M. Tasdik Hasan, Tasnim Anwar, Enryka Christopher, Sahadat Hossain et al.
Mental health is a significant factor for a sound and productive life; nevertheless, mental disorders do not often receive adequate research attention and are not addressed as a serious public health issue in countries such as Bangladesh. Part 1 of this two-part profile describes the current situati...
Paroma Deb, Md. Maruf Ahmed Molla, KM Saif‐Ur‐Rahman
With the number of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases soaring worldwide and limited vaccine availability for the general population in most countries, the monoclonal antibody (mAb) remains a viable therapeutic option to treat COVID-19 disease and its complications, especially in the elderly i...
Christine Marie George, Shirajum Monira, David A. Sack, Mahamud‐ur Rashid et al.
The risk for cholera infection is >100 times higher for household contacts of cholera patients during the week after the index patient seeks hospital care than it is for the general population. To initiate a standard of care for this high-risk population, we developed Cholera-Hospital-Based-Interven...
Afroza Rahman, Md. Anwar Hossen, Mirza Farhana Iqbal Chowdhury, Sadia Bari et al.
Aducanumab is a novel disease-modifying anti-amyloid-beta (Aβ) human monoclonal antibody specifically targeted to the pathophysiology of Alzheimer's disease (AD). It was granted for treating AD in June 2021 by the United States Food and Drug Administration. We systematically analyzed available trial...
Tahmina Begum, KM Saif‐Ur‐Rahman, F Yaqoot, Jelle Stekelenburg et al.
BACKGROUND: Caesarean delivery on maternal request (CDMR) is considered a significant contributor to the unprecedented increase in caesarean deliveries (CDs) for nonclinical reasons. Current literature lacks a reliable assessment of the rate of CDMR, which hinders the planning and delivery of approp...
Imran Hasan, KM Saif‐Ur‐Rahman, Shoma Hayat, Nowshin Papri et al.
Several published reports have described a possible association between Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. This systematic review aimed to summarize and meta-analyze the salient features and prognosis of SARS-CoV-2-associated GBS...
Christine Marie George, Shwapon Biswas, Danielle Jung, Jamie Perin et al.
Inadequate hand hygiene is estimated to result in nearly 300,000 deaths annually, with the majority of deaths being among children younger than 5 years. In an effort to promote handwashing with soap and water treatment behaviors among highly susceptible household members of cholera patients, we rece...
Sheikh Mohammed Shariful Islam, Riaz Uddin, Subasish Das, Syed Imran Ahmed et al.
BACKGROUND: Bangladesh has made substantial progress in improving socioeconomic and health indicators over the past 50 years, but data on national disease burden are scarce. We used data from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2019 to estimate the burden of disease...
Md Shariful Islam, KM Saif‐Ur‐Rahman, Md Mofijul Islam Bulbul, Deepak Singh
BACKGROUND: Tobacco consumption causes almost 638,000 premature deaths per year in India. This study sought to examine the prevalence and determinants of tobacco use among men in India. METHODS: We analyzed data from the fourth round of the National Family Health Survey in India. These nationally re...
Md Shariful Islam, Ammatul Fardousi, Monaemul Islam Sizear, Md Golam Rabbani et al.
High blood pressure is a major risk factor for premature death. Leisure-time physical activities have been recommended to control hypertension. Studies examining how leisure-time physical activity affects blood pressure have found mixed results. We aimed to conduct a systematic review examining the ...
KM Saif‐Ur‐Rahman, Razib Mamun, Iffat Nowrin, Shahed Hossain et al.
INTRODUCTION: Governance is one of the most important aspects for strong primary healthcare (PHC) service delivery. To achieve the targets for the Sustainable Development Goals, good governance may play a prime role in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). This evidence gap map (EGM) explo...
Christine Marie George, Mahamud‐ur Rashid, David A. Sack, R. Bradley Sack et al.
BACKGROUND: To evaluate the specificity of the Crystal VC dipstick test for detecting cholera. METHODS: We compared direct testing using the Crystal VC dipstick test and testing after enrichment for 6 h in alkaline peptone water (APW) to bacterial culture as the gold standard. Samples positive by di...
KM Saif‐Ur‐Rahman, Md. Mehedi Hasan, Shahed Hossain, Iqbal Anwar et al.
It is difficult to match the causes of exclusion among two independent review authors after screening the title and abstract or full texts in systematic reviews. We have proposed the prioritization and sequential exclusion approach to reduce the subjectivity in reporting reasons for exclusion. This ...
KM Saif‐Ur‐Rahman, Md Shariful Islam, Joan Alaboson, Oluwadara Ola et al.
AIM: Technology including artificial intelligence (AI) may play a key role to strengthen primary health care services in resource-poor settings. This systematic review aims to explore the evidence on the use of AI and digital health in improving primary health care service delivery. METHODS: Three e...
M. Tasdik Hasan, Tasnim Anwar, Enryka Christopher, Sahadat Hossain et al.
This is the second of a two-part profile on mental healthcare in Bangladesh. It describes the state of mental health research in the country and presents a set of priorities for addressing improvements to the fundamental gaps in mental healthcare highlighted in part 1. Focus on building infrastructu...