Jason Abaluck, Laura H. Kwong, Ashley Styczynski, Ashraful Haque et al.
Persuading people to mask Even in places where it is obligatory, people tend to optimistically overstate their compliance for mask wearing. How then can we persuade more of the population at large to act for the greater good? Abaluck et al . undertook a large, cluster-randomized trial in Bangladesh ...
Mashura Shammi, Md. Bodrud-Doza, Abu Reza Md. Towfiqul Islam, Md. Mostafizur Rahman
Considering the population density, healthcare capacity, limited resources and existing poverty, environmental factors, social structure, cultural norms, and already more than 18,863 people infected, the community transmission of COVID-19 is happening fast. These exacerbated a complex fear among the...
The Global Dynamic Interventions Strategies for COVID-19 Collaborative Group, Rajiv Chowdhury, Kevin Heng, Md Shajedur Rahman Shawon et al.
Abstract To date, non-pharmacological interventions (NPI) have been the mainstay for controlling the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. While NPIs are effective in preventing health systems overload, these long-term measures are likely to have significant adverse economic consequences. Th...
Nistha Shrestha, Muhammad Yousaf Shad, Osman Ulvi, Modasser Hossain Khan et al.
Globalization has altered the way we live and earn a livelihood. Consequently, trade and travel have been recognized as significant determinants of the spread of disease. Additionally, the rise in urbanization and the closer integration of the world economy have facilitated global interconnectedness...
Md. Bodrud-Doza, Mashura Shammi, Laura Bahlman, Abu Reza Md. Towfiqul Islam et al.
<bold>Background:</bold> The spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, the partial lockdown, the disease intensity, weak governance in the healthcare system, insufficient medical facilities, unawareness, and the sharing of misinformation in the mass media has led to people experiencing fear and anxiety. The ...
Jay Joseph Van Bavel, Aleksandra Cichocka, Valerio Capraro, Hallgeir Sjåstad et al.
Changing collective behaviour and supporting non-pharmaceutical interventions is an important component in mitigating virus transmission during a pandemic. In a large international collaboration (Study 1, N = 49,968 across 67 countries), we investigated self-reported factors associated with public h...
Mashura Shammi, Md. Bodrud-Doza, Abu Reza Md. Towfiqul Islam, Md. Mostafizur Rahman
Community transmission of COVID-19 is happening in Bangladesh—the country which did not have a noteworthy health policy and legislative structures to combat a pandemic like COVID-19. Early strategic planning and groundwork for evolving and established challenges are crucial to assemble resources and...
Md. Saiful Islam, Most. Zannatul Ferdous, Marc N. Potenza
Highlights • Bangladeshi people were surveyed about anxiety early during the COVID-19 pandemic.• Estimates of panic and generalized anxiety were 79.6%, and 37.3%, respectively.• Panic was linked to older age, higher education, and being married and with family.• Generalized anxiety was linked to bei...
Md. Tarek Chowdhury, Aditi Sarkar, Sanjoy Kumar Paul, Md. Abdul Moktadir
This research investigates the impacts of the novel coronavirus disease, also referred to as COVID-19 pandemic, on the food and beverage industry. It examines both short-term and medium-to-long-term impacts of the pandemic and outlines strategies to reduce the potential consequences of those impacts...
Shaharior Rahman Razu, Tasnuva Yasmin, Taimia Binte Arif, Md. Shahin Islam et al.
Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused increasing challenges for healthcare professionals globally. However, there is a dearth of information about these challenges in many developing countries, including Bangladesh. This study aims to explore the challenges faced by...
Mohammed A. Mamun, Najmuj Sakib, David Gozal, A. K. M. Israfil Bhuiyan et al.
BACKGROUND: As with other countries worldwide, lockdown measures during the COVID-19 outbreak in Bangladesh were sudden and unexpected, and have the capacity to elicit serious psychological consequences. The present study examined the psychological consequences of COVID-19 in Bangladesh during the l...
Ganlin Pu, Md. Qamruzzaman, Ahmed Muneeb Mehta, Farah Naz Naqvi et al.
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) survival is critical for economic sustainability due to the multifaceted role of the economy. Thus, halting SMEs operation hurts the aggregate economy. During the present pandemic, SMEs’ sustainability in Bangladesh is under-challenged because of limited market de...
Md. Saiful Islam, Md. Safaet Hossain Sujan, Rafia Tasnim, Md. Tajuddin Sikder et al.
Mental health problems in students are considered a public health challenge. We assessed the prevalence of depression, anxiety, and stress (DAS) with the DASS-21, as well as associated factors, among university students in Bangladesh early in the COVID-19 outbreak. We hypothesized high levels of DAS...
Shahriar Tanvir Alam, Sayem Ahmed, Syed Mithun Ali, Sudipa Sarker et al.
The COVID-19 outbreak has demonstrated the diverse challenges that supply chains face to significant disruptions. Vaccine supply chains are no exception. Therefore, it is elemental that challenges to the COVID-19 vaccine supply chain (VSC) are identified and prioritized to pave the way out of this p...
Preet Lal, Amit Kumar, Shubham Kumar, Sheetal Kumari et al.
The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused by a novel coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2 has caused tremendous suffering and huge economic losses. We hypothesized that extreme measures of partial-to-total shutdown might have influenced the quality of the g...