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 (...
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...
Md. Asad Ullah, Abu Tayab Moin, Yusha Araf, Atiqur Rahman Bhuiyan et al.
Here, we examine the potential effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on future birth rates. This highly contagious disease originated in China, and rapidly spread worldwide, leading to extensive lockdown policies being implemented globally with the aim of containing the infection rates and its serious att...
Katy A. M. Gaythorpe, Kaja Abbas, John H. Huber, Andromachi Karachaliou et al.
Background: Childhood immunisation services have been disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. WHO recommends considering outbreak risk using epidemiological criteria when deciding whether to conduct preventive vaccination campaigns during the pandemic. Methods: We used two to three models per infection ...
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...
Helen Burchett, Sandra Mounier‐Jack, Ulla Griffiths, Robin Biellik et al.
As more new and improved vaccines become available, decisions on which to adopt into routine programmes become more frequent and complex. This qualitative study aimed to explore processes of national decision-making around new vaccine adoption and to understand the factors affecting these decisions....
Till Bärnighausen, Seth Berkley, Zulfiqar A Bhutta, David Bishai et al.
In May, 1974, WHO launched the Expanded Programme on Immunization—the global programme to immunise children worldwide with a set of (at the time) six core vaccines. 40 years on, the GAVI Alliance has brought us together, a group of 29 leading technical experts in health and development economics, co...
Piya Hanvoravongchai, Sandra Mounier‐Jack, V. Oliveira Cruz, Dina Balabanova et al.
BACKGROUND: One of the key concerns in determining the appropriateness of establishing a measles eradication goal is its potential impact on routine immunization services and the overall health system. The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of accelerated measles elimination activiti...
Mohammed A. Mamun, Irfan Ullah, Norina Usman, Mark D. Griffiths
INTRODUCTION: The present case report presents the most extreme negative aspects of gaming, namely PUBG-related suicide during the coronavirus disease-2019 pandemic in Pakistan. CASE PRESENTATION: Three suicide cases of extreme gamers occurred within a few days of each other in Lahore, Pakistan. All...
Li Li, Mohammed A. Mamun, Firoj Al‐Mamun, Irfan Ullah et al.
Abstract The Internet Disorder Scale–Short Form (IDS9-SF) is a validated instrument assessing internet disorder which modified the internet gaming disorder criteria proposed in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). However, the relationships between ...
Irfan Ullah, Muhammad Junaid Tahir, Sajjad Ali, Rabia Waseem et al.
Abstract The Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S) assesses the fear of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and has been translated and validated into over 20 languages. The present study conducted confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and item response theory (IRT) analyses on the FCV-19S among a...
Md. Rasel Shikder, Muhammad Samir Ullah
Md. Rasel Shikder, Rimi Rashid, Redwan N. Sajjad, Muhammad Samir Ullah
Abu Z M Dayem Ullah, Ashitha Joby, Graeme J. Thorn, Lucas M. James et al.
South Asian populations remain underrepresented in cancer genomics, despite elevated risk for certain malignancies and distinct clinical profiles. This gap is especially pronounced for British Bangladeshi and Pakistani communities. We analyse data from 57,416 individuals of Bangladeshi and Pakistani...
Piya Hanvoravongchai, Sandra Mounier‐Jack, Valeria Oliveira Cruz, Dina Balabanova et al.
Abstract This chapter evaluates the impacts of accelerated measles elimination activities (AMEAs) on immunization services and health systems in six countries: Bangladesh, Brazil, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Tajikistan, and Vietnam. The impacts of AMEAs are assessed according to the following components: go...