Roksana Hoque, Syed Masud Ahmed, Nahitun Naher, Mohammad Aminul Islam et al.
BACKGROUND: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has become an emerging issue in the developing countries as well as in Bangladesh. AMR is aggravated by irrational use of antimicrobials in a largely unregulated pluralistic health system. This review presents a 'snap shot' of the current situation includin...
Nahitun Naher, Roksana Hoque, Muhammad Shaikh Hassan, Dina Balabanova et al.
BACKGROUND: The dynamic intersection of a pluralistic health system, large informal sector, and poor regulatory environment have provided conditions favourable for 'corruption' in the LMICs of south and south-east Asia region. 'Corruption' works to undermine the UHC goals of achieving equity, qualit...
Syed Masud Ahmed, Nahitun Naher, Tarek Hossain, Lal Rawal
BACKGROUND: The private retail drug shops market in Bangladesh is largely unregulated and unaccountable, giving rise to irrational use of drugs and high Out-of-pocket expenditure on health. These shops are served by salespersons with meagre or no formal training in dispensing. METHOD: This facility-...
Syed Masud Ahmed, Nahitun Naher, Samiun Nazrin Bente Kamal Tune, Bushra Zarin Islam
This study explored the current situation of the National Action Plan (NAP) on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) implementation in Bangladesh and examined how different sectors (human, animal, and environment) addressed the AMR problem in policy and practice, as well as associated challenges and barrie...
Eleanor Hutchinson, Nahitun Naher, Pallavi Roy, Martin McKee et al.
In 2008, Vian reported an increasing interest in understanding how corruption affects healthcare outcomes and asked what could be done to combat corruption in the health sector. Eleven years later, corruption is seen as a heterogeneous mix of activity, extensive and expensive in terms of loss of pro...
Emily K. Rousham, Mohammad Aminul Islam, Papreen Nahar, Patricia Jane Lucas et al.
INTRODUCTION: Global actions to reduce antimicrobial resistance (AMR) include optimising the use of antimicrobial medicines in human and animal health. In countries with weak healthcare regulation, this requires a greater understanding of the drivers of antibiotic use from the perspective of provide...
Syed Masud Ahmed, Anand Krishnan, Obaida Abdul Karim, Kashif Shafique et al.
In the south Asian region, delivering non-communicable disease (NCD) prevention and control services through existing primary health-care (PHC) facilities is urgently required yet currently challenging. As the first point of contact with the health-care system, PHC offers an ideal window for prevent...
Puspita Hossain, Rajat Das Gupta, Phyoe YarZar, Mohamed Salieu Jalloh et al.
BACKGROUND: Bangladesh is currently faced with an emerging scenario of increased number of female physicians in the health workforce which has health system implications. For a health system to attract and retain female physicians, information is needed regarding their motivation to choose medical p...
Blake Angell, Mushtaq Khan, Mir Raihanul Islam, Kate Mandeville et al.
OBJECTIVE: Doctor absenteeism is widespread in Bangladesh, and the perspectives of the actors involved are insufficiently understood. This paper sought to elicit preferences of doctors over aspects of jobs in rural areas in Bangladesh that can help to inform the development of packages of policy int...
Nahitun Naher, Dina Balabanova, Eleanor Hutchinson, Robert Marten et al.
Governance failures undermine efforts to achieve universal health coverage and improve health in low- and middle-income countries by decreasing efficiency and equity. Punitive measures to improve governance are largely ineffective. Social accountability strategies are perceived to enhance transparen...
Nahitun Naher, Roksana Hoque, Muhammad Shaikh Hassan, Dina Balabanova et al.
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.
Nahitun Naher, Dina Balabanova, Martin McKee, Mushtaq Khan et al.
Despite considerable investment by the Bangladesh government in measures to strengthen accountability and transparency, absenteeism among doctors remains a barrier to the achievement of Universal Health Coverage. Recent innovations in anti-corruption theory point to the importance of acting on the s...
Marcela Vieira, Tatiana Andia, Obaida Abdul Karim, Sanjida Ahmed Srishti et al.
BACKGROUND: There is growing interest in pharmaceutical innovation in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), but information on existing activities, capacities, and outcomes is scarce. We mapped available data at the global level, and studied the national pharmaceutical innovation systems of Bang...
Samiun Nazrin Bente Kamal Tune, Roksana Hoque, Nahitun Naher, Nazia Islam et al.
OBJECTIVE: This study explored the illness experiences and healthcare-seeking behaviour of a cross-section of street dwellers of Dhaka City for designing a customised intervention. DESIGN: A qualitative exploratory study of a sample of street dwellers of Dhaka City. SETTING: Samples were taken from ...
Bushra Zarin Islam, Samiun Nazrin Bente Kamal Tune, Nahitun Naher, Syed Masud Ahmed
INTRODUCTION: We conducted a scoping review of the trauma care situation following road traffic crashes (RTCs) in Bangladesh to inform the design of a comprehensive program for mitigating associated morbidity and mortality. METHODS: We used the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Me...