Louis Niessen, Diwakar Mohan, Jonathan Kweku Akuoku, Andrew J. Mirelman et al.
Five Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set targets that relate to the reduction of health inequalities nationally and worldwide. These targets are poverty reduction, health and wellbeing for all, equitable education, gender equality, and reduction of inequalities within and between countries. The...
Abdullah H Baqui, Salahuddin Ahmed, Nazma Begum, Rasheda Khanam et al.
BACKGROUND: Short birth intervals are associated with an increased risk of adverse perinatal outcomes. However, reduction of rates of short birth intervals is challenging in low-resource settings where majority of the women deliver at home with limited access to family planning services immediately ...
WHO ACTION Trials Collaborators, Temitope Adesiji Adegboyega, Ebunoluwa A. Adejuyigbe, Olubukola Adesina et al.
BACKGROUND: Preterm birth complications are the leading cause of newborn and under-5 mortality. Over 85% of all preterm births occur in the late preterm period, i.e. between 34 and < 37 weeks of gestation. Antenatal corticosteroids (ACS) prevent mortality and respiratory morbidity when administered ...
Eleonor Zavala, Diwakar Mohan, Hasmot Ali, Towfida Jahan Siddiqua et al.
Abstract Background The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends balanced energy and protein (BEP) supplementation be provided to all pregnant women living in undernourished populations, usually defined as having a prevalence > 20% of underweight women, to reduce the risk of stillbirths and sma...
Amnesty LeFevre, Fatima Mir, Dipak Kumar Mitra, Shabina Ariff et al.
BACKGROUND: Puerperal sepsis (PP sepsis) is a leading cause of maternal mortality globally. The majority of maternal sepsis cases and deaths occur at home and remain undiagnosed and under-reported. In this paper, we present findings from a nested case-control study in Bangladesh and Pakistan which s...
Temitope Adesiji Adegboyega, Ebunoluwa A. Adejuyigbe, Olubukola Adesina, Babalola Adeyemi et al.
Background: Preterm birth complications are the leading cause of newborn and under-5 mortality. Over 85% of all preterm births occur in the late preterm period i.e., between 34 and Methods: WHO ACTION III trial is a parallel-group, three-arm, individually randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled...
Dinesh Arora, Tarannum Azim Baigh, Ahmedul Kabir, Meerjady Sabrina Flora et al.
Background: The objective of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of low-cost and scalable strategies in increasing COVID-19 vaccine take-up rates among the unvaccinated adult population in Bangladesh. Methods: A cluster randomized controlled trial was conducted in four districts of Bangladesh...
Tarik Hasan, Rasheda Khanam, Nabidul Haque Chowdhury, Diwakar Mohan et al.
Background: Anaemia during pregnancy poses a major public health problem globally, with reported prevalences ranging from approximately 5.2% to 65.7%. A significant portion of this burden is borne by low- and middle-income countries. We aimed to determine the prevalence of anaemia during pregnancy a...
Aashish Gupta, Gulam Muhammed Al Kibria, Tahsin Shahrin Khan, Chandra Nirod Saha et al.
OBJECTIVES: To test whether mobile phone surveys conducted remotely might generate data on deaths that are not covered by mortality surveillance systems established in laboratories and health facilities, or in institutions involved in the post-mortem management of corpses (e.g., morgues, cemeteries)...
Lena Kan, Mayank Date, Diwakar Mohan, Rezwanul Haque et al.
OBJECTIVES: Robust estimates of perinatal mortality are essential for improving perinatal survival in low- and middle-income countries. Mobile phone surveys may offer a scalable alternative to in-person surveys for such estimates. This study assessed the feasibility and validity of mobile phone-base...