Sojib Bin Zaman, Muhammed Awlad Hussain, Rachel Nye, Varshil Mehta et al.
Antibiotics are the 'wonder drugs' to combat microbes. For decades, multiple varieties of antibiotics have not only been used for therapeutic purposes but practiced prophylactically across other industries such as agriculture and animal husbandry. Uncertainty has arisen, as microbes have become resi...
Zubair Ahmed Ratan, Anne‐Maree Parrish, Sojib Bin Zaman, Mohammad Saud Alotaibi et al.
BACKGROUND: Smartphones play a critical role in increasing human-machine interactions, with many advantages. However, the growing popularity of smartphone use has led to smartphone overuse and addiction. This review aims to systematically investigate the impact of smartphone addiction on health outc...
Louise T. Day, Harriet Ruysen, Vladimir Sergeevich Gordeev, Georgia R. Gore‐Langton et al.
BACKGROUND: - Birth Indicators Research Tracking in Hospitals (EN-BIRTH) study aims to validate selected newborn and maternal indicators for routine tracking of coverage and quality of facility-based care for use at district, national and global levels. METHODS: EN-BIRTH is an observational study in...
Louise T. Day, Qazi Sadeq-ur Rahman, Ahmed Ehsanur Rahman, Nahya Salim et al.
BACKGROUND: Progress in reducing maternal and neonatal deaths and stillbirths is impeded by data gaps, especially regarding coverage and quality of care in hospitals. We aimed to assess the validity of indicators of maternal and newborn health-care coverage around the time of birth in survey data an...
Louise T. Day, Georgia R. Gore‐Langton, Ahmed Ehsanur Rahman, Omkar Basnet et al.
BACKGROUND: Countries with the highest burden of maternal and newborn deaths and stillbirths often have little information on these deaths. Since over 81% of births worldwide now occur in facilities, using routine facility data could reduce this data gap. We assessed the availability, quality, and u...
Ahmed Ehsanur Rahman, Afrin Iqbal, Dewan Md Emdadul Hoque, Md Moinuddin et al.
INTRODUCTION: Sepsis is dysregulated systemic inflammatory response which can lead to tissue damage, organ failure, and death. With an estimated 30 million cases per year, it is a global public health concern. Severe infections leading to sepsis account for more than half of all under five deaths an...
Mohammad Faisal Haidere, Zubair Ahmed Ratan, Senjuti Nowroz, Sojib Bin Zaman et al.
COVID-19 has caused extensive human casualties with significant economic impacts around the globe, and has imposed new challenges on health systems worldwide. Over the past decade, SARS, Ebola, and Zika also led to significant concerns among the scientific community. Interestingly, the SARS and Zika...
EN-BIRTH Study Group, Donat Shamba, Louise T. Day, Sojib Bin Zaman et al.
BACKGROUND: Policymakers need regular high-quality coverage data on care around the time of birth to accelerate progress for ending preventable maternal and newborn deaths and stillbirths. With increasing facility births, routine Health Management Information System (HMIS) data have potential to tra...
Sheikh Mohammed Shariful Islam, Riaz Uddin, Subasish Das, Syed Imran Ahmed et al.
BACKGROUND: Bangladesh has made substantial progress in improving socioeconomic and health indicators over the past 50 years, but data on national disease burden are scarce. We used data from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2019 to estimate the burden of disease...
Zubair Ahmed Ratan, Sojib Bin Zaman, Varshil Mehta, Mohammad Faisal Haidere et al.
Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) is a macromolecule recognition technique, which is considered as a new advent in the field of cytology. Initially, it was developed as a physical mapping tool to delineate genes within chromosomes. The accuracy and versatility of FISH were subsequently capit...
EN-BIRTH Study Group, Nahya Salim, Josephine Shabani, Kimberly Peven et al.
BACKGROUND: Kangaroo mother care (KMC) reduces mortality among stable neonates ≤2000 g. Lack of data tracking coverage and quality of KMC in both surveys and routine information systems impedes scale-up. This paper evaluates KMC measurement as part of the Every Newborn Birth Indicators Research Trac...
Zubair Ahmed Ratan, Young–Jin Son, Mohammad Faisal Haidere, Bhuiyan Mohammad Mahtab Uddin et al.
Bacteria and archaea possess adaptive immunity against foreign genetic materials through clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR) systems. The discovery of this intriguing bacterial system heralded a revolutionary change in the field of medical science. The CRISPR and CRISPR...
EN-BIRTH Study Group, Stefanie Kong, Louise T. Day, Sojib Bin Zaman et al.
BACKGROUND: Accurate birthweight is critical to inform clinical care at the individual level and tracking progress towards national/global targets at the population level. Low birthweight (LBW) < 2500 g affects over 20.5 million newborns annually. However, data are lacking and may be affected by hea...
Sojib Bin Zaman, Naznin Hossain, Varshil Mehta, Shuchita Sharmin et al.
Introduction: Gradual total health expenditure (THE) has become a major concern. It is not only the increased THE, but also its unequal growth in overall economy, found among the developing countries. If increased life expectancy is considered as a leverage for an individual’s investment in health s...
EN-BIRTH Study Group, Ahmed Ehsanur Rahman, Aniqa Tasnim Hossain, Sojib Bin Zaman et al.
BACKGROUND: An estimated 30 million neonates require inpatient care annually, many with life-threatening infections. Appropriate antibiotic management is crucial, yet there is no routine measurement of coverage. The Every Newborn Birth Indicators Research Tracking in Hospitals (EN-BIRTH) study aimed...