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h-index: 62
Works: 321
Citations: 19K

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National, regional, and global levels and trends in maternal mortality between 1990 and 2015 with scenario-based projections to 2030: a systematic analysis by the United Nations Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group
L. Alkema, D. Chou, D. Hogan, Sanqian Zhang +21 more
2015The Lancet1,561 citations Open access
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The 2020 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: responding to converging crises
N. Watts, M. Amann, N. Arnell, S. Ayeb-Karlsson +83 more
2020The Lancet1,434 citations Open access
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The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: from 25 years of inaction to a global transformation for public health.
N. Watts, M. Amann, S. Ayeb-Karlsson, K. Belesova +59 more
2017The Lancet982 citations Open access
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Global patterns in monthly activity of influenza virus, respiratory syncytial virus, parainfluenza virus, and metapneumovirus: a systematic analysis.
You Li, R. Reeves, Xin Wang, Q. Bassat +89 more
2019Lancet Global Health469 citations Open access
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The Lancet Countdown: tracking progress on health and climate change.
N. Watts, W. Adger, S. Ayeb-Karlsson, Yu-Qi Bai +44 more
2017The Lancet390 citations Open access
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Global burden of respiratory infections associated with seasonal influenza in children under 5 years in 2018: a systematic review and modelling study
Xin Wang, You Li, K. O'Brien, S. Madhi +144 more
2020Lancet Global Health387 citations Open access
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Diversity and divergence: the dynamic burden of poor maternal health.
W. Graham, S. Woodd, P. Byass, V. Filippi +7 more
2016The Lancet271 citations
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The Lancet NCDI Poverty Commission: bridging a gap in universal health coverage for the poorest billion
G. Bukhman, A. Mocumbi, R. Atun, A. Becker +69 more
2020The Lancet240 citations Open access
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The WHO 2016 verbal autopsy instrument: An international standard suitable for automated analysis by InterVA, InSilicoVA, and Tariff 2.0
E. Nichols, P. Byass, D. Chandramohan, Samuel J. Clark +7 more
2018PLoS Medicine149 citations Open access
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Research capacity building-obligations for global health partners.
D. Beran, P. Byass, A. Gbakima, K. Kahn +4 more
2017Lancet Global Health127 citations Open access
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An integrated approach to processing WHO-2016 verbal autopsy data: the InterVA-5 model
P. Byass, L. Hussain-Alkhateeb, L. D’Ambruoso, Samuel J. Clark +8 more
2019BMC Medicine94 citations Open access
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Integrating community-based verbal autopsy into civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS): system-level considerations
D. de Savigny, I. Riley, D. Chandramohan, F. Odhiambo +14 more
2017Global Health Action84 citations Open access
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Eco-epidemiological assessment of the COVID-19 epidemic in China, January–February 2020
P. Byass
2020medRxiv81 citations Open access
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Comparing verbal autopsy cause of death findings as determined by physician coding and probabilistic modelling: a public health analysis of 54 000 deaths in Africa and Asia
P. Byass, K. Herbst, E. Fottrell, Mohamed M. Ali +11 more
2015Journal of Global Health62 citations Open access
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Health & Demographic Surveillance System Profile: The Dikgale Health and Demographic Surveillance System.
M. Alberts, S. Dikotope, S. Choma, Matshane L. Masemola +6 more
2015International Journal of Epidemiology54 citations
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‘Water is life’: developing community participation for clean water in rural South Africa
J. Hove, L. D’Ambruoso, D. Mabetha, Maria van der Merwe +5 more
2019BMJ Global Health53 citations Open access
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Minimally Invasive Autopsy: A New Paradigm for Understanding Global Health?
P. Byass
2016PLoS Medicine48 citations Open access
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Mitigating Diseases Transmitted by Aedes Mosquitoes: A Cluster-Randomised Trial of Permethrin-Impregnated School Uniforms
P. Kittayapong, Phanthip Olanratmanee, P. Maskhao, P. Byass +5 more
2017PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases46 citations Open access
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Randomised comparison of two household survey modules for measuring stillbirths and neonatal deaths in five countries: the Every Newborn-INDEPTH study.
Joseph Akuze, H. Blencowe, P. Waiswa, A. Baschieri +52 more
2020Lancet Global Health43 citations Open access
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External injuries, trauma and avoidable deaths in Agincourt, South Africa: a retrospective observational and qualitative study
I. Edem, A. Dare, P. Byass, L. D’Ambruoso +5 more
2019BMJ Open42 citations Open access
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Risk Factors for Maternal Mortality in Rural Tigray, Northern Ethiopia: A Case-Control Study
H. Godefay, P. Byass, W. Graham, J. Kinsman +1 more
2015PLoS ONE41 citations Open access
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“Every Newborn-INDEPTH” (EN-INDEPTH) study protocol for a randomised comparison of household survey modules for measuring stillbirths and neonatal deaths in five Health and Demographic Surveillance sites
A. Baschieri, V. S. Gordeev, Joseph Akuze, Doris Kwesiga +37 more
2019Journal of Global Health40 citations Open access
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The elusive global burden of dengue.
A. Wilder-Smith, P. Byass
2016Lancet. Infectious Diseases (Print)40 citations Open access
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Understanding maternal mortality from top–down and bottom–up perspectives: Case of Tigray Region, Ethiopia
H. Godefay, P. Byass, J. Kinsman, Afework Mulugeta
2015Journal of Global Health39 citations Open access
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Variations in disability and quality of life with age and sex between eight lower income and middle-income countries: data from the INDEPTH WHO-SAGE collaboration
F. Gómez-Olivé, Julia Schröders, Isabella Aboderin, P. Byass +16 more
2017BMJ Global Health37 citations Open access
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Can innovative ambulance transport avert pregnancy–related deaths? One–year operational assessment in Ethiopia
H. Godefay, J. Kinsman, Kesetebirhan Admasu, P. Byass
2016Journal of Global Health36 citations Open access
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The case for verbal autopsy in health systems strengthening.
L. D’Ambruoso, T. Boerma, P. Byass, E. Fottrell +3 more
2017Lancet Global Health34 citations Open access
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Diverse Empirical Evidence on Epidemiological Transition in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Population-Based Findings from INDEPTH Network Data
A. Santosa, P. Byass
2016PLoS ONE33 citations Open access
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Introducing visual participatory methods to develop local knowledge on HIV in rural South Africa
C. Brooks, L. D’Ambruoso, K. Kazimierczak, S. Ngobeni +4 more
2017BMJ Global Health32 citations Open access
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Understanding and acting on the developmental origins of health and disease in Africa would improve health across generations
S. Norris, A. Daar, D. Balasubramanian, P. Byass +19 more
2017Global Health Action31 citations Open access
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Laboratory-Enhanced Dengue Sentinel Surveillance in Colombo District, Sri Lanka: 2012-2014
H. Tissera, A. Amarasinghe, S. Gunasena, A. Desilva +8 more
2016PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases31 citations Open access
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Building cooperative learning to address alcohol and other drug abuse in Mpumalanga, South Africa: a participatory action research process
O. Oladeinde, D. Mabetha, R. Twine, J. Hove +5 more
2020Global Health Action29 citations Open access
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Time-critical conditions: assessment of burden and access to care using verbal autopsy in Agincourt, South Africa
Andrew Fraser, Jessica Newberry Le Vay, P. Byass, S. Tollman +3 more
2020BMJ Global Health25 citations Open access
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Rethinking collaboration: developing a learning platform to address under-five mortality in Mpumalanga province, South Africa
L. D’Ambruoso, Maria van der Merwe, O. Wariri, P. Byass +8 more
2019Health Policy and Planning24 citations Open access
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Initiating a participatory action research process in the Agincourt health and socio–demographic surveillance site
O. Wariri, L. D’Ambruoso, R. Twine, S. Ngobeni +6 more
2017Journal of Global Health24 citations Open access
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Spatial Variations in Dengue Transmission in Schools in Thailand
Pitcha Ratanawong, P. Kittayapong, Phanthip Olanratmanee, A. Wilder-Smith +5 more
2016PLoS ONE24 citations Open access
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A comparison of all-cause and cause-specific mortality by household socioeconomic status across seven INDEPTH network health and demographic surveillance systems in sub-Saharan Africa
M. Coates, M. Kamanda, A. Kintu, I. Arikpo +18 more
2019Global Health Action22 citations Open access
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Are health and demographic surveillance system estimates sufficiently generalisable?
P. Bocquier, O. Sankoh, P. Byass
2017Global Health Action22 citations Open access
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Collective reflections on the first cycle of a collaborative learning platform to strengthen rural primary healthcare in Mpumalanga, South Africa
Maria van der Merwe, L. D’Ambruoso, S. Witter, R. Twine +5 more
2021Health Research Policy and Systems20 citations Open access
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Social determinants of under-5 child health: A qualitative study in Wolkayit Woreda, Tigray Region, Ethiopia
Atakelti Abraha, Anna Myléus, P. Byass, Asmelash Kahsay +1 more
2019PLoS ONE20 citations Open access
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INDEPTH Network: contributing to the data revolution.
A. Ekström, Jocalyn P. Clark, P. Byass, Alan D. Lopez +7 more
2016The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology20 citations
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Community perspectives on HIV, violence and health surveillance in rural South Africa: a participatory pilot study
Nitya Hullur, L. D’Ambruoso, K. Edin, Ryan G. Wagner +4 more
2016Journal of Global Health19 citations Open access
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Enhancing the value of mortality data for health systems: adding Circumstances Of Mortality CATegories (COMCATs) to deaths investigated by verbal autopsy
L. Hussain-Alkhateeb, L. D’Ambruoso, S. Tollman, K. Kahn +5 more
2019Global Health Action18 citations Open access
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Cause-specific mortality findings from the Global Burden of Disease project and the INDEPTH Network.
P. Byass
2016Lancet Global Health18 citations Open access
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Novel tools for the surveillance and control of dengue: findings by the DengueTools research consortium
A. Wilder-Smith, H. Tissera, S. Abubakar, P. Kittayapong +8 more
2018Global Health Action15 citations Open access
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Achieving a 25% reduction in premature non-communicable disease mortality: the Swedish population as a cohort study
A. Santosa, J. Rocklöv, U. Högberg, P. Byass
2015BMC Medicine15 citations Open access
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Pregnancy, programming, and predisposition.
M. Nyirenda, P. Byass
2019Lancet Global Health13 citations Open access
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Child mortality is (estimated to be) falling.
P. Byass
2016The Lancet13 citations Open access
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Local perceptions of causes of death in rural South Africa: a comparison of perceived and verbal autopsy causes of death
L. Hussain-Alkhateeb, E. Fottrell, M. Petzold, K. Kahn +1 more
2015Global Health Action13 citations Open access
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Effects of recall time on cause-of-death findings using verbal autopsy: empirical evidence from rural South Africa
L. Hussain-Alkhateeb, M. Petzold, M. Collinson, S. Tollman +2 more
2016Emerging Themes in Epidemiology12 citations Open access
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