Tahera Akter, Fatema Tuz Jhohura, Fahmida Akter, Tridib Roy Chowdhury et al.
BACKGROUND: Public health is at risk due to chemical contaminants in drinking water which may have immediate health consequences. Drinking water sources are susceptible to pollutants depending on geological conditions and agricultural, industrial, and other man-made activities. Ensuring the safety o...
H. M. Imran, Md Anwar Hossain, A. K. M. Saiful Islam, Ataur Rahman et al.
Abstract Urbanization leads to the construction of various urban infrastructures in the city area for residency, transportation, industry, and other purposes, which causes major land use change. Consequently, it substantially affects Land Surface Temperature (LST) by unbalancing the surface energy b...
Atsuro Tsutsumi, Takashi Izutsu, Akramul Md. Islam, A. N. Maksuda et al.
The present study aims to determine the quality of life (QOL) and general mental health of leprosy patients compared with the general population, and evaluate contributing factors such as socio-economic characteristics and perceived stigma. A total of 189 patients (160 outpatients, 29 inpatients) an...
Rajiv Chowdhury, Sadia Chowdhury, Md. Nazrul Islam, Akramul Islam et al.
Background Tuberculosis remains a major public-health problem in Bangladesh, despite national efforts to improve case identification and treatment compliance. In 1984, BRAC (formerly the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee), a national, non-governmental organisation, began an experimental tubercu...
Hsiao‐Han Chang, Amy Wesolowski, Ipsita Sinha, Christopher G. Jacob et al.
For countries aiming for malaria elimination, travel of infected individuals between endemic areas undermines local interventions. Quantifying parasite importation has therefore become a priority for national control programs. We analyzed epidemiological surveillance data, travel surveys, parasite g...
Shamim Ahmed, Swapan Kumar Sarker, Daniel A. Friess, Md. Kamruzzaman et al.
) to the salinity and functional variable relationships. In this study, we found that rises in salinity significantly impede forest growth and produce less productive ecosystems dominated by dwarf species while reducing stand structural properties (i.e., tree height, basal area, dominant tree height...
Takashi Izutsu, Atsuro Tsutsumi, Akramul Md. Islam, Seika Kato et al.
This study aims to clarify the quality of life (QOL), mental health, and nutritional status of adolescents in Dhaka city, Bangladesh by comparing non-slum areas and slums, and to find the factors associated with their mental health problems. A sample of 187 boys and 137 girls from non-slum areas, an...
Mahfuza Rifat, Abul Hasnat Milton, John Hall, Christopher Oldmeadow et al.
OBJECTIVE: To determine the risk factors for developing multidrug resistant tuberculosis in Bangladesh. METHODS: This case-control study was set in central, district and sub-district level hospitals of rural and urban Bangladesh. Included were 250 multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) patients a...
Takashi Izutsu, Atsuro Tsutsumi, Md. Akramul Islam, Yusuke Matsuo et al.
The objectives of this study were to develop a Bangla version of the World Health Organization Quality of Life questionnaire (WHOQOL-BREF), and assess its reliability and validity on an adolescent population in Bangladesh. In total, 187 boys (mean age 14.6 years +/- SD 2.1) and 137 girls (15.2 +/- S...
Md. Akramul Islam, Susumu Wakai, Nobukatsu Ishikawa, Rajiv Chowdhury et al.
OBJECTIVE: To compare the cost-effectiveness of the tuberculosis (TB) programme run by the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC), which uses community health workers (CHWs), with that of the government TB programme which does not use CHWs. METHODS: TB control statistics and cost data for Jul...
Atsuro Tsutsumi, Takashi Izutsu, Seika Kato, Md. Akramul Islam et al.
The aim of the present study was to evaluate the validity and reliability of the Bangla version of the World Health Organization Quality of Life questionnaire (WHOQOL-BREF) in an adult population in Bangladesh. Approximately 200 adults in the Dhaka district were interviewed using a questionnaire con...
Khalequz Zaman, Mohammad Yunus, Shams El Arifeen, Abdullah H Baqui et al.
The objective of the study was to determine the prevalence of smear-positive tuberculosis (TB) in a rural area in Bangladesh at Matlab. A TB surveillance system was established among 106,000 people in rural Bangladesh at Matlab. Trained field workers interviewed all persons aged > or = 15 years to d...
K. A. T. M. Ehsanul Huq, Michiko Moriyama, Khalequ Zaman, Mohammod Jobayer Chisti et al.
BACKGROUND: Early diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) and involvement of the public-private partnership are critical to eradicate TB. Patients need to receive proper treatment through the National Tuberculosis Control Programme (NTP). This study describes various predictors for health seeking behaviour o...
Gabriela B. Gomez, David W. Dowdy, Mayara Lisboa Bastos, Alice Zwerling et al.
BACKGROUND: Despite improvements in treatment success rates for tuberculosis (TB), current six-month regimen duration remains a challenge for many National TB Programmes, health systems, and patients. There is increasing investment in the development of shortened regimens with a number of candidates...
Khalequ Zaman, Shahadat Hossain, Sayera Banu, Mohammad Abdul Quaiyum et al.
The aim of this study was to determine the nationwide prevalence of smear-positive tuberculosis (TB) in Bangladesh. A multi-stage cluster survey of a random sample of persons aged ≥ 15 years was included in 40 clusters (20 urban, 20 rural). Two sputum samples were collected from study participants a...