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Vivekanand Jha is affiliated with the George Institute for Global Health in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a particular emphasis on nephrology. Over the course of their career, they have contributed extensively to the study and management of kidney diseases and related health concerns.

Their work covers several specialized subfields of study, including:

  • Nephrology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • General Health Professions
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

Jha's research addresses a range of key topics within medicine, notably:

  • Dialysis and Renal Disease Management
  • Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes
  • Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Healthcare Systems and Reforms
  • Organ Donation and Transplantation
  • Healthcare cost, quality, practices

The notable recent papers involving Jha include the following:

  • "Global, regional, and national burden of chronic kidney disease, 1990-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017" (2020), published in The Lancet
  • "KDIGO 2021 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Glomerular Diseases" (2021), published in Kidney International
  • "Chronic kidney disease and the global public health agenda: an international consensus" (2024), published in Nature Reviews Nephrology
  • "Executive summary of the KDIGO 2021 Guideline for the Management of Glomerular Diseases" (2021), published in Kidney International
  • "The Novel Coronavirus 2019 epidemic and kidneys" (2020), published in Kidney International

The frequent co-authors who have worked alongside Jha include:

  • Ikechi G. Okpechi
  • David W. Johnson
  • Adeera Levin
  • Fergus Caskey
  • Marcello Tonelli

Jha's publications have appeared repeatedly in a number of key venues in the field of nephrology and health research, such as:

  • Kidney International Reports
  • Kidney International
  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • Kidney International Supplements
  • Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

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 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 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;Brad Bell;Amelia Bertozzi-Villa

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex specific all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 240 causes of death, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Mohsen Naghavi;Haidong Wang;Rafael Lozano;Adrian Davis

  • Global, regional, and national burden of chronic kidney disease, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Boris Bikbov;Caroline A. Purcell;Andrew S. Levey;Mari Smith

  • 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

  • Chronic kidney disease: global dimension and perspectives

    Vivekanand Jha;Vivekanand Jha;Guillermo Garcia-Garcia;Kunitoshi Iseki;Zuo Li

  • 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

  • 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

  • Worldwide access to treatment for end-stage kidney disease: a systematic review.

    Thaminda Liyanage;Thaminda Liyanage;Toshiharu Ninomiya;Vivekanand Jha;Vivekanand Jha;Vivekanand Jha;Bruce Neal

  • Global, regional, and national levels and causes of maternal mortality during 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Nicholas J. Kassebaum;Amelia Bertozzi-Villa;Megan S. Coggeshall;Katya A. Shackelford

  • 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

  • KDIGO clinical practice guideline for the care of kidney transplant recipients: a summary

    Bertram L. Kasiske;Martin G. Zeier;Jeremy R. Chapman;Jonathan C. Craig

  • Worldwide Access to Treatment for End-Stage Kidney Disease: A Systematic Review

    T. Liyanage;T. Ninomiya;V. Jha

Frequent Co-Authors

Marcello Tonelli
Marcello Tonelli University of Calgary
Simon I. Hay
Simon I. Hay University of Washington
Zulfiqar A Bhutta
Zulfiqar A Bhutta Aga Khan University
Stein Emil Vollset
Stein Emil Vollset University of Washington
Ted R. Miller
Ted R. Miller Pacific Institute
Alan D. Lopez
Alan D. Lopez University of Melbourne
Juan Sanabria
Juan Sanabria Marshall University
Bach Xuan Tran
Bach Xuan Tran Vietnam National University, Hanoi
Maziar Moradi-Lakeh
Maziar Moradi-Lakeh Iran University of Medical Sciences
Johan Ärnlöv
Johan Ärnlöv Karolinska Institute

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