Mohammed A. Mamun, Mark D. Griffiths
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Shams El Arifeen, Robert E. Black, Gretchen Antelman, Abdullah H Baqui et al.
OBJECTIVES: To describe breastfeeding practices and investigate the influence of exclusive breastfeeding in early infancy on the risk of infant deaths, especially those attributable to respiratory infections (ARI) and diarrhea. METHODS: A prospective observational study was conducted on a birth coho...
Shabir A. Madhi, Fernando P. Polack, Pedro A. Piedra, Flor M. Muñoz et al.
BACKGROUND: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the dominant cause of severe lower respiratory tract infection in infants, with the most severe cases concentrated among younger infants. METHODS: Healthy pregnant women, at 28 weeks 0 days through 36 weeks 0 days of gestation, with an expected delive...
Sabina Yeasmin, Rajon Banik, Sorif Hossain, Md. Nazmul Hossain et al.
Highlights • Examined the impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of Bangladeshi children.• Children were suffering from depression, anxiety, and sleeping disorder.• Estimates of moderate and severe mental disturbance were 19.3% and 7.2% respectively.• Children’s mental disturbance linked to parent’...
Shiv Kumar Sarin, Ashok Choudhury, George Lau, Ming‐Hua Zheng et al.
Background and aims COVID-19 is a dominant pulmonary disease, with multisystem involvement, depending upon comorbidities. Its profile in patients with pre-existing chronic liver disease (CLD) is largely unknown. We studied the liver injury patterns of SARS-Cov-2 in CLD patients, with or without cirr...
Md Arif Billah, Md. Mamun Miah, Md Nuruzzaman Khan
BACKGROUND: The coronavirus (SARS-COV-2) is now a global concern because of its higher transmission capacity and associated adverse consequences including death. The reproductive number of coronavirus provides an estimate of the possible extent of the transmission. This study aims to provide a summa...
Minhazul Abedin, Mohammad Aminul Islam, Farah Naz Rahman, Hasan Mahmud Reza et al.
BACKGROUND: Although the approved COVID-19 vaccine has been shown to be safe and effective, mass vaccination in Bangladeshi people remains a challenge. As a vaccination effort, the study provided an empirical evidence on willingness to vaccinate by sociodemographic, clinical and regional differences...
Kaniz Fatema, Joseph T. Lariscy
Maternal mortality remains a major population health problem in the developing world due in part to inadequate healthcare before, during, and after childbirth. Mass media has the potential to disseminate information about maternal healthcare that can improve well-being for mothers and infants, parti...
M. Mazharul Islam, Mohammad Shahed Masud
BACKGROUND: In addition to the number of antenatal care (ANC) visits, the items of ANC services covered by ANC visits greatly influence the effectiveness of the ANC services. Recently the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended not only to achieve a minimum of eight ANC visits, but also to use a...
Mejbah Bhuiyan, Eunice Stiboy, Md Zakiul Hassan, Mei Chan et al.
Introduction Emerging evidence suggests young children are at greater risk of COVID-19 infection than initially predicted. However, a comprehensive understanding of epidemiology of COVID-19 infection in young children under five years, the most at-risk age-group for respiratory infections, remain un...
Tanvir Ahmed, Ahmed Ehsanur Rahman, Taiwo Gboluwaga Amole, Hadiza Galadanci et al.
Global response to COVID-19 pandemic has inadvertently undermined the achievement of existing public health priorities and laregely overlooked local context. Recent evidence suggests that this will cause additional maternal and childhood mortality and morbidity especially in low- and middle-income c...
Heidi W. Reynolds, Emelita L. Wong, H. Tucker
CONTEXT: Because of high levels of early childbearing in developing countries, pregnancy and childbirth are the leading causes of death among women aged 15-19. Use of skilled antenatal and delivery care improves maternal outcomes through the prevention, management and treatment of obstetric complica...
Manju Rani, Sekhar Bonu
Using demographic and health surveys conducted between 1998 and 2001 from seven countries (Armenia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Kazakhstan, Nepal, and Turkey), the study found that acceptance of wife beating ranged from 29% in Nepal, to 57% in India (women only), and from 26% in Kazakhstan, to 56% ...
Roy Rillera Marzo, Waqas Sami, Md. Zakiul Alam, Swosti Acharya et al.
BACKGROUND: Vaccines are effective and reliable public health interventions against viral outbreaks and pandemics. However, hesitancy regarding the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine is evident worldwide. Therefore, understanding vaccination-related behavior is critical in expanding the vaccine ...
Tashrik Ahmed, Timothy Roberton, Petra Vergeer, Peter M. Hansen et al.
BACKGROUND: The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had wide-reaching direct and indirect impacts on population health. In low- and middle-income countries, these impacts can halt progress toward reducing maternal and child mortality. This study estimates changes in health services util...