Chad Staddon, Mark Everard, Julie Mytton, Thanti Octavianti et al.
In recent weeks, people all over the world have been settling into a ‘new normal’ of restricted mobility, online working, social distancing and enhanced hand hygiene. As part of the global fight against the spread of COVID-19 (the illness caused by SARS-CoV-2), we are repeatedly reminded by public h...
Mehereen Akhter, Sayed Mohammad Nazim Uddin, Nazifa Rafa, Sanjida Marium Hridi et al.
About a million Rohingyas have fled due to the ethnic cleansing in Myanmar and sought refuge in Bangladesh. The refugees are located in temporary settlements on hilly areas of Cox’s Bazar with inadequate water and sanitation facilities, giving rise to diseases such as cholera, typhoid, and diarrhea....
Sayed Mohammad Nazim Uddin, Victor S. Muhandiki, Akira Sakai, Abdullah Al Mamun et al.
Sayed Mohammad Nazim Uddin, Jutta Gutberlet, Anahita Ramezani, Sayed Mohammad Nasiruddin
Abstract Waste pickers make a livelihood by collecting recyclable waste contributing to urban development and poverty reduction. Most often, they are socially excluded and exposed to different vulnerabilities (e.g. occupational health risks and accidents). This study adopts the sustainable livelihoo...
Nazifa Rafa, Abu Jubayer, Sayed Mohammad Nazim Uddin
Abstract The vulnerability of the underfunded water, sanitation, hygiene, and health (WASH2) facilities, particularly in the developing nations, is exacerbated by natural disasters. This study assessed the impacts of Amphan on the WASH2 facilities of the affected coastal areas of Bangladesh via a st...
Batool Behnam, Shafiqua Nawrin Oishi, Sayed Mohammad Nazim Uddin, Nazifa Rafa et al.
Bangladesh has been grappling with the issues of improper hospital waste management. To reflect the inadequacies in existing management practices and the potential implications on the environment and health, this study evaluated the Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice (KAP) of doctors and nurses in a ...
Nazifa Rafa, Thi Tuong Van To, Mukesh Gupta, Sayed Mohammad Nazim Uddin
Nazifa Rafa, Samiha Nuzhat, Sayed Mohammad Nazim Uddin, Mukesh Gupta et al.
Ecotourism, a sustainable form of tourism, is increasingly being viewed as a tool that can promote global biodiversity and forest conservation. This study explored the scope of ecotourism in forest conservation practices in the developing context by taking the Sitakunda Botanical Garden and Ecopark ...
Nazifa Rafa, Sayed Mohammad Nazim Uddin, Chad Staddon
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Rui Yan, Shikun Cheng, Jingang Chen, Xiangkai Li et al.
The provision of sanitation services for fast-growing urban populations is one of the world's urgent challenges. Hutong neighborhoods in Beijing, capital of China, cannot be rebuilt due to the protection of historical heritage, while residents still need to keep the habit of defecating in public toi...
Mohammad Omar Faruq, ASM Areef Ahsan, Mirza Nazim Uddin, UH Shahera Khatun et al.
Objective: To assess compliance of Intensive Care Units (ICUs) of Bangladesh to the components of resuscitation & management bundles of Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC). Secondary objective was to assess the impact of compliance on mortality and to determine how its compliance & mortality com...
Nazifa Rafa, Rihab Khalid, Sayed Mohammad Nazim Uddin
Despite the pivotal role of energy in shaping daily life, its intricate dynamics remain underexplored within humanitarian contexts. This study examines the energy landscape within the Rohingya refugee camps, highlighting the implications of energy poverty for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)...
Sayed Mohammad Nazim Uddin, Vicky Walters, JC Gaillard, Sanjida Marium Hridi et al.
This short communication provides insights into water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) for homeless people through a scoping study conducted in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It investigates homeless access to WASH through the lens of a rights-based approach. It demonstrates that homeless people's denial of their...
Sayed Mohammad Nazim Uddin, Jutta Gutberlet, Anika Tasnim Chowdhury, Tahlil Ahmed Parisa et al.
Abstract Improper sanitation and waste management is the number one cause for ill health, disease and death throughout the world, particularly under extremely dense living conditions in refugee camps in the global South. This paper discusses the results of a mixed-method study conducted in Rohingya ...
Navila Afsari, Sonia Binte Murshed, Sayed Mohammad Nazim Uddin, Monzurul Hasan
The Coastal Region of Bangladesh is surrounded by the acute crisis of safe drinking water. Potable water scarcity is an acute problem within the coastal regions of Bangladesh. Salinity intrusion in freshwater bodies, arsenic contamination, and low dry season rainfall are some of the reasons behind t...