D. Gilgen, C. G. N. Mascie‐Taylor, L. L. Rosetta
We conducted a randomized clinical intervention trial over 24 weeks on a tea estate in north‐east Bangladesh to investigate the effect of iron supplementation and anthelmintic treatment on the labour productivity of adult female tea pluckers. A total of 553 full‐time tea pluckers, not pregnant and ..
Rie Goto, C. G. N. Mascie‐Taylor, P. G. Lunn
A longitudinal study of 298 rural Bangladeshi infants found evidence of growth faltering starting at 3 months of age. Anthropometric status declined substantially in the first 2 years of life, with weight-for-height (WHZ) falling from - 0.49 to - 1.75, weight-for-age (WAZ) from - 1.18 to - 2.87 and ...
Christine A. Northrop‐Clewes, Emily K. Rousham, CG Nicholas Mascie-Taylor, P. G. Lunn
Background The effect of helminth infestation on the nutrition, growth, and physiology of the host is still poorly understood. Anthelmintic treatment of children in developing countries has had varying success in terms of growth improvements. Objective The objective of this study was to assess the e...
Enamul Karim, C. G. N. Mascie‐Taylor
The relationship between birthweight, sociodemographic variables and maternal anthropometry was examined in a sample from an inner urban area of Dhaka, Bangladesh. About 21% of babies were of low birthweight (LBW) using the World Health Organization cut-off of < 2500 g. LBW was more common in younge...
Mahmudur Rahman, Be‐Nazir Ahmed, Maryam Faiz, Muhtamim Chowdhury et al.
Miltefosine (target dose of 2.5 mg/kg/day for 28 days) is the recommended treatment for visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar) in Bangladesh on the basis of data from India. We evaluated miltefosine in a phase IV trial of 977 patients in Bangladesh. At the six-month final follow up, 701 were cured. 24 s...
Masuda Mohsena, CG Nicholas Mascie-Taylor, Rie Goto
OBJECTIVE: To determine how much of the variation in nutritional status of Bangladeshi children under 5 years old can be attributed to the socio-economic status of the family. DESIGN: Nutritional status used reference Z-scores of weight-for-age (WAZ), height-for-age (HAZ) and weight-for-height (WHZ)...
Shamsun Nahar, C. G. N. Mascie‐Taylor, Housne Begum
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether maternal anthropometry predicted birth weight, and if so, to identify which cut-offs provided the best prediction of low birth weight (LBW) in a field situation. DESIGN: Community-based longitudinal study. SETTING: A rural union of Bhaluka Upazila, Mymensingh, located...
M S Flora, C. G. N. Mascie‐Taylor, Muhammad Aziz Rahman
OBJECTIVES: To determine the extent of all forms of tobacco usage in adult Bangladeshis in relation to gender and locality. METHODS: Three annual urban and rural cross-sectional surveys were carried out between 2001 and 2003 involving a total of 35,446 adults, of whom 54.3% were female and 51.0% wer...
C. G. N. Mascie‐Taylor, R Karim, Enamul Karim, Sohail Akhtar et al.
The impact of regular health education in improving knowledge, attitude and practices in the control of intestinal parasites was examined in four rural areas of Bangladesh; two areas received health education and the other two areas were controls. By the end of the 18-month study households receivin...
C. G. N. Mascie‐Taylor, MK Marks, Rie Goto, Rakibul M. Islam
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether a cash-for-work programme during the annual food insecurity period in Bangladesh improved nutritional status in poor rural women and children. METHODS: The panel study involved a random sample of 895 households from over 50,000 enrolled in a cash-for-work programme be...
Rie Goto, C. G. N. Mascie‐Taylor, P. G. Lunn
In order to test the impact of Giardia and geohelminthic infection on infant growth faltering in Bangladesh, a randomised double-blind placebo controlled intervention of 36 weeks' duration was conducted in a rural community located 40 km northwest of Dhaka. Infants aged between 3 and 15 months were ...
C. G. N. Mascie‐Taylor, M. Monirul Alam, R. Montanari, R Karim et al.
The study examined the cost effectiveness of 4 different regimens in reducing the prevalence and intensity of infection of Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura, and hookworm over an 18-mo period in randomized community samples of children aged 2-8 yr living in rural Bangladesh. The household wa...
Emily K. Rousham, C. G. N. Mascie‐Taylor
An 18-month study was conducted from February 1989 to August 1990 to examine the effect of regular deworming on child growth and nutritional status. A sample of 1402 children, from 2 to 6 years old, were divided into a treatment group and a control group. The 688 children in the treatment group rece...
D. Gilgen, C. G. N. Mascie‐Taylor
A 24-week randomized double blind intervention trial was conducted on adult female tea pluckers from an estate in Bangladesh to investigate the impact of iron supplementation and anthelmintic treatment on changes in ferritin and haemoglobin levels as well as on prevalence and intensity of helminth i...
Sophie Vinoy, Lyliane Rosetta, C. G. N. Mascie‐Taylor
Objective To examine changes in energetic parameters and nutritional status of chronically malnourished lactating women over a period of 13 months postpartum. Design A study of 15 lactating Bangladeshi mothers, of whom eight were tea pluckers and seven housewives, was conducted over a 13 months peri...