Kaosar Afsana, Syed Shabab Wahid
Sunny S. Kim, Phuong Hong Nguyen, Lan Mai Tran, Tina Sanghvi et al.
Background: Sustained improvements in infant and young child feeding (IYCF) require continued implementation of effective interventions. From 2010-2014, Alive & Thrive (A&T) provided intensive interpersonal counseling (IPC), community mobilization (CM), and mass media (MM) in Bangladesh, demonstrati...
Phuong Hong Nguyen, Tina Sanghvi, Lan Mai Tran, Kaosar Afsana et al.
Little is known about nutrition and well-being indicators of pregnant adolescents and the availability and use of nutrition interventions delivered through maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) programs. This study compared the differences between pregnant adolescents and adult pregnant women i...
Jill Murphy, Jennifer Hatfield, Kaosar Afsana, Vic Neufeld
Global health research partnerships have many benefits, including the development of research capacity and improving the production and use of evidence to improve global health equity. These partnerships also include many challenges, with power and resource differences often leading to inequitable a...
Sabuj Kanti Mistry, Fatema Tuz Jhohura, Fouzia Khanam, Fahmida Akter et al.
Anemia is a significant wide spread public health threat especially among the adolescent girls who are more vulnerable towards low level of hemoglobin particularly of low and middle income countries (LMICs). We investigated the prevalence of anemia among the adolescent girls (10–19 years) in Banglad...
Lucy E. Marcil, Kaosar Afsana, Henry B. Perry
The processes for implementing effective programs at scale in low-income countries have not been well-documented in the peer-reviewed literature. This article describes the initial steps taken by one such program--the BRAC Manoshi Project, which now reaches a population of 6.9 million. The project h...
Fouzia Khanam, Md. Belal Hossain, Sabuj Kanti Mistry, Kaosar Afsana et al.
Ever rising prevalence of Cardiovascular Diseases (CVD) is a major challenge for the health sector in Bangladesh. This study aimed to explore the prevalence of CVD and sociodemographic and lifestyle factors associated with it in Bangladesh. The data were collected through a cross-sectional survey fo...
Sabuj Kanti Mistry, Md. Belal Hossain, Fouzia Khanam, Fahmida Akter et al.
OBJECTIVE: Childhood stunting remains a major public health concern in Bangladesh. To accelerate the reduction rate of stunting, special focus is required during the first 23 months of a child's life when the bulk of growth takes place. Therefore the present study explored individual-, maternal- and...
Saira Parveen Jolly, Mahfuzar Rahman, Kaosar Afsana, Fakir Md Yunus et al.
BACKGROUND: A continuous influx of poor people to urban slums poses a challenge to Bangladesh's health system as it has failed to tackle maternal morbidity and mortality. BRAC is the largest non-governmental organisation in Bangladesh. BRAC has been working to reduce maternal, neonatal and under-fiv...
Edward A. Frongillo, Phuong Hong Nguyen, Kuntal Kumar Saha, Tina Sanghvi et al.
Background Promoting adequate nutrition through interventions to improve infant and young child feeding (IYCF) has the potential to contribute to child development. Objective We examined whether an intensive intervention package that was aimed at improving IYCF at scale through the Alive & Thrive in...
Fouzia Khanam, Md. Belal Hossain, Sabuj Kanti Mistry, Dipak Kumar Mitra et al.
BACKGROUND: Evidence suggests that daily supplementation of 1500 to 2000 mg of calcium during pregnancy reduces pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH). However, the evidence on the efficacy of low-dose calcium supplementation on PIH is limited. This paper assesses the longitudinal correlation between ...
Hashima E Nasreen, Shamsun Nahar, Mahfuz Al Mamun, Kaosar Afsana et al.
AIMS: Evidence exists about prevention of postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) by oral administration of misoprostol in low-income countries, but effectiveness of prevention by lay community health workers (CHW) is not sufficient. This study aimed to investigate whether a single dose (400 µg) of oral misopr...
Syed Masud Ahmed, Awlad Hossain, Marufa Aziz Khan, Malay Kanti Mridha et al.
BACKGROUND: MANOSHI, an integrated community-based package of essential Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health (MNCH) services is being implemented by BRAC in the urban slums of Bangladesh since 2007. The objective of the formative research done during the inception phase was to understand the context ...
Devaki Nambiar, Junaid Razzak, Kaosar Afsana, Alayne M. Adams et al.
Rapid unplanned urbanisation in South Asia has overlooked the health needs of poor and marginalised people. <b>Devaki Nambiar and colleagues</b> examine the problems of mental illness and injuries, and call for renewed political and financial commitment to urban health
Joachim von Braun, Kaosar Afsana, L.O. Fresco, Mohamed Hag Ali Hassan
Abstract Science offers many important contributions to achieving the SDGs, of which we highlight two here: first, science generates the basic inputs for innovations, i.e., policy and institutional innovations (including social and business innovations), as well as technology-based innovations to ca...
Joachim von Braun, Kaosar Afsana, L.O. Fresco, Mohamed Hag Ali Hassan
Abstract Food Systems at the global level and in many countries and regions are failing to end hunger, assure the safety of foods, provide adequate nutritious foods and contribute to obesity. How we produce and consume food has implications for the health of people, animals, plants and the planet it...
Nusrat Khan, Mahfuzar Rahman, Dipak Kumar Mitra, Kaosar Afsana
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to report prevalence and evaluate the association between multimorbidity and associated risk factors in the adult population of Bangladesh. DESIGN: A cross-sectional study was conducted using a multistage clustered random sampling strategy. SETTING: The study was conducte...
Mahfuzar Rahman, Fatema Tuz Jhohura, Sabuj Kanti Mistry, Tridib Roy Chowdhury et al.
OBJECTIVES: A community based approach before, during and after child birth has been proven effective address the burden of maternal, neonatal and child morbidity and mortality in the low and middle income countries. We aimed to examine the overall change in maternal and newborn health outcomes due ...
Kaosar Afsana, Mohammad Raisul Haque, Shafinaz Sobhan, S.A. Shahin
Despite progress in health status and achievements in Millennium Development Indicators, Bangladesh presents a gloomy scenario for nutrition. In 2009, BRAC (formerly known as Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee) has begun to implement a community-based approach of Alive & Thrive with Family Healt...
Fakir Md Yunus, Safayet Khan, Dipak Kumar Mitra, Sabuj Kanti Mistry et al.
Objectives To investigate the association of total sleep time and presence or absence of snoring with chronic disease among the Bangladeshi adult population. Design Cross-sectional survey. Setting Urban and rural Bangladesh. Participants A total of 12,338 men and women aged ≥35 years. Measurements T...