Emily Savell, Anna Gilmore, Michelle Sims, Prem Mony et al.
OBJECTIVE: To examine and compare tobacco marketing in 16 countries while the Framewor Convention on Tobacco Control requires parties to implement a comprehensive ban on such mareting. METHODS: Between 2009 and 2012, a ilometre-long wal was completed by trained investigators in 462 communities a...
Daniel J. Corsi, Clara K Chow, Scott A. Lear, Omar Rahman et al.
OBJECTIVE: The goal of the present study was to examine the influence of community environment on the nutritional status (weight-for-age and height-for-age) of children (aged 0-59 months) in Bangladesh. In addition, we tested the association between specific characteristics of community environments...
Sheikh Mohammed Shariful Islam, Md Tauhidul Islam, Anwar Islam, Anthony Rodgers et al.
National drug policy reform for noncommunicable diseases in low-resource countries: an example from Bangladesh
Anum Saeed, Salim S. Virani, Suresh Mulukutla, Clara K Chow
BACKGROUND: South Asians are at a significantly increased risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). For a major portion of the South Asian population, the cardiovascular disease events occur at a relatively younger age, are associated with worse outcomes, and have potentially more seve...
Darryl P. Leong, Rita Yusuf, Romaina Iqbal, Álvaro Avezum et al.
BACKGROUND: Current strategies to prevent adverse cardiovascular outcomes focus primary prevention in high-risk groups and secondary prevention in people with known cardiovascular disease. We aimed to determine the proportion of events occurring in lower-risk groups globally. METHODS: We included pe...
Anwarul Karim, Mastura Akter, Tasmiah Tahera Aziz, Mozammel Hoque et al.
BACKGROUND The epidemiology of Hirschsprung's disease (HSCR) in Bangladesh has never been studied. The aim of this study was to determine the epidemiological characteristics of HSCR in Bangladesh. METHODS Data from fifty patients were collected prospectively from two hospitals in Chittagong, Banglad...
Garth Funston, Eileen Morgan, Tracey L. Adams, Rafe Sadnan Adel et al.
Clara K Chow, Rita Yusuf, Roya Kelishadi
Shiva Raj Mishra, Richard I. Lindley, Angela C Webster, Patricio López‐Jaramillo et al.
AIMS: This study aims to assess aspects of health knowledge: i) awareness of health effect of tobacco smoking and ii) awareness of preventive actions for heart disease and stroke, and their relationships with adoption of heart healthy behaviours (smoking cessation and utilisation of antihypertensive...
Ibrahim Abdallah, Paul A. Adedeji, Myisha Ahmad, Abiola Olufemi Ajayeoba et al.
Nahian Ahmed Chowdhury, Dipak Kumar Mitra, Afrin Ahmed Clara, Md. Suhail Alam† et al.
Background: The moment most common cause of in-hospital infection is pneumonia. Pneumonia is prevalent within the ICU (Intensive Care Unit) setting and can be deadly. The Incidence of pneumonia is approximately 17% in the therapeutic ICU2 but can be 6 to 20 times increased in mechanically ventilated...
Sheikh Mohammed Shariful Islam, Shyfuddin Ahmed, Clara K Chow
Chewing areca (betel) nut has been deemed carcinogenic. The practice has become a public health concern in Micronesia. The Children's Healthy Living (CHL) Program included an areca (betel) nut questionnaire in a survey of household characteristics in the Freely Associated States (FAS). This paper de...