W. Fawzi

Most-cited papers

1. Contribution of Maternal Adherence to the Effect of Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation During Pregnancy: A Systematic Review and Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis

   Emily R. Smith, Filomena Gomes, S. Adu-Afarwuah, Victor M. Aguayo +33 more

   2025Advances in Nutrition21 citations Open access

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2. Infant-level and child-level predictors of mortality in low-resource settings: the WHO Child Mortality Risk Stratification Multi-Country Pooled Cohort.

   Tahmeed Ahmed, Waseem Ali, Alemayehu Argaw, R. Bahl +69 more

   2025Lancet Global Health21 citations Open access

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3. The effects of prenatal multiple micronutrient supplementation and small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplementation on small vulnerable newborn types in low-income and middle-income countries: a meta-analysis of individual participant data

   Dongqing Wang, Enju Liu, N. Perumal, U. Partap +45 more

   2025Lancet Global Health20 citations Open access

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4. Neonatal mortality risk of vulnerable newborns by fine stratum of gestational age and birthweight for 230 679 live births in nine low‐ and middle‐income countries, 2000–2017

   E. Hazel, D. Erchick, Joanne Katz, Anne C C Lee +59 more

   2024BJOG: an International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology17 citations Open access

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5. Integrating family planning with nutrition and other sexual and reproductive health services in low-income and middle-income countries: findings from a scoping review

   Sachin Shinde, C. Yelverton, Nazia Binte Ali, U. Partap +4 more

   2025BMJ Global Health15 citations Open access

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6. Effect of prenatal multiple micronutrient supplementation compared with iron and folic acid supplementation on size at birth and subsequent growth through 24 mo of age: a systematic review and meta-analysis

   Filomena Gomes, S. Adu-Afarwuah, Rina Agustina, Hasmot Ali +24 more

   2025American Journal of Clinical Nutrition14 citations Open access

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7. Community-based interventions addressing multiple forms of malnutrition among adolescents in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review

   M. Ranisavljev, Adi Lukas Kurniawan, Elisabetta Ferrero, Sachin Shinde +42 more

   2025Nutrix Journal13 citations Open access

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8. Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and perinatal outcomes: two prospective cohort studies of nulliparous women in India and Tanzania

   A. Pembe, P. Dwarkanath, A. Kikula, J. Raj +14 more

   2025BMJ Global Health12 citations Open access

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9. Perspectives on integrating family planning and nutrition: a qualitative study of stakeholders

   Sachin Shinde, U. Partap, Nazia Binte Ali, Moussa Ouédraogo +3 more

   2025BMJ Global Health11 citations Open access

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10. Assessment of heatwave impacts on child feeding practices across 36 low-income and middle-income countries: a cross-sectional analysis

    Cheng He, Yi-Xiang Zhu, J. Bachwenkizi, Ren-Jie Chen +2 more

    2025Lancet Planetary Health9 citations Open access

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11. Nutrition and reproductive potential of women in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Dongqing Wang, Christine H. Nguyen, Anahita Asghari-Kamrani, U. Partap +2 more

    2025BMJ Global Health9 citations Open access

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12. Family planning and nutrition: systematic review of the effects of family planning on nutritional status of adolescent girls and women of reproductive age

    I. Cliffer, C. Yelverton, Jing-Wen Dong, Matthew Dwumah-Agyen +4 more

    2025BMJ Global Health8 citations Open access

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13. School health and nutrition environments: A multicountry survey in five countries of sub‐Saharan Africa region—Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, South Africa, Sudan, and Tanzania

    Ramadhani Noor, Heavenlight A. Paulo, Sachin Shinde, A. Tadesse +11 more

    2024Maternal and Child Nutrition8 citations Open access

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14. Cognitive behavioral therapy for antiretroviral therapy adherence and treatment outcomes among people living with HIV: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    D. R. A. Coelho, B. Njiro, Mashavu H. Yussuf, W. Mikomangwa +14 more

    2025Nature Mental Health7 citations

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15. Development and Validation of the Global Diet Quality Score (GDQS) for Children 24 to 59 Months of Age.

    Nazia Binte Ali, Joanne E. Arsenault, Analí Castellanos-Gutiérrez, M. Moursi +12 more

    2025Nutrition reviews7 citations Open access

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16. Effects of vitamin and multiple micronutrient supplementation for pregnant and/or lactating women on maternal and infant nutritional status in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Sachin Shinde, C. Yelverton, Mashavu H. Yussuf, Lina Nurhussien +2 more

    2025Advances in Nutrition7 citations

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17. What works for anemia reduction among women of reproductive age? Synthesized findings from the exemplars in anemia project.

    Z. Bhutta, E. Keats, Aatekah Owais, Doris González-Fernández +8 more

    2025American Journal of Clinical Nutrition7 citations Open access

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18. School health and nutrition services for children and adolescents in Tanzania: A review of policies and programmes

    D. Sando, S. Sachin, G. Moshi, Mary Sando +3 more

    2024Maternal and Child Nutrition7 citations Open access

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19. Effect of intermittent preventive treatment during pregnancy with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine on maternal gestational weight gain in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis of randomised clinical trials

    Enju Liu, U. Partap, Sachin Shinde, Dongqing Wang +34 more

    2025EClinicalMedicine6 citations Open access

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20. The effect of prenatal balanced energy and protein supplementation on gestational weight gain: An individual participant data meta-analysis in low- and middle-income countries

    Dongqing Wang, U. Partap, Enju Liu, Janaína Calu Costa +38 more

    2025PLoS Medicine6 citations Open access

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21. Addressing Anemia Among Adolescents in Zanzibar With School-based Supplementation of Once Weekly Iron-folic Acid or Daily Multiple Micronutrients: A Cluster-randomized Trial.

    I. Cliffer, Innocent S Yusufu, Mashavu H. Yussuf, M. Mwanyika-Sando +7 more

    2025Journal of Adolescent Health6 citations Open access

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22. Expanding the food environment framework to include family dynamics: A systematic synthesis of qualitative evidence using HIV as a case study

    R. Ambikapathi, Morgan Boncyk, Nilupa S. Gunaratna, W. Fawzi +3 more

    2024Global Food Security6 citations Open access

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23. Optimizing Interventions for Early Childhood Development.

    W. Fawzi, U. Partap

    2024Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)6 citations

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24. Experiences, acceptability and barriers to calcium supplementation during pregnancy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

    E. Metta, A. Muhihi, Heavenlight A. Paulo, C. Sudfeld +9 more

    2024Maternal and Child Nutrition6 citations Open access

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25. Anemia and iron supplementation in relation to viral load and mortality among 70,442 people living with HIV in Tanzania.

    A. Abioye, C. Sudfeld, R. Noor, Nzovu K. Ulenga +2 more

    2024Journal of NutriLife6 citations Open access

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26. Prevalence and Determinants of the Double Burden of Malnutrition Among Adolescents in Nine Low- and Middle-Income Countries.

    Shuangyu Zhao, Sachin Shinde, O. Millogo, Rutuja Patil +12 more

    2025Journal of Adolescent Health5 citations Open access

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27. Prevalence and correlates of anxiety and depressive symptoms among adolescents aged 10–19 years in six sub-Saharan African countries, China and India: A cross-sectional study

    Shraddha Bajaria, Innocent S Yusufu, I. Mboya, Addis Eyeberu +18 more

    2025PLOS mental health5 citations Open access

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28. Targeting strategies of antenatal balanced energy and protein supplementation in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: study protocol for a randomized effectiveness study

    Dongqing Wang, Tigest Shifraw, J. C. Costa, Semira Abdelmenan +12 more

    2024Trials5 citations Open access

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29. Predicting the effects of temperature variability on nutritional status of children under five in Sub-Saharan Africa using machine learning

    J. Bachwenkizi, Cheng He, Yi-Xiang Zhu, Alice Mugisha +7 more

    2026Scientific Reports4 citations Open access

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30. Comparison of Effects of Iron and Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation on Hematological and Growth Indicators among Older Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

    A. Zhao, X. Na, Feng-Qi Liu, Zekun Chen +5 more

    2025Nutrition reviews4 citations

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31. Community-based interventions targeting multiple forms of malnutrition among adolescents in low-income and middle-income countries: protocol for a scoping review

    Adi Lukas Kurniawan, M. Ranisavljev, U. Partap, Sachin Shinde +8 more

    2024BMJ Open4 citations Open access

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32. Double-Duty Actions Addressing the Double Burden of Malnutrition among Adolescents Aged 10-19: A Scoping Review.

    Shuangyu Zhao, Melinda Mastan, Sachin Shinde, W. Fawzi +1 more

    2026Nutrition reviews3 citations

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33. Multiple micronutrient supplementation for maternal anemia prevention (MMS-MAP): an individually randomized trial of higher-dose iron (60 mg, 45 mg) compared to low-dose iron (30 mg) in multiple micronutrient supplements in pregnancy

    Emily R. Smith, A. Muhihi, B. Wylie, Sabina Mugusi +11 more

    2025Trials3 citations Open access

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34. Escalated heatwave mortality risk in sub-Saharan Africa under recent warming trend

    Cheng He, Yi-Xiang Zhu, Yi-Chen Guo, J. Bachwenkizi +3 more

    2025Science Advances3 citations

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35. The impact of excluding adverse neonatal outcomes on the creation of gestational weight gain charts among women from low- and middle-income countries with normal and overweight BMI.

    Thais Rangel Bousquet Carrilho, Dongqing Wang, J. Hutcheon, Molin Wang +2 more

    2024American Journal of Clinical Nutrition3 citations Open access

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36. Integrated multisectoral interventions to mitigate the risk of low birth weight in low- and middle-income country settings: Implementation considerations for programs from a WHO expert consultation

    Shabina Per Ulla Rajiv Hana Yemane Nita Zulfiqar Ranadip P Ariff Ashorn Ashorn Bahl Bekele Berhane Bhandari B, Shabina Ariff, P. Ashorn, U. Ashorn +32 more

    2024Journal of Global Health3 citations Open access

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37. Estimated timing of the first menstrual period and dietary and nutritional correlates of menarche among urban school‐going adolescents in four sub‐Saharan African sites

    J. C. Costa, A. Darling, Sachin Shinde, A. Tadesse +6 more

    2024Maternal and Child Nutrition3 citations Open access

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38. Two Randomized Trials of Low-Dose Calcium Supplementation in Pregnancy. Reply.

    C. Sudfeld, A. Muhihi, W. Fawzi

    2024New England Journal of Medicine3 citations

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39. Socio-Economic Determinants of Contraceptive Use among Married Women in the Addis Urban Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Addis-HDSS) in Ethiopia

    Hanna Y. Berhane, Semira Abdelmenan, F. Workneh, Dagmawit Tewahido +10 more

    2024Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences3 citations Open access

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40. Integration of family planning and nutrition programmes in 64 WHO member states of Africa, Eastern Mediterranean and South-East Asia regions: findings from a survey of Ministry of Health officials

    I. Shah, Moazzam Ali, N. Habib, A. A. Baloch +7 more

    2026BMJ Global Health2 citations Open access

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41. Opportunities and challenges in integrating family planning and nutrition services in Tanzania: a mixed-methods study

    Yohana Laiser, Sachin Shinde, Innocent S Yusufu, U. Partap +6 more

    2026BMJ Global Health2 citations Open access

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42. Levels of adherence, barriers and facilitators to antenatal supplementation of iron-containing supplements in sixty-nine low- and middle-income countries: a secondary analysis of demographic and health surveys data

    Elisabetta M. Ferrero, U. Partap, W. Fawzi

    2026British Journal of Nutrition2 citations

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43. Impact of scaling up breastfeeding on reducing the global burden of non-communicable diseases in mothers and children: a population-based modelling analysis for 132 low-income and middle-income countries.

    Divya Bhandari, W. Fawzi, Mandana Arabi, G. Danaei

    2025Lancet Global Health2 citations Open access

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44. Prevalence of Large‐for‐Gestational Age and Macrosomia Among Livebirths in 23 Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries Between 2000 and 2021: An Individual Participant Data Analysis

    F. Kirakoya-Samadoulougou, J. Ukwishaka, C. Ngwasiri, Seema Subedi +80 more

    2025BJOG: an International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology2 citations Open access

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45. Effects of Vitamin D3 Supplementation During Pregnancy and Lactation on Maternal and Infant Biomarkers of Environmental Enteric Dysfunction, Systemic Inflammation, and Growth: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial.

    J. Lauer, M. Kirby, A. Muhihi, Nzovu K. Ulenga +10 more

    2024Journal of NutriLife2 citations Open access

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46. Household Sanitation and Crowding Status in Addis Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Addis-HDSS) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

    W. W. Yallew, N. Fasil, Semira Abdelmenan, Hanna Y. Berhane +6 more

    2024Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences2 citations

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47. Agreement Between a Subjective Single-Item Socioeconomic Status and Wealth Index in the Addis Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Addis-HDSS), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

    Hanna Gulema, W. W. Yallew, N. Fasil, Y. Berhane +9 more

    2024Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences2 citations

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48. Emotional and cognitive influences on alcohol consumption in middle-aged and elderly Tanzanians: a population-based study

    Shu-Yan Liu, Patrick Kazonda, G. Leyna, Julia K. Rohr +9 more

    2024Scientific Reports2 citations Open access

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49. The Addis Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Addis-HDSS): Context and Methods

    Semira Abdelmenan, Hanna Y. Berhane, Sitota Tsegaye, N. Fasil +11 more

    2024Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences2 citations

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50. Diet and nutrition status of adult multidrug-resistant tuberculosis cases, household controls, and community controls in Mumbai, India

    L. Govekar, S. Bromage, U. Partap, Anupam Shukla +4 more

    2026PLOS Global Public Health1 citations Open access

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