Sanni Yaya, Ghose Bishwajit, Vaibhav Shah
BACKGROUND: Malawi is among the 5 sub-Saharan African countries presenting with very high maternal mortality rates, which remain a challenge. This study aims to examine the impact of wealth inequality and area of residence (urban vs rural) and education on selected indicators of maternal healthcare ...
Dipankar Chakraborti, Mohammad Mahmudur Rahman, Bhaskar Das, Bishwajit Nayak et al.
Subhash Chandra Mukherjee, Kshitish Chandra Saha, Shymapada Pati, Rathindra Nath Dutta et al.
INTRODUCTION: To understand the severity of related health effects of chronic arsenic exposure in West Bengal, a detailed 3-year study was carried out in Murshidabad, one of the nine arsenic-affected districts in West Bengal. METHODS: We screened 25,274 people from 139 arsenic-affected villages in M...
Bhaskar Das, Mohammad Mahmudur Rahman, Bishwajit Nayak, Arup Pal et al.
Rownak Ara Rasul, Promy Saha, Diponkor Bala, Sara Karim et al.
Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurological disease characterized by difficulties with social interaction, communication, and repetitive activities. While its primary origin lies in genetics, early detection is crucial, and leveraging machine learning offers a promising avenue for a faster an...
Nikhil Tandon, Yashdeep Gupta, Deksha Kapoor, Josyula K. Lakshmi et al.
Importance: Women with recent gestational diabetes (GDM) have increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Objective: To investigate whether a resource-appropriate and context-appropriate lifestyle intervention could prevent glycemic deterioration among women with recent GDM in South Asia. Design, ...
Ghose Bishwajit, Sajeeb Sarker, Sanni Yaya
<ns4:p>This review attempts to shed light on the socio-cultural roots of gender-based violence (GBV) and its impact on women's health with a special reference to reproductive health in the context of South Asia. It also identifies the policy and capacity gaps that impede the implementation of gender...
Mohammad Mahmudur Rahman, Mrinal Kumar Sengupta, Sad Ahamed, Dilip Lodh et al.
INTRODUCTION: To understand the severity of the arsenic crisis in West Bengal, India, a detailed, 3-year study was undertaken in Murshidabad, one of the nine arsenic-affected districts in West Bengal. The district covers an area of 5324 km2 with a population of 5.3 million. METHODS: Hand tubewell wa...
Sanni Yaya, Ghose Bishwajit
Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are experiencing rising burdens of overweight/obesity and associated non-communicable diseases. As in other developing regions, this epidemiological transition in African countries is believed to be resulting from changes in dietary, sociodemographic structure a...
Sanni Yaya, Sharmistha Ghosh, Ghose Bishwajit
Public health research and policy in sub-Saharan Africa are generally disease-oriented, with the focus being largely confined within the biological determinants of health. So far, little attention has been given to developing a more health-oriented approach by emphasising the psychosocial dimensions...
Ghose Bishwajit, Komlan Kota, Amos Buh, Sanni Yaya
South Africa represents one of the most rapidly aging countries in sub-Saharan Africa with a rising burden of age-related psychological morbidities. Despite having one of the highest human development scores in the region, the country faces serious poverty and food insecurity related challenges. Pre...
Sanni Yaya, Ghose Bishwajit
INTRODUCTION: In absolute numbers, India has more undernourished people than all the countries in sub-Saharan Africa combined. In parallel with the high rates of hunger and undernutrition, the country has been undergoing rapid demographic and dietary transition marked by an increased prevalence of o...
Sarita Bajaj, Ashok Kumar Das, Sanjay Kalra, Rakesh Sahay et al.
The past three decades have seen a quadruple rise in the number of people affected by diabetes mellitus worldwide, with the disease being the ninth major cause of mortality. Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) often remains undiagnosed for several years due to its asymptomatic nature during the initial ...
Asif Islam, Prem Saha, Masud Rana, Md. Mim Adnan et al.
In this article an Arduino based multipurpose gardening assistance system for nurseries and rooftops has been described. The system consist a line follower robot equipped with different sensors (Infrared radiation (IR), moisture) and modules (Bluetooth, real time clock (RTC)) whereas ATmega32SP micr...
Md Mahir Shahriyar, Gourab Saha, Bishwajit Bhattacharjee, Rezwana Reaz
Network function virtualization is the key to developing elastically scalable and fault-tolerant network functions (e.g. load balancer, firewall etc.). By integrating NFV and SDN technologies, it is feasible to dynamically reroute traffic to new network function (NF) instances in the event of an NF ...