Md. Rakibul Hoque, Golam Sorwar
Background mHealth (mobile health) services are becoming an increasingly important form of information and communication technology (ICT) enabled delivery for healthcare, especially in low-resource environments such as developing countries like Bangladesh. Despite widespread adoption of mobile phone...
James A Platts-Mills, Sudhir Babji, Ladaporn Bodhidatta, Jean Gratz et al.
BACKGROUND: Most studies of the causes of diarrhoea in low-income and middle-income countries have looked at severe disease in people presenting for care, and there are few estimates of pathogen-specific diarrhoea burdens in the community. METHODS: We undertook a birth cohort study with not only int...
Martin O’Donnell, Andrew Mente, Sumathy Rangarajan, Matthew McQueen et al.
BACKGROUND: The optimal range of sodium intake for cardiovascular health is controversial. METHODS: We obtained morning fasting urine samples from 101,945 persons in 17 countries and estimated 24-hour sodium and potassium excretion (used as a surrogate for intake). We examined the association betwee...
Andrew Mente, Martin O’Donnell, Sumathy Rangarajan, Matthew McQueen et al.
BACKGROUND: Higher levels of sodium intake are reported to be associated with higher blood pressure. Whether this relationship varies according to levels of sodium or potassium intake and in different populations is unknown. METHODS: We studied 102,216 adults from 18 countries. Estimates of 24-hour ...
Stephen P. Luby, Mahbubur Rahman, Benjamin F. Arnold, Leanne Unicomb et al.
BACKGROUND: Diarrhoea and growth faltering in early childhood are associated with subsequent adverse outcomes. We aimed to assess whether water quality, sanitation, and handwashing interventions alone or combined with nutrition interventions reduced diarrhoea or growth faltering. METHODS: The WASH B...
Simon Gilbody, Paula Whitty, Jeremy Grimshaw, Ruth Thomas
CONTEXT: Depression is commonly encountered in primary care settings yet is often missed or suboptimally managed. A number of organizational and educational strategies to improve management of depression have been proposed. The clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of these strategies have n...
Md. Jamal Hossain, Md. Al‐Mamun, Md. Rabiul Islam
Background and Aims: Diabetes is recognized as a significant factor in both mortality and morbidity worldwide, affecting various demographics regardless of geographic location, age group, or gender. This correspondence aims to express concern and draw the attention of leaders and policymakers worldw...
Mercedes de Onís, Adelheid W. Onyango, Elaine Borghi, Cutberto Garza et al.
OBJECTIVES: To compare growth patterns and estimates of malnutrition based on the World Health Organization (WHO) Child Growth Standards ('the WHO standards') and the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)/WHO international growth reference ('the NCHS reference'), and discuss implications for ...
Matthew J. Eckelman, Kaixin Huang, Robert S. Lagasse, Emily Senay et al.
An up-to-date assessment of environmental emissions in the US health care sector is essential to help policy makers hold the health care industry accountable to protect public health. We update national-level US health-sector emissions. We also estimate state-level emissions for the first time and e...
Scott J. Vitell, Saviour L. S. Nwachukwu, James H. Barnes
Abdullah H Baqui, Shams El Arifeen, Gary L. Darmstadt, Saifuddin Ahmed et al.
BACKGROUND Neonatal mortality accounts for a high proportion of deaths in children under the age of 5 years in Bangladesh. Therefore the project for advancing the health of newborns and mothers (Projahnmo) implemented a community-based intervention package through government and non-government organ...
Saverio Stranges, William Tigbe, F. Xavier Gómez‐Olivé, Margaret Thorogood et al.
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of sleep problems and the effect of potential correlates in low-income settings from Africa and Asia, where the evidence is lacking. DESIGN: Cross-sectional. SETTING: Community-wide samples from 8 countries across Africa and Asia participating in the INDEPTH WHO...
John Hoddinott, Harold Alderman, Jere R. Behrman, Lawrence Haddad et al.
This paper outlines the economic rationale for investments that reduce stunting. We present a framework that illustrates the functional consequences of stunting in the 1000 days after conception throughout the life cycle: from childhood through to old age. We summarize the key empirical literature a...
Md. Khalid Hasan, Abrar Shahriar, Kudrat Ullah Jim
Bangladesh - one of the most densely populated countries of the world- has plentiful water sources, but these sources are being polluted continuously. Both surface water and groundwater sources are contaminated with different contaminants like toxic trace metals, coliforms as well as other organic a...
Sheikh Mohammed Shariful Islam, Tina D Purnat, Nguyen Thi Anh Phuong, Upendo Mwingira et al.
In recent years, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) have globally shown increasing impact on health status in populations with disproportionately higher rates in developing countries. NCDs are the leading cause of mortality worldwide and a serious public health threat to developing countries. Recogniz...