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Günther Fink

Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute ·
Area of research
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health · Nutrition and Dietetics
Research interest
Research interests include Child Nutrition and Water Access, Global Maternal and Child Health, Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare, and Infant Development and Preterm Care.
h-index
74
citations
27,166
works
540
NIH funding
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Recent publications

The next 1000 days: building on early investments for the health and development of young children
The Lancet 2024cited by 76position: middledoi
Diminishing benefits of urban living for children and adolescents’ growth and development
Nature 2023cited by 65position: middledoi
Protocol for validation of the Global Scales for Early Development (GSED) for children under 3 years of age in seven countries
BMJ Open 2023cited by 39position: middledoi
Evaluation of a community health worker home visit intervention to improve child development in South Africa: A cluster-randomized controlled trial
PLoS Medicine 2023cited by 16position: middledoi
Associations between the use of insecticide-treated nets in early childhood and educational outcomes, marriage and child-bearing in early adulthood: evidence from a 22-year prospective cohort study in Tanzania
Malaria Journal 2023cited by 5position: lastdoi
Lessons from a Year of COVID-19 in Zambia: Reported Attendance and Mask Wearing at Large Gatherings in Rural Communities
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2022cited by 13position: middledoi
Financial Support to Medicaid-Eligible Mothers Increases Caregiving for Preterm Infants
Maternal and Child Health Journal 2020cited by 24position: middledoi
Early childhood development: an imperative for action and measurement at scale
BMJ Global Health 2019cited by 123position: middledoi
Caregiving can be costly: A qualitative study of barriers and facilitators to conducting kangaroo mother care in a US tertiary hospital neonatal intensive care unit
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2019cited by 108position: middledoi
Rating early child development outcome measurement tools for routine health programme use
Archives of Disease in Childhood 2019cited by 86position: middledoi
Two-year impact of community-based health screening and parenting groups on child development in Zambia: Follow-up to a cluster-randomized controlled trial
PLoS Medicine 2018cited by 44position: lastdoi
Investment in child and adolescent health and development: key messages from Disease Control Priorities , 3rd Edition
The Lancet 2017cited by 242position: middledoi
Quasi-experimental study designs series—paper 7: assessing the assumptions
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 2017cited by 150position: middledoi
Introducing malaria rapid diagnostic tests in private medicine retail outlets: A systematic literature review
PLoS ONE 2017cited by 113position: middledoi
Home- and community-based growth monitoring to reduce early life growth faltering: an open-label, cluster-randomized controlled trial
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2017cited by 88position: firstdoi
Early childhood development coming of age: science through the life course
The Lancet 2016cited by 2,920position: middledoi
Early Childhood Developmental Status in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: National, Regional, and Global Prevalence Estimates Using Predictive Modeling
PLoS Medicine 2016cited by 555position: lastdoi
Risk Factors for Childhood Stunting in 137 Developing Countries: A Comparative Risk Assessment Analysis at Global, Regional, and Country Levels
PLoS Medicine 2016cited by 527position: middledoi
Impact of a community-based package of interventions on child development in Zambia: a cluster-randomised controlled trial
BMJ Global Health 2016cited by 37position: middledoi
Linear Growth and Child Development in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Meta-Analysis
PEDIATRICS 2015cited by 440position: middledoi
Length of secondary schooling and risk of HIV infection in Botswana: evidence from a natural experiment
The Lancet Global Health 2015cited by 161position: middledoi
Poverty, physical stature, and cognitive skills: Mechanisms underlying children’s school enrollment in Zambia.
Developmental Psychology 2015cited by 74position: lastdoi
Sachet drinking water in Ghana's Accra-Tema metropolitan area: past, present, and future
Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development 2012cited by 139position: lastdoi

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Frequent collaborators

· 7 papers (2015–2024)Peter C. Rockers · Boston University6 papers (2016–2023)Kathryn Andrews · The Ohio State University4 papers (2015–2020) · 4 papers (2015–2024)Davidson H. Hamer · Boston University4 papers (2016–2023)Maureen M. Black · Johns Hopkins Medicine4 papers (2016–2019)Majid Ezzati · Imperial College London3 papers (2015–2016)Wafaie Fawzi · World Vegetable Center3 papers (2015–2016)Goodarz Danaei · Harvard University3 papers (2015–2016) · 2 papers (2019–2019) · 2 papers (2016–2019) · 2 papers (2016–2016)Arianna Zanolini · University of Illinois Chicago2 papers (2016–2018) · 2 papers (2016–2019) · 2 papers (2016–2018)Sally Grantham‐McGregor · Great Ormond Street Hospital2 papers (2016–2019) · 2 papers (2019–2020)Margaret McConnell · Harvard University2 papers (2019–2020)Godfrey Biemba · Zambia National Public Health Institute2 papers (2016–2022)Jacob Bor · Boston University2 papers (2015–2017)