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A. El Sony

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A. El Sony — researcher profile on SciRah

h-index: 17
Works: 50
Citations: 1,725

Most-cited papers

Improving lung health in low-income and middle-income countries: from challenges to solutions.
Jamilah Meghji, K. Mortimer, A. Agustí, Brian Allwood +31 more
2021The Lancet382 citations Open access
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Worldwide trends in the burden of asthma symptoms in school-aged children: Global Asthma Network Phase I cross-sectional study
M. Asher, C. Rutter, K. Bissell, Chen-Yuan Chiang +12 more
2021The Lancet353 citations Open access
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The burden of asthma, hay fever and eczema in children in 25 countries: GAN Phase I study
L. García-Marcos, M. Asher, N. Pearce, E. Ellwood +13 more
2022European Respiratory Journal202 citations Open access
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The burden of asthma, hay fever and eczema in adults in 17 countries: GAN Phase I study
K. Mortimer, M. Lesosky, L. García-Marcos, M. Asher +14 more
2022European Respiratory Journal150 citations Open access
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Asthma management and control in children, adolescents, and adults in 25 countries: a Global Asthma Network Phase I cross-sectional study
L. García-Marcos, Chen-Yuan Chiang, M. Asher, G. Marks +81 more
2023Lancet Global Health101 citations Open access
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Trends in eczema prevalence in children and adolescents: A Global Asthma Network Phase I Study
S. Langan, A. Mulick, C. Rutter, R. Silverwood +16 more
2023Clinical and Experimental Allergy89 citations Open access
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Worldwide time trends in prevalence of symptoms of rhinoconjunctivitis in children: Global Asthma Network Phase I
D. Strachan, C. Rutter, M. Asher, K. Bissell +12 more
2021Pediatric Allergy and Immunology52 citations Open access
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Chronic airflow limitation in developing countries: burden and priorities
N. Aït-Khaled, D. Enarson, S. Ottmani, A. El Sony +2 more
2007International Journal of COPD48 citations
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Calling time on asthma deaths in tropical regions-how much longer must people wait for essential medicines?
I. Asher, K. Bissell, C. Chiang, A. El Sony +6 more
2019The Lancet Respiratory Medicine33 citations Open access
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Are environmental risk factors for current wheeze in the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) phase three due to reverse causation?
R. Silverwood, C. Rutter, E. Mitchell, M. I. Asher +145 more
2019Clinical and Experimental Allergy28 citations Open access
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Tackling the threat of COVID-19 in Africa: an urgent need for practical planning.
C. Chiang, A. El Sony
2020The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease25 citations
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World health Organization’s guidance for tracking non-communicable diseases towards sustainable development goals 3.4: an initiative for facility-based monitoring
A. Quiambao, M. Malekpour, A. Golestani, M. Heidari-Foroozan +106 more
2025EClinicalMedicine22 citations Open access
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“He is suitable for her, of course he is our relative”: a qualitative exploration of the drivers and implications of child marriage in Gezira State, Sudan
L. Dean, A. Obasi, A. El Sony, Selma Fadul +3 more
2019BMJ Global Health22 citations Open access
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Asthma in the global NCD agenda: a neglected epidemic.
N. Pearce, I. Asher, N. Billo, K. Bissell +7 more
2013The Lancet Respiratory Medicine21 citations
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Improving access to affordable quality-assured inhaled medicines in low- and middle-income countries
M. Stolbrink, M. Chinouya, S. Jayasooriya, R. Nightingale +33 more
2022The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease20 citations Open access
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Prevalence of chronic cough, its risk factors and population attributable risk in the Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease (BOLD) study: a multinational cross-sectional study
Hazim Abozid, J. Patel, P. Burney, S. Hartl +32 more
2024EClinicalMedicine19 citations Open access
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Chronic respiratory disease in adult outpatients in three African countries: a cross-sectional study
A. Binegdie, H. Meme, A. El Sony, T. Haile +8 more
2022The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease18 citations Open access
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“Honestly, this problem has affected me a lot”: a qualitative exploration of the lived experiences of people with chronic respiratory disease in Sudan and Tanzania
U. Egere, E. Shayo, M. Chinouya, M. Taegtmeyer +29 more
2023BMC Public Health17 citations Open access
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Essential Medicines at the National Level: The Global Asthma Network’s Essential Asthma Medicines Survey 2014
K. Bissell, P. Ellwood, E. Ellwood, C. Chiang +5 more
2019International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health17 citations Open access
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Chronic respiratory disease in adults treated for tuberculosis in Khartoum, Sudan.
R. Osman, Kevin Mortimer, G. Bjune, A. El Sony
2016Public Health Action16 citations Open access
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Catastrophic care-seeking costs as an indicator for lung health
S. B. Squire, Rachael Thomson, I. Namakhoma, A. El Sony +2 more
2015BMC Proceedings13 citations Open access
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Infection with SARS‐CoV‐2 among children with asthma: evidence from Global Asthma Network
Chen-Yuan Chiang, P. Ellwood, E. Ellwood, L. García-Marcos +17 more
2021Pediatric Allergy and Immunology10 citations
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Chronic airflow obstruction and ambient particulate air pollution
A. Amaral, P. Burney, J. Patel, C. Minelli +37 more
2021Thorax10 citations Open access
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The Asthma Drug Facility and the future management of asthma.
C. Chiang, K. Bissell, C. Mace, C. Perrin +6 more
2022The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease9 citations Open access
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Global Asthma Network Phase I Syria asthma surveillance and the impact of the war
Y. Mohammad, Shaaban Rafea, Youssef Latifeh, Thayr Haydar +9 more
2023Journal of Thoracic Disease7 citations Open access
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Post-TB lung disease in three African countries
A. Binegdie, S. Brenac, G. Devereux, H. Meme +10 more
2022The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease7 citations Open access
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Chronic airflow obstruction attributable to poverty in the multinational Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease (BOLD) study
J. Patel, A. Amaral, C. Minelli, F. Elfadaly +19 more
2023Thorax5 citations Open access
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Bronchodilator responsiveness and future chronic airflow obstruction: a multinational longitudinal study
B. Knox-Brown, Fahad Algharbi, Octavia Mulhern, J. Potts +32 more
2025EClinicalMedicine4 citations Open access
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Asthma Network.
P. Ellwood, I. Asher, K. Bissell, Chen-Yuan Chiang +9 more
2022The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease4 citations
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Prevalence and determinants of chronic respiratory diseases in adults in rural Sudan
R. Ahmed, R. Osman, R. Nightingale, D. Nagem +8 more
2023The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease3 citations Open access
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“People here live in denial”: A qualitative study of the pervasive impact of stigma on asthma diagnosis and care in Kenya and Sudan
Rana Ahmed, S. Mulupi, Miriam Taegtmeyer, Jane Ardrey +11 more
2024medRxiv2 citations Open access
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Key stakeholders’ perspectives on prioritization of services for chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs) in Tanzania and Sudan: Implications in the COVID-19 era
E. Shayo, U. Egere, S. Mpagama, N. Ntinginya +9 more
2022Journal of the Pan African Thoracic Society2 citations Open access
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Asthma: the increasing, unchecked epidemic.
A. El Sony
2017The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease2 citations
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Global asthma network identifies gaps in essential asthma medicines
I. Asher, K. Bissell, P. Ellwood, E. Ellwood +5 more
20162 citations Open access
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Environmental risk factors for allergic rhinitis differ by income level: A Global Asthma Network survey
R. Masekela, C. Rutter, K. Mortimer, Chen-Yuan Chiang +10 more
2026Pediatric Allergy and Immunology1 citations Open access
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Worldwide Impact of Human Development and Inequality on the Prevalence of Asthma, Rhinoconjunctivitis and Eczema. Global Asthma Network's Ecological Study
L. García-Marcos, Chen-Yuan Chiang, M. I. Asher, Guy B. Marks +11 more
2026Clinical and Experimental Allergy1 citations Open access
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Prevalence and determinants of chronic respiratory diseases in adults in Sudan.
R. Ahmed, N. Osman, B. Noory, R. Osman +8 more
2023The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease1 citations Open access
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Obituary for Donald A. Enarson.
C. Chiang, A. El Sony, N. Beyers, A. Fanning +3 more
2022The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease1 citations
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Asthma in the Eastern Mediterranean Region.
A. El Sony, Y. Mohammad
2022The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease1 citations
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“Honestly, this problem has affected me a lot”: A qualitative exploration of the socioeconomic impacts of chronic respiratory disease among people and their communities in Sudan and Tanzania
U. Egere, E. Shayo, M. Chinouya, M. Taegtmeyer +9 more
20211 citations Open access
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Lung function across the life course in Kenya: a series of cross-sectional surveys
H. Meme, S. Matu, F. Orina, B. Miheso +17 more
2026ERJ Open Research0 citations Open access
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Risk Factors and Determinants of Pulmonary Function Impairments in Chronic Respiratory Diseases in Ethiopia: A Hospital-based Cross-Sectional Study
A. Binegdie, T. Gebremariam, Aschalew Worku, E. K. Etissa +11 more
2024Ethiopian Medical Journal0 citations Open access
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Prevalence and determinants of chronic airflow obstruction in Khartoum State, Sudan
R. Ahmed, N. Osman, R. Osman, H. Elhassan +6 more
2022medRxiv0 citations Open access
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Asthma in the Context of Other Chronic Respiratory Diseases in LMICs.
K. Mortimer, K. Bissell, Álvaro C Cruz, L. García-Marcos +1 more
2022The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease0 citations
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Chronic Respiratory Diseases in Ethiopia: Risk Factors and Determinants of Pulmonary Function Impairment. Hospital Based Cross-Sectional Study
A. Binegdie, T. Haile, A. Worku, E. Kebede +8 more
2022A34. TOPICS IN HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH AND SELF-MANAGEMENT FOR PATIENTS WITH OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE0 citations
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Asthma Management in LMICs.
A. El Sony, Arzu Yorgancıolu, K. Bissell, R. Masekela +3 more
2022The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease0 citations
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Author response for "Worldwide time trends in prevalence of symptoms of rhinoconjunctivitis in children: Global Asthma Network Phase I"
D. Strachan, C. Rutter, M. Asher, K. Bissell +13 more
20210 citations Open access
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Author response for "Infection with SARS‐CoV‐2 among children with asthma: evidence from Global Asthma Network"
Chen-Yuan Chiang, P. Ellwood, E. Ellwood, L. García-Marcos +18 more
20210 citations
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Study protocol: analysis of regional lung health policies and stakeholders in Africa
C. Jensen, Emma Heneine, B. Mungai, V. Murunga +26 more
2020Health Research Policy and Systems0 citations Open access
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Asthma: the increasing, unchecked epidemic.
A. El Sony
20170 citations
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