S Saleem
College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan
Research areas: Medicine · Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health · Global Maternal and Child Health · Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare · Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
0000-0002-6797-8631
About
Sarah Saleem is an endowed professor and head of the Population & Reproductive Health Section (PRH) in the Department of Community Health Sciences (CHS) of Aga Khan University, Pakistan. As an epidemiologist and a public health expert with research interest in reproductive and maternal and newborn health in LMICs, Dr Saleem has led several cluster and individually randomized trials as International PI for the Global Network for Women’s and Children’s Health Research and with other partners. She is director of World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Research, Policy and Development in Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights. She leads the hrp Hub for the Eastern Mediterranean region for Research Capacity Srengthening in SRHR in the Eastern Mediterranean region of the World Health Organization.
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Education
- 1998 - 2002
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Publications (26)
- Co-administration of calcium and multiple micronutrient supplements for maternal and newborn haemoglobin and iron status: protocol for a randomised non-inferiority trial in Burkina Faso and Pakistan Save
- Non‐study post‐partum antibiotics use and risk of maternal and neonatal infection: A secondary analysis of the A‐PLUS randomized controlled trial Save
- Counting what matters: stillbirth estimates before 28 weeks of gestation in India Save
- Reframing Ideal Family Planning Services Through a Rights-Based Quality of Care Lens Save
- PRIORITY IR: Protocol for implementation research on single-dose postpartum IV iron to treat iron-deficiency anemia among women in India and Pakistan Save
- Sexual and reproductive health knowledge, attitudes and practices among adolescents in rural Thatta, Pakistan: a cross-sectional study Save
- Engaging adolescents for sexual and reproductive health and rights and family planning advocacy in Pakistan: a qualitative study protocol Save
- Postnatal foot length measurement as a proxy to identify low birth weight for frontline health workers in rural Sindh Province, Pakistan: a diagnostic accuracy study Save
- Barriers and facilitators to perinatal care of women with disabilities in lower- and middle-income countries: a study protocol for scoping review of qualitative studies Save
- Factors associated with continuation of hormonal contraceptives among married women of reproductive age in Gilgit, Pakistan: a community-based case–control study Save
- Neurodevelopment, vision and auditory outcomes at age 2 years in offspring of participants in the ‘Women First’ maternal preconception nutrition randomised controlled trial Save
- An approach to determining the most common causes of stillbirth in low and middle-income countries: A commentary [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] Save
- Inequalities in utilisation of essential antenatal services for women with disabilities in Pakistan: analysis of a cross-sectional demographic and health survey of Pakistan 2017–2018 Save
- Feasibility of implementing a mobile phone-based telemonitoring programme to support pregnant women at high-risk for pre-eclampsia in Karachi, Pakistan: protocol for a mixed-methods study Save
- Factors influencing utilisation of services provided by community midwives and their non-retention in district Thatta, Pakistan: a qualitative study protocol Save
- Understanding the Needs of a Mobile Phone–Based Telemonitoring Program for Pregnant Women at High Risk for Pre-Eclampsia: Interpretive Qualitative Description Study Save
- Neurodevelopmental Outcomes of Children Whose Mothers Were Randomised to Low-Dose Aspirin in Pregnancy: A Longitudinal Follow-Up Study Save
- Association of haemoglobin levels in the first trimester and at 26–30 weeks with fetal and neonatal outcomes: a secondary analysis of the Global Network for Women's and Children's Health's ASPIRIN Trial Save
- Understanding the Needs of a Mobile Phone–Based Telemonitoring Program for Pregnant Women at High Risk for Pre-Eclampsia: Interpretive Qualitative Description Study (Preprint) Save
- The Causes of Stillbirths in South Asia: Results from a Prospective Study in India and Pakistan (PURPOSe) Save