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.
Obradovic J, Finch JE, Connolly C, Siyal S, Yousafzai AK.
Dev Sci. 2022 May 13. e13271. PMID: 35561073
Kruk ME, Lewis TP, Arsenault C, Bhutta ZA, Irimu G, Jeong J, Lassi ZS, Sawyer SM, Vaivada T, Waiswa P, Yousafzai AK.
Lancet. 2022 05 07. 399(10337):1830-1844. PMID: 35489361
Bliznashka L, Ahun MN, Velthausz D, Donco R, Karuskina-Drivdale S, Pinto J, Yousafzai AK, Jeong J.
Health Policy Plan. 2022 Jan 25. PMID: 35077547
Bliznashka L, Perumal N, Yousafzai A, Sudfeld C.
Arch Dis Child. 2021 Dec 24. PMID: 34952837
Bliznashka L, McCoy DC, Siyal S, Sudfeld CR, Fawzi WW, Yousafzai AK.
Matern Child Nutr. 2022 04. 18(2):e13308. PMID: 34905648
Rochat TJ, Dube S, Herbst K, Hoegfeldt CA, Redinger S, Khoza T, Bland RM, Richter L, Linsell L, Desmond C, Yousafzai AK, Craske M, Juszczak E, Abas M, Edwards T, Ekers D, Stein A.
Trials. 2021 Dec 13. 22(1):914. PMID: 34903257
Jeong J, Bliznashka L, Ahun MN, Karuskina-Drivdale S, Picolo M, Lalwani T, Pinto J, Frey M, Velthauz D, Donco R, Yousafzai AK.
Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2022 03. 1509(1):161-183. PMID: 34859451
Ho FK, Rao N, Tung KTS, Wong RS, Wong WHS, Tung JYL, Chua GT, Tso WWY, Bacon-Shone J, Wong ICK, Yousafzai A, Wright C, Ip P.
JAMA Netw Open. 2021 12 01. 4(12):e2139543. PMID: 34913975
Bliznashka L, Udo IE, Sudfeld CR, Fawzi WW, Yousafzai AK.
PLoS Med. 2021 09. 18(9):e1003781. PMID: 34529666
Jeong J, Ahun MN, Bliznashka L, Velthausz D, Donco R, Yousafzai AK.
Soc Sci Med. 2021 10. 287:114363. PMID: 34500322
A new Lancet series focuses on building a holistic global health agenda for improving child and adolescent health and development from before conception to adulthood, and to reduce inequities in access and quality of care.
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…
