Mahbub‐Ul Alam, Stephen P. Luby, Amal Halder, Khairul Islam et al.
BACKGROUND: Many adolescent girls in low-income and middle-income countries lack appropriate facilities and support in school to manage menstruation. Little research has been conducted on how menstruation affects school absence. This study examines the association of menstrual hygiene management kno...
Abdullah Al Masud, Emily K. Rousham, Mohammad Aminul Islam, Mahbub‐Ul Alam et al.
Background: There is increasing concern around the use of antibiotics in animal food production and the risk of transmission of antimicrobial resistance within the food chain. In many low and middle-income countries, including Bangladesh, the commercial poultry sector comprises small-scale producers...
Mahbubur Rahman, Mahbub‐Ul Alam, Sharmin Khan Luies, Abul Kamal et al.
Fresh produce, when consumed raw, can be a source of exposure to antimicrobial residues, antimicrobial-resistant bacteria (ARB) and antimicrobial resistance genes (ARGs) of clinical importance. This review aims to determine: (1) the presence and abundance of antimicrobial residues, ARB and ARGs in f...
Sonia T. Hegde, Hossain M. S. Sazzad, Jahangir Hossain, Mahbub‐Ul Alam et al.
Human Nipah encephalitis outbreaks have been identified almost yearly in Bangladesh since 2001. Though raw date palm sap consumption and person-to-person contact are recognized as major transmission pathways, alternative pathways of transmission are plausible and may not have been identified due to ...
Lily Horng, Leanne Unicomb, Mahbub‐Ul Alam, Ajay Halder et al.
BACKGROUND: Healthcare facility hand hygiene impacts patient care, healthcare worker safety, and infection control, but low-income countries have few data to guide interventions. AIM: To conduct a nationally representative survey of hand hygiene infrastructure and behaviour in Bangladeshi healthcare...
Fosiul Alam Nizame, Mahbub‐Ul Alam, Abdullah Al Masud, Abul K. Shoab et al.
Poor hand hygiene and food handling put consumers of restaurant and street food at risk of enteric disease, especially in low-income countries. This study aimed to collect hygiene indicators from a nationally representative sample of restaurants and street food vendors. The field team collected data...
Nuhu Amin, Mahbubur Rahman, Suraja Raj, Shahjahan Ali et al.
Rapid urbanization has led to a growing sanitation crisis in urban areas of Bangladesh and potential exposure to fecal contamination in the urban environment due to inadequate sanitation and poor fecal sludge management. Limited data are available on environmental fecal contamination associated with...
Mahbub‐Ul Alam, Mahbubur Rahman, Abdullah-Al-Masud, Mohammad Aminul Islam et al.
The unregulated use of antibiotics is linked with intensive poultry farming in developing economies. In low-and middle-income countries, the dissemination of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has also been attributed to contamination, poor public health infrastructure and inadequate waste disposal prac...
Mahbub Ul Islam Khan, M Ilius Pathan, Mohammad Mominur Rahman, Md. Maidul Islam et al.
Electric vehicles (EVs) are commonly recognized as environmentally friendly modes of transportation. They function by converting electrical energy into mechanical energy using different types of motors, which aligns with the sustainable principles embraced by smart cities. The motors of EVs store an...
Mahbub‐Ul Alam, Peter J. Winch, Ronald Saxton, Fosiul Alam Nizame et al.
OBJECTIVES: Shared toilets in urban slums are often unclean and poorly maintained, discouraging consistent use and thereby limiting impacts on health and quality of life. We developed behaviour change interventions to support shared toilet maintenance and improve user satisfaction. We report the int...
Shahana Parveen, Md Saiful Islam, Momtaz Begum, Mahbub‐Ul Alam et al.
BACKGROUND: During a fatal Nipah virus (NiV) outbreak in Bangladesh, residents rejected biomedical explanations of NiV transmission and treatment and lost trust in the public healthcare system. Field anthropologists developed and communicated a prevention strategy to bridge the gap between the biome...
Farzana Yeasmin, Stephen P. Luby, Ronald Saxton, Fosiul Alam Nizame et al.
BACKGROUND: Bangladesh faces daunting challenges in addressing the sanitation needs of its urban poor. Maintaining the cleanliness and functionality of communal toilets is dependent upon periodic emptying of fecal sludge, and cooperation between users of communal toilets. Trash disposal into latrine...
Erin Hunter, Sarah M. Murray, Farhana Sultana, Mahbub‐Ul Alam et al.
OBJECTIVE: Qualitative studies have described girls' varying levels of confidence in managing their menstruation, with greater confidence hypothesized to positively impact health, education, and social participation outcomes. Yet, measurement of this and other psychosocial components of adolescent g...
Mohammad Nayeem Hasan, Ibrahim Khalil, Muhammad Abdul Baker Chowdhury, Mahbubur Rahman et al.
The objectives of this study were to compare dengue virus (DENV) cases, deaths, case-fatality ratio [CFR], and meteorological parameters between the first and the recent decades of this century (2000-2010 vs. 2011-2022) and to describe the trends, seasonality, and impact of change of temperature and...
Mahbub‐Ul Alam, Sharika Ferdous, Ayşe Ercümen, Audrie Lin et al.
BACKGROUND: The widespread and unrestricted use of antibiotics has led to the emergence and spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARB), antibiotic-resistance genes (ARGs), and antibiotic residues in the environment. Conventional wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are not designed for effective a...