Zainab Samad

Biographic Data

ID8870255
NAMEZainab Samad
GIVEN NAMESZainab
FAMILY NAMESamad
SIGNATURESAMAD Z
AFFILIATIONSAga Khan University
ORCID0000-0003-2422-3199
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS11
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT11
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2013
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Prevalence and associated factors of prehypertension in Afghanistan

    Open AccessShah Jahan Shayan, Noreen Siddiqi et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2026

    Background: In Afghanistan, approximately 40% of adults aged 30-79 years are living with hypertension. The stage of prehypertension represents a critical point for early detection and prevention of hypertension and its complications. This study aims to determine the prevalence of prehypertension and explore its associations with socio-demographic, behavioural, and biological factors in the Afghan adult population. Methods: This study utilised dat…

  • A systems-change approach to addressing the mortality surveillance gap in Pakistan

    Open AccessMohummad Hassan Raza Raja, Zahra Hoodbhoy et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2025

    With a lack of cause of death estimation and an inadequate and fragmented Civil Registration and Vital Statistics system, Pakistan faces a significant gap in data on mortality. This poses significant challenges for health policy planning and monitoring. In this viewpoint, we draw on systems-change frameworks to examine and provide recommendations to improve mortality surveillance in Pakistan. We use the multiple cause diagram framework to underst…

  • Public health data quality and evidence use in developing countries

    Open AccessOlan Naz, Muhammad Ibrahim et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2023

    The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of evidence-based decision-making. However, evidence-guided policy is not the norm in many low and middle-income countries (LMICs), either because the data is not available, or considered unreliable by policymakers who may also not be able to interpret them. Policies created without evidence lead to ineffective programs, wasted resources, and persistently poor health outcomes. Non-availability of h…

  • Data on non-communicable diseases

    Open AccessSarim Dawar Khan, Tazeen H Jafar et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2023

    In September 2011, the United Nations (UN) adopted the Political Declaration of the High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs), providing a road map for Member States and the World Health Organization (WHO) to address the NCD epidemic. This Declaration is guided by the WHO Global Strategy [...]

  • Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2021 Update

    Salim S Virani, Álvaro Alonso et al.ARTICLECirculation2021

    BACKGROUND: The American Heart Association, in conjunction with the National Institutes of Health, annually reports the most up-to-date statistics related to heart disease, stroke, and cardiovascular risk factors, including core health behaviors (smoking, physical activity, diet, and weight) and health factors (cholesterol, blood pressure, and glucose control) that contribute to cardiovascular health. The Statistical Update presents the latest da…

  • Global age-sex-specific fertility, mortality, healthy life expectancy (Hale), and population estimates in 204 countries and territories, 1950–2019

    Open AccessHaidong Wang, Kaja Abbas et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2020

    BACKGROUND: Accurate and up-to-date assessment of demographic metrics is crucial for understanding a wide range of social, economic, and public health issues that affect populations worldwide. The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2019 produced updated and comprehensive demographic assessments of the key indicators of fertility, mortality, migration, and population for 204 countries and territories and selected sub…

  • Five insights from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Open AccessChristopher J L Murray, Cristiana Abbafati et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2020

  • Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019

    Open AccessChristopher J L Murray, Aleksandr Y Aravkin et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2020

    BACKGROUND: Rigorous analysis of levels and trends in exposure to leading risk factors and quantification of their effect on human health are important to identify where public health is making progress and in which cases current efforts are inadequate. The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2019 provides a standardised and comprehensive assessment of the magnitude of risk factor exposure, relative risk, and attribu…

  • Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019

    Open AccessTheo Vos, Stephen S Lim et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2020

    BACKGROUND: In an era of shifting global agendas and expanded emphasis on non-communicable diseases and injuries along with communicable diseases, sound evidence on trends by cause at the national level is essential. The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) provides a systematic scientific assessment of published, publicly available, and contributed data on incidence, prevalence, and mortality for a mutually exclusive…

  • Imagining a lean and agile digital health ecosystem – a measure of pandemic responsiveness

    Open AccessZainab Samad, Sana Mahmood et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2020

  • Depressive Symptoms and Mental Stress–Induced Myocardial Ischemia in Patients With Coronary Heart Disease

    Stephen H Boyle, Zainab Samad et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2013

    OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to examine the associations between depressive symptoms and mental stress-induced myocardial ischemia (MSIMI) in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD). METHODS: Adult patients with documented CHD were recruited for baseline mental stress and exercise stress screening testing as a part of the enrollment process of the Responses of Myocardial Ischemia to Escitalopram Treatment trial. Patients were administ…