Bilal Iqbal Avan

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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

United Kingdom

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Bilal Iqbal Avan is an Associate Professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in the UK. His research focuses on maternal and child health, with recent publications addressing perinatal mental health, antenatal services for women with disabilities, and the effectiveness of interventions aimed at improving early childhood development. He has contributed significantly to understanding the implementation of supportive maternity care in various health systems, particularly in South Asia.

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Articles (19)

Data-driven decision-making for district health management: a cluster-randomised study in 24 districts of Ethiopia

Optimising Perinatal Mental Health: Implementation framework for integrating interventions into primary healthcare systems

Inequalities in utilisation of essential antenatal services for women with disabilities in Pakistan: analysis of a cross-sectional demographic and health survey of Pakistan 2017–2018

Understanding the Mechanisms of Change in the Supportive and Respectful Maternity Care Intervention in Sindh, Pakistan: Provider Perspectives

Comparing the effectiveness of mother-focused interventions to that of mother-child focused interventions in improving maternal postpartum depression outcomes: A systematic review

Maternal time investment in caregiving activities to promote early childhood development: evidence from rural India

Promoting Supportive and Respectful Maternity Care in Public Health Facilities in Sindh, Pakistan: A Theory-Informed Health System Intervention

Can home visits for early child development be implemented with sufficient coverage and quality at scale? Evidence from the SPRING program in India and Pakistan

Effect of the SPRING home visits intervention on early child development and growth in rural India and Pakistan: parallel cluster randomised controlled trials

Psychosocial support during childbirth: Development and adaptation of WHO’s Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) for maternity care settings

Impact of COVID-19 on mental health of primary healthcare workers in Pakistan: lessons from a qualitative inquiry

Understanding the mental health impact and needs of public healthcare professionals during COVID-19 in Pakistan : a qualitative study

Inclusive, supportive and dignified maternity care (SDMC)-Development and feasibility assessment of an intervention package for public health systems: A study protocol.

Embedding Community-Based Newborn Care in the Ethiopian health system: lessons from a 4-year programme evaluation

District health managers perspectives of introducing a new service: a qualitative study of the community-based newborn care programme in Ethiopia.

Coverage of antenatal, intrapartum, and newborn care in 104 districts of Ethiopia: A before and after study four years after the launch of the national Community-Based Newborn Care programme.

Are underprivileged and less empowered women deprived of respectful maternity care: Inequities in childbirth experiences in public health facilities in Pakistan.

"There Is No Link Between Resource Allocation and Use of Local Data": A Qualitative Study of District-Based Health Decision-Making in West Bengal, India.

Behavioral problems in preadolescence: Does gender matter?

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