Rushdiá Ahmed, Bachera Aktar, Nadia Farnaz, Pushpita Ray et al.
BACKGROUND: Rohingya diaspora or Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Nationals (FDMNs), took shelter in the refugee camps of Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh due to armed conflict in the Rakhine state of Myanmar. In such humanitarian crises, delivering sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services is critical for bet...
Rushdiá Ahmed, Nadia Farnaz, Bachera Aktar, Raafat Hassan et al.
INTRODUCTION: Rohingya diaspora are one of the most vulnerable groups seeking refuge in camps of Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, arising an acute humanitarian crisis. More than half of the Rohingya refugees are women and adolescent girls requiring quality sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services. Mini...
Bachera Aktar, Wafa Alam, Samiha Ali, Abdul Awal et al.
Safeguarding is rapidly rising up the international development agenda, yet literature on safeguarding in related research is limited. This paper shares processes and practice relating to safeguarding within an international research consortium (the ARISE hub, known as ARISE). ARISE aims to enhance ...
Sabina Faiz Rashid, Bachera Aktar, Nadia Farnaz, Sally Theobald et al.
In this paper we aim to better understand the lived experiences of the slum dwellers in Dhaka, Bangladesh and the social, economic and health and well-being constraints resulting from the nationwide shutdown due to COVID-19 pandemic. We undertook rapid qualitative research telephone interviews (51, ...
Wafa Alam, Farzana Manzoor, Nadia Farnaz, Bachera Aktar et al.
BackgroundVaccine hesitancy was identified as a major threat to global health by WHO in 2019. This hesitancy was also observed with COVID-19 vaccination rollout in many countries including Bangladesh, where it began on Feb 7, 2021. Reasons for this include lack of knowledge, misinformation, low trus...
Bachera Aktar, Kanya Lakshmi Rajendra, Emily Clark, Kassandre Messier et al.
BACKGROUND: Reliable and rigorously collected sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health (SRMNCAH) data in humanitarian settings is often sparse and varies in quality across different humanitarian settings. To address this gap in quality data, the World Health Organization...
Bachera Aktar, Rushdiá Ahmed, Raafat Hassan, Nadia Farnaz et al.
During humanitarian emergencies, such as the forced displacement of the Rohingya diaspora, women and adolescent girls become highly vulnerable to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) issues and abuse. Although sensitive in nature, community-driven information is essential for designing and deliverin...
Noemia Teixeira de Siqueira-Filha, Jinshuo Li, Eliud Kibuchi, Zahidul Quayyum et al.
INTRODUCTION: People living in slums face several challenges to access healthcare. Scarce and low-quality public health facilities are common problems in these communities. Costs and prevalence of catastrophic health expenditures (CHE) have also been reported as high in studies conducted in slums in...
Wafa Alam, Nadia Farnaz, Farzana Manzoor, Sally Theobald et al.
Vaccine hesitancy or low uptake was identified as a major threat to global health by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2019. Vaccine hesitancy is context-specific and varies across time, place, and socioeconomic groups. In this study, we aimed to understand the perceptions of and attitudes towa...
Shagoofa Rakhshanda, Sahlil Ahmed, Samuel Saidu, Christine Nderitu et al.
Purpose About half of the 16% adolescents in the world experience menstruation. Menstrual hygiene management (MHM) is a health concern and challenge especially in humanitarian situations as experienced by Myanmar Rohingya refugees living in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. This study aims to assess knowledg...
Farzana Manzoor, Wafa Alam, Imran Hossain, Nadia Farnaz et al.
BackgroundSocial capital, which describes the social ties enjoyed by groups and networks with common interests, is one of the most useful resources in society. These networks could be both formal and informal, with positive effects seen at both individual and community levels—especially during crisi...