Md Saiful Islam, Tonmoy Sarkar, Sazzad Hossain Khan, Abu-Hena Mostofa Kamal et al.
Infodemics, often including rumors, stigma, and conspiracy theories, have been common during the COVID-19 pandemic. Monitoring social media data has been identified as the best method for tracking rumors in real time and as a possible way to dispel misinformation and reduce stigma. However, the dete...
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...
Sania Ashraf, Fosiul Alam Nizame, Mahfuza Islam, Notan Chandra Dutta et al.
We conducted a nonrandomized trial of strategies to promote soapy water for handwashing in rural Bangladesh and measured uptake. We enrolled households with children < 3 years for three progressively intensive study arms: promotion of soapy water ( N = 120), soapy water promotion plus handwashing...
Farzana Yeasmin, Stephen P. Luby, Ronald Saxton, Fosiul Alam Nizame et al.
BACKGROUND: Bangladesh faces daunting challenges in addressing the sanitation needs of its urban poor. Maintaining the cleanliness and functionality of communal toilets is dependent upon periodic emptying of fecal sludge, and cooperation between users of communal toilets. Trash disposal into latrine...
Ronald Saxton, Farzana Yeasmin, Mahbub‐Ul Alam, Abdullah Al‐Masud et al.
OBJECTIVES: Provision of toilets is necessary but not sufficient to impact health as poor maintenance may impair toilet function and discourage their consistent use. Water in urban slums is both scarce and a prerequisite for toilet maintenance behaviours. We describe the development of behaviour cha...
Tania Jahir, Helen O. Pitchik, Mahbubur Rahman, Jesmin Sultana et al.
Lead exposure is harmful at any time in life, but pre-natal and early childhood exposures are particularly detrimental to cognitive development. In Bangladesh, multiple household-level lead exposures pose risks, including turmeric adulterated with lead chromate and food storage in lead-soldered cans...
Dalia Yeasmin, Musa Baker, Abu-Hena Mostofa Kamal, Md Saiful Islam et al.
BACKGROUND: Food adulteration is an increasingly recognized global public health problem. In low- and middle-income countries like Bangladesh, adulteration is difficult to detect and respond to. We explored customers' perceptions on food adulteration, perception of risk and connections between infor...
Dalia Yeasmin, Notan Chandra Dutta, Fosiul Alam Nizame, Musarrat Jabeen Rahman et al.
In low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), hand sanitizer may be a convenient alternative to soap and water to increase hand hygiene practices. We explored perceptions, acceptability, and use of hand sanitizer in rural Bangladesh. We enrolled 120 households from three rural villages. Promoters dis...
Farhana Sultana, Leanne Unicomb, Mahbubur Rahman, Shahjahan Ali et al.
Schoolchildren frequently transmit respiratory and gastrointestinal infections because of dense person-to-person contact in schools. We piloted a low-cost handwashing intervention among elementary schoolchildren in Bangladesh. We trained teachers to lead behavior change communication sessions using ...
Dalia Yeasmin, M. Jahangir Hossain, Saleh Haider, Mahbubur Rahman et al.
Nipah virus (NiV) has emerged as a significant public health threat, with recurring outbreaks in Bangladesh often linked to the consumption of raw date palm sap contaminated by fruit bats (Pteropus species). Over the past two decades, substantial efforts have been made to understand the cultural con...
Dalia Yeasmin, Musa Baker, Abu-Hena Mostofa Kamal, Md Saiful Islam et al.
Abstract Background : Food adulteration is an increasingly recognized global public health problem. In low- and middle-income countries like Bangladesh, adulteration is difficult to detect and respond to. We explored customers’ perceptions on food adulteration, perception of risk, and connections be...
Farzana Yeasmin, Mahbubur Rahman, Stephen P. Luby, Jyoti Das et al.
(1) Background: Residents of Dhaka slums frequently lack clean and functional shared latrines. We explored the role of landlords and compound managers in promoting latrine cleanliness in the intervention arm of a randomized trial; (2) Methods: We conducted focus group discussions, key informant inte...
Dalia Yeasmin
Dengue poses a global public health burden as one of the most important vector-borne viral diseases that is transmitted to humans by mosquitoes. About 75% of the current global burden of dengue is across the tropical and sub-tropical countries of Asia, other Southeast Asian and South America, mostly...
Musa Baker, Kamal Ibne Amin Chowdhury, Dalia Yeasmin, Abu Hena Mostofa Kamal et al.
Musa Baker, Kamal Ibne Amin Chowdhury, Dalia Yeasmin, Abu-Hena Mostofa Kamal et al.
Abstract Mobile poultry vending and slaughtering of sick poultry have been linked to the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 in Bangladesh. However, limited data exist on associated practices and potential interventions to improve biosecurity among mobile poultry vendors. This mi...