Jahidur Rahman Khan, Nabil Awan, Farjana Misu
BACKGROUND: Anemia is a global public health problem but the burden of anemia is disproportionately borne among children in developing countries. Anemia in early stages of life has serious consequences on the growth and development of the children. We examine the prevalence of anemia, possible assoc...
Jenny Jung, Md Mizanur Rahman, Md. Shafiur Rahman, Khin Thet Swe et al.
Maternal anemia affects approximately 56 million women worldwide and increases the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes. Our study aimed to summarize the evidence for the association between maternal hemoglobin (Hb) concentrations and maternal or infant outcomes, evaluating it in a continuous manner. ...
Mohammad Sorowar Hossain, Enayetur Raheem, Tanvira Afroze Sultana, Shameema Ferdous et al.
Thalassemias are emerging as a global public health concern. Due to remarkable success in the reduction of childhood mortality by controlling infectious diseases in developing countries, thalassemias are likely to be a major public health concern in the coming decades in South Asia. Despite the fact...
Q. Shazia, Zamani Mohammad, Taibur Rahman, Hossain Uddin Shekhar
Beta thalassemia major is an inherited disease resulting from reduction or total lack of beta globin chains. Patients with this disease need repeated blood transfusion for survival. This may cause oxidative stress and tissue injury due to iron overload, altered antioxidant enzymes, and other essenti...
Rebecca L. Edwards, Andrew J. Creese, Mark Baumert, Paul Griffiths et al.
Hemoglobinopathies are the most common inherited disorders. Newborn blood screening for clinically significant hemoglobin variants, including sickle (HbS), HbC, and HbD, has been adopted in many countries as it is widely acknowledged that early detection improves the outcome. We present a method for...
Eva-Charlotte Ekström, SM Ziauddin Hyder, Rajiv Chowdhury, Sadia Chowdhury et al.
Background According to our current understanding, iron absorption with weekly iron supplements is not higher than that with daily supplements (ie, there is no mucosal block). However, community-based trials have repeatedly shown that a weekly regimen is as effective as a daily one. Furthermore, whe...
Kumar B. Shill, Palash Karmakar, Md. Golam Kibria, Abhijit Das et al.
Iron-deficiency anaemia (IDA) is a common health problem in rural women and young children of Bangladesh. The university students usually take food from residential halls, and the food value of their diets is not always balanced. This cross-sectional study was conducted to estimate the prevalence of...
Hedy Ip, S.M. Ziauddin Hyder, Farhana Haseen, Md Mijanur Rahman et al.
Background/objectives Despite repeated public commitments and availability of various forms of iron supplements, rates of anaemia in developing countries remain high. A major reason for this lack of success has been poor adherence. The objective of this study was to compare the effectiveness of dail...
Kamala Thriemer, Benedikt Ley, Albino Bobogare, Dysoley Lek et al.
The delivery of safe and effective radical cure for Plasmodium vivax is one of the greatest challenges for achieving malaria elimination from the Asia-Pacific by 2030. During the annual meeting of the Asia Pacific Malaria Elimination Network Vivax Working Group in October 2016, a round table discuss...
Manisha Sahay, Sanjay Kalra, Rajesh Badani, Ganapathi Bantwal et al.
Anemia is often associated with diabetes mellitus and is known to intensify the risk of developing diabetes-related microvascular and macrovascular complications. There is paucity in understanding of co-existence of these conditions, especially in Southeast Asian countries. Iron and/or erythropoieti...
G S Sultana, S A Haque, Tuhin Sultana, Asmaa Ahmed
Iron deficiency anemia is the common problem during pregnancy. Detection of iron deficiency early during pregnancy can reduce maternal and child mortality and morbidity. Red cell distribution width is a new routine parameter in fully automated hematology analyzer that can give the idea of early iron...
Benedikt Ley, Nick Luter, Fe Esperanza Espino, Angela Devine et al.
The only currently available drug that effectively removes malaria hypnozoites from the human host is primaquine. The use of 8-aminoquinolines is hampered by haemolytic side effects in glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficient individuals. Recently a number of qualitative and a quantitative...
Gerardo Cabrera, Michel Cot, Florence Migot‐Nabias, Peter G. Kremsner et al.
The sickle cell trait (HbAS) protects against severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria in young African children. We investigated the extent of the association between HbAS and antibodies directed to parasite-derived variant surface antigens (VSAs) on the membrane of infected erythrocytes. We measured i...
Daniel Pfeffer, Benedikt Ley, Rosalind E. Howes, Patrick Adu et al.
BACKGROUND: The radical cure of Plasmodium vivax and P. ovale requires treatment with primaquine or tafenoquine to clear dormant liver stages. Either drug can induce haemolysis in individuals with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency, necessitating screening. The reference diagnostic ...
H. Kalter, Gilbert Burnham, Per Kolstad, Mokarram Hossain et al.
The object of this study was to assess the ability of pallor and other clinical signs, including those in the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) guidelines developed by WHO and UNICEF, to identify severe anaemia and some anaemia in developing country settings with and without malaria....