Jenny Jung, Md Mizanur Rahman, Md. Shafiur Rahman, Khin Thet Swe et al.
Maternal anemia affects approximately 56 million women worldwide and increases the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes. Our study aimed to summarize the evidence for the association between maternal hemoglobin (Hb) concentrations and maternal or infant outcomes, evaluating it in a continuous manner. ...
Su Myat Han, Md Mizanur Rahman, Md. Shafiur Rahman, Khin Thet Swe et al.
BACKGROUND: Attainment of universal health coverage is a global health priority. The Myanmar Government has committed to attainment of universal health coverage by 2030, but progress so far has not been assessed. We aimed to estimate national and subnational health service coverage and financial ris...
Md. Shafiur Rahman, Md Mizanur Rahman, Stuart Gilmour, Khin Thet Swe et al.
BACKGROUND: Many countries are implementing health system reforms to achieve universal health coverage (UHC) by 2030. To understand the progress towards UHC in Bangladesh, we estimated trends in indicators of the health service and of financial risk protection. We also estimated the probability of B...
Md. Mahfuzur Rahman, Cherri Zhang, Khin Thet Swe, Md. Shafiur Rahman et al.
BACKGROUND: Because of the rapid increase of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and high burden of healthcare-related financial issues in Bangladesh, there is a concern that out-of-pocket (OOP) payments related to illnesses may become a major burden on household. It is crucial to understand what are t...
Khin Thet Swe, Md Mizanur Rahman, Md. Shafiur Rahman, Yvonne Teng et al.
BACKGROUND: In 2017, 785 million people globally lacked access to basic services of drinking water and 2 billion people lived without basic sanitation services. Most of these people live in low- and lower-middle-income countries in South Asia, Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. To monitor the pr...