Nazia Binte Ali, Tazeen Tahsina, Dewan Md Emdadul Hoque, Mohammad Mehedi Hasan et al.
INTRODUCTION: Dietary diversity score (DDS) is a proxy indicator for measuring nutrient adequacy. In this study, we aimed to identify the nutritional statuses and current patterns of DDS among children between 6-59 months old and their associations with different individual and household level facto...
Sk Masum Billah, Shahreen Raihana, Nazia Binte Ali, Afrin Iqbal et al.
BACKGROUND: Bangladesh had a large reduction in childhood deaths due to diarrhoeal disease in recent decades. This paper explores the preventive, promotive, curative and contextual drivers that helped Bangladesh achieve this exemplary success. METHODS: Primary and secondary data collection approache...
Farhana Karim, Nazia Binte Ali, Abdullah Nurus Salam Khan, Aniqa Hassan et al.
BACKGROUND: Caesarean section (C-section) is a major obstetric life-saving intervention for the prevention of pregnancy and childbirth related complications. Globally C-section is increasing, as well as in Bangladesh. This study identifies the prevalence of C-section and socio-economic and health ca...
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...
Tazeen Tahsina, Nazia Binte Ali, Abu Bakkar Siddique, Sameen Ahmed et al.
BACKGROUND: Around 63% of total health care expenditure in Bangladesh is mitigated through out of pocket payment (OOP). Heavy reliance on OOP at the time of care seeking poses great threat for financial impoverishment of the households. Households employ different strategies to cope with the associa...
Nazia Binte Ali, Michael J. Dibley, Sajia Islam, Mohammad Masudur Rahman et al.
Abstract In this study, we aimed to determine the prevalence and factors associated with overweight and obesity among nonpregnant and nonlactating (NPNL) women of reproductive age with iron deficiency anaemia (IDA) in urban Bangladesh. We obtained data from the baseline assessment of a randomized co...
Tazeen Tahsina, Nazia Binte Ali, Dewan Md Emdadul Hoque, Tanvir Huda et al.
BACKGROUND: Bangladesh has committed to universal health coverage, and options to decrease household out-of-pocket expenditure (OPE) are being explored. Understanding the determinants of OPE is an essential step. This study aimed to estimate and identify determinants of OPE in seeking health care fo...
Nazia Binte Ali, Sabrina Sharmin Priyanka, Bal Ram Bhui, Samantha Herrera et al.
BACKGROUND: Skin-to-skin contact (SSC) practice improves newborn survival and child development through preventing hypothermia in newborns, improving early initiation of breastfeeding practice, and strengthening mother-child bonding. Despite having numerous benefits, it is one of the least practiced...
Karar Zunaid Ahsan, Tazeen Tahsina, Afrin Iqbal, Nazia Binte Ali et al.
BACKGROUND: In order to support the progress towards the post-2015 development agenda for the health sector, the importance of high-quality and timely estimates has become evident both globally and at the country level. OBJECTIVE AND METHODS: Based on desk review, key informant interviews and expert...
Sk Masum Billah, Nazia Binte Ali, Abdullah Nurus Salam Khan, Camille Raynes‐Greenow et al.
Malnutrition during pregnancy is associated with increased maternal morbidity and mortality and has a long-term negative impact on child growth and development. Antenatal care (ANC) is the formal point of contact for pregnant women to receive preventive health and nutrition services. We assessed the...
Nazia Binte Ali, Farhana Karim, Sk Masum Billah, Dewan Md Emdadul Hoque et al.
BACKGROUND: Early initiation of breastfeeding within one hour of birth (EIBF) and no prelacteal feeding are WHO recommended practices for improving maternal and newborn health outcomes. Globally, EIBF can avert around 22% of newborn death. In recent years, Bangladesh has experienced increasing facil...
Nazia Binte Ali, Joanne E Arsenault, Analí Castellanos-Gutiérrez, Mourad Moursi et al.
OBJECTIVES: To develop the Global Diet Quality Score (GDQS) for children aged 24-59 months and evaluate its performance in predicting outcomes related to nutrient adequacy and diet-related noncommunicable disease (NCD) risk. BACKGROUND: The GDQS is a food-based metric developed and validated for cap...
Mohiuddin Ahsanul Kabir Chowdhury, Farhana Karim, Mohammad Mehedi Hasan, Nazia Binte Ali et al.
Maternal and Newborn Health (MNH) is of paramount importance in the realm of attaining sustainable development goals that also focuses on universal health coverage (UHC). The study aimed at identifying and exploring the bottlenecks in MNH services in Hard-to-reach (HtR) areas of Bangladesh using the...
Tanvir Huda, Ashraful Alam, Tazeen Tahsina, Mohammad Mehedi Hasan et al.
BACKGROUND: Undernutrition is strongly associated with poverty - levels of undernutrition are higher in poor countries than in better-off countries. Social protection especially cash transfer is increasingly recognized as an important strategy to accelerate progress in improving maternal and child n...
Sachin Shinde, Cara A. Yelverton, Nazia Binte Ali, Uttara Partap et al.
INTRODUCTION: Integrating family planning with nutrition could address unmet family planning needs and malnutrition in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). Integrating family planning with sexual reproductive health (SRH) services may provide valuable insights as well. This scoping review...