S Sazawal

Summary

Affiliation: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Population Health Metrics Research Consortium gold standard verbal autopsy validation study: design, implementation, and development of analysis datasets
    Christopher Jl Murray
    Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, 2301 Fifth Ave, Suite 600, Seattle, WA 98121, USA
    Popul Health Metr 9:27. 2011
  2. ncbi Malaria incidence and prevalence on Pemba island before the onset of the successful control intervention on the Zanzibar archipelago
    Thomas Jaenisch
    Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA
    Malar J 9:32. 2010
  3. ncbi Effects of Bifidobacterium lactis HN019 and prebiotic oligosaccharide added to milk on iron status, anemia, and growth among children 1 to 4 years old
    Sunil Sazawal
    Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
    J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 51:341-6. 2010
  4. ncbi Effect of zinc added to multi-vitamin supplementation containing low-dose vitamin A on plasma retinol level in children--a double-blind randomized, controlled trial
    Sunil Sazawal
    Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 North Wolfe Street, Room W5517, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    J Health Popul Nutr 25:62-6. 2007
  5. ncbi Effects of fortified milk on morbidity in young children in north India: community based, randomised, double masked placebo controlled trial
    Sunil Sazawal
    Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    BMJ 334:140. 2007
  6. ncbi Zinc supplementation for four months does not affect plasma copper concentration in infants
    S Sazawal
    Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
    Acta Paediatr 93:599-602. 2004
  7. ncbi Efficacy of probiotics in prevention of acute diarrhoea: a meta-analysis of masked, randomised, placebo-controlled trials
    Sunil Sazawal
    Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    Lancet Infect Dis 6:374-82. 2006
  8. ncbi Zinc and childhood infectious disease morbidity and mortality
    R E Black
    Department of International Health, School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University 615 N Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    Br J Nutr 85:S125-9. 2001
  9. ncbi Zinc deficiency: descriptive epidemiology and morbidity among preschool children in peri-urban population in Delhi, India
    Usha Dhingra
    Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    J Health Popul Nutr 27:632-9. 2009
  10. ncbi Zinc supplementation in infants born small for gestational age reduces mortality: a prospective, randomized, controlled trial
    S Sazawal
    Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
    Pediatrics 108:1280-6. 2001

Collaborators

  • Robert E Black
  • Rebecca J Stoltzfus
  • M K Bhan
  • L E Caulfield
  • James Tielsch
  • Maureen M Black
  • Lindsay Helen Allen
  • Sarah E Cusick
  • D Mahalanabis
  • R M Angulo-Kinzler
  • B Lozoff
  • Christine Poulos
  • Rosalind S Gibson
  • Usha Dhingra
  • Christopher Jl Murray
  • Arup Dutta
  • Thomas Jaenisch
  • Deanna K Olney
  • Rajiv Bahl
  • Vinita Das
  • Alan D Lopez
  • Dolores Ramírez-Villalobos
  • Devarsetty Praveen
  • Said Mohd Ali
  • Lalit Dandona
  • Marilla Lucero
  • Abraham D Flaxman
  • Vishwajeet Kumar
  • Bruce Neal
  • Bernardo Hernández
  • Hazel Remolador
  • Ian Riley
  • Wafaie Fawzi
  • Diozele Sanvictores
  • Rajendra Prasad
  • Rohina Joshi
  • Summer Lockett Ohno
  • Emily Dantzer
  • Ramesh Ahuja
  • Henry Kalter
  • Rafael Lozano
  • Mwanaidi Said
  • Zul Premji
  • Minerva Romero
  • Saurabh Mehta
  • Sara Gomez
  • Abdullah Baqui
  • Aarti Kumar
  • Veronica Tallo
  • Saikat Deb
  • Roger Gaczkowski
  • David J Sullivan
  • Mahdi Ramsan
  • Mashavu K Othman
  • Girish Hiremath
  • Pratibha Dhingra
  • Venugopal P Menon
  • Archana Sarkar
  • Patricia K Kariger
  • Nadra S Ali
  • Sabra S Khalfan
  • Ernesto Pollitt
  • Dale Whittington
  • Ramesh Kumar
  • Anju Sinha
  • Camilo J Acosta
  • John D Clemens

Detail Information

Publications22

  1. ncbi Population Health Metrics Research Consortium gold standard verbal autopsy validation study: design, implementation, and development of analysis datasets
    Christopher Jl Murray
    Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, 2301 Fifth Ave, Suite 600, Seattle, WA 98121, USA
    Popul Health Metr 9:27. 2011
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  2. ncbi Malaria incidence and prevalence on Pemba island before the onset of the successful control intervention on the Zanzibar archipelago
    Thomas Jaenisch
    Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA
    Malar J 9:32. 2010
    ....
  3. ncbi Effects of Bifidobacterium lactis HN019 and prebiotic oligosaccharide added to milk on iron status, anemia, and growth among children 1 to 4 years old
    Sunil Sazawal
    Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
    J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 51:341-6. 2010
    ..To evaluate the effect of Bifidobacterium lactis HN019 and prebiotic-fortified milk on iron status, anemia, and growth among 1- to 4-year-old children...
  4. ncbi Effect of zinc added to multi-vitamin supplementation containing low-dose vitamin A on plasma retinol level in children--a double-blind randomized, controlled trial
    Sunil Sazawal
    Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 North Wolfe Street, Room W5517, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    J Health Popul Nutr 25:62-6. 2007
    ..Addition of zinc to low-dose vitamin A in this study did not improve the vitamin A status of children and cannot explain morbidity effects of the intervention...
  5. ncbi Effects of fortified milk on morbidity in young children in north India: community based, randomised, double masked placebo controlled trial
    Sunil Sazawal
    Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    BMJ 334:140. 2007
    ..To evaluate the efficacy of milk fortified with specific multiple micronutrients on morbidity in children compared with the same milk without fortification...
  6. ncbi Zinc supplementation for four months does not affect plasma copper concentration in infants
    S Sazawal
    Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
    Acta Paediatr 93:599-602. 2004
    ....
  7. ncbi Efficacy of probiotics in prevention of acute diarrhoea: a meta-analysis of masked, randomised, placebo-controlled trials
    Sunil Sazawal
    Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    Lancet Infect Dis 6:374-82. 2006
    ..The effect on acute diarrhoea is dependent on the age of the host and genera of strain used...
  8. ncbi Zinc and childhood infectious disease morbidity and mortality
    R E Black
    Department of International Health, School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University 615 N Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    Br J Nutr 85:S125-9. 2001
    ..Preventive and therapeutic interventions should be implemented in developing countries where zinc deficiency is likely to be prevalent...
  9. ncbi Zinc deficiency: descriptive epidemiology and morbidity among preschool children in peri-urban population in Delhi, India
    Usha Dhingra
    Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    J Health Popul Nutr 27:632-9. 2009
    ..8% had levels of plasma zinc below 60 microg/dL. A significantly higher risk of morbidity was prevalent among the subjects with lower plasma zinc compared to those with higher levels of plasma zinc...
  10. ncbi Zinc supplementation in infants born small for gestational age reduces mortality: a prospective, randomized, controlled trial
    S Sazawal
    Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
    Pediatrics 108:1280-6. 2001
    ..88 (95% confidence interval: 0.36-2.15). CONCLUSIONS: Zinc supplementation in small for gestational age infants can result in a substantial reduction in infectious disease mortality...
  11. ncbi Prebiotic and probiotic fortified milk in prevention of morbidities among children: community-based, randomized, double-blind, controlled trial
    Sunil Sazawal
    Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    PLoS ONE 5:e12164. 2010
    ....
  12. ncbi Effect of zinc supplementation on mortality in children aged 1-48 months: a community-based randomised placebo-controlled trial
    Sunil Sazawal
    Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    Lancet 369:927-34. 2007
    ..Our aim was to assess the effects of zinc supplementation on overall mortality in children in Pemba, Zanzibar...
  13. ncbi Micronutrient fortified milk improves iron status, anemia and growth among children 1-4 years: a double masked, randomized, controlled trial
    Sunil Sazawal
    Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    PLoS ONE 5:e12167. 2010
    ....
  14. ncbi Cognitive and motor development among small-for-gestational-age infants: impact of zinc supplementation, birth weight, and caregiving practices
    Maureen M Black
    Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
    Pediatrics 113:1297-305. 2004
    ....
  15. ncbi Effect of pneumonia case management on mortality in neonates, infants, and preschool children: a meta-analysis of community-based trials
    Sunil Sazawal
    Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    Lancet Infect Dis 3:547-56. 2003
    ..Community-based interventions to identify and treat pneumonia have a substantial effect on neonatal, infant, and child mortality and should be incorporated into primary health care...
  16. ncbi Short-term effects of vitamin A and antimalarial treatment on erythropoiesis in severely anemic Zanzibari preschool children
    Sarah E Cusick
    Center for Human Nutrition, Department of International Health, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
    Am J Clin Nutr 82:406-12. 2005
    ..Impaired erythropoietin production is one possible mechanism. Plasmodium falciparum malaria has been found to blunt erythropoietin production, whereas vitamin A stimulates erythropoietin production in vitro...
  17. ncbi Effects of routine prophylactic supplementation with iron and folic acid on admission to hospital and mortality in preschool children in a high malaria transmission setting: community-based, randomised, placebo-controlled trial
    Sunil Sazawal
    Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 615 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    Lancet 367:133-43. 2006
    ..However, supplementation of those who are not iron deficient might be harmful. As such, current guidelines for universal supplementation with iron and folic acid should be revised...
  18. ncbi Combined iron and folic acid supplementation with or without zinc reduces time to walking unassisted among Zanzibari infants 5- to 11-mo old
    Deanna K Olney
    U.S. Department of Agriculture, ARS-Western Human Nutrition Research Center, Davis, CA, USA
    J Nutr 136:2427-34. 2006
    ..There were no significant treatment effects on changes in HAZ or WAZ. The effects of treatment on time to walking may have been mediated by improvements in iron status or hemoglobin, but were not mediated through improvements in growth...
  19. ncbi Association between Helicobacter pylori infection and increased risk of typhoid fever
    Maharaj K Bhan
    Advanced Center for Diarrheal Disease Research, Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
    J Infect Dis 186:1857-60. 2002
    ..This study provides the first empiric evidence that H. pylori infection is associated with an increased risk of typhoid fever...
  20. ncbi Preschool-aged children with iron deficiency anemia show altered affect and behavior
    Betsy Lozoff
    Center for Human Growth and Development, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 0406, USA
    J Nutr 137:683-9. 2007
    ..These results indicate that IDA in the preschool period has affective and behavioral effects similar to those reported for IDA in infancy...
  21. ncbi Costs of illness due to typhoid fever in an Indian urban slum community: implications for vaccination policy
    Rajiv Bahl
    Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease and Nutrition Research, Department of Paediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110 029, India
    J Health Popul Nutr 22:304-10. 2004
    ..Ways must be found to make Vi-conjugate vaccine, which is efficacious at this age, available to children of developing-countries...
  22. ncbi Design and quality control issues related to dietary assessment, randomized clinical trials and meta-analysis of field-based studies in developing countries
    Rosalind S Gibson
    Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
    J Nutr 133:1569S-73S. 2003
    ..Meta-analysis is a statistical technique involving linear models or generalized linear models, which can be performed after locating the individual studies, and selecting and abstracting all the necessary data...