Tahmina Begum, Aminur Rahman, Herfina Nababan, Dewan Md Emdadul Hoque et al.
BACKGROUND AND METHODS: Caesarean section (C-section) is a major obstetric intervention for saving lives of women and their newborns from pregnancy and childbirth related complications. Un-necessary C-sections may have adverse impact upon maternal and neonatal outcomes. In Bangladesh there is paucit...
Iqbal Anwar, Herfina Nababan, Shabnam Mostari, Aminur Rahman et al.
BACKGROUND AND METHODS: Monitoring use-inequity is important to measure progress in efforts to address health-inequities. Using data from six Bangladesh Demographic and Health Surveys (BDHS), we examine trends, inequities and socio-demographic determinants of use of maternal health care services in ...
Herfina Nababan, Md. Zahid Hasan, Tiara Marthias, Rolina Dhital et al.
PURPOSE: Overall health status indicators have improved significantly over the past three decades in Indonesia. However, the country's maternal mortality ratio remains high with a stark inequality by region. Fewer studies have explored access inequity in maternal health care service over time using ...
Ralfh Moreno, Herfina Nababan, Erika Ota, Windy Mariane Virenia Wariki et al.
BACKGROUND: Community interventions to promote condom use are considered to be a valuable tool to reduce the transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs). In particular, special emphasis has been placed on implementing such interventions through...
Alayne M. Adams, Herfina Nababan, S. M. Manzoor Ahmed Hanifi
BACKGROUND: The beneficial influence of social networks on health and wellbeing is well-established. In poor urban settlements in Bangladesh, BRAC's Manoshi programme trains community health workers (CHWs) to support women through pregnancy, delivery and postpartum periods. This paper test the hypot...
Herfina Nababan, Rubana Islam, Shabnam Mostari, Md. Tariqujjaman et al.
BACKGROUND: Bangladesh has achieved major gains in maternal and newborn survival, facility childbirth and skilled birth attendance between 1991 and 2010, but excess maternal mortality persists. High-quality maternal health care is necessary to address this burden. Implementation of WHO Safe Childbir...
M. Monaemul Islam Sizear, Herfina Nababan, Md. Kaoser Bin Siddique, Sheikh Mohammed Shariful Islam et al.
BACKGROUND: How the informal providers deliver health services are not well understood in Bangladesh. However, their practices are often considered inappropriate and unsafe. This study attempted to fill-in this knowledge gap by exploring their perceptions about diagnosis and appropriate treatment, a...
Tahmina Begum, Herfina Nababan, Aminur Rahman, Md. Rajibul Islam et al.
BACKGROUND: Globally, Caesarean section (CS) rates are mounting and currently exceed the safe upper limit of 15%. Monitoring CS rates using clinical indications and obstetric sub-group analysis could confirm that women in need have been served. In Bangladesh, the reported CS rate was 31% in 2016, an...
Iqbal Anwar, Tahmina Begum, Amani Abdel Rahman, Herfina Nababan et al.
Tahmina Begum, Herfina Nababan, Alayne M. Adams, Anisuddin Ahmed et al.
<title>Abstract</title> Background For-profit private sector is increasingly contributing in maternal and neonatal health (MNH) in many low and middle income countries including Bangladesh. However, they operate beyond any regulatory frame-work that raises concerns about quality, cost and equity. In...
Tahmina Begum, Aminur Rahman, Dewan Md Emdadul Hoque, Herfina Nababan et al.
Iqbal Anwar, Anisur Rahman, Rabiul Islam, Herfina Nababan et al.
PLSAR and 14 events were published (preliminary results). This LHP is unique because it aims fundamentally the protective factors, integrating all the health professionals and community, which together contribute to improve the state of the health of the population.
Nababan HY, Md. Mahmud Hasan, Tiara Marthias, Rolina Dhital et al.
Herfina Y Nababan,1 Md Hasan,2 Tiara Marthias,1,3 Rolina Dhital,4 Aminur Rahman,2 Iqbal Anwar2 1Nossal Institute for Global Health, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, the University of Melbourne, Parkville, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; 2Health Systems and Population Studies Division, ic...
Herfina Nababan, Rubana Islam, Shabnam Mostari, Md. Tariqujjaman et al.
Number of essential childbirth practices (SCC items) performed at baseline and endline (including incomplete observations). (XLSX 14 kb)
Herfina Nababan, Rubana Islam, Shabnam Mostari, Md. Tariqujjaman et al.
Distribution of observation completion. (XLSX 12 kb)