Dr. Yousafzai's work focuses on:
Developing new interventions and approaches to promote early child development with a particular interest in how to strengthen child and caregiving related outcomes through existing health, nutrition and education systems.
Understanding the implementation structures and processes for early childhood interventions to achieve sustainable impact at-scale.
Promoting capacity development in local communities, services and systems for the effective delivery of interventions to promote early child development.
Yousafzai AK, Sudfeld CR, Franchett EE, Siyal S, Rehmani K, Bhamani S, Dai Q, Reyes CR, Fink G, Ponguta LA.
Trials. 2021 Aug 17. 22(1):542. PMID: 34404454
Armstrong-Carter E, Sulik MJ, Siyal S, Yousafzai AK, Obradovic J.
Dev Psychol. 2021 Jun. 57(6):888-899. PMID: 34424007
Hasan ZH, Shaheen F, Rizvi A, Obradovic J, Yousafzai AK.
J Pak Med Assoc. 2021 Jun. 71(6):1556-1560. PMID: 34111071
Bliznashka L, Yousafzai AK, Asheri G, Masanja H, Sudfeld CR.
Health Policy Plan. 2021 May 17. 36(4):473-483. PMID: 33313814
Jeong J, Franchett EE, Ramos de Oliveira CV, Rehmani K, Yousafzai AK.
PLoS Med. 2021 05. 18(5):e1003602. PMID: 33970913
Sudfeld CR, Bliznashka L, Ashery G, Yousafzai AK, Masanja H.
BMJ Glob Health. 2021 04. 6(4). PMID: 33906847
Regan M, Muhihi A, Nagu T, Aboud S, Ulenga N, Kaaya S, Fawzi MCS, Yousafzai AK, Mugusi F, Fawzi WW, Saxena S, Koenen K, Sudfeld CR.
AIDS Behav. 2021 Oct. 25(10):3097-3105. PMID: 33598866
Jensen SK, Placencio-Castro M, Murray SM, Brennan RT, Goshev S, Farrar J, Yousafzai A, Rawlings LB, Wilson B, Habyarimana E, Sezibera V, Betancourt TS.
BMJ Glob Health. 2021 01. 6(1). PMID: 33514591
Barbot B, Hein S, Trentacosta C, Beckmann JF, Bick J, Crocetti E, Liu Y, Rao SF, Liew J, Overbeek G, Ponguta LA, Scheithauer H, Super C, Arnett J, Bukowski W, Cook TD, Côté J, Eccles JS, Eid M, Hiraki K, Johnson M, Juang L, Landi N, Leckman J, McCardle P, Mulvey KL, Piquero AR, Preiss DD, Siegler R, Soenens B, Yousafzai AK, Bornstein MH, Cooper CR, Goossens L, Harkness S, van IJzendoorn MH.
New Dir Child Adolesc Dev. 2020 Jul. 2020(172):135-149. PMID: 32960503
Yousafzai AK.
Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2020 08. 4(8):565-566. PMID: 32589872
Aisha Yousafzai is principal investigator of two large randomized controlled trials focused on early childhood development in Pakistan, and works to create equity for children throughout the world.
Aisha Yousafzai, associate professor of global health, is the principal investigator of two large randomized controlled trials focused on early childhood development in Pakistan—Pakistan Early Child Development Scale-Up (PEDS) and Youth Leaders for Early Childhood Assuring Children are…
