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Deena Alasfoor

World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean ORCID

54

Works

53,260

Citations

27

h-index

36

i10-index

Research Topics

Child Nutrition and Water Access Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology Global Health Care Issues

Affiliations

University of Washington2016–2018

Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation2016–2018

World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean2023–2025

Ministry of Health1999–2007

Ministry of Health2016–2016

Top Works

Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 328 diseases and injuries for 195 countries, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

Theo Vos,Amanuel Alemu Abajobir,et al.

201713,432 citations

Healthcare Systems and Reforms

Global Maternal and Child Health

Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

Haidong Wang,Mohsen Naghavi,et al.

20166,650 citations

Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

Theo Vos,Ryan M Barber,et al.

20156,468 citations

Alcohol use and burden for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

Max Griswold,Nancy Fullman,et al.

20183,515 citations

WHO child growth standards: length/height-for-age, weight-for-age, weight-for-length, weight-for-height and body mass index-for-age - Methods and development

Mercedes de Onís,Adelheid W. Onyango,et al.

20063,456 citations

Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

Mohammad H. Forouzanfar,Lily Alexander,et al.

20152,727 citations

Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

Emmanuela Gakidou,Ashkan Afshin,et al.

20172,429 citations

Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 333 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

Simon I Hay,Amanuel Alemu Abajobir,et al.

20172,134 citations

Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 188 countries, 1990–2013: quantifying the epidemiological transition

Christopher J L Murray,Ryan M Barber,et al.

20151,996 citations