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Prof.S.D.Dharmarathne

Faculty: Medicine

Faculty Publications
Medicine Global burden of cardiovascular diseases and risk factors, 1990–2019: update from the GBD 2019 study

GA Roth, GA Mensah, CO Johnson, G Addolorato, E Ammirati, ...
Journal of the American College of Cardiology 76 (25), 2982-3021
Medicine Estimation of the basic reproduction number (R0) for the novel coronavirus disease in Sri Lanka

S Dharmaratne, S Sudaraka, I Abeyagunawardena, K Manchanayake, ...
Virology Journal 17, 1-7
Medicine Use of Artificial Intelligence on spatio-temporal data to generate insights during COVID-19 pandemic: A Review

G Jayatilaka, J Hassan, U Marikkar, R Perera, S Sritharan, ...
MedRxiv, 2020.11. 22.20232959
Medicine The variations in the trends of novel coronavirus disease cases reported in Sri Lanka and the public health response

SD Dharmaratne, P Gunasena, MW Gunathunga, M Kothalawala, ...
Journal of the College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka 26 (5)
Medicine Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

T Vos, SS Lim, C Abbafati, KM Abbas, M Abbasi, M Abbasifard, ...
The Lancet 396 (10258), 1204-1222
Medicine Measuring universal health coverage based on an index of effective coverage of health services in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global …

R Lozano, N Fullman, JE Mumford, M Knight, CM Barthelemy, C Abbafati, ...
The Lancet 396 (10258), 1250-1284
Medicine Global injury morbidity and mortality from 1990 to 2017: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

SL James, CD Castle, ZV Dingels, JT Fox, EB Hamilton, Z Liu, ...
Injury Prevention 26 (Suppl 2), i96-i114
Medicine Estimating global injuries morbidity and mortality: methods and data used in the Global Burden of Disease 2017 study

SL James, CD Castle, ZV Dingels, JT Fox, EB Hamilton, Z Liu, ...
Injury Prevention 26 (Suppl 2), i125-i153
Medicine The burden of unintentional drowning: global, regional and national estimates of mortality from the Global Burden of Disease 2017 Study

RC Franklin, AE Peden, EB Hamilton, C Bisignano, CD Castle, ...
Injury prevention 26 (Suppl 2), i83-i95
Medicine Burden of injury along the development spectrum: associations between the Socio-demographic Index and disability-adjusted life year estimates from the Global Burden of Disease …

JA Haagsma, SL James, CD Castle, ZV Dingels, JT Fox, EB Hamilton, ...
Injury prevention 26 (Suppl 2), i12-i26
Medicine The global distribution of lymphatic filariasis, 2000–18: a geospatial analysis

EA Cromwell, CA Schmidt, KT Kwong, DM Pigott, D Mupfasoni, G Biswas, ...
The Lancet Global Health 8 (9), e1186-e1194
Medicine Mapping geographical inequalities in access to drinking water and sanitation facilities in low-income and middle-income countries, 2000–17

A Deshpande, MK Miller-Petrie, PA Lindstedt, MM Baumann, KB Johnson, ...
The Lancet Global Health 8 (9), e1162-e1185
Medicine Mapping geographical inequalities in oral rehydration therapy coverage in low-income and middle-income countries, 2000–17

KE Wiens, PA Lindstedt, BF Blacker, KB Johnson, MM Baumann, ...
The Lancet Global Health 8 (8), e1038-e1060
Medicine Department of Error: Mapping geographical inequalities in childhood diarrhoeal morbidity and mortality in low-income and middle-income countries, 2000–17: analysis for the …

RC Reiner, KE Wiens, A Deshpande, MM Baumann, PA Lindstedt, ...
Deakin University
Medicine Mapping geographical inequalities in childhood diarrhoeal morbidity and mortality in low-income and middle-income countries, 2000-17: analysis for the Global Burden of Disease …

LBD Diarrhoea, RC Reiner, KE Wiens, A Deshpande, TJ Meretoja, R Shiri
Lancet
Medicine Mapping geographical inequalities in childhood diarrhoeal morbidity and mortality in low-income and middle-income countries, 2000–17: analysis for the Global Burden of Disease …

RC Reiner, KE Wiens, A Deshpande, MM Baumann, PA Lindstedt, ...
The Lancet 395 (10239), 1779-1801
Medicine Prevalence and attributable health burden of chronic respiratory diseases, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

JB Soriano, PJ Kendrick, KR Paulson, V Gupta, EM Abrams, RA Adedoyin, ...
The Lancet Respiratory Medicine 8 (6), 585-596
Medicine Mapping local patterns of childhood overweight and wasting in low-and middle-income countries between 2000 and 2017

Nature medicine 26 (5), 750-759
Medicine Global and regional burden of disease and injury in 2016 arising from occupational exposures: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

GBD 2016 Occupational Risk Factors Collaborators
Occupational and environmental medicine 77 (3), 133-141
Medicine The global, regional, and national burden of cirrhosis by cause in 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

SG Sepanlou, S Safiri, C Bisignano, KS Ikuta, S Merat, M Saberifiroozi, ...
The Lancet gastroenterology & hepatology 5 (3), 245-266
Medicine Five insights from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

GBD 2019 Demographics Collaborators
Elsevier 396 (10258), 1135-1159
Medicine Maternal risk factors for''adverse neonatal outcome” after term deliveries in Sri Lanka

DA Gunawardane, SD Dharmaratne, DS Rowel
Journal of the Ruhunu Clinical Society 26 (1)
Medicine Mapping subnational HIV mortality in six Latin American countries with incomplete vital registration systems

Local Burden of Disease HIV Collaborators ladwyer@ uw. edu
Bmc Medicine 19, 1-25
Medicine Influence of a survival swimming training programme on water safety knowledge, attitudes and skills: a randomized controlled trial among young adults in Sri Lanka

J Ekanayaka, CK Geok, B Matthews, SD Dharmaratne
International journal of environmental research and public health 18 (21), 11428
Medicine Global, regional, and national mortality among young people aged 10–24 years, 1950–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

JL Ward, PS Azzopardi, KL Francis, JS Santelli, V Skirbekk, SM Sawyer, ...
The Lancet 398 (10311), 1593-1618
Medicine Global, regional, and national burden of stroke and its risk factors, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

VL Feigin, BA Stark, CO Johnson, GA Roth, C Bisignano, GG Abady, ...
The Lancet Neurology 20 (10), 795-820
Medicine Global, regional, and national progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 for neonatal and child health: all-cause and cause-specific mortality findings from the Global …

KR Paulson, AM Kamath, T Alam, K Bienhoff, GG Abady, J Abbas, ...
The Lancet 398 (10303), 870-905
Medicine A generalized forecasting solution to enable future insights of COVID-19 at sub-national level resolutions

U Marikkar, H Weligampola, R Perera, J Hassan, S Sritharan, ...
arXiv preprint arXiv:2108.09556
Medicine Limited Data Forecasting for Dengue Propagation

C Jayasani, P Dammalage, S Sarathchandra, R Godaliyadda, ...
2021 10th International Conference on Information and Automation for …
Medicine The global burden of childhood and adolescent cancer in 2017: an analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (vol 20, pg 1211, 2019)

LM Force, I Abdollahpour, SM Advani, D Agius, E Ahmadian, F Alahdab, ...
LANCET ONCOLOGY 22 (8), E347-E347
Medicine Predicting the environmental suitability for onchocerciasis in Africa as an aid to elimination planning

E Ahmadpour, M Beshir Ahmed, TY Akalu, Z Al-Aly, FM Alanezi, ...
Public Library of Science
Medicine Predicting the environmental suitability for onchocerciasis in Africa as an aid to elimination planning

EA Cromwell, JCP Osborne, TR Unnasch, MG Basáñez, KM Gass, ...
PLoS neglected tropical diseases 15 (7), e0008824
Medicine Spatial analysis of COVID-19 and socio-economic factors in Sri Lanka

R Perera, H Weligampola, U Marikkar, S Sritharan, R Godaliyadda, ...
2021 Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference (MERCon), 444-449
Medicine Spatial, temporal, and demographic patterns in prevalence of chewing tobacco use in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of …

PJ Kendrick, MB Reitsma, M Abbasi-Kangevari, A Abdoli, M Abdollahi, ...
The Lancet Public Health 6 (7), e482-e499
Medicine Spatial, temporal, and demographic patterns in prevalence of smoking tobacco use and attributable disease burden in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic …

MB Reitsma, PJ Kendrick, E Ababneh, C Abbafati, M Abbasi-Kangevari, ...
The Lancet 397 (10292), 2337-2360
Medicine Evaluation of Safety Climate and its associated factors in Base Hospital Avissawella

MP Jayalath, SD Dharmaratne, D Dharmagunawardene
South Florida Journal of Health 2 (2), 213-223
Medicine Subnational mapping of HIV incidence and mortality among individuals aged 15–49 years in sub-Saharan Africa, 2000–18: a modelling study

B Sartorius, JD VanderHeide, M Yang, EA Goosmann, J Hon, E Haeuser, ...
The Lancet HIV 8 (6), e363-e375
Medicine Household use of biomass fuel is associated with childhood wheeze and eczema: a cross sectional study of rural communities in Kandy, Sri Lanka

O Lall, G Bowatte, S Dharmaratne, AJ Lowe, A Vakalopoulos, I Ambrose, ...
ERJ Open Research 7 (suppl 6)
Medicine P4. 009 Epidemiology of school injuries among middle school students in Kandy, Sri Lanka

S Navaratna, S Dharmaratne
Injury prevention 27 (Suppl 2), A69-A70
Medicine Demographic transition in Sri Lanka

H Kumari, SD Dharmaratne
Faculty of Science, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka
Medicine Household air pollution from biomass fuel for cooking and adverse fetal growth outcomes in rural Sri Lanka

A Vakalopoulos, SC Dharmage, S Dharmaratne, P Jayasinghe, O Lall, ...
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18 (4), 1878
Medicine Burden of neurological disorders across the US from 1990-2017: a global burden of disease study

VL Feigin, T Vos, F Alahdab, AML Amit, TW Bärnighausen, E Beghi, ...
JAMA neurology 78 (2), 165-176
Medicine Mapping routine measles vaccination in low-and middle-income countries

Nature 589 (7842), 415-419
Medicine Household use of biomass fuel, especially traditional stove, is associated with childhood wheeze and eczema: A cross sectional study of rural communities in Kandy, Sri Lanka

O Lall, G Bowatte, S Dharmaratne, AJ Lowe, A Vakalopoulos, I Ambrose, ...
Especially Traditional Stove, is Associated with Childhood Wheeze and Eczema …
Medicine Policy and technical considerations for implementing a risk-based approach to international travel in the context of COVID-19

SL James, D Abate, KH Abate, SM Abay, C Abbafati, N Abbasi, ...
The Lancet 392 (10159), 1789-1858
Medicine Tracking development assistance for health and for COVID-19: a review of development assistance, government, out-of-pocket, and other private spending on health for 204 …

AE Micah, IE Cogswell, A Meretoja, TJ Meretoja
Medicine Mapping age-and sex-specific HIV prevalence in adults in sub-Saharan Africa, 2000–2018

E Haeuser, AL Serfes, MA Cork, M Yang, H Abbastabar, ES Abhilash, ...
BMC medicine 20 (1), 1-24
Medicine Mapping development and health effects of cooking with solid fuels in low-income and middle-income countries, 2000–18: a geospatial modelling study

JJ Frostad, QAP Nguyen, MM Baumann, BF Blacker, LB Marczak, ...
The Lancet global health 10 (10), e1395-e1411
Medicine Burden of diabetes and hyperglycaemia in adults in the Americas, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

E Cousin, MI Schmidt, KL Ong, R Lozano, A Afshin, AI Abushouk, ...
The lancet Diabetes & endocrinology 10 (9), 655-667
Medicine Holistic interpretation of public scenes using computer vision and temporal graphs to identify social distancing violations

G Jayatilaka, J Hassan, S Sritharan, JB Senanayaka, H Weligampola, ...
Applied Sciences 12 (17), 8428
Medicine The global burden of cancer attributable to risk factors, 2010–19: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

KB Tran, JJ Lang, K Compton, R Xu, AR Acheson, HJ Henrikson, ...
The Lancet 400 (10352), 563-591
Medicine Epidemiology of aerophagia in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis

S Rajindrajith, D Gunawardane, C Kuruppu, SD Dharmaratne, ...
PloS one 17 (7), e0271494
Medicine Estimates, trends, and drivers of the global burden of type 2 diabetes attributable to PM2· 5 air pollution, 1990–2019: an analysis of data from the Global Burden of Disease …

K Burkart, K Causey, AJ Cohen, SS Wozniak, DD Salvi, C Abbafati, ...
The Lancet Planetary Health 6 (7), e586-e600
Medicine Information needs and mHealth applications for carers of people with dementia in managing behavioural and psychological symptoms of care recipients: an integrative review protocol

T Jagoda, S Rathnayake, S Dharmaratne
BMJ open 12 (6), e060414
Medicine Source code and secondary data of the stochastic process based COVID-19 simulation model

SS Manathunga, IA Abeyagunawardena, SD Dharmaratne
Software Impacts 12, 100284
Medicine The impact of COVID-19 on nursing education in Sri Lanka: A reflective analysis

S Rathnayake, T Jagoda, D Dassanayake, N Dharmarathna, CM Herath, ...
International Health Trends and Perspectives 2 (1), 26-34
Medicine Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 vaccines–a review of adverse effects and safety profiles

VW Premaratne, R Farook, SD Dharmaratne
Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases 12 (1)
Medicine Artificial intelligence framework for threat assessment and containment for covid-19 and future epidemics while mitigating the socioeconomic impact to women, children, and …

G Ilangarathna, H Weligampola, Y Ranasinghe, E Attygalla, ...
J. Natn. Sci. Foundation Sri Lanka 2022 50 (Special): 251-262
Medicine Protocol: Information needs and mHealth applications for carers of people with dementia in managing behavioural and psychological symptoms of care recipients: an integrative …

T Jagoda, S Rathnayake, S Dharmaratne
BMJ Open 12 (6)
Medicine A stochastic process based modular tool-box for simulating COVID-19 infection spread

SS Manathunga, IA Abeyagunawardena, SD Dharmaratne
Informatics in Medicine Unlocked 29, 100899
Medicine The global burden of adolescent and young adult cancer in 2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

EM Alvarez, LM Force, R Xu, K Compton, D Lu, HJ Henrikson, ...
The Lancet Oncology 23 (1), 27-52