Farzana Islam, Aminur Rahman, Abdul Halim, Charli Eriksson et al.
BACKGROUND: Bangladesh has achieved remarkable progress in healthcare with a steady decline in maternal and under-5 child mortality rates in efforts to achieve Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5. However, the mortality rates are still very high compared with high-income countries. The quality of h...
Animesh Biswas, Fazlur Rahman, Abdul Halim, Charli Eriksson et al.
Introduction: Verbal autopsy in maternal and neonatal deaths is commonly used in developing countries to understand the medical and social causes of death in the community. Bangladesh first undertook a community verbal autopsy program in 2010. This was implemented under the maternal and neonatal dea...
Animesh Biswas, Fazlur Rahman, Charli Eriksson, Abdul Halim et al.
OBJECTIVES: To explore the experiences, acceptance, and effects of conducting facility death review (FDR) of maternal and neonatal deaths and stillbirths at or below the district level in Bangladesh. METHODS: This was a qualitative study with healthcare providers involved in FDRs. Two districts were...
Animesh Biswas, Fazlur Rahman, Abdul Halim, Charli Eriksson et al.
Objectives: To identify the effects of Maternal and Neonatal Death Review (MNDR) in terms of improving maternal and neonatal health at the community level in Bangladesh. Methods: Both quantitative and qualitative methods were undertaken for collecting data in Kashipur Union, Bangladesh. Death notifi...
Animesh Biswas, Fazlur Rahman, Charli Eriksson, Abdul Halim et al.
OBJECTIVES: Social Autopsy (SA) is an innovative strategy where a trained facilitator leads community groups through a structured, standardised analysis of the physical, environmental, cultural and social factors contributing to a serious, non-fatal health event or death. The discussion stimulated b...
Animesh Biswas, Fazlur Rahman, Charli Eriksson, Koustuv Dalal
Objectives: The aim of the study was to examine the process of community maternal, neonatal deaths and still births notification within the Bangladesh government health structure using the Maternal and Neonatal Death Review (MNDR) system. The study also explored the feasibility and acceptance of com...
Animesh Biswas, Abdul Halim, Fazlur Rahman, Charli Eriksson et al.
Introduction Maternal and neonatal death review (MNDR) introduced in Bangladesh and initially piloted in a district during 2010. MNDR is able to capture each of the maternal, neonatal deaths and stillbirths from the community and government facilities (hospitals). This study aimed to estimate the co...
Johanna Andrews-Chavez, Animesh Biswas, Mervyn Gifford, Charli Eriksson et al.
The objective of this study was to investigate if the mothers’ demographics and household characteristics—including type of use of cooking fuel, energy and toilet facilities—have any implication for complete immunisation rates among their children. A cross-sectional data analysis of a nationally rep...
Farzana Islam, Aminur Rahman, Abdul Halim, Charli Eriksson et al.
In Bangladesh, research focusing on the quality of maternal and newborn health (MNH) services in hospitals remains neglected. There have only been a few studies conducted on quality issues and found the quality of MNH care provided at district and sub-district hospitals to be poor. The overall objec...
Farzana Islam, Aminur Rahman, Abdul Halim, Charli Eriksson et al.
In Bangladesh, research focusing on the quality of maternal and newborn health (MNH) services in hospitals remains neglected. There have only been a few studies conducted on quality issues and found the quality of MNH care provided at district and sub-district hospitals to be poor. The overall objec...
Farzana Islam, Aminur Rahman, Abdul Halim, Charli Eriksson et al.
In Bangladesh, research focusing on the quality of maternal and newborn health (MNH) services in hospitals remains neglected. There have only been a few studies conducted on quality issues and found the quality of MNH care provided at district and sub-district hospitals to be poor. The overall objec...