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Zohra S Lassi

University of Adelaide
Verified email at adelaide.edu.au
Cited by 31975

[HTML][HTML] Mental health of children and adolescents amidst COVID-19 and past pandemics: a rapid systematic review

S Meherali, N Punjani, S Louie-Poon… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background: The COVID‑19 pandemic and associated public health measures have
disrupted the lives of people around the world. It is already evident that the direct and …

Community‐based intervention packages for reducing maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality and improving neonatal outcomes

ZS Lassi, ZA Bhutta - Cochrane database of systematic …, 2015 - cochranelibrary.com
Background While maternal, infant and under‐five child mortality rates in developing
countries have declined significantly in the past two to three decades, newborn mortality …

Nutrition in adolescents: physiology, metabolism, and nutritional needs

JK Das, RA Salam, KL Thornburg… - Annals of the New …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Adolescence is the period of development that begins at puberty and ends in early
adulthood. Most commonly, adolescence is divided into three developmental periods: early …

Effective interventions to address maternal and child malnutrition: an update of the evidence

EC Keats, JK Das, RA Salam, ZS Lassi… - The Lancet Child & …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Malnutrition—consisting of undernutrition, overweight and obesity, and micronutrient
deficiencies—continues to afflict millions of women and children, particularly in low-income …

[HTML][HTML] Interventions for adolescent mental health: an overview of systematic reviews

JK Das, RA Salam, ZS Lassi, MN Khan… - Journal of adolescent …, 2016 - Elsevier
Many mental health disorders emerge in late childhood and early adolescence and
contribute to the burden of these disorders among young people and later in life. We …

[HTML][HTML] Preconception care: nutritional risks and interventions

SV Dean, ZS Lassi, AM Imam, ZA Bhutta - Reproductive health, 2014 - Springer
Introduction There is increasingly a double burden of under-nutrition and obesity in women
of reproductive age. Preconception underweight or overweight, short stature and …

[HTML][HTML] Global burden, distribution, and interventions for infectious diseases of poverty

ZA Bhutta, J Sommerfeld, ZS Lassi, RA Salam… - Infectious diseases of …, 2014 - Springer
Infectious diseases of poverty (IDoP) disproportionately affect the poorest population in the
world and contribute to a cycle of poverty as a result of decreased productivity ensuing from …

[HTML][HTML] The intertwined relationship between malnutrition and poverty

F Siddiqui, RA Salam, ZS Lassi, JK Das - Frontiers in Public Health, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Despite social and economic development, the burden of malnutrition across the globe
remains unacceptably high. A vital relationship exists between nutritional status, human …

[HTML][HTML] Improving adolescent sexual and reproductive health: a systematic review of potential interventions

RA Salam, A Faqqah, N Sajjad, ZS Lassi… - Journal of adolescent …, 2016 - Elsevier
Adolescents have special sexual and reproductive health needs (whether or not they are
sexually active or married). This review assesses the impact of interventions to improve …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on immunization campaigns and programs: a systematic review

ZS Lassi, R Naseem, RA Salam, F Siddiqui… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has had an impact on health service delivery, including
immunization programs, and this review assesses the impact on vaccine coverage across …