Tasnuva Faruk, Catherine King, Mohammad Muhit, Md. Kafiul Islam et al.
OBJECTIVE: To systematically review, identify and report the screening tools used for early identification of developmental delay in low- and middle-income countries. DESIGN: Systematic review. DATA SOURCES: Four bibliographic databases: Medline (1946 to 13 Jy 2020), Embase (1974 to 13 Jy 2020),...
Shumona Sharmin Salam, Olakunle Alonge, Md Irteja Islam, Dewan Md Emdadul Hoque et al.
The aim of the paper is to quantify the burden and risk factors of fatal and non-fatal suicidal behaviors in rural Bangladesh. A census was carried out in seven sub-districts encompassing 1.16 million people. Face-to-face interviews were conducted at the household level. Descriptive analyses were do...
Kamran Ul Baset, Aminur Rahman, Olakunle Alonge, Priyanka Agrawal et al.
Globally, road traffic injury (RTI) causes 1.3 million deaths annually. Almost 90% of all RTI deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries. RTI is one of the leading causes of death in Bangladesh; the World Health Organization estimated that it kills over 21,000 people in the country annually. T...
Shirin Wadhwaniya, Olakunle Alonge, Kamran Ul Baset, Salim Mahmud Chowdhury et al.
Globally, falls are the second leading cause of unintentional injury deaths, with 80% occurring in low-and middle-income countries. The overall objective of this study is to describe the burden and risk factors of falls in rural Bangladesh. In 2013, a large household survey covering a population of ...
Animesh Biswas, Koustuv Dalal, Jahangir Hossain, Kamran Ul Baset et al.
<ns4:p> <ns4:bold>Background:</ns4:bold> Lightning injury is a global public health issue. Low and middle-income countries in the tropical and subtropical regions of the world are most affected by lightning. Bangladesh is one of the countries at particular risk, with a high number of devastating lig...
Olakunle Alonge, David Bishai, Shirin Wadhwaniya, Priyanka Agrawal et al.
BACKGROUND: This paper estimates the impact on childhood drowning rates of community-based introduction of crèches or playpens or both in rural Bangladesh for children aged 0-47 months. METHODS: A baseline census of the whole population of 270,387 households in 51 unions, 451 villages from 7 rural s...
Jagnoor Jagnoor, Aminur Rahman, Patricia Cullen, Fazlul Kader Chowdhury et al.
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the impact of natural disasters on communities in the Barisal division of Bangladesh, exploring community approaches to disaster preparedness and mitigation. SETTING: Communities in all districts of the Barisal division of Bangladesh. PARTICIPANTS: Quantitative data were c...
Aminur Rahman, Jagnoor Jagnoor, Kamran Ul Baset, Dan Ryan et al.
OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to determine the fatal drowning burden and associated risk factors in Southern Bangladesh. SETTINGS: The survey was conducted in 39 subdistricts of all 6 districts of the Barisal division, Southern Bangladesh. PARTICIPANTS: All residents (for a minimum 6 months prior to ...
Medhavi Gupta, Aminur Rahman, Kamran Ul Baset, Rebecca Ivers et al.
Living and geographical conditions in Bangladesh expose children to a high risk of drowning. Two programs operating in the Barishal Division of Bangladesh aim to reduce drowning risk through the provision of crèches (Anchal) and swim and rescue classes (SwimSafe). Anchal provides a safe environment ...
Jagnoor Jagnoor, Caroline Lukaszyk, Kamran Ul Baset, Rebecca Ivers et al.
BACKGROUND: Bangladesh has one of the highest drowning mortality rates in the world. The use of unregulated water transportation may contribute to this burden, with 38% of all passenger traffic occurring by water. The present study aims to identify provider and end user perception on water transport...
Jagnoor Jagnoor, Medhavi Gupta, Kamran Ul Baset, Daniel T. Ryan et al.
The present study investigated associations between water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) factors and fatal and non-fatal drowning events in Bangladesh. Here, we report findings from a large household survey (89,700) conducted in Barisal Division of Bangladesh. Univariate analyses showed that the use...
Y. Natalia Alfonso, Olakunle Alonge, Dewan Md Emdadul Hoque, Kamran Ul Baset et al.
This study provides a comprehensive review of the care-seeking patterns and direct economic burden of injuries from the victims' perspective in rural Bangladesh using a 2013 household survey covering 1.17 million people. Descriptive statistics and bivariate analyses were used to derive rates and tes...
Animesh Biswas, Fazlur Rahman, Peter Maitz, Kamran Ul Baset et al.
BACKGROUND: Burn is one of the major public health problems in Bangladesh. Specialized personnel and technologies are required, however, in many cases they are not readily available. Taking the situation into account, Interplast Australia and New Zealand, Australia & New Zealand Burn Association (AN...
Y. Natalia Alfonso, Adnan A. Hyder, Olakunle Alonge, Shumona Sharmin Salam et al.
BACKGROUND: Drowning is the leading cause of death among children 12-59 months old in rural Bangladesh. This study evaluated the cost-effectiveness of a large-scale crèche (daycare) intervention in preventing child drowning. METHODS: The cost of the crèches intervention was evaluated using an ingred...
Saidur Rahman Mashreky, Fazlur Rahman, Altaf Ur Rahman, Kamran Ul Baset et al.
Electrical injury is a major cause of burn injury and significant cause of mortality, morbidity and disability. To explore the proportional incidence of thermal and electrical burn injuries in Bangladesh, a population-based cross sectional survey was conducted between January and December 2003. Nati...
Shirin Wadhwaniya, Olakunle Alonge, Kamran Ul Baset, Salim Mahmud Chowdhury et al.
Globally, falls are the second leading cause of unintentional injury deaths, with 80% occurring in low-and middle-income countries. The overall objective of this study is to describe the burden and risk factors of falls in rural Bangladesh. In 2013, a large household survey covering a population of ...
Animesh Biswas, Saidur Rahman Mashreky, Kamran Ul Baset, Md Jahangir Hossain et al.
<h3>Background</h3> Burn is major Public health problem in Bangladesh. Interplast Australia and New Zealand , Australian & New Zealand Burn Association (ANZBA) and CIPRB come forward to help Bangladeshi physician to improve their burn management skill. ANZBA initiated EMSB training program for B...
Animesh Biswas, SR Mashreky, SH Khundkar, Tahmina Banu et al.
Background Burn is the significant cause of mortality, morbidity and disability in developing countries. It causes longer duration of hospital stay and treatment is costly. First hour of burn is called golden hour, primary level management within this time can save numbers of lives, reduce its sever...
Jagnoor Jagnoor, Medhavi Gupta, Aliki Christou, Rebecca Ivers et al.
Limited access to health care and the lack of robust data systems means non-fatal drownings are largely missed in low-and middle-income countries. We report morbidity among individuals who experienced non-fatal drowning in the Barishal Division, Bangladesh. A representative household survey was cond...
Jahangir Hossain, Aminur Rahman, Koustuv Dalal, Saidur Rahman Mashreky et al.
Background: Injury is the leading causes of morbidity and mortality including disability worldwide. Emergency Injury Care (EIC) is provided to stabilize casualties with life-threatening injury in an emergency situation by an EIC trained person until refer. Emergency care immediately after occurrence...