J. E. Spallholz, L MALLORYBOYLAN, Mir Masudur Rhaman
To reduce the incidence of dysentery, cholera and other water-borne diseases and mortality of people drinking from surface contaminated sources of water, the World Bank and United Nations Children's Fund began to sink tube wells into the underlying aquifers of Bangladesh and West Bengal, India, in t...
M Abu Sayeed, Mir Masudur Rhaman, Nurunnahar Fayzunnessa, Parvin Akter Khanam et al.
Backgrounds and Aims: Several epidemiological investigations revealed that the prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) has been increasing in the adult population of Bangladesh. But the prevalence of diabetes among the children and adolescents in Bangladesh has not been reported. This study ad...
Sadya Afroz, Smita Debsarma, Subarna Dutta, Mir Masudur Rhaman et al.
Background and objectives: Helminthic infestation is one of the commonest health problems in a developing country like Bangladesh. The objectives of the current study were to determine the prevalence of helminthic infestations, associated risk factors and its effects among the rural children in Bang...
M Abu Sayeed, AH Syedur Rahman, Md. Hazrat Ali, Subrina Afrin et al.
The prevalence of hypertension was reported higher in the coastal areas in different populations of the world. There was no study on the prevalence of hypertension among the coastal people in Bangladesh. This study addressed the prevalence and risk of hypertension among people living in the coastal ...
Naima Ahmed, Nehlin Tomalika, Mir Masudur Rhaman, Hasina Momtaz et al.
Background and objectives: Diabetes mellitus (DM) perpetually affects the quality of life. This non-communicable lifelong disease usually develops micro and macro-vascular complications affecting vital organs. Thus, it reduces the functional capability of health as assessed by the health-related qua...
Subhash Banerjee, Chaudhury Meshkat Ahmed, Mir Masudur Rhaman, Mohammad Mainul Hasan Chowdhury et al.
Background and Aims: The prevalence of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are on the increase worldwide and more in the developing countries. Coronary artery disease (CAD) constitutes the major brunt of CVD. Despite the increasing morbidity and mortality, Bangladesh has a few published data on CAD in rur...
M Abu Sayeed, Samsad Jahan, Mir Masudur Rhaman, Mohammad Mainul Hasan Chowdhury et al.
Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) or hyperglycemia in pregnancy is associated with adverse perinatal outcomes such as large for gestational age (LGA), excess fetal adiposity and cesarean delivery. This study addressed the prevalence of diabetes in pregnancy and to compare the perinatal outcomes be...
M Abu Sayeed, A.H. Syedur Rahman, Md. Hazrat Ali, Mir Masudur Rhaman et al.
Background and objective Disaster prone coastal population has least accessibility to health care and very little is known about the prevalence of diabetes, diabetic retinopathy (DR) and visual impairment. This study addressed the prevalence of visual impairment and DR and risk factors related to ...
Prodip Kumar Biswas, AKM Humayon Kabir, Mohammad Enamul Karim, Mohammed Shahadat Hossain et al.
Introduction: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a distinct clinicopathologic entity characterized histologically by a spectrum ranging from simple steatosis to steatohepatitis (NASH), cirrhosis and even hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).Objective: To determine the incidenceand identify the r...
Md. Din Islam, M. K. Mohammad Ziaul Hyder, Md. Masudur Rhaman, Sajjad Husain Mir
Mir Masudur Rhaman, Fahmida Rahman, Sraboni Mazumder, M Abu Sayeed et al.
Background and objectives: The prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection differs in urban and rural population. In our country, no previous study investigated the H. pylori infection in rural population. The aim of the present study was to find out the status of H. pylori infection among the Bangl...
M Abu Sayeed, Parvin Akter Khanam, Muhammad Tofazzal Hussain, Mir Masudur Rhaman et al.
BACKGROUND: Santhal (Santals) tribe is one of the oldest and largest aboriginal pre Aryan populations in India and Bangladesh. There was no published report on the prevalence of diabetes and hypertension. OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and hypertension in a...
Badhan Kumar Dey, Anamika Datta, Mir Masudur Rhaman, MA Sayeed
Background and objectives: The magnitude of health problems related to ear, nose and throat (ENT) in Bangladesh has not been estimated in a larger scale and very little is known about the prevalence and types of ENT diseases. Some studies, however, addressed the prevalence of otitis among school chi...
M Abu Sayeed, AH Syedur Rahman, Md. Hazrat Ali, Subrina Afrin et al.
The prevalence of hypertension was reported higher in the coastal areas in different populations of the world. There was no study on the prevalence of hypertension among the coastal people in Bangladesh. This study addressed the prevalence and risk of hypertension among people living in the coastal ...
M Abu Sayeed, Mir Masudur Rhaman, Akhter Banu, Hajera Mahtab
Many studies reported a high prevalence of undernutrition in the under-5 children in Bangladesh. But very few information are available about undernutrition and adiposity among school children and adolescents in Bangladesh. This study addressed the prevalence of undernutrition and obesity among scho...