Mohammad Yasir Essar

Biographic Data

ID7007973
NAMEMohammad Yasir Essar
GIVEN NAMESMohammad Yasir
FAMILY NAMEEssar
SIGNATUREESSAR M Y
AFFILIATIONSKabul University
ORCID0000-0002-6554-7619
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS30
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT30
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Navigating vaccine access, trust, coercion and regret

    Open AccessMinnella Antonio, Mohammad Yasir Essar et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2026

    Since the COVID-19 pandemic routine vaccination rates have dropped in Canada. Many newcomers and refugees experience significant vaccine inequities despite wide vaccine availability and COVID-19 pandemic vaccination campaigns. We aimed to investigate post-pandemic vaccine hesitancy, acceptance, and vaccine outreach strategies among newcomers’ communities. We conducted a community-based-participatory research (CBPR) qualitative study with self-ide…

  • A methodological review of patient healthcare-seeking journeys from symptom onset to receipt of care

    Open AccessCharity Oga‐Omenka, Angelina Sassi et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2025

    BACKGROUND: For many diseases, early diagnosis and treatment are more cost-effective, reduce community spread of infectious diseases and result in better patient outcomes. However, healthcare-seeking and diagnoses for several diseases are unnecessarily delayed. For example, in 2022, 3 million and 5.6 million people living with tuberculosis (TB) and HIV, respectively, were undiagnosed. Many patients never access appropriate testing, remain undiagn…

  • Cycles of disasters in Afghanistan

    Open AccessMohammad Yasir Essar, Sharifullah Wahdati et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

  • ViSHWaS

    Open AccessAkshat Banga, Hans Mautong et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2023

    Objective To provide insights into the nature, risk factors, impact and existing measures for reporting and preventing violence in the healthcare system. The under-reporting of violence against healthcare workers (HCWs) globally highlights the need for increased public awareness and education. Methods The Violence Study of Healthcare Workers and Systems study used a survey questionnaire created using Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) form…

  • Imagining a future in global health without visa and passport inequities

    Open AccessShashika Bandara, Zahra Zeinali et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    There is a growing and overdue recognition in recent years of visa and passport inequities as a significant barrier to global health education, practice, and participation. These inequities largely impact low-and middle-income country (LMIC) citizens, refugees, and asylum seekers, as highlighted by us, other affected individuals, and advocates for systemic change Examples illustrate a range of challenges including structurally discriminatory bord…

  • Banning women from public spaces in Afghanistan

    Maihan Abdullah, Mohammad Yasir Essar et al.ARTICLEMedicine Conflict & Survival2023

  • Adapted digital health literacy and health information seeking behavior among lower income groups in Malaysia during the Covid-19 pandemic

    Open AccessRoy Rillera Marzo, Hana Chen et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2022

    Background: Misinformation has had a negative impact upon the global COVID-19 vaccination program. High-income and middle-income earners typically have better access to technology and health facilities than those in lower-income groups. This creates a rich-poor divide in Digital Health Literacy (DHL), where low-income earners have low DHL resulting in higher COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy. Therefore, this cross-sectional study was undertaken to asses…

  • Digital health literacy for Covid-19 vaccination and intention to be immunized

    Open AccessRoy Rillera Marzo, Tin Tin Su et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2022

    Introduction: It is clear that medical science has advanced much in the past few decades with the development of vaccines and this is even true for the novel coronavirus outbreak. By late 2020, COVID-19 vaccines were starting to be approved by national and global regulators, and across 2021, there was a global rollout of several vaccines. Despite rolling out vaccination programs successfully, there has been a cause of concern regarding uptake of …

  • Determinants of Covid-19 Vaccine Engagement in Algeria

    Open AccessSalah Eddine Oussama Kacimi, Selma Nihel Klouche-Djedid et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2022

  • Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices Toward Tuberculosis Among Hospital Outpatients in Kabul, Afghanistan

    Open AccessMohammad Yasir Essar, Khalid Jan Rezayee et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2022

    Background Tuberculosis (TB) is a high-burden respiratory infectious disease. There was a sharp decline in the number of confirmed TB cases during the pandemic; this is likely to be influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic response, with under-reporting due to resource diversion. There are typically 13,000 tuberculosis-associated deaths in Afghanistan annually, with significant problems posed by drug-resistant TB. Method A cross-sectional descriptive …

  • Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy in conflict zones

    Open AccessAmna Siddiqui, Priya Priya et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2022

    Background: Vaccine hesitancy (VH) is prevalent in conflict zones due to a lack of essential resources and knowledge, thereby escalating the coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) cases in these territories. This has resulted in a higher incidence of cases from exposure to a single COVID-19 positive case and further burdens the health care system of conflict zones which are already on the brink of collapsing. Aim: This narrative review aims to de…

  • Impact of conditional and unconditional cash transfers on health outcomes and use of health services in humanitarian settings

    Open AccessKim Robin van Daalen, Sara Dada et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2022

  • Polio in Pakistan

    Open AccessZoaib Habib Tharwani, Zarmina Islam et al.ARTICLEEthics Medicine and Public Health2022

  • Redressing Covid-19 vaccine inequity amidst booster doses

    Open AccessSudhan Rackimuthu, K Narain et al.ARTICLEGlobalization and Health2022

    BACKGROUND: With large swathes of the world's population-majority clustered in low- and middle-income countries-still yet to receive the minimum of two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine; The need to address the failures of international solidarity to equitably distribute COVID-19 vaccines is now more urgent than ever to help curb the pandemic and prevent future variants. However, many high-income countries have adopted a "me first" approach, proceedi…

  • Mental health impacts of humanitarian crisis on HCWs in Syria amidst Covid-19

    Zainab Syyeda Rahmat, Humna Aamar et al.ARTICLEMedicine Conflict & Survival2022

  • Poor healthcare capacity in Afghanistan amidst a surge in Covid-19 cases and a humanitarian crisis

    Mohammad Yasir Essar, Zarmina Islam et al.ARTICLEMedicine Conflict & Survival2022

  • Yemen’s humanitarian crisis

    Malaika Saeed Butt, Zoaib Habib Tharwani et al.ARTICLEMedicine Conflict & Survival2022

    Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s)

  • Implications of conflict on mental health in Somalia and beyond

    Utkarsha Uday, Wajeeha Bilal et al.ARTICLEMedicine Conflict & Survival2022

  • Afghanistan's humanitarian crisis and its impacts on the mental health of healthcare workers during Covid-19

    Open AccessZarmina Islam, Aiman Rija et al.ARTICLECambridge Prisms Global Mental…2022

    Afghanistan's humanitarian crisis has severely impacted the mental health of frontline workers. With the introduction of the Taliban government, ongoing civil unrest, and other forms of violent attacks, healthcare workers (HCWs) continue to provide patient care despite minimal resources. A severe contraction in the economy, poor supply of medications, political turmoil, and insufficient humanitarian aid have added to pre-existing problems. High l…

  • Mental health implications on Afghan children

    Open AccessKhulud Qamar, Priya Priya et al.ARTICLECambridge Prisms Global Mental…2022

    Afghan children have suffered for decades because of chronic socioeconomic health crises. The current state of Afghanistan has deprived the basic human needs of children. The lack of freedom leaves their voices unheard, causing detrimental effects on their mental health. Mental illnesses such as post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, and depression are prevalent in Afghanistan, causing severe negative outcomes among children. Promotion of menta…

  • Public Perception and Preparedness to Fight Against the Third Wave of Covid-19 in Kabul, Afghanistan

    Open AccessArash Nemat, Farah Yasmin et al.ARTICLEINQUIRY The Journal of Health…2022

    The avalanche of Corona Virus 2019 (COVID-19) cases has placed an unprecedented load on Afghanistan's government and public health authorities, putting the country in jeopardy. The primary goal of this research was to shed light on the country's capital, Kabul, and to examine the existing preparedness and perceptions of its population in the midst of COVID-19's third wave, which could result in decentralization and fragmentation of the already ov…

  • Time to boost Covid-19 vaccine manufacturing

    Open AccessMelody Okereke, Mohammad Yasir EssarARTICLEEthics Medicine and Public Health2021

  • Challenges of Covid-19 vaccination in Afghanistan

    Open AccessMohammad Yasir Essar, U-U Wara et al.ARTICLEEthics Medicine and Public Health2021

  • Climate change drives mass migration and threatens migrants’ health

    Open AccessM Mehedi Hasan, Shayon Ghosh et al.ARTICLEEthics Medicine and Public Health2021

  • Pakistan and Covid-19

    Open AccessShoaib Ahmad, Don Eliseo Lucero‐Prisno et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2021