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Jai K Das is affiliated with Aga Khan University in Pakistan and has a significant body of research in the field of medicine, with a focus on nutrition, pediatrics, and public health. Their work primarily intersects topics related to child nutrition, maternal and child health, and the impact of health interventions in low- and middle-income countries.

Their recent published papers include:

  • Mental Health of Children and Adolescents Amidst COVID-19 and Past Pandemics: A Rapid Systematic Review, 2021, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Effective interventions to address maternal and child malnutrition: an update of the evidence, 2021, The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health
  • The Intertwined Relationship Between Malnutrition and Poverty, 2020, Frontiers in Public Health
  • The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Immunization Campaigns and Programs: A Systematic Review, 2021, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Micronutrient Supplementation and Fortification Interventions on Health and Development Outcomes among Children Under-Five in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, 2020, Nutrients

Frequent co-authors in Jai K Das's work include Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Zahra Ali Padhani, Rehana A Salam, Zohra S Lassi, and Arjumand Rizvi. These collaborations reflect a network engaged extensively in topics of nutrition and global health.

Das publishes regularly in several scientific journals, with the most frequent venues being:

  • Nutrients
  • BMJ Open
  • Neonatology
  • The Lancet Global Health
  • Journal of Global Health

Their main field of study is medicine, with a strong presence in the following subfields:

  • Nutrition and Dietetics
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
  • General Health Professions
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

Das's research covers a range of topics centered around child and maternal health, including:

  • Child Nutrition and Water Access
  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
  • Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Breastfeeding Practices and Influences

Best Publications

  • Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Theo Vos;Theo Vos;Theo Vos;Stephen S. Lim;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati;Kaja M. Abbas;Kaja M. Abbas;Kaja M. Abbas

  • Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Christopher J.L. Murray;Christopher J.L. Murray;Christopher J.L. Murray;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Peng Zheng;Peng Zheng;Peng Zheng;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Evidence-based interventions for improvement of maternal and child nutrition: What can be done and at what cost?

    Zulfiqar A Bhutta;Jai K Das;Arjumand Rizvi;Michelle F Gaffey

  • Can available interventions end preventable deaths in mothers, newborn babies, and stillbirths, and at what cost?

    Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta;Jai K Das;Rajiv Bahl;Joy E Lawn;Joy E Lawn

  • Mental Health of Children and Adolescents Amidst COVID-19 and Past Pandemics: A Rapid Systematic Review

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  • Measuring performance on the Healthcare Access and Quality Index for 195 countries and territories and selected subnational locations: A systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Nancy Fullman;Jamal Yearwood;Solomon M Abay;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Stillbirths: economic and psychosocial consequences

    Alexander E P Heazell;Alexander E P Heazell;Dimitrios Siassakos;Dimitrios Siassakos;Hannah Blencowe;Christy Burden;Christy Burden

  • Five insights from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Christopher J.L. Murray;Cristiana Abbafati;Kaja M. Abbas;Mohammad Abbasi

  • Interventions to address deaths from childhood pneumonia and diarrhoea equitably: what works and at what cost?

    Zulfiqar A Bhutta;Zulfiqar A Bhutta;Jai K Das;Neff Walker;Arjumand Rizvi

  • Nutrition in adolescents: physiology, metabolism, and nutritional needs.

    Jai K. Das;Jai K. Das;Rehana A. Salam;Rehana A. Salam;Kent L. Thornburg;Andrew M. Prentice

  • Interventions for Adolescent Mental Health: An Overview of Systematic Reviews

    Jai K. Das;Rehana A. Salam;Zohra S. Lassi;Marium Naveed Khan

  • Breastfeeding promotion interventions and breastfeeding practices: a systematic review.

    Sarah Haroon;Jai K Das;Rehana A Salam;Aamer Imdad

  • Interventions for Adolescent Substance Abuse: An Overview of Systematic Reviews

    Jai K. Das;Rehana A. Salam;Ahmed Arshad;Yaron Finkelstein

  • Effective interventions to address maternal and child malnutrition: An update of the evidence

    Emily C Keats;Jai K. Das;Rehana A Salam;Zohra S Lassi

  • Global, regional, and national progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 for neonatal and child health: all-cause and cause-specific mortality findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.

    Katherine R Paulson;Aruna M Kamath;Tahiya Alam;Kelly Bienhoff

  • Global burden, distribution, and interventions for infectious diseases of poverty

    Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta;Johannes Sommerfeld;Zohra S Lassi;Rehana A Salam

  • Improving Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: A Systematic Review of Potential Interventions.

    Rehana A. Salam;Anadil Faqqah;Nida Sajjad;Zohra S. Lassi

  • The Intertwined Relationship Between Malnutrition and Poverty.

    Faareha Siddiqui;Rehana A Salam;Zohra S Lassi;Jai K Das

  • Micronutrient fortification of food and its impact on woman and child health: a systematic review

    Jai K Das;Rehana A Salam;Rohail Kumar;Zulfiqar A Bhutta

  • Impact of education and provision of complementary feeding on growth and morbidity in children less than 2 years of age in developing countries: a systematic review

    Zohra S Lassi;Jai K Das;Guleshehwar Zahid;Aamer Imdad

  • Maternal and Child Nutrition 2 Evidence-based interventions for improvement of maternal and child nutrition: what can be done and at what cost?

    Jai K Das;Arjumand Rizvi;Michelle F Gaff;Neff Walker

  • Childhood Pneumonia and Diarrhoea 2 Interventions to address deaths from childhood pneumonia and diarrhoea equitably: what works and at what cost?

    Jai K Das;Neff Walker;Arjumand Rizvi;Harry Campbell

Frequent Co-Authors

Florian Fischer
Florian Fischer Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Andre M. N. Renzaho
Andre M. N. Renzaho Western Sydney University
Deborah Carvalho Malta
Deborah Carvalho Malta Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
David C. Schwebel
David C. Schwebel University of Alabama at Birmingham
Paul S. F. Yip
Paul S. F. Yip University of Hong Kong
Obinna Onwujekwe
Obinna Onwujekwe University of Nigeria
Guoqing Hu
Guoqing Hu Central South University
Felix Akpojene Ogbo
Felix Akpojene Ogbo Western Sydney University
Foad Abd-Allah
Foad Abd-Allah Cairo University
Mohamad-Hani Temsah
Mohamad-Hani Temsah King Saud Medical City

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