| Effectiveness of targeting fathers for breastfeeding promotion: systematic review and meta-analysis PKB Mahesh, MW Gunathunga, SM Arnold, C Jayasinghe, S Pathirana, ... BMC public health 18, 1-14, 2018 | 130 | 2018 |
| Improving medical certification of cause of death: effective strategies and approaches based on experiences from the Data for Health Initiative JD Hart, R Sorchik, KS Bo, HR Chowdhury, S Gamage, R Joshi, V Kwa, ... BMC medicine 18, 1-11, 2020 | 49 | 2020 |
| Factors influencing pre-stroke and post-stroke quality of life among stroke survivors in a lower middle-income country PKB Mahesh, MW Gunathunga, S Jayasinghe, SM Arnold, SN Liyanage Neurological Sciences 39 (2), 287-295, 2018 | 41 | 2018 |
| Automated verbal autopsy: from research to routine use in civil registration and vital statistics systems RH Hazard, MPK Buddhika, JD Hart, HR Chowdhury, S Firth, R Joshi, ... BMC medicine 18, 1-11, 2020 | 39 | 2020 |
| Applicability of the APACHE II model to a lower middle income country R Haniffa, AP De Silva, P Weerathunga, M Mukaka, P Athapattu, ... Journal of critical care 42, 178-183, 2017 | 22 | 2017 |
| Construct validity and reliability of EQ-5D-3L for stroke survivors in a lower middle income setting PKB Mahesh, MW Gunathunga, S Jayasinghe, SM Arnold, S Senanayake, ... Ceylon Medical Journal 64 (2), 52-58, 2019 | 21 | 2019 |
| Effectiveness of training interventions to improve quality of medical certification of cause of death: systematic review and meta-analysis USH Gamage, PKB Mahesh, J Schnall, L Mikkelsen, JD Hart, ... BMC medicine 18, 1-22, 2020 | 19 | 2020 |
| Pre-event quality of life and its influence on the post-event quality of life among patients with ST elevation and non-ST elevation myocardial infarctions of a premier province … PKB Mahesh, MW Gunathunga, S Jayasinghe, SM Arnold, R Haniffa, ... Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 15, 1-10, 2017 | 18 | 2017 |
| Validity and internal consistency of EQ-5D-3L quality of life tool among pre-dialysis patients with chronic kidney disease in Sri Lanka, a lower middle-income country S Senanayake, PKB Mahesh, N Gunawardena, N Graves, S Kularatna PloS one 14 (6), e0211604, 2019 | 13 | 2019 |
| Financial burden of survivors of medically-managed myocardial infarction and its association with selected social determinants and quality of life in a lower middle income PKB Mahesh, MW Gunathunga, S Jayasinghe, SM Arnold, ... BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 17 (1), 251, 2017 | 12 | 2017 |
| Diversity of epidemiological transition in the Pacific: Findings from the application of verbal autopsy in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands JD Hart, P Mahesh, V Kwa, M Reeve, HR Chowdhury, G Jilini, R Jagilly, ... The Lancet Regional Health–Western Pacific 11, 2021 | 9 | 2021 |
| Occupational hazards in medium and large scale industrial sectors in Sri Lanka: experience of a developing country SM Arnold, MSK Wickrematilake, R Fernando, H Sampath, ... BMC research notes 12, 1-5, 2019 | 9 | 2019 |
| Ultrasonographic length of morphologically-normal kidneys in children presented to a premier tertiary healthcare setting of Sri Lanka WD Duminda, KG Pathirana, MUJ Fernando, R Samarasinghe, W Ananda, ... BMC nephrology 20, 1-7, 2019 | 9 | 2019 |
| Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern by identification of single nucleotide polymorphisms in the spike protein by a multiplex real-time PCR L Gomes, C Jeewandara, TP Jayadas, O Dissanayake, M Harvie, ... Journal of virological methods 300, 114374, 2022 | 8 | 2022 |
| Improving cause of death certification in the Philippines: implementation of an electronic verbal autopsy decision support tool (SmartVA auto-analyse) to aid physician … R Joshi, RH Hazard, PKB Mahesh, L Mikkelsen, F Avelino, C Sarmiento, ... BMC Public Health 21, 1-9, 2021 | 8 | 2021 |
| The impact of errors in medical certification on the accuracy of the underlying cause of death USH Gamage, T Adair, L Mikkelsen, PKB Mahesh, J Hart, H Chowdhury, ... PLoS One 16 (11), e0259667, 2021 | 8 | 2021 |
| Validation studies of verbal autopsy methods: a systematic review BPK Mahesh, JD Hart, A Acharya, HR Chowdhury, R Joshi, T Adair, ... BMC public health 22 (1), 2215, 2022 | 7 | 2022 |
| Post-stroke Quality of Life Index: A quality of life tool for stroke survivors from Sri Lanka PKB Mahesh, MW Gunathunga, S Jayasinghe, SM Arnold, SN Liyanage Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 18, 1-11, 2020 | 7 | 2020 |
| Generating cause of death information to inform health policy: implementation of an automated verbal autopsy system in the Solomon Islands M Reeve, H Chowdhury, PKB Mahesh, G Jilini, R Jagilly, B Kamoriki, ... BMC Public Health 21, 1-10, 2021 | 6 | 2021 |
| Mother’s perceptions and concerns over sharing sexual and reproductive health information with their adolescent daughters-A qualitative study among mothers of adolescent girls … D Mataraarachchi, PK Buddhika Mahesh, TEA Pathirana, G Ariyadasa, ... BMC Women's Health 23 (1), 223, 2023 | 4 | 2023 |
wasantha gunathungaProfessor, Faculty of Medicine, University of ColomboVerified email at commed.cmb.ac.lk
