Ahmed Ehsanur Rahman, Janet Perkins, Sajia Islam, Abu Bakkar Siddique et al.
BACKGROUND: Access to skilled health services during pregnancy, childbirth and postnatal period for obstetric care is one of the strongest determinants of maternal and newborn health (MNH) outcomes. In many countries, husbands are key decision-makers in households, effectively determining women's ac...
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...
Shahreen Raihana, Michael J. Dibley, Mohammad Masudur Rahman, Tazeen Tahsina et al.
BACKGROUND: In Bangladesh, neonatal sepsis is the cause of 24% of neonatal deaths, over 65% of which occur in the early-newborn stage (0-6 days). Only 50% of newborns in Bangladesh initiated breastfeeding within 1 hour of birth. The mechanism by which early initiation of breastfeeding reduces neonat...
Shahreen Raihana, Ashraful Alam, Nina Chad, Tanvir Huda et al.
BACKGROUND: Timely initiation of breastfeeding is the first step towards achieving recommended breastfeeding behaviours. Delayed breastfeeding initiation harms neonatal health and survival, including infection associated neonatal mortality. Eighty percent of neonatal deaths occur in the low-and midd...
Shahreen Raihana, Ashraful Alam, Tanvir Huda, Michael J. Dibley
BACKGROUND: Irrespective of the place and mode of delivery, 'delayed' initiation of breastfeeding beyond the first hour of birth can negatively influence maternal and newborn health outcomes. In Bangladesh, 49% of newborns initiate breastfeeding after the first hour. The rate is higher among deliver...
Ainara Garde, Guohai Zhou, Shahreen Raihana, Dustin Dunsmuir et al.
OBJECTIVE: Hypoxaemia is a strong predictor of mortality in children. Early detection of deteriorating condition is vital to timely intervention. We hypothesise that measures of pulse oximetry dynamics may identify children requiring hospitalisation. Our aim was to develop a predictive tool using on...
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...
Sk Masum Billah, Tarana E. Ferdous, Mohd Anisul Karim, Michael J. Dibley et al.
BACKGROUND: Prevalence of stunting among under-five children in Bangladesh is 36%, varying with geographic and socio-economic characteristics. Previously, research groups statistically modelled the effect of 10 individual nutrition-specific interventions targeting the critical first 1000 days of lif...
Shahreen Raihana, Dustin Dunsmuir, Tanvir Huda, Guohai Zhou et al.
BACKGROUND: The reduction in the deaths of millions of children who die from infectious diseases requires early initiation of treatment and improved access to care available in health facilities. A major challenge is the lack of objective evidence to guide front line health workers in the community ...
Elizabeth Kirkwood, Shahreen Raihana, Ashraful Alam, Michael J. Dibley
Abstract Gender‐based inequities prevent women from partaking in decision‐making. This study is a secondary analysis of the 2017–2018 Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS) data. We examined women's participation in no‐decisions against a set of independent variables to determine the factor...
Tanvir Huda, Mohammad Masudur Rahman, Shahreen Raihana, Sajia Islam et al.
BACKGROUND: Iron-deficiency is the most common nutritional deficiency globally. Due to the high iron requirements for pregnancy, it is highly prevalent and severe in pregnant women. There is strong evidence that maternal iron deficiency anaemia increases the risk of adverse perinatal outcomes. Howev...
Shahreen Raihana, Rukhsana Shaheen, Md. Shafiqur Rahman
Violence and unintended pregnancy are increasingly becoming essential public health issue in Bangladesh. The study aimed to examine the influence of violence on unintended pregnancy taking selected covariate into consideration. This study used nationally representative sample of the Bangladesh Healt...
Tanvir Huda, Michael J. Dibley, Tazeen Tahsina, Mohammad Masudur Rahman et al.
Alexandra Hewish, Michael J. Dibley, Shahreen Raihana, Mohammad Masudur Rahman et al.
OBJECTIVES: Preterm birth (<37 weeks), low birth weight (2500 g), small-for-gestational-age (birth weight <10th percentile of a given reference), and large-for-gestational-age (birth weight >90th percentile of a given reference) are indicators of vulnerable infants and risk factors for neonatal mort...
Shahreen Raihana, Md Ashraful Alam, Tanvir Huda, Michael J. Dibley
Abstract Background: Irrespective of the place and mode of delivery, 'delayed' initiation of breastfeeding beyond the first hour of birth can negatively influence maternal and newborn health outcomes. In Bangladesh, 49% of newborns initiate breastfeeding after the first hour. The rate is higher amon...