Md. Golam Dostogir Harun, Shariful Amin Sumon, Istiaque Hasan, Fairoze Masuda Akther et al.
BACKGROUND: Antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) are pivotal components of the World Health Organization's Global Action Plan to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR). ASPs advocate rational antibiotic usage to enhance patient-centered outcomes. However, existing evidence on ASPs and their dete...
Md. Golam Dostogir Harun, Md Mahabub Ul Anwar, Shariful Amin Sumon, Md Zakiul Hassan et al.
INTRODUCTION: Infection prevention and control (IPC) in healthcare settings is imperative for the safety of patients as well as healthcare providers. To measure current IPC activities, resources, and gaps at the facility level, WHO has developed the Infection Prevention and Control Assessment Framew...
Md. Golam Dostogir Harun, Md Mahabub Ul Anwar, Shariful Amin Sumon, Md Zakiul Hassan et al.
BACKGROUND: Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) are major global health challenges. Drug-resistant infectious diseases continue to rise in developing countries, driven by shortfalls in infection control measures, antibiotic misuse, and scarcity of reliable diagnost...
Nazmun Nahar, Repon C. Paul, Rebeca Sultana, Emily S. Gurley et al.
Human Nipah virus (NiV) infection in Bangladesh is a fatal disease that can be transmitted from bats to humans who drink contaminated raw date palm sap collected overnight during the cold season. Our study aimed to understand date palm sap consumption habits of rural residents and factors associated...
Md. Golam Dostogir Harun, Md Mahabub Ul Anwar, Shariful Amin Sumon, Tahrima Mohsin Mohona et al.
BACKGROUND: Hand hygiene (HH) is a fundamental element of patient safety. Adherence to HH among healthcare workers (HCWs) varies greatly depending on a range of factors, including risk perceptions, institutional culture, auditing mechanisms, and availability of HH supplies. AIMS: This study aimed to...
Nazmun Nahar, Repon C. Paul, Rebeca Sultana, Shariful Amin Sumon et al.
Human Nipah virus (NiV) infection, often fatal in Bangladesh, is primarily transmitted by drinking raw date palm sap contaminated by Pteropus bats. We assessed the impact of a behavior change communication intervention on reducing consumption of potentially NiV-contaminated raw sap. During the 2012-...
Repon C. Paul, Arifa Nazneen, Kajal Chandra Banik, Shariful Amin Sumon et al.
In the absence of reliable data on the burden of hepatitis E virus (HEV) in high endemic countries, we established a hospital-based acute jaundice surveillance program in six tertiary hospitals in Bangladesh to estimate the burden of HEV infection among hospitalized acute jaundice patients aged ≥14 ...
Md. Golam Dostogir Harun, Md Mahabub Ul Anwar, Shariful Amin Sumon, Md Abdullah-Al-Kafi et al.
INTRODUCTION: Hospital-acquired infections endanger millions of lives around the world, and nurses play a vital role in the prevention of these infections. Knowledge of infection prevention and control (IPC) best practices among nurses is a prerequisite to maintaining standard precautions for the sa...
Taufiqur Rahman Bhuiyan, Marjahan Akhtar, Aklima Akter, Fatema Khaton et al.
A cross-sectional study was conducted amongst household members in 32 districts of Bangladesh to build knowledge about disease epidemiology and seroepidemiology of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Antibody responses to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) were assessed in...
Arifa Nazneen, Rebeca Sultana, Mahmudur Rahman, Mahbubur Rahman et al.
The substantial high number of asymptomatic cases all over Bangladesh suggests that community-level containment and mitigation measures are required to combat COVID-19. Future studies to understand the transmission capability could help to define mitigation and control measures.
Md. Golam Dostogir Harun, Shariful Amin Sumon, Tahrima Mohsin Mohona, Aninda Rahman et al.
Healthcare workers (HCWs) are at a four-fold higher risk of being infected with the hepatitis B virus in hospital settings. This study investigated the hepatitis B vaccination coverage among Bangladeshi HCWs in selected tertiary care hospitals. Between September 2020 to January 2021, a multicenter c...
Shariful Amin Sumon, Md Mahabub Ul Anwar, Farah Akther, Ashwini Priyanka et al.
BACKGROUND The concerning growth of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) renders common infections life-threatening due to irrational antibiotic use and a lack of effective Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs (ASPs). AIMS This study aimed to investigate the awareness, perceptions, and practices of physicia...
Shariful Amin Sumon, Shahana Parveen, Md Zakiul Hassan, Md. Reaj Khan Babar et al.
Abstract Background Hospital-acquired infections (HAI) are a rising global public health concern that disproportionately affects low and middle-income countries. Healthcare workers (HCWs) are the frontline work-stream against HAIs in healthcare settings. As part of a pilot infection prevention and c...
Kazi Mizanur Rahman, Indira Samarawickrema, David Harley, Anna Olsen et al.
INTRODUCTION: Elimination of kala-azar is planned for South Asia requiring good surveillance along with other strategies. We assessed surveillance in Gaffargaon upazila (a subdistrict of 13 unions) of Mymensingh district, Bangladesh highly endemic for kala-azar. METHODS: In 4703 randomly sampled hou...
Repon C. Paul, Heather F. Gidding, Arifa Nazneen, Kajal Chandra Banik et al.
In the absence of a civil registration system, a house-to-house survey is often used to estimate cause-specific mortality in low- and middle-income countries. However, house-to-house surveys are resource and time intensive. We applied a low-cost community knowledge approach to identify maternal deat...