Simon Yadgir, Catherine O. Johnson, Victor Aboyans, Oladimeji Adebayo et al.
BACKGROUND: Nonrheumatic valvular diseases are common; however, no studies have estimated their global or national burden. As part of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017, mortality, prevalence, and disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for calcific aortic valve disease (CAVD), degenerative mitr...
Mohammed A. Mamun, Irfan Ullah
Highlights • Suicide increment during and afterwards a pandemic is highly common.• This study reports COVID-19 suicide cases in Pakistan for the first time.• Most of the suicides occur due to lockdown-related economic recession.• Fear of infection is the second suicide contributing factor.• Lockdown...
Kiran Shafiq Khan, Mohammed A. Mamun, Mark D. Griffiths, Irfan Ullah
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines mental health as the state of wellbeing in which an individual realizes their capabilities to combat with normal life stressors and work competencies in contributing to the belonged community, which is underpinned by six psychological elements comprising (...
Irfan Ullah, Kiran Shafiq Khan, Muhammad Junaid Tahir, Ali Ahmed et al.
The current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is one of the international crises and researchers are working collaboratively to develop a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine. The World Health Organization recognizes vaccine hesitancy as the world's top threat to public health safety, part...
Harapan Harapan, Mirza Ryan, Benediktus Yohan, Rufika S. Abidin et al.
The coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is an international public health crisis with devastating effects. In particular, this pandemic has further exacerbated the burden in tropical and subtropical regions of the worl...
Chung‐Ying Lin, Wen‐Li Hou, Mohammed A. Mamun, José Aparecido Da Silva et al.
AIM: The threats of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have caused fears worldwide. The Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S) was recently developed to assess the fear of COVID-19. Although many studies found that the FCV-19S is psychometrically sound, it is unclear whether the FCV-19S is invarian...
Muhammad Shahzaman, Weijun Zhu, Muhammad Bilal, Birhanu Asmerom Habtemicheal et al.
Drought is an intricate atmospheric phenomenon with the greatest impacts on food security and agriculture in South Asia. Timely and appropriate forecasting of drought is vital in reducing its negative impacts. This study intended to explore the performance of the evaporative stress index (ESI), vege...
Francesco Rosiello, Samsul Anwar, Amanda Yufika, Rashed Y. Adam et al.
Vaccine hesitancy, defined as the reluctance or rejection in receiving a vaccine despite its availability, represents a major challenge to global health efforts aiming to control the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Understanding the possible factors correlated with COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy using a refi...
Shahad Saif Khandker, Brian Godman, Md. Irfan Jawad, Bushra Ayat Meghla et al.
COVID-19 vaccines are indispensable, with the number of cases and mortality still rising, and currently no medicines are routinely available for reducing morbidity and mortality, apart from dexamethasone, although others are being trialed and launched. To date, only a limited number of vaccines have...
Israt Jahan, Irfan Ullah, Mark D. Griffiths, Mohammed A. Mamun
PURPOSE: Recent research has demonstrated the psychological impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic among the general population. However, COVID-19-related suicides among healthcare professionals (HCPs) have yet to be investigated. FINDINGS: The present study utilized retrospectiv...
Vedaste Iyakaremye, Gang Zeng, Irfan Ullah, Aimable Gahigi et al.
Abstract More frequent and intensified high‐temperature extremes are acceptable indicators of global warming, which pose serious socio‐economic impacts. In the present research, the Climate Prediction Center daily minimum and maximum temperature are used to characterize high temperatures into intens...
Harapan Harapan, Samsul Anwar, Amanda Yufika, Khan Sharun et al.
Vaccine hesitancy is considered one of the greatest threats to the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination programs. Lack of trust in vaccine benefits, along with concerns about side effects of the newly developed COVID-19 vaccine, might significantly contribute to COVID-19 vaccine h...
Irfan Ullah, Kiran Shafiq Khan, Muhammad Junaid Tahir, Ali Ahmed et al.
The current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is one of the international crises and researchers are working collaboratively to develop a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine. The World Health Organization recognizes vaccine hesitancy as the world's top threat to public health safety, part...
Zin Mie Mie Sein, Xiefei Zhi, Irfan Ullah, Kamran Azam et al.
Abstract The present study assessed the spatiotemporal variation of summer monsoon precipitation and its potential drivers in Myanmar, utilizing monthly precipitation data from forty‐six (46) synoptic meteorological stations spanning 1981–2020. The nonparametric statistical Mann–Kendall (MK), Sequen...
Md. Farhad Hossain, Sharifa Hasana, Abdullah Al Mamun, Md. Sahab Uddin et al.
At the end of 2019, a novel coronavirus (CoV) was found at the seafood market of Hubei province in Wuhan, China, and this virus was officially named coronavirus diseases 2019 (COVID-19) by World Health Organization (WHO). COVID-19 is mainly characterized by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavi...