Wafa Aftab

775 total citations
25 papers, 472 citations indexed

About

Wafa Aftab is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, General Health Professions and Finance. According to data from OpenAlex, Wafa Aftab has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 472 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 11 papers in General Health Professions and 7 papers in Finance. Recurrent topics in Wafa Aftab's work include Global Maternal and Child Health (13 papers), Healthcare Systems and Reforms (7 papers) and Child Nutrition and Water Access (6 papers). Wafa Aftab is often cited by papers focused on Global Maternal and Child Health (13 papers), Healthcare Systems and Reforms (7 papers) and Child Nutrition and Water Access (6 papers). Wafa Aftab collaborates with scholars based in Pakistan, United Kingdom and Canada. Wafa Aftab's co-authors include Shagufta Perveen, Anam Shahil Feroz, Fauziah Rabbani, Aysha Zahidie, Sameen Siddiqi, Leah Shipton, Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Fahad Javaid Siddiqui, Shamim Qazi and Hana Tasic and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, BMC Health Services Research and Implementation Science.

In The Last Decade

Wafa Aftab

24 papers receiving 458 citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wafa Aftab Pakistan	13	240	225	102	75	61	25	472
Shagufta Perveen Pakistan	9	225 0.9×	207 0.9×	76 0.7×	92 1.2×	38 0.6×	24	469
Kingsley Chikaphupha Malawi	9	240 1.0×	214 1.0×	55 0.5×	88 1.2×	48 0.8×	19	433
Aschenaki Zerihun Kea United Kingdom	9	348 1.4×	259 1.2×	104 1.0×	137 1.8×	48 0.8×	14	505
Maisam Najafizada Canada	11	199 0.8×	219 1.0×	52 0.5×	106 1.4×	39 0.6×	29	480
Meghan Bruce Kumar United Kingdom	11	217 0.9×	189 0.8×	72 0.7×	78 1.0×	40 0.7×	30	365
Karen LeBan United States	9	380 1.6×	309 1.4×	149 1.5×	145 1.9×	48 0.8×	12	623
Daniela Rodríguez United States	18	359 1.5×	273 1.2×	122 1.2×	135 1.8×	104 1.7×	56	725
Rajmohan Panda India	12	128 0.5×	147 0.7×	142 1.4×	56 0.7×	62 1.0×	39	501
Deepthi Wickremasinghe United Kingdom	11	218 0.9×	225 1.0×	44 0.4×	96 1.3×	57 0.9×	17	461
Sylvester Zackaria Galaa Ghana	8	260 1.1×	173 0.8×	118 1.2×	93 1.2×	33 0.5×	13	423

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Nafees, Asaad Ahmed, et al.. (2025). Burden and associated factors of unintentional household burn injuries in South Asia: A systematic review. Burns Open. 11. 100411–100411.

Rabbani, Fauziah, et al.. (2023). Listening to Caregivers: Narratives of Health Seeking for Children Under Five with Pneumonia and Diarrhea: Insights from the NIGRAAN Trial in Pakistan. Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare. Volume 16. 3629–3640. 2 indexed citations

Khan, Mishal, Afifah Rahman-Shepherd, Wafa Aftab, et al.. (2023). Incentivisation practices and their influence on physicians’ prescriptions: A qualitative analysis of practice and policy in Pakistan. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(6). e0001890–e0001890. 4 indexed citations

Rahman-Shepherd, Afifah, Amna Rehana Siddiqui, Wafa Aftab, et al.. (2023). Socioecological factors linked with pharmaceutical incentive-driven prescribing in Pakistan. BMJ Global Health. 6(Suppl 3). e010853–e010853. 6 indexed citations

Siddiqi, Sameen, et al.. (2023). The role of the private sector in delivering essential packages of health services: lessons from country experiences. BMJ Global Health. 8(Suppl 1). e010742–e010742. 19 indexed citations

Ariff, Shabina, Fatima Mir, Wafa Aftab, et al.. (2021). Impact of local terminology on the design of a community-based diagnostic and management algorithm for postpartum sepsis: findings of formative research. International Health. 14(2). 189–194. 1 indexed citations

Aftab, Wafa, Suneel Piryani, & Fauziah Rabbani. (2021). Does supportive supervision intervention improve community health worker knowledge and practices for community management of childhood diarrhea and pneumonia? Lessons for scale-up from Nigraan and Nigraan Plus trials in Pakistan. Human Resources for Health. 19(1). 99–99. 5 indexed citations

Safi, Najibullah, et al.. (2021). The COVID-19 pandemic: an opportunity to strengthen health systems in Afghanistan. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal. 27(3). 220–223. 11 indexed citations

Aftab, Wafa, Mishal Khan, Afifah Rahman-Shepherd, et al.. (2021). Variations in regulations to control standards for training and licensing of physicians: a multi-country comparison. Human Resources for Health. 19(1). 91–91. 13 indexed citations

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Bhutta, Zulfiqar A, Sameen Siddiqi, Wafa Aftab, et al.. (2020). What will it take to implement health and health-related sustainable development goals?. BMJ Global Health. 5(9). e002963–e002963. 15 indexed citations

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Siddiqi, Sameen, Wafa Aftab, Fahad Javaid Siddiqui, et al.. (2020). Global strategies and local implementation of health and health-related SDGs: lessons from consultation in countries across five regions. BMJ Global Health. 5(9). e002859–e002859. 28 indexed citations

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Aftab, Wafa, Fahad Javaid Siddiqui, Hana Tasic, et al.. (2020). Implementation of health and health-related sustainable development goals: progress, challenges and opportunities – a systematic literature review. BMJ Global Health. 5(8). e002273–e002273. 31 indexed citations

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Aftab, Wafa, et al.. (2020). Perception of the healthcare professionals towards the current trauma and emergency care system in Kabul, Afghanistan: a mixed method study. BMC Health Services Research. 20(1). 991–991. 5 indexed citations

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Siddiqi, Sameen, et al.. (2019). Review of the governance of public sector hospitals in Pakistan: Lessons for the future. eCommons - AKU (Aga Khan University). 55(3). 7. 1 indexed citations

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Aftab, Wafa, Leah Shipton, Fauziah Rabbani, et al.. (2018). Exploring health care seeking knowledge, perceptions and practices for childhood diarrhea and pneumonia and their context in a rural Pakistani community. BMC Health Services Research. 18(1). 44–44. 43 indexed citations

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Feroz, Anam Shahil, Shagufta Perveen, & Wafa Aftab. (2017). Role of mHealth applications for improving antenatal and postnatal care in low and middle income countries: a systematic review. BMC Health Services Research. 17(1). 704–704. 133 indexed citations

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Rabbani, Fauziah, et al.. (2016). Health workers’ perspectives, knowledge and skills regarding community case management of childhood diarrhoea and pneumonia: a qualitative inquiry for an implementation research project “Nigraan” in District Badin, Sindh, Pakistan. BMC Health Services Research. 16(1). 462–462. 17 indexed citations

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Rabbani, Fauziah, et al.. (2016). Inspiring health worker motivation with supportive supervision: a survey of lady health supervisor motivating factors in rural Pakistan. BMC Health Services Research. 16(1). 397–397. 35 indexed citations

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Lassi, Zohra S, Wafa Aftab, Shabina Ariff, et al.. (2015). Impact of service provision platforms on maternal and newborn health in conflict areas and their acceptability in Pakistan: a systematic review. Conflict and Health. 9(1). 25–25. 16 indexed citations

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Rabbani, Fauziah, et al.. (2014). Improving community case management of diarrhoea and pneumonia in district Badin, Pakistan through a cluster randomised study—the NIGRAAN trial protocol. Implementation Science. 9(1). 186–186. 18 indexed citations

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