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Peter W. Gething is affiliated with the Telethon Kids Institute in Australia. Their research focuses primarily within the field of Medicine, with a specialization in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Modeling and Simulation, Epidemiology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, and Infectious Diseases.

The scientist has contributed extensively to research on topics including:

  • Malaria Research and Control
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Data-Driven Disease Surveillance
  • Child Nutrition and Water Access
  • Urban Transport and Accessibility

Recent publications by Peter W. Gething include:

  • "Global maps of travel time to healthcare facilities" (2020), published in Nature Medicine
  • "Indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on malaria intervention coverage, morbidity, and mortality in Africa: a geospatial modelling analysis" (2020), published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • "Mapping trends in insecticide resistance phenotypes in African malaria vectors" (2020), published in PLoS Biology
  • "Maps and metrics of insecticide-treated net access, use, and nets-per-capita in Africa from 2000-2020" (2021), published in Nature Communications
  • "Identifying and combating the impacts of COVID-19 on malaria" (2020), published in BMC Medicine

The scientist has coauthored multiple works with frequent collaborators including Ewan Cameron, Daniel J. Weiss, Susan F. Rumisha, Tasmin L. Symons, and Punam Amratia.

Peter W. Gething has published notably in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Malaria Journal
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Research Square (Research Square)

Additionally, Peter W. Gething has one book publication with the World Bank policy research working paper titled "Cholera Risk in Lusaka: A Geospatial Analysis to Inform Improved Water and Sanitation Provision" published in 2023.

Best Publications

  • 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;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati

  • 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, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, andyears lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematicanalysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Gbd Disease;Injury Incidence;Lorenzo Monasta

  • The global distribution and burden of dengue

    Samir Bhatt;Peter W. Gething;Oliver J. Brady;Jane P. Messina

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Gregory A Roth;Gregory A Roth;Degu Abate;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Solomon M Abay

  • 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

  • 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;H Ross Anderson;Victoria F Bachman

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 310 diseases and injuries, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Theo Vos;Christine Allen;Megha Arora;Ryan M Barber

  • 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;Christine Allen;Ryan M Barber

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017 : a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Jeffrey D. Stanaway;Ashkan Afshin;Emmanuela Gakidou;Stephen S. Lim

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex specific mortality for 264 causes of death, 1980–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Mohsen Naghavi;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Cristiana Abbafati;Kaja M Abbas

  • 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;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati

  • The effect of malaria control on Plasmodium falciparum in Africa between 2000 and 2015

    S Bhatt;D J Weiss;E Cameron;D Bisanzio

  • 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

    Mohammad H. Forouzanfar;Lily Alexander;H. Ross Anderson;Victoria F. Bachman

  • 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

    Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati;Kaja M. Abbas

  • Refining the global spatial limits of dengue virus transmission by evidence-based consensus

    Oliver J. Brady;Peter W. Gething;Samir Bhatt;Jane P. Messina

  • Estimates of the global, regional, and national morbidity, mortality, and aetiologies of lower respiratory infections in 195 countries, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Christopher Troeger;Brigette Blacker;Ibrahim A Khalil;Puja C Rao

  • 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

    Simon I. Hay;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 315 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE), 1990-2015 : a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Nicholas J. Kassebaum;Megha Arora;Ryan M. Barber;Zulfiqar A. Bhutta;Zulfiqar A. Bhutta

  • 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;Kyle J. Foreman;Ayse Abbasoglu Ozgoren

Frequent Co-Authors

Simon I. Hay
Simon I. Hay University of Washington
Samir Bhatt
Samir Bhatt Imperial College London
David L. Smith
David L. Smith University of Washington
Daniel J. Weiss
Daniel J. Weiss Telethon Kids Institute
Andrew J. Tatem
Andrew J. Tatem University of Southampton
Christopher J L Murray
Christopher J L Murray University of Washington
Stephen S Lim
Stephen S Lim University of Washington
David M. Pigott
David M. Pigott University of Washington
Ali H. Mokdad
Ali H. Mokdad University of Washington
Bach Xuan Tran
Bach Xuan Tran Vietnam National University, Hanoi

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