Brandon L. Pierce, Muhammad G. Kibriya, Tong Lin, Farzana Jasmine et al.
Arsenic contamination of drinking water is a major public health issue in many countries, increasing risk for a wide array of diseases, including cancer. There is inter-individual variation in arsenic metabolism efficiency and susceptibility to arsenic toxicity; however, the basis of this variation ...
Iftekhar Quasem, Shiney C. Alex, Anjan Kumar Nag, Kavumpurathu Raman Thankappan et al.
Objective To evaluate the prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension among elderly individuals in Bangladesh and India. Method A community-based sample of 1203 elderly individuals (670 women; mean age, 70 years) was selected using a multistage cluster sampling technique from two si...
Abdullah H Baqui, Samir K. Saha, ASM Nawshad Uddin Ahmed, Mohammad Shahidullah et al.
BACKGROUND: Severe infections remain one of the main causes of neonatal deaths worldwide. Possible severe infection is diagnosed in young infants (aged 0-59 days) according to the presence of one or more clinical signs. The recommended treatment is hospital admission with 7-10 days of injectable ant...
Shams El Arifeen, Samir K. Saha, Sayedur Rahman, Kazi Mizanur Rahman et al.
BACKGROUND: Streptococcus pneumoniae infection is recognized as a global priority public health problem, and conjugate vaccines have been shown to prevent vaccine-type invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in children. However, better estimates of the disease burden and reliable population-based data ...
Iftekhar Quasem, Nancy L. Sloan, Anita Chowdhury, Salahuddin Ahmed et al.
Objective Working with a multidisciplinary team of Ecuadorians, Bangladeshis and Americans, we developed a simple protocol for community-based implementation of kangaroo mother care (CKMC) that does not require birth weight or clinical judgment to identify which newborns should receive CKMC. CKMC co...
Maria Argos, Mahfuzar Rahman, Faruque Parvez, James J. Dignam et al.
BACKGROUND: Epidemiologic research suggests that increased cancer risk due to chronic arsenic exposure persists for several decades even after the exposure has terminated. Observational studies suggest that antioxidants exert a protective effect on arsenical skin lesions and cancers among those chro...
Abdullah H Baqui, Samir K. Saha, ASM Nawshad Uddin Ahmed, Mohammad Shahidullah et al.
BACKGROUND: Because access to care is limited in settings with high mortality, exclusive reliance on the current recommendation of 7-10 days of parenteral antibiotic treatment is a barrier to provision of adequate treatment of newborn infections. METHODS: We are conducting a trial to determine if si...
Mohammad Yunus, Muhammad Rakibuz‐Zaman, Shantanu Roy, Islam, Tariqul et al.
Arsenic contamination of drinking water is a major public health issue in many countries, increasing risk for a wide array of diseases, including cancer. There is inter-individual variation in arsenic metabolism efficiency and susceptibility to arsenic toxicity; however, the basis of this variation ...
Hasan Shahriar, Maria Argos, L. Tong, Mohammad Mahmudur Rahman et al.
Background: Considerable data have emerged showing an increased risk of diabetes mellitus (T2DM) with higher arsenic or selenium exposure. Limited data suggest a potentially reduced risk in relation to higher vitamin E exposure. Methods: The Bangladesh Vitamin E and Selenium Trial (BEST) is a 2x2 fa...
Farhana Haseen, Iftekhar Quasem, H. K. M. Yusuf