Zahra Hoodbhoy

Dados Biográficos

ID9019010
NOMEZahra Hoodbhoy
PRENOMESZahra
SOBRENOMEHoodbhoy
ASSINATURAHOODBHOY Z
AFILIAÇÕESAga Khan University
ORCID0000-0002-0439-8293
VERIFICADOSim
TOTAL DE OBRAS5
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR5
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO2022
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2025
ÍNDICE H0

  • How maternal morbidities impact women’s quality of life during pregnancy and postpartum in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia

    Open AccessMartha Ali Abdulai, Priyanka Adhikary et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    Maternal morbidities present a major burden to the health and well-being of childbearing women. However, their impacts on women’s functional health are not well understood. This work aims to describe how maternal morbidities affect women’s quality of life (QoL) in pregnancy and the postpartum period . This qualitative study involved 118 pregnant and 135 postpartum women at six study sites in Kenya, Ghana, Zambia, Pakistan, and India. Data were co…

  • 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…

  • Prediction of low birth weight from fetal ultrasound and clinical characteristics

    Open AccessSergio Sanchez-Martinez, Pablo Miki Marti-Castellote et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2024

    Introduction Adverse perinatal outcomes (APO) pose a significant global challenge, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This study aims to analyse two cohorts of high-risk pregnant women for APO to comprehend risk factors and improve prediction accuracy. Methods We considered an LMIC and a high-income country (HIC) population to derive XGBoost classifiers to predict low birth weight (LBW) from a comprehensive set of maternal …

  • Why do women still give birth at home; perceptions of Pakistani women and decision-makers from marginalized communities

    Open AccessAyesha Khalid, Kaniz Amna Haider et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    In low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), maternal and newborn mortality is high due to the high prevalence of home births. Understanding the reasons behind this behavior is essential for improving maternal and newborn outcomes. Therefore, a qualitative exploratory study was conducted in a peri-urban community in Karachi, Pakistan to understand the perceptions of pregnant women who delivered at home despite receiving antenatal care and the per…

  • Maternal and child surveillance in peri-urban communities

    Open AccessAyesha Khalid, Rehan Adamjee et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022

    Community health workers (CHWs) in maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) programs play an important role in demographic surveillance activities; however, there is lack of literature regarding the community and CHWs’ perceptions about these activities. The purpose of this study was to explore perceptions of married women of reproductive age (MWRA) regarding the role of CHWs involved in maternal and child surveillance and explore facilitators …