Palash Basak, Tanvir Abir, Abdullah Al Mamun, Noor Raihani Zainol et al.
This study aimed to explore the association between the GDP of various countries and the progress of COVID-19 vaccinations; to explore how the global pattern holds in the continents, and investigate the spatial distribution pattern of COVID-19 vaccination progress for all countries. We have used con...
Mohammad S. Islam, Ismail Khan, John Attia, Sheikh Md Nazmul Hassan et al.
Chronic arsenic exposure and its association with hypertension in adults are inconclusive and this cross-sectional study investigated the association. The study was conducted between January and July 2009 among 1,004 participants from 1,682 eligible women and men aged ≥30 years living in rural Bangl...
Abul Hasnat Milton, Habibur Rahman, Wayne Smith, Rupendra Shrestha et al.
Risk related to the ingestion of any water contaminants depends on many factors, including the daily per capita amount of consumed water relative to body weight. This study explored the water consumption pattern of a rural arsenic-affected population in Bangladesh. The study findings are likely to c...
M. Rafiqul Islam, Arslan Iqbal, John Attia, Mark McEvoy et al.
AIMS: To determine serum zinc level and other relevant biological markers in normal, prediabetic and diabetic individuals and their association with Homeostasis Model Assessment (HOMA) parameters. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted between March and December 2009. Any patient aged ≥ 3...
Osita Kingsley Ezeh, Tanvir Abir, Noor Raihani Zainol, Abdullah Al Mamun et al.
Every year in Nigeria, malnutrition contributes to more than 33% of the deaths of children below 5 years, and these deaths mostly occur in the northern geopolitical zones (NGZs), where nearly 50% of all children below 5 years are stunted. This study examined the trends in the prevalence of stunting ...
Tanvir Abir, Felix Akpojene Ogbo, Garry Stevens, Andrew N. Page et al.
BACKGROUND: Appropriate antenatal care (ANC) is an important preventive public health intervention to ensure women's and newborn health outcomes. The study aimed to investigate the impact of ANC, iron-folic acid (IFA) supplementation and tetanus toxoid (TT) vaccination during pregnancy on child mort...
Abul Hasnat Milton, Ziaul Hasan, Mohammed Atiqur Rahman, Mahfuzar Rahman
A total of 136 patients were studied in three Upazillas of Laxmipur, Barisal and Madaripur districts were selected for health awareness campaign program. According to the existing data, these villages were ranked as high exposure. Demographic data of the patients investigated are showing pigmentatio...
Kaniz Fatema, Nicholas Zwar, Abul Hasnat Milton, Liaquat Ali et al.
BACKGROUND: Given the rising incidence of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) in Bangladesh, an improved understanding of the epidemiology of CVD risk factors is needed. Therefore, we reviewed published studies on CVD modifiable risk factors e.g., Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM), hypertension (HTN), dysl...
Abul Hasnat Milton, Habibur Rahman, Wayne Smith, Rupendra Shrestha et al.
Risk related to the ingestion of any water contaminants depends on many factors, including the daily per capita amount of consumed water relative to body weight. This study explored the water consumption pattern of a rural arsenic-affected population in Bangladesh. The study findings are likely to c...
Khanrin P. Vashum, Mark McEvoy, Abul Hasnat Milton, Md. Rafiqul Islam et al.
AIM: To determine if there is a difference in serum zinc concentration between normoglycaemic, pre-diabetic and type-2 diabetic groups and if this is associated with pancreatic beta cell function and insulin sensitivity in the former 2 groups. METHOD: Cross sectional study of a random sample of olde...
Abul Hasnat Milton, Wayne Smith, Bayzidur Rahman, Bashir Ahmed et al.
Malnutrition among the rural Bangladeshi women of reproductive age is still very high. This high prevalence attributes to a range of adverse health consequences on the women and their offspring. A total of 2341 women aged between 20 and 45 years residing in the study area were interviewed in this cr...
M. Rafiqul Islam, John Attia, Mohammad Alauddin, Mark McEvoy et al.
Early life exposure to inorganic arsenic may be related to adverse health effects in later life. However, there are few data on postnatal arsenic exposure via human milk. In this study, we aimed to determine arsenic levels in human milk and the correlation between arsenic in human milk and arsenic i...
Mohammad Shakhawat Hossain, Kypros Kypri, Bayzidur Rahman, Arslan Iqbal et al.
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence and identify correlates of smokeless tobacco consumption among married rural women with a history of at least one pregnancy in Madaripur, Bangladesh. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional survey using an interviewer administered, pre-tested, semi...
Abul Hasnat Milton, Samar Kumar Hore, Mohammad Zahid Hossain, Mahfuzar Rahman
Ensuring access to safe drinking water by 2015 is a global commitment by the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). In Bangladesh, significant achievements in providing safe water were made earlier by nationwide tubewell-installation programme. This achievement was overshadowed in 1993 by the presence...
Tanvir Abir, Nazmul Ahsan Kalimullah, Uchechukwu Levi Osuagwu, Dewan Muhammad Nur–A Yazdani et al.
Background: Feelings of isolation, insecurity, and instability triggered by COVID-19 could have a long-term impact on the mental health status of individuals. Objectives: The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence of mental health symptoms (anxiety, depression, and stress) in Bangladesh and...
Mahfuza Rifat, John Hall, Christopher Oldmeadow, Ashaque Husain et al.
OBJECTIVE: Previous tuberculosis (TB) treatment status is an established risk factor for multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB). This study explores which factors related to previous TB treatment may lead to the development of multidrug resistant in Bangladesh. DESIGN: We previously conducted a large case-...
Mahfuza Rifat, John Hall, Christopher Oldmeadow, Ashaque Husain et al.
BACKGROUND: Bangladesh is one of the 27 high burden countries for multidrug resistant tuberculosis listed by the World Health Organization. Delay in multidrug resistant tuberculosis treatment may allow progression of the disease and affect the attempts to curb transmission of drug resistant tubercul...
Abul Hasnat Milton, Wayne Smith, Keith Dear, J. C. Ng et al.
Arsenic groundwater contamination in Bangladesh warrants immediate remediation. This randomised controlled intervention trial was conducted to determine the effectiveness of two possible interventions: dug wells and three-pitcher filters. A total of 640 individuals participated with 218 randomised t...
Abul Hasnat Milton, Mahfuzar Rahman
Masuma Akter Khanam, Wietze Lindeboom, Abdur Razzaque, Louis Niessen et al.
OBJECTIVES: This article reports the prevalence and prediction factors of undiagnosed and uncontrolled hypertension among the adults in rural Bangladesh. METHODS: A cross-sectional study of the major noncommunicable disease risk factors was conducted in rural surveillance sites of Bangladesh in 2005...