Nina Buchmann, Erica Field, Rachel Glennerster, Shahana Nazneen et al.
A clustered randomized trial in Bangladesh examines alternative strategies to reduce child marriage and teenage childbearing and increase girl's education. Communities were randomized into three treatment and one control group in a 2:1:1:2 ratio. From 2008, girls in treatment communities received ei...
Rifat Ara, A. H. Goodman, Shahana Pervin, Mst Nurunnahar Akttar et al.
Background: Elevated homocysteine, an emerging biomarker for cervical cancer is amenable to treatment by cheap and effective nutritional interventions. Methods: From April 2012 through September 2012, a case-controlled study was performed in the Gynae oncology unit of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medica...
Nina Buchmann, Erica Field, Rachel Glennerster, Shahana Nazneen et al.
Child marriage remains common even where female schooling and employment opportunities have grown. We experimentally evaluate a financial incentive to delay marriage alongside a girls' empowerment program in Bangladesh. While girls eligible for two years of incentive are 19 percent less likely to ma...
Peter C. Scales, Peter Benson, Larry D. Dershem, Kathleen Fraher et al.
Kishoree Kontha (“Adolescent Girls' Voices”) was implemented in Bangladeshi villages to build the developmental assets (e.g., support from others, social competencies) of rural girls through peer education in social skills, literacy, and school learning. The Developmental Assets Profile ( DAP ) meas...
Shahana Parveen, Suvra Das, Anjuman Ara Begum, Nazneen Sultana et al.
Spices are used all over the world for culinary purposes. Bangladeshis have strongest preferences for this. Warm and humid condition is favorable for their growth. For this reason spices are easily contaminated by pathogenic microorganisms. 15 packed and 27 unpacked spice sample of three kinds- red ...
Pritimoy Das, Syed Moinuddin Satter, Allen G. Ross, Zarin Abdullah et al.
To date, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) has infected over 80 million people globally. We report a case series of five clinically and laboratory confirmed COVID-19 patients from Bangladesh who suffered a second episode of COVID-19 illness after 70 symptom-free days. The ...
Rifat Ara, Sabera Khatun, Shahana Pervin, Munira Jahan et al.
OBJECTIVE The Onco E6™ Cervical Test, based on detection of the E6 oncoprotein of HPV 16 and 18 genotypes is evaluated as a screen for the early detection cervical neoplasia in resource-limited countries. METHODS This prospective study from June 2018 to June 2019 evaluated 235 women aged 21-65 years...
Nina Buchmann, Erica Field, Rachel Glennerster, Shahana Nazneen et al.
Child marriage remains common even where female schooling and employment opportunities have grown. We introduce a signaling model in which bride type is imperfectly observed but preferred types have lower returns to delaying marriage. We show that in this environment the market might pool on early m...
Erica Field, Rachel Glennerster, Shahana Nazneen, Save the Children et al.
In search of the holy grail: can unconditional cash transfers graduate households
Fariha Haseen, Hridi Hedayet, Shahana Nazneen, Nurjahan Akter et al.
Background The application of a gender lens enables the identification of gendered power dynamics that are deeply embedded within structures and institutions. This study delved into a comprehensive analysis of gender norms of male and female adolescents in terms of their health needs, the type of he...
Dewan Shahida Banu, Rifat Sultana, Mahmuda Khatun, Rowshan Hosne Jahan et al.
Background: Foetal outcome is a great concern among the primigravida women presented with fetal head engagement.Objectives: The purpose of the present study was to see foetal outcome among the women presented with fetal head engagement.Methodology: This descriptive cohort study was carried out in th...
Erica Field, Rachel Glennerster, Shahana Nazneen, Save the Children et al.
In search of the holy grail: can unconditional cash transfers graduate households
Nazneen Choudhury, Jannatul Ferdous, Farhana Khatoon, Aklima Khatoon et al.
Introduction: Globally cervical cancer is the 4th most common cancer in females after breast, colorectal, and lung cancer. In patients with early-stage cervical cancer (stage IB-IIA) who have undergone radical hysterectomy, postoperative histopathologic features along with clinical staging predict p...
Dewan Shahida Banu, Rifat Sultana, Mahmuda Khatun, Shafeya Khanam et al.
Background: Maternal outcome is an important issue among the primigravida women presented with fetal head engagement.
 Objectives: The purpose of the present study was to observe the maternal outcome of among the primigravida women presented with fetal head engagement.
 Methodology: This d...
Nazneen Ahmed, Shoyela Shahnaz, Shahana Rahman, Nargis Akther Siddique et al.
Background: Cervical cancer remains a significant public health challenge, particularly in low-resource settings. Despite the high burden of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) and invasive cancer in Bangladesh, data on disparities between tribal and non-tribal populations in the Chittagong Hil...