Anne CC Lee, Joanne Katz, Hannah Blencowe, Simon Cousens et al.
BACKGROUND: National estimates for the numbers of babies born small for gestational age and the comorbidity with preterm birth are unavailable. We aimed to estimate the prevalence of term and preterm babies born small for gestational age (term-SGA and preterm-SGA), and the relation to low birthweigh...
Keith P. West, Parul Christian, Alain Labrique, Mahbubur Rashid et al.
CONTEXT: Maternal vitamin A deficiency is a public health concern in the developing world. Its prevention may improve maternal and infant survival. OBJECTIVE: To assess efficacy of maternal vitamin A or beta carotene supplementation in reducing pregnancy-related and infant mortality. DESIGN, SETTING...
Rolf Klemm, Alain Labrique, Parul Christian, Mahbubur Rashid et al.
OBJECTIVES: We assessed the effect of supplementing newborns with 50000 IU of vitamin A on all-cause infant mortality through 24 weeks of age. PATIENTS AND METHODS: This was a community-based, double-masked, cluster-randomized, placebo-controlled trial conducted in 19 unions in rural northwest Bangl...
Alain Labrique, Snaebjorn Gunnsteinsson, Keith P. West, Parul Christian et al.
This study aimed to construct indices of living standards in rural Bangladesh that could be useful to study health outcomes or identify target populations for poverty-alleviation programmes. The indices were constructed using principal component analysis of data on household assets and house constru...
Parul Christian, Rolf Klemm, Abu Ahmed Shamim, Hasmot Ali et al.
Background Micronutrient deficiencies may be related to poor fetal growth and short gestation. Few studies have investigated the contribution of maternal vitamin A deficiency to these outcomes. Objective In rural northwestern Bangladesh, we examined the effects of weekly antenatal vitamin A and β-ca...
James M. Tielsch, Mark C. Steinhoff, Joanne Katz, Janet A. Englund et al.
BACKGROUND: Among the most important causes of illness and death in both pregnant women and their newborn infants are respiratory infections including influenza. Pregnant women in North America have a 4 to 5 fold excess rate of hospitalization compared to non-pregnant women. Rates of infant hospital...
Rebecca E. Rosenberg, Saifuddin Ahmed, Samir K. Saha, ASM Nawshad Uddin Ahmed et al.
Objective To identify a valid neonatal mortality risk prediction score feasible for use in developing countries. Study design Retrospective study of 467 neonates, Results The area under the curve receiver operating characteristic was 0.62, 0.71, 0.68, and 0.69 on the basis of the (a) CRIB II applied...
Andrea Verhulst, Julio Romero Prieto, Nurul Alam, Hallie Eilerts-Spinelli et al.
BACKGROUND: Understanding the age pattern of under-5 mortality is essential for identifying the most vulnerable ages and underlying causes of death, and for assessing why the decline in child mortality is slower in some countries and subnational areas than others. The aim of this study is to detect ...
Elizabeth Hazel, Daniel J. Erchick, Joanne Katz, Anne CC Lee et al.
OBJECTIVE: We aimed to understand the mortality risks of vulnerable newborns (defined as preterm and/or born weighing smaller or larger compared to a standard population), in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). DESIGN: Descriptive multi-country, secondary analysis of individual-level study dat...
Luke C. Mullany, Shams El Arifeen, Subarna K. Khatry, Joanne Katz et al.
Guidance is needed regarding potential extension of the World Health Organization recommendation for cord cleansing with chlorhexidine to babies born in facilities. Among 3223 facility-born babies from Nepal and Bangladesh, mortality was approximately halved among those allocated to the intervention...
Keith P. West, Abu Ahmed Shamim, Alain Labrique, Hasmot Ali et al.
Antenatal micronutrient deficiencies may impair fetal and infant health. We conducted a cluster‐randomized, double‐masked trial among 44,567 pregnant women and 28,516 infants to assess efficacy of daily MM vs IFA supplementation, from the 1 st trimester to 12 wk postpartum, in improving fetal and in...
Daniel J. Erchick, Elizabeth Hazel, Joanne Katz, A. C. C. Lee et al.
OBJECTIVE: To examine prevalence of novel newborn types among 541 285 live births in 23 countries from 2000 to 2021. DESIGN: Descriptive multi-country secondary data analysis. SETTING: Subnational, population-based birth cohort studies (n = 45) in 23 low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) spanning...
Elizabeth Hazel, Daniel J. Erchick, Joanne Katz, Anne CC Lee et al.
Abstract Objective To describe the mortality risks by fine strata of gestational age and birthweight among 230 679 live births in nine low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs) from 2000 to 2017. Design Descriptive multi‐country secondary data analysis. Setting Nine LMICs in sub‐Saharan Africa, South...
Keith P. West, Rolf Klemm, Alain Labrique, Mahbubur Rashid et al.
Thaís Rangel Bousquet Carrilho, Dongqing Wang, Jennifer A. Hutcheon, Molin Wang et al.
Background Existing gestational weight gain (GWG) charts vary considerably in their choice of exclusion/inclusion criteria, and it is unclear to what extent these criteria create differences in the charts' percentile values. Objectives We aimed to establish the impact of including/excluding pregnanc...