoyoung Park, M. Kim +369 more

    2025Lancet Global Health64 citations Open access

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21. Updated trends in the global prevalence and burden of mental disorders, 1990-2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023.

    D. Santomauro, P. Miller, Jamileh Shadid, Sarah Wulf Hanson +496 more

    2026The Lancet58 citations Open access

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22. Global, regional, and national burden of breast cancer among females, 1990-2023, with forecasts to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023.

    K. Bhangdia, Miranda L May, Jonathan M. Kocarnik, Natalie Pritchett +496 more

    2026The Lancet Oncology52 citations Open access

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23. Global estimates on the number of people blind or visually impaired by Uncorrected Refractive Error: a meta-analysis from 2000 to 2020

    J. Little Congdon Resnikoff Braithwaite Leasher Naido, Julie-Anne Little, Nathan G. Congdon, Serge Resnikoff +400 more

    2024Eye46 citations Open access

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24. Global, Regional, and National Burden of Nontraumatic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

    I. Rautalin, V. Volovici, Benjamin A. Stark, C. Johnson +496 more

    2025JAMA Neurology43 citations Open access

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25. Global, regional, and national burden of headache disorders, 1990–2021, with forecasts to 2050: A Global Burden of Disease study 2021

    T. Wijeratne, Jiyeon Oh, Soeun Kim, Yesol Yim +273 more

    2025Cell Reports Medicine35 citations Open access

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26. Characterising acute and chronic care needs: insights from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Cecilia Anza-Ramírez, J. Miranda, B. Armocida, J. Correia +496 more

    2025Nature Communications31 citations Open access

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27. Global burden of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, 1990-2023, and projections to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023.

    Soeun Kim, Jiyeon Oh, J. Shin, Hasan Aalruz +398 more

    2026The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology30 citations Open access

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28. Disease burden attributable to intimate partner violence against females and sexual violence against children in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023

    Luisa S Cory N Jack Gabriela Fernanda Hasan Samar Siddig Flor Spencer Cagney Gil Aalruz Abd ElHafeez Abdelw, L. Flor, Cory N. Spencer, Jack Cagney +496 more

    2025The Lancet30 citations Open access

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29. Cervical cancer screening uptake and its predictors among women aged 30–49 in Ghana: Providing evidence to support the World Health Organization’s cervical cancer elimination initiative

    Leticia Akua Adzigbli, R. Aboagye, K. Adeleye, Augustus Osborne +1 more

    2025BMC Infectious Diseases30 citations Open access

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30. Global burden of amphetamine, cannabis, cocaine and opioid use in 204 countries, 1990–2023: a Global Burden of Disease Study

    Ji-Seung Kang, H. Kim, Min Seo Kim, Jae Il Shin +496 more

    2026Nature Medicine22 citations Open access

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31. Association between knowledge and use of contraceptive among women of reproductive age in sub‐Saharan Africa

    I. E. Donkoh, J. Okyere, A. Seidu, B. Ahinkorah +2 more

    2024Health Science Reports15 citations Open access

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32. Access to quality contraceptive counselling among adolescent girls and young women in sub-Saharan Africa

    Aliu Mohammed, I. E. Donkoh, R. Aboagye, B. Ahinkorah +1 more

    2024Contraception and Reproductive Medicine13 citations Open access

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33. Predictive ability of the health belief model in HIV testing and counselling uptake among youth aged 15–24 in La-Nkwantanang-Madina Municipality, Ghana

    Rosemond Appau, R. Aboagye, Morkporkpor Nyahe, N. Khuzwayo +1 more

    2024BMC Public Health12 citations Open access

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34. Burden of hemoglobinopathies and hemolytic anemias in the World Health Organization African region, 2000–2021: Findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2021 study

    Temitope Ojo, P. Amegbor, F. Islam, J. Gyamfi +28 more

    2025PLOS Global Public Health11 citations Open access

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35. Mother–child dyads of overnutrition and undernutrition in sub-Saharan Africa

    J. Okyere, I. E. Donkoh, A. Seidu, B. Ahinkorah +2 more

    2024Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition11 citations Open access

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36. Determinants of health insurance coverage among women in Mauritania: a multilevel analysis

    Robert Kokou Dowou, Gideon Awenabisa Atanuriba, Leticia Akua Adzigbli, Samuel Kwaku Balame +3 more

    2024BMC Public Health11 citations Open access

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37. Global burden of enteric infectious diseases, diarrhoeal diseases, and corresponding aetiologies, 1990-2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023.

    Avina Vongpradith, R. Dominguez, Lorainne Tudor Car, Amanda Movo +496 more

    2026Lancet. Infectious Diseases (Print)10 citations Open access

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38. Socioeconomic determinants of the double burden of malnutrition among women of reproductive age in sub‐Saharan Africa: A cross‐sectional study

    J. Okyere, Eugene Budu, R. Aboagye, A. Seidu +2 more

    2024Health Science Reports10 citations Open access

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39. Quantifying the fatal and non-fatal burden of disease associated with child growth failure, 2000–2023: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023

    Christopher E Michael Benjamin Hasan Meriem Auwal Mesfin Armit Troeger Arndt Aalruz Abdoun Abdullahi Abebe Abedi , Christopher E. Troeger, M. B. Arndt, Hasan Aalruz +441 more

    2026The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health9 citations Open access

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40. Experience of controlling behaviour and intimate partner violence among women of reproductive age in sub-Saharan Africa

    R. Aboagye, K. D. Dzirasah, M. Essuman, Q. Adnani +1 more

    2025BMC Women's Health8 citations Open access

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41. Sex-related absolute inequalities in tuberculosis incidence in 47 countries in Africa

    Aliu Mohammed, R. Aboagye, Precious Adade Duodu, Q. Adnani +3 more

    2025BMC Medicine8 citations Open access

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42. Socioeconomic and residence-based inequalities in adolescent fertility in 39 African countries

    B. Ahinkorah, R. Aboagye, Aliu Mohammed, Precious Adade Duodu +2 more

    2024Reproductive Health8 citations Open access

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43. Global, regional, and national burden of meningitis, its risk factors, and aetiologies, 1990-2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023.

    Sarah Brooke Sirota, Rose G. Bender, R. Dominguez, Avina Vongpradith +496 more

    2026Lancet Neurology7 citations Open access

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44. Global, regional and national burden of ischemic heart disease attributable to suboptimal diet, 1990-2023: a Global Burden of Disease study.

    Sooji Lee, Hayeon Lee, Ye-Jun Son, J. Shin +496 more

    2026Nature Medicine7 citations Open access

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45. Awareness and barriers to accessing sexual and reproductive healthcare services among Deaf women in Krachi West District of Ghana: a qualitative study

    John Kwame Agbenyeavu, Gilbert Eshun, R. Aboagye, J. Ganle

    2025Reproductive Health7 citations Open access

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46. Prevalence and factors associated with knowledge of HIV Self-Test kit and HIV-Self Testing among Ghanaian women: multi-level analyses using the 2022 Ghana demographic and health survey

    T. Y. Akweh, Eunice Adoku, Felix Mbiba, Felix Teyko +4 more

    2025BMC Public Health7 citations Open access

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47. Full vaccination coverage for children aged 12–23 months in Madagascar: Analysis of the 2021 Demographic and Health Survey

    F. Wongnaah, R. Aboagye, Augustus Osborne, A. Seidu +1 more

    2025BMC Public Health7 citations Open access

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48. Association between polygyny and justification of violence among women in sexual unions in sub-Saharan Africa

    R. Aboagye, M. Essuman, K. D. Dzirasah, A. Seidu +2 more

    2025BMC Public Health6 citations Open access

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49. Association between the Survey-based Women's Empowerment (SWPER) index and barriers to healthcare in sub-Saharan Africa

    R. Aboagye, M. Essuman, Tarif Salihu, A. Seidu +3 more

    2025International Health6 citations Open access

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50. Trends, and patterns, of premarital sexual intercourse and its associated factors among never-married young women aged 15–24 in Sierra Leone

    Augustus Osborne, Castro Ayebeng, P. B. James, Camilla Bangura +2 more

    2024PLoS ONE6 citations Open access

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