Upul Senarath, Kingsley Agho, Dure‐Samin Akram, Sanjeeva Godakandage et al.
Improving infant and young child feeding practices will help South Asian countries achieve the Millennium Development Goal of reducing child mortality. This paper aims to compare key indicators of complementary feeding and their determinants in children aged 6-23 months across five South Asian count...
Melissa Bauserman, Vanessa Thorsten, Tracy L. Nolen, Jackie K. Patterson et al.
BACKGROUND: Maternal mortality is a public health problem that disproportionately affects low and lower-middle income countries (LMICs). Appropriate data sources are lacking to effectively track maternal mortality and monitor changes in this health indicator over time. METHODS: We analyzed data from...
Michael J. Dibley, Roy Sk, Upul Senarath, Archana Patel et al.
BACKGROUND: Information on infant and young child feeding is widely available in Demographic and Health Surveys and National Family Health Surveys for countries in South Asia; however, infant and young child feeding indicators from these surveys have not been compared between countries in the region...
Elizabeth M. McClure, Ana L. Garcés, Patricia L. Hibberd, Janet Moore et al.
Abstract Background The Global Network for Women's and Children’s Health Research (Global Network) conducts clinical trials in resource-limited countries through partnerships among U.S. investigators, international investigators based in in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) and a central data ...
Alan Tita, Waldemar A. Carlo, Elizabeth M. McClure, Musaku Mwenechanya et al.
BACKGROUND: The use of azithromycin reduces maternal infection in women during unplanned cesarean delivery, but its effect on those with planned vaginal delivery is unknown. Data are needed on whether an intrapartum oral dose of azithromycin would reduce maternal and offspring sepsis or death. METHO...
Seemab Naqvi, Sarah Saleem, Farnaz Naqvi, Sk Masum Billah et al.
OBJECTIVES: We sought to determine the knowledge, attitudes and practices of pregnant women regarding COVID-19 vaccination in pregnancy in seven low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). DESIGN: Prospective, observational, population-based study. SETTINGS: Study areas in seven LMICs: Bangladesh, Indi...
Anne Marie Thow, Sumit Karn, Madhu Dixit Devkota, Sabrina Rasheed et al.
BACKGROUND: South Asian countries experience some of the highest levels of child undernutrition in the world, strongly linked to poor infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices. Strong and responsive policy support is essential for effective interventions to improve IYCF. This study aimed to id...
Seemab Naqvi, Farnaz Naqvi, Sarah Saleem, Vanessa Thorsten et al.
OBJECTIVE: To assess, on a population basis, the medical care for pregnant women in specific geographic regions of six countries before and during the first year of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in relationship to pregnancy outcomes. DESIGN: Prospective, population-based study. SE...
Chris A. Rees, Tim Colbourn, Shubhada Hooli, Carina King et al.
INTRODUCTION: Existing risk assessment tools to identify children at risk of hospitalised pneumonia-related mortality have shown suboptimal discriminatory value during external validation. Our objective was to derive and validate a novel risk assessment tool to identify children aged 2-59 months at ...
Shubhada Hooli, Carina King, Eric D. McCollum, Tim Colbourn et al.
OBJECTIVES: We determined the pulse oximetry benefit in pediatric pneumonia mortality risk stratification and chest-indrawing pneumonia in-hospital mortality risk factors. METHODS: We report the characteristics and in-hospital pneumonia-related mortality of children aged 2-59 months who were include...
Farnaz Naqvi, Seemab Naqvi, Sk Masum Billah, Sarah Saleem et al.
Abstract Objective We sought to understand knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) regarding COVID‐19 in pregnant women in seven low and middle‐income countries (LMIC). Design Population‐based prospective, observational study. Settings Study sites in DRC, Kenya, Zambia, Bangladesh, India (two sites...
Jackie K. Patterson, Vanessa Thorsten, Barry Eggleston, Tracy L. Nolen et al.
BACKGROUND: Low birth weight (LBW, < 2500 g) infants are at significant risk for death and disability. Improving outcomes for LBW infants requires access to advanced neonatal care, which is a limited resource in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Predictive modeling might be useful in LMICs t...
Ana Garcés, Emily MacGuire, Holly L. Franklin, Norma Alfaro et al.
BACKGROUND: Quality assurance (QA) is a process that should be an integral part of research to protect the rights and safety of study participants and to reduce the likelihood that the results are affected by bias in data collection. Most QA plans include processes related to study preparation and r...
Jennifer Hemingway‐Foday, Alan Tita, Elwyn Chomba, Musaku Mwenechanya et al.
INTRODUCTION: Maternal and neonatal infections are among the most frequent causes of maternal and neonatal mortality, and current antibiotic strategies have been ineffective in preventing many of these deaths. A randomised clinical trial conducted in a single site in The Gambia showed that treatment...
Waldemar A. Carlo, Alan Tita, Janet Moore, Musaku Mwenechanya et al.
BACKGROUND: In 2023, the Azithromycin Prevention in Labor Use (A-PLUS) trial showed intrapartum azithromycin reduces maternal sepsis or death in women with planned vaginal delivery in low-resource settings, but whether it reduces maternal infection is unknown. We aimed to evaluate the effectiveness ...