Fahmida Dil Farzana, Ahmed Shafiqur Rahman, Sabiha Sultana, Mohammad Jyoti Raihan et al.
INTRODUCTION: In connection to food insecurity, adaptation of new techniques or alteration of regular behavior is executed that translates to coping strategies. This paper has used data from food security and nutrition surveillance project (FSNSP), which collects information from a nationally repres...
Mohammad Jyoti Raihan, Fahmida Dil Farzana, Sabiha Sultana, Md. Ahshanul Haque et al.
Childhood wasting is a global problem and is significantly more pronounced in low and middle income countries like Bangladesh. Socio Economic Status (SES) and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) practices may be significantly associated with wasting. Most previous research is consistent about the r...
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...
Nuzhat Choudhury, Mohammad Jyoti Raihan, Sabiha Sultana, Zeba Mahmud et al.
Globally, undernutrition affects nearly half of all children aged less than 5 years. It is more prominent in low- and middle-income countries. This study aimed to identify the age-specific risk factors for different categories of undernutrition among Bangladeshi children aged less than 2 years. Data...
Md. Ahshanul Haque, Nuzhat Choudhury, S. M. Tanvir Ahmed, Fahmida Dil Farzana et al.
Women’s experience of domestic violence has adverse consequences on women’s health globally and is itself affected by several factors. This study aims to determine the factors that are associated with experience of any form of domestic violence in rural Bangladesh. Data were derived from the baselin...
Md Ahshanul Haque, Fahmida Dil Farzana, Sabiha Sultana, Mohammad Jyoti Raihan et al.
BACKGROUND: Hunger is associated with food insecurity at the household level and is considered as a global public health problem with long term adverse consequences on children's health. This study aims to determine the factors associated with child hunger from a nationally representative sample in ...
Mustafa Mahfuz, Mohammed Ashraful Alam, Shah Mohammad Fahim, Md. Amran Gazi et al.
Dietary exposure to aflatoxin is implicated in growth faltering of children. Despite the high burden of childhood stunting in urban Bangladesh, there are no data on long-term exposure to aflatoxin. This study aimed to explore aflatoxin exposure levels in a group of children followed longitudinally. ...
Mohammad Jyoti Raihan, Emily Briskin, Mustafa Mahfuz, M Munirul Islam et al.
Elevated blood lead level (BLL) is known to cause cardiac, immune, and cognitive damage but had not been thoroughly studied in relation to stunting among children under two years of age. We primarily aimed to assess the relationship between elevated BLL, the accumulation of concerned amount of the m...
Santhia Ireen, Mohammad Jyoti Raihan, Nuzhat Choudhury, M Munirul Islam et al.
BACKGROUND: Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in children is the most serious form of malnutrition and is associated with very high rates of morbidity and mortality. For sustainable SAM management, United Nations recommends integration of community based management of acute malnutrition (CMAM) into th...
Mohammad Jyoti Raihan, Fahmida Dil Farzana, Sabiha Sultana, Kuntal Kumar Saha et al.
Abstract Agriculture is the mainstay of livelihoods of the rural Bangladeshi population with the majority involved in the staple rice production which is subjected to seasonal variation. Rice production is invariably related to food insecurity which translates to the food shortage or lean periods. I...
Nuzhat Choudhury, Mohammad Jyoti Raihan, S. M. Tanvir Ahmed, Kazi Eliza Islam et al.
Evidence of the impact of community-based nutrition programs is uncommon for two main reasons: the lack of untreated controls, and implementation does not account for the evaluation design. Suchana is a large-scale program to prevent malnutrition in children in Sylhet division, Bangladesh by improvi...
Ahmed S. Rahman, Mohammad Rafiqul Islam, Tracey Pérez Koehlmoos, Mohammad Jyoti Raihan et al.
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE: The evolving Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) sector in Bangladesh provides health services directly, however some NGOs indirectly provide services by working with unlicensed providers. The primary objective of this study was to examine the impact of NGO training of unlicensed ...
Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Jyoti Raihan, Towfida Jahan Siddiqua, Md. Ahshanul Haque et al.
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to identify the associated factors of low and medium household (HH) dietary diversity (DD) compared with high DD among marginalised households in rural Bangladesh. METHODS: Through the Suchana baseline survey, data on 5440 households from Sylhet and Moulvibazar districts ...
Md. Ahshanul Haque, Nuzhat Choudhury, Fahmida Dil Farzana, Mohammad Ali et al.
Malnutrition among women is a long-standing public health concern that has significant adverse consequences on the survival and healthy development of children. Maternal mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) could potentially represent a simpler alternative to traditional nutritional indicators. This s...
Shah Mohammad Fahim, Md Ridwan Islam, Md. Golam Rasul, Mohammad Jyoti Raihan et al.
OBJECTIVE: To assess facility readiness and identify barriers to the facility-based management of childhood severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in public healthcare settings. DESIGN: Qualitative methods were applied to assess readiness and identify different perspectives on barriers to the facility-base...