Fahmida Tofail, Lia C. H. Fernald, Kishor Kumar Das, Mahbubur Rahman et al.
BACKGROUND: Poor nutrition and infectious diseases can prevent children from reaching their developmental potential. We aimed to assess the effects of improvements in water, sanitation, handwashing, and nutrition on early child development in rural Kenya. METHODS: In this cluster-randomised controll...
Jenna E. Forsyth, Syeda Nurunnahar, Sheikh Shariful Islam, Musa Baker et al.
Adulteration is a growing food safety concern worldwide. Previous studies have implicated turmeric as a source of lead (Pb) exposure due to the addition of lead chromate (PbCrO4), a yellow pigment used to enhance brightness. We aimed to assess the practice of adding yellow pigments to turmeric and p...
Yukyan Lam, Peter J. Winch, Fosiul Alam Nizame, Elena Broaddus et al.
Abstract The rising salinity of land and water is an important, but understudied, climate change-sensitive trend that can exert devastating impacts on food security. This mixed methods investigation combines salinity testing with qualitative research methods to explore these impacts in one of the mo...
Gary L. Darmstadt, Samir K. Saha, Yoonjoung Choi, Shams El Arifeen et al.
BACKGROUND: To devise treatment strategies for neonatal infections, the population-level incidence and antibiotic susceptibility of pathogens must be defined. METHODS: Surveillance for suspected neonatal sepsis was conducted in Mirzapur, Bangladesh, from February 2004 through November 2006. Communit...
Ishtiaq Mannan, Syed Moshfiqur Rahman, Ayesha Sania, Hasti Seraji et al.
Objective:Whether postpartum visits by trained community health workers (CHWs), reduce newborn breastfeeding problems.Method:Community health workers made antenatal and postpartum home visits promoting newborn care practices including breastfeeding. CHWs assessed neonates for adequacy of breastfeedi...
Amira Roess, Peter J. Winch, Afsana Akhter, Dilara Afroz et al.
Animal antimicrobial use and husbandry practices increase risk of emerging zoonotic disease and antibiotic resistance. We surveyed 700 households to elicit information on human and animal medicine use and husbandry practices. Households that owned livestock (n = 265/459, 57.7%) reported using animal...
Amira Roess, Peter J. Winch, Nabeel Ashraf Ali, Afsana Akhter et al.
Antimicrobial drug administration to household livestock may put humans and animals at risk for acquisition of antimicrobial drug-resistant pathogens. To describe animal husbandry practices, including animal healthcare-seeking and antimicrobial drug use in rural Bangladesh, we conducted semi-structu...
Sarker Masud Parvez, Rashidul Azad, Mahbubur Rahman, Leanne Unicomb et al.
BACKGROUND: Uptake matters for evaluating the health impact of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) interventions. Many large-scale WASH interventions have been plagued by low uptake. For the WASH Benefits Bangladesh efficacy trial, high uptake was a prerequisite. We assessed the degree of technolog...
Christine Marie George, Shwapon Biswas, Danielle Jung, Jamie Perin et al.
Inadequate hand hygiene is estimated to result in nearly 300,000 deaths annually, with the majority of deaths being among children younger than 5 years. In an effort to promote handwashing with soap and water treatment behaviors among highly susceptible household members of cholera patients, we rece...
Fosiul Alam Nizame, Leanne Unicomb, Tina Sanghvi, Sumitro Roy et al.
Enteric diseases are often caused by poor hygiene and can contribute to stunting. From 50 randomly selected villages in Bangladesh, we collected quantitative and qualitative data on handwashing linked to child feeding to integrate handwashing promotion into a young child complementary feeding progra...
Ashraful Alam, Nizar Ali, Nighat Sultana, Luke C. Mullany et al.
Newborn cord care practices may directly contribute to infections, which account for a large proportion of the four million annual global neonatal deaths. This formative research study assessed current umbilical and skin care knowledge and practices for neonates in Sylhet District, Bangladesh, in pr...
Jason Abaluck, Laura H. Kwong, Ashley Styczynski, Ashraful Haque et al.
Background: A growing body of scientific evidence suggests that face masks can slow the spread of COVID-19 and save lives, but mask usage remains low across many parts of the world, and strategies to increase mask usage remain untested and unclear.
Nina A. Martin, Kristyna R. S. Hulland, Robert Dreibelbis, Farhana Sultana et al.
OBJECTIVE: To understand factors that influence sustained adoption of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) technologies or behaviours. METHODS: Systematic review of the current literature. Articles were gathered from databases of peer-reviewed articles and grey literature, and screened for relevance...
Mahbub‐Ul Alam, Peter J. Winch, Ronald Saxton, Fosiul Alam Nizame et al.
OBJECTIVES: Shared toilets in urban slums are often unclean and poorly maintained, discouraging consistent use and thereby limiting impacts on health and quality of life. We developed behaviour change interventions to support shared toilet maintenance and improve user satisfaction. We report the int...
Salahuddin Ahmed, Maureen Norton, Emma Williams, Saifuddin Ahmed et al.
BACKGROUND: Short birth intervals are associated with increased risk of adverse maternal and neonatal health (MNH) outcomes. Improving postpartum contraceptive use is an important programmatic strategy to improve the health and well-being of women, newborns, and children. This article documents the ...