Laith Hussain
Senior Lecturer
School of Public Health and CommunityAbout Laith Hussain
Dr. Laith Hussain-Alkhateeb is a Senior University Lecturer at the School of Public Health and Community Medicine. He is a Global Health epidemiologist with expertise in population surveillance, health systems and policy research with specific interest in transforming standardized methods into routine policy and practice. Dr. Hussain-Alkhateeb has over 10 years of research experience in low- and middle-income countries and has participated and co-coordinated several national & international projects in the area of maternal & child health and climate change and health particularly in relation to vector-borne diseases. He has been a key member in the development and advancement of novel WHO methods such as the Early Warning And Response System for infectious diseases and in the context of global mortality ascertainment, the innovation of verbal autopsy towards routine assessment of Universal Health Coverage – moving from medical to social and health system causes of death. In his PhD supervision role, Dr. Hussain-Alkhateeb is overseeing research projects in the area of health system, register-based studies, biomarker research and global antibiotic usage in Sweden, African and Middle East.
Keywords: population surveillance; epidemiology; health system; climate change and health; environmental medicine; health policy research.
Research methods: public health surveillance, register-based, cohort, cross-sectional and survey, scoping reviews
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The Early Warning and Response System (EWARS-TDR) for dengue outbreaks: can it also be applied to chikungunya and Zika outbreak
warning?
R. Cardenas, Laith Hussain-Alkhateeb, D. Benitez-Valladares, G. Sanchez-Tejeda, A. Kroeger
Bmc Infectious Diseases - 2022-01-01 -
Early warning systems (EWSs) for chikungunya, dengue, malaria, yellow fever, and Zika outbreaks: What is the evidence? A scoping
review.
Laith Hussain-Alkhateeb, Tatiana Rivera Ramírez, Axel Kroeger, Ernesto Gozzer, Silvia Runge-Ranzinger
PLoS neglected tropical diseases - 2021-01-01 -
Study protocol for WHO and UNICEF estimates of global, regional, and national preterm birth rates for 2010 to
2019
A. De Costa, A. B. Moller, H. Blencowe, E. W. Johansson, Laith Hussain-Alkhateeb, E. O. Ohuma, Y. B. Okwaraji, J. Cresswell, J. H. Requejo, R. Bahl, O. T. Oladapo, J. E. Lawn, A. C. Moran
PLoS ONE - 2021-01-01 -
Validation of the Early Warning and Response System (EWARS) for dengue outbreaks: Evidence from the national vector control program in
Mexico
D. Benitez-Valladares, A. Kroeger, G. S. Tejeda, Laith Hussain-Alkhateeb
Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases - 2021-01-01 -
The Impact of Occupational Noise Exposure on Hyperacusis: a Longitudinal Population Study of Female Workers in
Sweden.
Sofie Fredriksson, Laith Hussain-Alkhateeb, Kjell Torén, Mattias Sjöström, Jenny Selander, Per Gustavsson, Kim R. Kähäri, Lennart Magnusson, Kerstin Persson Waye
Ear and Hearing - 2021-01-01 -
Factors shaping the COVID-19 epidemic curve: a multi-country
analysis
Su Yeon Jang, Laith Hussain-Alkhateeb, Tatiana Rivera Ramirez, Ahmed Asa’ad Al-Aghbari, Dhia Joseph Chackalackal, Rocio Cardenas-Sanchez, Maria Angelica Carrillo, In Hwan Oh, Eduardo Andrés Alfonso-Sierra, Pia Oechsner, Brian Kibiwott Kirui, Martin Anto, Sonia Diaz-Monsalve, Axel Kroeger
BMC Infectious Diseases - 2021-01-01 -
Swedish intrauterine growth reference ranges for estimated fetal
weight
L. Lindström, M. Ageheim, O. Axelsson, Laith Hussain-Alkhateeb, A. Skalkidou, A. K. Wikström, E. Bergman
Scientific Reports - 2021-01-01 -
Shared breastfeeding & other early multiple sclerosis risk factors: A case-control
study
N. M. Alkhawajah, Laith Hussain-Alkhateeb, Y. A. Alshamlan, M. O. Almohaini, G. A. Aleissa, T. A. Muayqil, S. Aljarallah
Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders - 2021-01-01 -
Effects of Growth Hormone Treatment on Sleep-Related Parameters in Adults With Prader-Willi
Syndrome
H. H. Shukur, Laith Hussain-Alkhateeb, S. Farholt, O. Norregaard, A. P. Jorgensen, C. Hoybye
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism - 2021-01-01 -
Determinants of trends in reported antibiotic use among sick children under five years of age across low-income and middle-income countries in 2005–17: A systematic analysis of user characteristics based on 132 national surveys from 73
countries
G. Allwell-Brown, Laith Hussain-Alkhateeb, M. O. Sewe, F. E. Kitutu, S. Strömdahl, A. Mårtensson, E. W. Johansson
International Journal of Infectious Diseases - 2021-01-01 -
Current smoking alters phospholipid- and surfactant protein A levels in small airway lining fluid: An explorative study on exhaled
breath
Emilia Viklund, Björn Bake, Laith Hussain-Alkhateeb, Hatice Koca Akdeva, Per Larsson, Anna-Carin Olin
Plos One - 2021-01-01 -
Novel non-invasive particles in exhaled air method to explore the lining fluid of small airways-a European population-based cohort
study.
Laith Hussain-Alkhateeb, Björn Bake, Mathias Holm, Össur Emilsson, Ekaterina Mirgorodskaya, Anna-Carin Olin
BMJ open respiratory research - 2021-01-01 -
Upper mini sternotomy approach for pulmonary artery banding: A single centre
experience.
Hossam Walley, Dunay Khaymaf, Alhasan Shaban, Laith Hussain-Alkhateeb
Journal of cardiac surgery - 2021-01-01 -
Swedish intrauterine growth reference ranges of biometric measurements of fetal head, abdomen and
femur
L. Lindstrom, M. Ageheim, O. Axelsson, Laith Hussain-Alkhateeb, A. Skalkidou, E. Bergman
Scientific Reports - 2020-01-01 -
A laboratory study on the effects of wind turbine noise on sleep: Results of the polysomnographic WiTNES
study.
Michael Smith, Mikael Ögren, Pontus Thorsson, Laith Hussain-Alkhateeb, Eja Pedersen, Jens Forssén, Julia Ageborg Morsing, Kerstin Persson Waye
Sleep - 2020-01-01 -
Hair cortisol-a method to detect chronic cortisol levels in patients with Prader-Willi
syndrome.
Hasanain Hamid Shukur, Yolanda B de Rijke, Elisabeth F C van Rossum, Laith Hussain-Alkhateeb, Charlotte Höybye
BMC endocrine disorders - 2020-01-01 -
Trends in reported antibiotic use among children under 5 years of age with fever, diarrhoea, or cough with fast or difficult breathing across low-income and middle-income countries in 2005-17: a systematic analysis of 132 national surveys from 73
countries.
Gbemisola Allwell-Brown, Laith Hussain-Alkhateeb, Freddy Eric Kitutu, Susanne Strömdahl, Andreas Mårtensson, Emily White Johansson
The Lancet. Global health - 2020-01-01 -
Enhancing the value of mortality data for health systems: adding Circumstances Of Mortality CATegories (COMCATs) to deaths investigated by verbal
autopsy.
Laith Hussain-Alkhateeb, Lucia D'Ambruoso, Stephen Tollman, Kathleen Kahn, Maria Van Der Merwe, Rhian Twine, Linus Schiöler, Max Petzold, Peter Byass
Global health action - 2019-01-01 -
Exploring Sick Leave in Integrative Care-Retrospective Observations and Future Study
Recommendations.
Tobias Sundberg, Laith Hussain-Alkhateeb, Annelie Inghilesi Larsson, David Sibbritt, Torkel Falkenberg
Journal of alternative and complementary medicine - 2019-01-01 -
An integrated approach to processing WHO-2016 verbal autopsy data: the InterVA-5
model
P. Byass, Laith Hussain-Alkhateeb, L. D'Ambruoso, S. Clark, J. Davies, E. Fottrell, J. Bird, C. Kabudula, S. Tollman, K. Kahn, Linus Schiöler, Max Petzold
BMC Med - 2019-01-01 -
Preschool teachers’ perspective on how high noise levels at preschool affect children’s
behavior
Kerstin Persson Waye, Sofie Fredriksson, Laith Hussain-Alkhateeb, Johanna Gustafsson, Irene van Kamp
PLoS ONE - 2019-01-01 -
Assessing the exposure-response relationship of sleep disturbance and vibration in field and laboratory
settings
Kerstin Persson Waye, Michael Smith, Laith Hussain-Alkhateeb, A. Koopman, Mikael Ögren, E. Peris, D. Waddington, J. Woodcock, C. Sharp, S. Janssen
Environmental Pollution - 2019-01-01 -
Early Warning and Response System (EWARS) for Dengue Outbreaks: operational guide using the web-based
dashboard
Laith Hussain-Alkhateeb, Joacim Rocklöv, Maquins Sewe, Axel Kroeger, Piero Olliaro
- 2018-01-01 -
Counting deaths, accounting for
lives
Laith Hussain-Alkhateeb
- 2018-01-01 -
Annoyance in Response to Vibrations from
Railways
Laura Maclachlan, Mikael Ögren, Elise Elise van Kempen, Laith Hussain-Alkhateeb, Kerstin Persson Waye
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - 2018-01-01 -
Non-AIDS Mortality Is Higher Among Successfully Treated People Living with HIV Compared with Matched HIV-Negative Control Persons: A 15-Year Follow-Up Cohort Study in
Sweden.
Zaake de Coninck, Laith Hussain-Alkhateeb, Göran Bratt, Anna Mia Ekström, Magnus Gisslén, Max Petzold, Veronica Svedhem
AIDS patient care and STDs - 2018-01-01 -
Early warning and response system (EWARS) for dengue outbreaks: Recent advancements towards widespread applications in critical
settings
Laith Hussain-Alkhateeb, Axel Kroeger, Piero Olliaro, Joacim Rocklöv, Maquins Odhiambo Sewe, Gustavo Tejeda, David Benitez, Balvinder Gill, S. Lokman Hakim, Roberta Gomes Carvalho, Leigh Bowman, Max Petzold
PLoS ONE - 2018-01-01 -
The effect of occupational noise on hearing-related symptoms - exploring mediating and modifying effect of annoyance and
stress
Sofie Fredriksson, Laith Hussain-Alkhateeb, Kerstin Persson Waye
Proceedings of the 12th ICBEN Congress on Noise as a Public Health Problem (Vol. 6, pp. 18-22). - 2017-01-01 -
Operational guide: Early Warning and Response System (EWARS) for dengue
outbreaks
Laith Hussain-Alkhateeb, Leigh Bowman, Max Petzold
- 2017-01-01 -
Safer paediatric surgical teams: A 5-year evaluation of crew resource management implementation and
outcomes
CARL SAVAGE, F. ANDREW GAFFNEY, Laith Hussain-Alkhateeb, PIA OLSSON ACKHEIM, GUNILLA HENRICSON, IRINI ANTONIADOU, MATS HEDSKÖLD, KARIN PUKK HÄRENSTAM
International Journal for Quality in Health Care - 2017-01-01 -
Wind Turbine Noise Effects on Sleep: The WiTNES
study
Michael Smith, Mikael Ögren, Pontus Thorsson, Laith Hussain-Alkhateeb, Eja Pedersen, Jens Forssén, Julia Ageborg Morsing, Kerstin Persson Waye
ICBEN 2017 - 2017-01-01 -
Effects of recall time on cause-of-death findings using verbal autopsy: empirical evidence from rural South
Africa.
Laith Hussain-Alkhateeb, Max Petzold, Mark Collinson, Stephen Tollman, Kathleen Kahn, Peter Byass
Emerging Themes in Epidemiology - 2016-01-01 -
Usage and cost of first-line drugs for patients referred to inpatient anthroposophic integrative care or inpatient conventional care for stress-related mental disorders-a register based
study
T. Sundberg, Laith Hussain-Alkhateeb, T. Falkenberg
Bmc Complementary and Alternative Medicine - 2015-01-01 -
Local perceptions of causes of death in rural South Africa: a comparison of perceived and verbal autopsy causes of
death
Laith Hussain-Alkhateeb, E. Fottrell, Max Petzold, K. Kahn, P. Byass
Global Health Action - 2015-01-01