Iqbal Kabir, Mansura Khanam, Kingsley Agho, Seema Mihrshahi et al.
Suboptimal and inappropriate complementary feeding practices are one of the major causes of child undernutrition in the first 2 years of life in South Asian countries including Bangladesh. The aim of this study was to use the newly developed World Health Organization infant feeding indicators to ide...
Upul Senarath, Kingsley Agho, Dure‐Samin Akram, Sanjeeva Godakandage et al.
Improving infant and young child feeding practices will help South Asian countries achieve the Millennium Development Goal of reducing child mortality. This paper aims to compare key indicators of complementary feeding and their determinants in children aged 6-23 months across five South Asian count...
Roy Sk, M Jahangir Hossain, Wajiha Khatun, Barnali Chakraborty et al.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the impact of zinc supplementation in children with cholera. DESIGN: Double blind, randomised, placebo controlled trial. SETTING: Dhaka Hospital, Bangladesh. PARTICIPANTS: 179 children aged 3-14 years with watery diarrhoea and stool dark field examination positive for Vibri...
Palash Basak, Tanvir Abir, Abdullah Al Mamun, Noor Raihani Zainol et al.
This study aimed to explore the association between the GDP of various countries and the progress of COVID-19 vaccinations; to explore how the global pattern holds in the continents, and investigate the spatial distribution pattern of COVID-19 vaccination progress for all countries. We have used con...
Mansura Khanam, Uchechukwu Levi Osuagwu, Kazi Istiaque Sanin, Md. Ahshanul Haque et al.
The double burden of malnutrition is becoming more prevalent among Bangladeshi women. Underweight, overweight, and obesity were examined among women aged 15–49 years using the 2017–2018 Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS). A dataset of 20,127 women aged 15–49 years with complete Body Mas...
Gulshan Ara, Mansura Khanam, Nowshin Papri, Baitun Nahar et al.
This study aimed to evaluate the impact of peer counselling on early initiation of breastfeeding (EIBF) and exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) rates for mother-infant pairs living in urban slums, Dhaka, Bangladesh. This randomized controlled trial enrolled 350 mother-infant pairs from selected slums betw...
Roy Sk, Maaike Buis, Renee Weersma, Wajiha Khatun et al.
This case-control study was conducted in the Dhaka Hospital of ICDDR,B to identify the risk factors of mortality in severely-malnourished children hospitalized with diarrhoea. One hundred and three severely-malnourished children (weight-for-age 15,000/cm3) had 2.5 times the odds of death (p<0.01). U...
Gulshan Ara, Mansura Khanam, Ahmed Shafiqur Rahman, Zhahirul Islam et al.
Micronutrient deficiency is one of the biggest public health concerns in Bangladesh. As per World Health Organisation (WHO) in the 2016 report, 40% women of reproductive age suffer from anaemia. According to the National Micronutrient Survey 2011-2012, 57% women suffer from zinc deficiency. The obje...
Swagata Thakur, Roy Sk, Keriann H. Paul, Mansura Khanam et al.
Background/objectives Low birth weight (LBW), defined as the body weight at birth of less than 2500 g, is a major public health problem in Bangladesh, where 37% of the babies are born with LBW. The objective of this study is to see the impact of nutrition education on growth of LBW babies with early...
Gulshan Ara, Mansura Khanam, Nowshin Papri, Baitun Nahar et al.
Undernutrition and poor cognitive development affect many children in developing countries. Good nutrition and health care are essential for optimal child development and growth. We assessed the impact of peer counseling combined with psychosocial stimulation on feeding practices and child growth an...
Mansura Khanam, Gulshan Ara, Ahmed Shafiqur Rahman, Zhahirul Islam et al.
Food security is defined as physical and economic access to sufficient food to meet the dietary requirements for a productive and healthy life. Evidence from the literature suggests that >800 million people worldwide are food insecure. Vulnerable Group Development (VGD) is the largest social safety ...
Md. Ahshanul Haque, Barbie Zaman Wahid, Md. Tariqujjaman, Mansura Khanam et al.
The adolescence period is considered a life stage worthy of strategic health investments since it is a critical period of physical and neuro-maturational development. Adolescent girls face different health difficulties in that phase of life. Children born to adolescent mothers are at a higher risk o...
Gulshan Ara, Kazi Istiaque Sanin, Mansura Khanam, Shafiqul Alam Sarker et al.
BACKGROUND: The period from birth to two years is the "critical window" for achieving optimal growth and development. An inadequate quality and quantities of complementary foods, poor child-feeding practices and infection negatively impact the growth of under-twos. Approximately one-third of under-f...
Tanvir Abir, Uchechukwu Levi Osuagwu, Dewan Muhammad Nur–A Yazdani, Abdullah Al Mamun et al.
Previous studies on internet use frequency were focused on mental health impact, with little known about the impact on physical health during the COVID-19 lockdown. This study examined the impact of internet use frequency on self-reported physical health during the COVID-19 lockdown in Bangladesh. A...
Kazi Istiaque Sanin, Mansura Khanam, Razia Sultana Rita, Md. Ahshanul Haque et al.
Introduction: Undernourishment is disproportionately spread within Bangladesh, making some regions like Sylhet more vulnerable than the rest of the country. We aimed to assess the trend of diverse associated factors related to childhood stunting, wasting, and being underweight. Furthermore, we have ...