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Iqbal H Shah

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Sathar Z, Singh S, Shah I, Niazi M, Parveen T, Mulhern O, et al.
BMJ Glob Health . 2025 Jan; 10(1). PMID: 39884725
Background: Despite induced abortion being highly legally restricted in Pakistan, studies in 2002 and 2012 showed that many women rely on abortion when faced with an unintended pregnancy. Following the...
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Maqbool Ahmad A, Shah I, Mir A, Sadiq M, Bosan M
PLoS One . 2025 Jan; 20(1):e0290492. PMID: 39752399
Background: Pakistan has experienced a significant reduction in maternal mortality with a decline of 33 percent between 2006 and 2019. However, the country still grapples with a high number (186...
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Ali M, Bellizzi S, Shah I
Lancet Glob Health . 2023 Sep; 11(10):e1544-e1552. PMID: 37734798
Background: Inter-pregnancy interval has been identified as a potentially modifiable risk factor to improve perinatal outcomes. We examined the WHO recommended interval of at least 24 months after a livebirth...
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Puri M, Guo M, Stone L, Shah I
PLOS Glob Public Health . 2023 Mar; 3(3):e0001665. PMID: 36963067
To meet the postpartum family planning (PPFP) needs of women in Nepal, an intervention was launched to integrate PPFP counselling and postpartum IUD (PPIUD) insertion into maternity care. Women delivering...
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Puri M, Huber-Krum S, Canning D, Guo M, Shah I
PLoS One . 2021 Mar; 16(3):e0249106. PMID: 33770114
Background: Postpartum women have high rates of unmet need for modern contraception in the two years following birth in Nepal. We assessed whether providing contraceptive counseling during pregnancy and/or prior...
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Stone L, Puri M, Guo M, Shah I
Reprod Health . 2021 Feb; 18(1):43. PMID: 33596937
Background: Health service providers play a key role in addressing women's need for postpartum pregnancy prevention. Yet, in Nepal, little is known about providers' knowledge, attitudes, and practice (KAP) on...
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Puri M, Guo M, Shah I, Stone L, Maharjan D, Canning D
Int Perspect Sex Reprod Health . 2021 Feb; 46:235-245. PMID: 33544562
Context: Providers' and women's characteristics are associated with postpartum copper IUD (PPIUD) outcomes, but the relationship between providers' level of experience and PPIUD expulsion and discontinuation has not been established....
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Puri M, Joshi S, Khadka A, Pearson E, Dhungel Y, Shah I
Reprod Health . 2020 Mar; 17(1):41. PMID: 32183877
Background: Postpartum intrauterine device (PPIUD) use remains very low in Nepal despite high levels of unmet need for postpartum family planning and the national government's efforts to promote its use....
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Puri M, Moroni M, Pearson E, Pradhan E, Shah I
BMC Womens Health . 2020 Feb; 20(1):29. PMID: 32070339
Background: Though modern contraceptive use among married women in Nepal has increased from 26% in 1996 to 43% in 2016, it remains low among postpartum women. Integration of counselling on...
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Pradhan E, Canning D, Shah I, Puri M, Pearson E, Thapa K, et al.
Reprod Health . 2019 May; 16(1):69. PMID: 31142344
Background: In Nepal, 54% of women have an unmet need for family planning within the 2 years following a birth. Provision of a long-acting and reversible contraceptive method at the...