Tuhin Biswas, Sarah P. Garnett, Sonia Pervin, Lal Rawal
BACKGROUND: Over the two last decades Bangladesh, a low-income country, has experienced a rapid demographic and epidemiological transition. The population has increased substantially with rapid urbanization and changing pattern of disease, which at least in part, can be explained by nutritional chan...
Tuhin Biswas, Md. Saimul Islam, Natalie M. Linton, Lal Rawal
INTRODUCTION: Chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are a major public health challenge, and undermine social and economic development in much of the developing world, including Bangladesh. Epidemiologic evidence on the socioeconomic status (SES)-related pattern of NCDs remains limited in Banglad...
Tuhin Biswas, Sonia Pervin, Md. Imtiaz Tanim, Louis Niessen et al.
BACKGROUND: This paper is aimed at critically assessing the extent to which Non-Communicable Disease NCD-related policies introduced in Bangladesh align with the World Health Organization's (WHO) 2013-2020 Action Plan for the Global Strategy for the Prevention and Control of NCDs. METHODS: The autho...
Shrabana Chakrabarti, Tuhin Kanti Biswas, Begum Rokeya, Liaquat Ali et al.
Caesalpinia bonducella, widely distributed throughout the coastal region of India and used ethnically by the tribal people of India for controlling blood sugar was earlier reported by us to possess hypoglycemic activity in animal model. This prompted us to undertake a detail study with the aqueous a...
Tuhin Biswas, Anwar Islam, Lal Rawal, Sheikh Mohammed Shariful Islam
Background The prevalence of type 2 diabetes is increasing rapidly in Bangladesh. However, studies documenting the increasing trend of diabetes prevalence are scarce. The aim of this study was to conduct a scoping review of published literature to ascertain the changing patterns of diabetes prevalen...
Lal Rawal, Kie Kanda, Tuhin Biswas, Md. Imtiaz Tanim et al.
OBJECTIVE: To explore healthcare providers' perspective on non-communicable disease (NCD) prevention and management services provided through the NCD corners in Bangladesh and to examine challenges and opportunities for strengthening NCD services delivery at the primary healthcare level. DESIGN: We ...
Sheikh Mohammed Shariful Islam, Louis Niessen, Jochen Seißler, Uta Ferrari et al.
AIMS: To explore the association between knowledge on diabetes and glycemic control among patients with type 2 diabetes in Bangladesh. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 515 patients with type 2 diabetes attending a tertiary hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Trained interviewers were ...
Tuhin Biswas, Md. Jasim Uddin, Abdullah Al Mamun, Sonia Pervin et al.
BACKGROUND: Overweight and obesity are a particular concern for women of reproductive age. They not only increase the risk of chronic diseases but they are also associated with adverse perinatal, neonatal, infant and child outcomes. The objective of this study was to examine the trend of overweight ...
Tuhin Biswas, Nick Townsend, M. Mamun Huda, Joemer C Maravilla et al.
Background: Modifiable non-communicable disease (NCD) risk factors are becoming increasingly common among adolescents, with clustering of these risk factors in individuals of particular concern. The aim of this study was to assess global status of clustering of common modifiable NCD risk factors amo...
Md. Saimul Islam, Tuhin Biswas
The prevalence of stunting, wasting, and underweight are reported separately. However, the data of the multiple anthropometric failures combinations of these conventional indicators are scant. This study attempted to estimate the overall burden of undernutrition among children under 5 years old, usi...
Mohammad A. Al‐Mamun, Tuhina Chowdhury, Baishakhi Biswas, Nurul Absar
Tahmina Begum, KM Saif‐Ur‐Rahman, F Yaqoot, Jelle Stekelenburg et al.
BACKGROUND: Caesarean delivery on maternal request (CDMR) is considered a significant contributor to the unprecedented increase in caesarean deliveries (CDs) for nonclinical reasons. Current literature lacks a reliable assessment of the rate of CDMR, which hinders the planning and delivery of approp...
Lal Rawal, Tuhin Biswas, Nusrat Nausheen Khandker, Shekhar Ranjan Saha et al.
BACKGROUND: Despite one-third of the urban population in Bangladesh living in urban slums and at increased risk of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), little is known about the NCD risk profile of this at-risk population. The aim of the study was to identify the prevalence of the NCD risk factors and ...
Tuhin Biswas, Anwar Islam, M. Sirajul Islam, Sonia Pervin et al.
Objectives The increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity among children (0-12 years) and adolescents (13-19 years) has emerged as a major public health threat in Bangladesh. Unfortunately, there is a serious paucity of credible data on these issues that can be used for policy and programmatic ...
Sheikh Mohammed Shariful Islam, Tuhin Biswas, Faiz Ahmed Bhuiyan, Kamrun Mustafa et al.
BACKGROUND: Patients' perspective of diabetes and adherence to its prescribed medications is a significant predictor of glycemic control and overall management of the disease. However, there is a paucity of such information in Bangladesh. This study aimed to explore patients' perspective of diabetes...