Suprovath Kumar Sarker, Md Tarikul Islam, Aparna Biswas, Golam Sarower Bhuyan et al.
Liquid Chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) is used for the diagnosis of more than 30 inborn errors of metabolisms (IEMs). Accurate and reliable diagnosis of IEMs by quantifying amino acids (AAs) and acylcarnitines (ACs) using LC-MS/MS systems depend on the establishment of age-specifi...
Hasina Akhter Chowdhury, Progga Paromita, Cinderella Akbar Mayaboti, Shagoofa Rakhshanda et al.
INTRODUCTION: Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is one of the most prevalent non-communicable diseases (NCDs)as well as a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Around 80% diabetic patients live in low- and middle-income countries. In Bangladesh, there is a scarcity of data on the quality of DM mana...
Shagoofa Rakhshanda, Koustuv Dalal, Hasina Akhter Chowdhury, Cinderella Akbar Mayaboti et al.
BACKGROUND: The second most common cancer among females in Bangladesh is cervical cancer. The national strategy for cervical cancer needs monitoring to ensure that patients have access to care. In order to provide accurate information to policymakers in Bangladesh and other low and middle income cou...
Progga Paromita, Hasina Akhter Chowdhury, Cinderella Akbar Mayaboti, Shagoofa Rakhshanda et al.
INTRODUCTION: Chronic Respiratory Diseases (CRDs) are some of the most prevailing non-communicable diseases (NCDs) worldwide and cause three times higher morbidity and mortality in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) than in developed nations. In Bangladesh, there is a dearth of data about the q...
Minhazul Abedin, Farah Naz Rahman, Shagoofa Rakhshanda, Saidur Rahman Mashreky et al.
BACKGROUND: Burn is a major cause of childhood injury-related morbidity and mortality. Global estimates suggest that 90% of all cases occur in low-income and middle-income countries and over half of the disability-adjusted life-years are lost from fire-related burns in children. In Bangladesh, there...
Jiban Karki, Simon Rushton, Sunita Bhattarai, Gift Norman et al.
PURPOSE: This paper critically reviews and reflects on the processes for providing Assistive Technology (AT) services to Persons with Disabilities (PWD) in Bangladesh, India and Nepal. The aim is to investigate the AT service delivery systems in these countries and suggest improvements where weaknes...
Lingkan Barua, Mithila Faruque, Shagoofa Rakhshanda, Palash Chandra Banik et al.
This cross-sectional study estimated the prevalence of high blood pressure (BP) and examined its predictors at baseline following protocol 1 (actions 1 and 2) of World Health Organization (WHO) Package of Essential Noncommunicable Disease (PEN) Interventions in a selected rural area of Bangladesh. A...
Shagoofa Rakhshanda, Lingkan Barua, Mithila Faruque, Palash Chandra Banik et al.
INTRODUCTION: The burden of malnutrition is widely evaluated in Bangladesh in different contexts. However, most of them determine the influence of sociodemographic factors, which have limited scope for modification and design intervention. This study attempted to determine the prevalence of underwei...
Shagoofa Rakhshanda, Minhazul Abedin, Abrar Wahab, Lingkan Barua et al.
OBJECTIVE: For over a decade, the prevalence of asthma remained unchanged at around 7% in Bangladesh. Although asthma causes significant morbidity among both children and adults, updates on epidemiological data are limited on the prevalence in Bangladesh. This study attempted to determine the preval...
Minhazul Abedin, Abrar Wahab, Farah Naz Rahman, Fardina Rahman Omi et al.
INTRODUCTION: The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated health inequalities across the globe, disproportionately affecting those with poor social determinants of health (SDOHs). It is imperative to understand how SDOH influences the transmission and outcomes (positive case, hospitalisation and mortality...
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...
Abrar Wahab, Koustuv Dalal, Minhazul Abedin, Shagoofa Rakhshanda et al.
In Bangladesh, chewing betel nut has become culturally and socially approved, becoming a mounting public health concern. This study aimed to estimate the current prevalence of betel nut chewing, identify the sociodemographic correlates in urban and rural settings, and identify any vulnerable group f...
Afia Fairooz Tasnim, Farhana Rahman, Shagoofa Rakhshanda, Asima Karim
The Covid-19 pandemic has introduced the world to a new chapter in the last three to four years. The focus of this review is on a significant but often overlooked group and topic that has received limited research attention. Recent studies show that the psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic ...
Mithila Faruque, Lingkan Barua, Shagoofa Rakhshanda, Palash Chandra Banik et al.
AIMS/INTRODUCTION: Our objective was to estimate the prevalence of hyperglycemia at baseline, and identify its predictors among community clinic (CC) users from a selected rural area of Bangladesh. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This cross-sectional study partly used the baseline data of implementation rese...
Shagoofa Rakhshanda, Labida Islam, Koustuv Dalal, Aklima Anwar Mitu et al.
The objective of this study was to explore the stigma among attendants (close relatives or other caregivers) who brought patients with mental illness to the selected mental health facilities in Bangladesh. This mixed-method study was part of a nationwide survey where respondents were conveniently se...