Shams El Arifeen, DM Emdadul Hoque, Tasnima Akter, Muntasirur Rahman et al.
Background WHO and UNICEF launched the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) strategy in the mid-1990s to reduce deaths from diarrhoea, pneumonia, malaria, measles, and malnutrition in children younger than 5 years. We assessed the effect of IMCI on health and nutrition of children young...
Mirza Muntasir Nishat, Fahim Faisal, Ishrak Jahan Ratul, Abdullah Al-Monsur et al.
Heart failure is a chronic cardiac condition characterized by reduced supply of blood to the body due to impaired contractile properties of the muscles of the heart. Like any other cardiac disorder, heart failure is a serious ailment limiting the activities and curtailing the lifespan of the patient...
Mirza Muntasir Nishat, Fahim Faisal, Rezuanur Rahman Dip, Sarker Md. Nasrullah et al.
INTRODUCTION: Chronic Kidney Disease refers to the slow, progressive deterioration of kidney functions. However, the impairment is irreversible and imperceptible up until the disease reaches one of the later stages, demanding early detection and initiation of treatment in order to ensure a good prog...
Quique Bassat, Dianna M. Blau, Ikechukwu U. Ogbuanu, Solomon Samura et al.
Importance: The number of deaths of children younger than 5 years has been steadily decreasing worldwide, from more than 17 million annual deaths in the 1970s to an estimated 5.3 million in 2019 (with 2.8 million deaths occurring in those aged 1-59 months [53% of all deaths in children aged <5 years...
Muntasir Hoq, Mohammed Nazim Uddin, Seung-Bo Park
As a neurodegenerative disorder, Parkinson's disease (PD) affects the nerve cells of the human brain. Early detection and treatment can help to relieve the symptoms of PD. Recent PD studies have extracted the features from vocal disorders as a harbinger for PD detection, as patients face vocal chang...
S M Rakib-Uz-Zaman, Ehsanul Hoque Apu, Mohammed Nimeree Muntasir, Sadrina Afrin Mowna et al.
Background: Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are toxic to microorganisms and can potentially kill multidrug-resistant bacteria. Nanoparticles can be synthesized in many ways, such as physical or chemical methods. Recently, it has been found that plant molecules can perform the same reduction reactions n...
S. S. Hasan, Mariam Jamila, Muntasir Mamun Majumder, Raushanara Akter et al.
herbal remedy for various ailments in Bangladesh. But the scientific basis for its medicinal use especially in pain and inflammation remains unknown. Therefore, the present study was designed to evaluate analgesic and antioxidant potential of the hydromethanol extract of the leaves of the plant. App...
E. Chowdhury, Shams El Arifeen, Muntasirur Rahman, DM Emdadul Hoque et al.
BACKGROUND Guidelines on integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI) for severe pneumonia recommend referral to hospitals. However, in many settings, children who are referred do not actually attend hospital, which severely limits appropriate care. We aimed to assess the safety and effectivene...
Mirza Muntasir Nishat, Tasnimul Hasan, Sarker Md. Nasrullah, Fahim Faisal et al.
Parkinson's Disease is caused by a decline in the production of dopamine due to the degeneration of brain cells. Dopamine is responsible for the communication between parts of the brain associated with the control and fluency of body movements. Hence, the disease manifests with a spectrum of movemen...
Dewan Md Emdadul Hoque, Shams El Arifeen, Muntasirur Rahman, E. Chowdhury et al.
BACKGROUND: The Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) strategy includes guidelines for the management of sick children at first-level facilities. These guidelines intend to improve quality of care by ensuring a complete assessment of the child's health and by providing algorithms that co...
Mohammad Rakibul Islam, A. N. M. Iftekher, Fateha Noor, Md Rezaul Hoque Khan et al.
T Akter, Dewan Md Emdadul Hoque, E. Chowdhury, Muntasirur Rahman et al.
Objectives To assess the association between parental education and under-five mortality, using the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) data from rural Bangladesh. It also investigated whether the association of parental education with under-five mortality had changed over time. Study ...
Dewan ME Hoque, Muntasirur Rahman, Sk Masum Billah, Michael Savic et al.
BACKGROUND: Quality hospital care is important in ensuring that the needs of severely ill children are met to avert child mortality. However, the quality of hospital care for children in developing countries has often been found poor. As the first step of a country road map for improving hospital ca...
Sana Mahtab, Dianna M. Blau, Zachary J. Madewell, Ikechukwu U. Ogbuanu et al.
BACKGROUND: The Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) Network programme undertakes post-mortem minimally invasive tissue sampling (MITS), together with collection of ante-mortem clinical information, to investigate causes of childhood deaths across multiple countries. We aimed ...
Mirza Muntasir Nishat, Fahim Faisal, Tasnimul Hasan, Sarker Md. Nasrullah et al.