Sameh El-Saharty, Karar Zunaid Ahsan, Tracey Pérez Koehlmoos, Michael M. Engelgau
This report is organized in such a way that the key policy options and strategic priorities are based on the country context, including the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and associated risk factors and the existing capacity of the health system. Chapter one describes the country and reg...
Md. Mohsan Khudri, Kang Keun Rhee, Mohammad Shabbir Hasan, Karar Zunaid Ahsan
BACKGROUND: Malnutrition imposes enormous costs resulting from lost investments in human capital and increased healthcare expenditures. There is a dearth of research focusing on the prediction of women's body mass index (BMI) and malnutrition outcomes (underweight, overweight, and obesity) in develo...
Karar Zunaid Ahsan, Tazeen Tahsina, Afrin Iqbal, Nazia Binte Ali et al.
BACKGROUND: In order to support the progress towards the post-2015 development agenda for the health sector, the importance of high-quality and timely estimates has become evident both globally and at the country level. OBJECTIVE AND METHODS: Based on desk review, key informant interviews and expert...
Tanvir Huda, Jahangir Khan, Karar Zunaid Ahsan, Kanta Jamil et al.
: This paper is a country case study for the Universal Health Coverage Collection, organized by WHO. Tanvir Mahmudul Huda and colleagues illustrate progress towards UHC and its monitoring and evaluation in Bangladesh.
Shams El Arifeen, Kenneth Hill, Karar Zunaid Ahsan, Kanta Jamil et al.
According to the Countdown to 2015 for maternal, newborn, and child survival, only 9 of the 75 Countdown countries will reach the Millennium Development Goal 5 target to reduce the maternal mortality ratio (MMR) by 75% by 2015. Bangladesh is 1 country on track to reach this goal. This study was unde...
Gustavo Ángeles, Hannah Silverstein, Karar Zunaid Ahsan, Mohammad Golam Kibria et al.
Background: Since March 2020, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has been a major shock to health systems across the world. We examined national usage patterns for selected basic, essential health services, before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda and Bangladesh, to determine ...
Sameh El-Saharty, Karar Zunaid Ahsan, John F. May
Over the past 30 years, Bangladesh has achieved significant economic and human development progress, and demonstrated impressive policy as well as programmatic commitment to lowering the fertility level. However, its future socioeconomic prospects may be hampered by its population growth rate, depen...
Karar Zunaid Ahsan, Iffat Mahmud, M Claeson
Health, Nutrition and Population-Adolescent Health Health, Nutrition and Population-Population Policies Urban Development-Street Children Health Monitoring and Evaluation Gender-Gender and Health Health Nutrition and Population
Md. Mohsan Khudri, Promit Barua Chowdhury, Sorif Hossain, Karar Zunaid Ahsan
OBJECTIVES Shifts in socioeconomic factors, healthcare access, lifestyle and infrastructure facilities have resulted in increased body mass index (BMI) of populations in developing countries. These shifts result in a large increase in overweight and obese individuals, with a corresponding decline in...
Kavita Singh, Qingfeng Li, Karar Zunaid Ahsan, Siân Curtis et al.
BACKGROUND: Many low- and middle-income countries cannot measure maternal mortality to monitor progress against global and country-specific targets. While the ultimate goal for these countries is to have complete civil registrations systems, other interim strategies are needed to provide timely esti...
Shusmita Khan, M Moinuddin Haider, Kanta Jamil, Karar Zunaid Ahsan et al.
Objective: The main objective of this paper is to document the changing paradigm of malnutrition in Bangladesh and estimating how this is creating an intergenerational risk. This paper also examines national policy responses to tackle the silent epidemic of double burden of malnutrition. Methods: Pu...
Md. Mohsan Khudri, Kang Keun Rhee, Mohammad Shabbir Hasan, Karar Zunaid Ahsan
Abstract Background Malnutrition imposes enormous costs resulting from lost investments in human capital and increased healthcare expenditures. There is a dearth of research focusing on the prediction of women’s body mass index (BMI), and the malnutrition outcomes (underweight, overweight and obesit...
Karar Zunaid Ahsan, Peter Kim Streatfield, Kanta Jamil, Shams El Arifeen
Abstract Educational attainment among women is a well-recognized predictor for maternal mortality. Data from nationally representative surveys and the United Nations are used in the analysis for estimating maternal mortality due to improved education status up to 2030. Analysis of data from 2001 and...
Nuzhat Choudhury, Allisyn C. Moran, Md Ashraful Alam, Karar Zunaid Ahsan et al.
Worldwide urbanization has become a crucial issue in recent years. Bangladesh, one of the poorest and most densely-populated countries in the world, has been facing rapid urbanization. In urban areas, maternal indicators are generally worse in the slums than in the urban non-slum areas. The Manoshi ...
Karar Zunaid Ahsan, Gustavo Ángeles, Siân Curtis, Peter Kim Streatfield et al.
Background: After a 40% reduction in maternal mortality ratio (MMR) during 2001-2010 in Bangladesh, the MMR level stagnated between 2010 and 2016 despite a steady increase in maternal health services use and improvements in overall socioeconomic status. We revisited the factors that contributed to M...