Uday Narayan Yadav, Om Prakash Yadav, Devendra Raj Singh, Saruna Ghimire et al.
BACKGROUND: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has affected all age groups worldwide, but older adults have been affected greatly with an increased risk of severe illness and mortality. Nepal is struggling with the COVID-19 pandemic. The normal life of older adults, one of the vulnerable population...
Sheikh Mohammed Shariful Islam, Lal Rawal, Louis Niessen
Depression is a common feature in patients with type 2 diabetes and often remains undetected and untreated, causing increased morbidity and mortality. We explored the prevalence of co-morbid depression and its associated factors, including major life-events among patients with type 2 diabetes in Ban...
Sabuj Kanti Mistry, Ben Harris‐Roxas, Uday Narayan Yadav, Sadia Shabnam et al.
The COVID-19 pandemic has been the most challenging public health issue which not only affected the physical health of the global population but also aggravated the mental health conditions such as stress, anxiety, fear, depression and anger. While mental health services are seriously hampered amid ...
Lal Rawal, Shamim Jubayer, Sohel Reza Choudhury, Sheikh Mohammed Shariful Islam et al.
BACKGROUND: The increasing burden of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in Bangladesh underscores the importance of strengthening primary health care systems. In this study, we examined the barriers and facilitators to engaging Community Health Workers (CHWs) for NCDs prevention and control in Banglad...
Adnan Mannan, Md. Mahbub Hasan, Farhana Akter, Md. Mashud Rana et al.
: Low medication adherence among patients with type 2 diabetes in southern Bangladesh is a key public health challenge. Factors such as male sex, low annual family income, and diabetic ulcers were associated with low medication adherence. Patient counseling and awareness programs may enhance medicat...
Rashidul Alam Mahumud, Khorshed Alam, André M. N. Renzaho, Abdur Razzaque Sarker et al.
INTRODUCTION: Child health remains an important public health concern at the global level, with preventable diseases such as diarrheal disease, acute respiratory infection (ARI) and fever posing a large public health burden in low- and middle-income countries including Bangladesh. Improvements in so...
Nidhi Wali, Wen Chen, Lal Rawal, A. S. M. Amanullah et al.
BACKGROUND: The Rohingya people of Myanmar are one of the most persecuted communities in the world and are forced to flee their home to escape conflict and persecution. Bangladesh receives the majority of the Rohingya refugees. On arrival they experience a number of human rights issues and the exten...
Rashidul Alam Mahumud, Golam Hossain, Ripter Hossain, Nurul Islam et al.
Life expectancy is one of the major key indicators of population health condition and economic development of a country. The main objective of this study was to find determine the impact of the life expectancy on changes of economic growth and health care expenditure, and also to find examine the se...
Syed Masud Ahmed, Anand Krishnan, Obaida Abdul Karim, Kashif Shafique et al.
In the south Asian region, delivering non-communicable disease (NCD) prevention and control services through existing primary health-care (PHC) facilities is urgently required yet currently challenging. As the first point of contact with the health-care system, PHC offers an ideal window for prevent...
Taufique Joarder, Md. Aslam Parvage, Lal Rawal, Syed Masud Ahmed
Nurses, short in production and inequitable in the distribution in Bangladesh, require the government’s efforts to increase enrolment in nursing education and a smooth career progression. Given the importance of an assessment of the current nursing scenario to inform the decision makers and practiti...
Tuhin Biswas, Nick Townsend, Rajat Das Gupta, Arpita Ghosh et al.
Background: The aim of this study is to assess the current status of metabolic and behavioural risk factors for cardiovascular diseases among the adult population in South and Southeast Asia using World Health Organization (WHO) STEPS data. Methods: We used WHO STEPS surveys data in ten South and So...
Samikshya Poudel, Pramesh Raj Ghimire, Nawaraj Upadhaya, Lal Rawal
BACKGROUND: Despite having the high rate of stillbirth in most of the countries of South Asia, there is a lack of synthesized evidence based on factors associated with stillbirth. This study systematically synthesizes the evidence on factors associated with stillbirth in the four selected countries ...
Nusrat Nausheen Khandker, Tuhin Biswas, Abdullah Nurus Salam Khan, Enamul Hasib et al.
BACKGROUND: Use of tobacco has become one of the major causes of premature deaths in most developing countries, including Bangladesh. The poorest and most disadvantaged populations, such as those living in slums, are considered to be extremely vulnerable to non-communicable diseases and their risk f...
Rashidul Alam Mahumud, Syed Afroz Keramat, Gail Ormsby, Marufa Sultana et al.
INTRODUCTION: Resource-constrained countries (RCCs) have the highest burden of cervical cancer (CC) in the world. Nonetheless, although CC can be prevented through screening for precancerous lesions, only a small proportion of women utilise screening services in RCCs. The objective of this study was...
Lal Rawal, Kie Kanda, Tuhin Biswas, Md. Imtiaz Tanim et al.
BACKGROUND: Access to and utilization of health services have remained major challenges for people living in low- and middle-income countries, especially for those living in impaired public health environment such as refugee camps and temporary settlements. This study presents health problems and ut...