Mohammad Rashid Arif, M. Thoihidul Islam, Arif Hasan Khan Robin
Plant roots show morphological plasticity and play a substantial role in tolerance to various edaphic stresses. The aim of this study was to explore salinity-induced morphogenic responses of root traits and root hairs of two rapeseed varieties, BARI Sarisha-8 and Binasarisha-5, at the reproductive s...
Ahmed Ehsanur Rahman, Janet Perkins, Sajia Islam, Abu Bakkar Siddique et al.
BACKGROUND: Access to skilled health services during pregnancy, childbirth and postnatal period for obstetric care is one of the strongest determinants of maternal and newborn health (MNH) outcomes. In many countries, husbands are key decision-makers in households, effectively determining women's ac...
Ricardo Aguás, Adam Mahdi, Rima Shretta, Peter Horby et al.
Dexamethasone can reduce mortality in hospitalised COVID-19 patients needing oxygen and ventilation by 18% and 36%, respectively. Here, we estimate the potential number of lives saved and life years gained if this treatment were to be rolled out in the UK and globally, as well as the cost-effectiven...
Sukanta Chowdhury, Sumon Ghosh, Mohammad Abdul Aleem, Shahana Parveen et al.
Irrational and inappropriate use of antibiotics in commercial chicken and aquaculture industries can accelerate the antibiotic resistance process in humans and animals. In Bangladesh, the growing commercial chicken and aquaculture industries are playing significantly important roles in the food valu...
Anisur Rahman, Allisyn C. Moran, Jesmin Pervin, Aminur Rahman et al.
BACKGROUND: Improving perinatal health is the key to achieving the Millennium Development Goal for child survival. Recently, several reviews suggest that scaling up available effective perinatal interventions in an integrated approach can substantially reduce the stillbirth and neonatal death rates ...
M. Mottakin, D.K. Sarkar, Vidhya Selvanathan, Mohammad Junaebur Rashid et al.
Md. Ariful Islam, Zubair Akhtar, Md Zakiul Hassan, Sukanta Chowdhury et al.
The WHO Essential Medicines List Access, Watch, and Reserve (AWaRe) classification could facilitate antibiotic stewardship and optimal use. In Bangladesh, data on antibiotic dispensing in pharmacies according to the AWaRe classification are scarce. We aimed to explore antibiotic dispensing pattern i...
Md Arifur Rahman, Md Zakir Sultan, Mohammad Sharifur Rahman, Mohammad A Rashid
Adulteration of foods has become a national issue. The problem is not only ignoring the human rights for safer food but also endangering public health seriously with numerous acute and chronic diseases. Our future generation will be seriously affected with vulnerable physical and mental growth infli...
Md. Mazharul Islam, Pronesh Dutta, Rijwana Rashid, Syed Shariq Jaffery et al.
Monkeypox (Mpox) was mostly limited to Central and Western Africa, but recently it has been reported globally. The current review presents an update on the virus, including ecology and evolution, possible drivers of transmission, clinical features and management, knowledge gaps, and research priorit...
Arifa Sultana, Md. Jamal Hossain, Md Ruhul Kuddus, Mohammad A Rashid et al.
Medicinal plants have considerable potential as antimicrobial agents due to the presence of secondary metabolites. This comprehensive overview aims to summarize the classification, morphology, and ethnobotanical uses of Euphorbia neriifolia L. and its derived phytochemicals with the recent updates o...
Sk Masum Billah, Camille Raynes‐Greenow, Nazia Binte Ali, Farhana Karim et al.
Effective coverage of antenatal iron and folic acid (IFA) supplementation is important to prevent adverse maternal and newborn health outcomes. We interviewed 2572 women from two rural districts in Bangladesh who had a live birth in the preceding six months. We analysed the number of IFA tablets rec...
Abdullah H Baqui, Mahbubur Rahman, Khalequ Zaman, Shams El Arifeen et al.
The research was carried out to study the rate of population-based hospital admissions due to acute lower respiratory infections (ALRIs) and bacterial aetiology of ALRIs in children aged less than five years in Bangladesh. A cohort of children aged less than five years in a rural surveillance popula...
Mohammad Habibur Rahman Sarker, Michiko Moriyama, Harun Ur Rashid, Md Moshiur Rahman et al.
BACKGROUND: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is linked to major health consequences and a poor quality of life. Despite the fact that CKD is becoming more prevalent, public knowledge of the disease remains low. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to evaluate the outcome of a health education intervention design...
Ihtesham Arshad, Ayesha Kanwal, Imran Zafar, Ahsanullah Unar et al.
The increasing burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains responsible for morbidity and mortality worldwide; their effective diagnostic or treatment methods are of great interest to researchers. The use of NPs and nanocarriers in cardiology has drawn much interest. The present comprehensive revi...
Suresh Sundram, Mohammad Ehsanul Karim, Lourdes Ladrido-Ignacio, Albert Maramis et al.
The psychological and psychiatric impact of great natural disasters are beginning to be understood leading to new methods of prevention, intervention and mitigation. There is limited data from the Asian continent, however, which has been the location of some of the greatest disasters of recent times...