Mahbubur Rahman, Mahbub‐Ul Alam, Sharmin Khan Luies, Abul Kamal et al.
Fresh produce, when consumed raw, can be a source of exposure to antimicrobial residues, antimicrobial-resistant bacteria (ARB) and antimicrobial resistance genes (ARGs) of clinical importance. This review aims to determine: (1) the presence and abundance of antimicrobial residues, ARB and ARGs in f...
Mahbub‐Ul Alam, Sharika Ferdous, Ayşe Ercümen, Audrie Lin et al.
BACKGROUND: The widespread and unrestricted use of antibiotics has led to the emergence and spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARB), antibiotic-resistance genes (ARGs), and antibiotic residues in the environment. Conventional wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are not designed for effective a...
Haribondhu Sarma, Ishrat Jabeen, Sharmin Khan Luies, Md. Fakhar Uddin et al.
INTRODUCTION: BRAC, an international development organisation based in Bangladesh, uses female volunteer community health workers called Shasthya Shebika (SS), who receive small incentives to implement its home-fortification interventions at the community level. This paper examines the individual, c...
Haribondhu Sarma, Ashwin Budden, Sharmin Khan Luies, Stephen S Lim et al.
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, supported a mass vaccination Measles-Rubella Campaign (MRC) in Bangladesh during January–February 2014. We conducted a mixed-method process evaluation to understand the successes and challenges in implementation of the MRC. We reviewed documents for the MRC and the immuni...
Jeffrey Glenn, Corrina Moucheraud, Denise D. Payán, Allison Crook et al.
BACKGROUND: Community health worker (CHW) motivation is an important factor related to health service quality and CHW program sustainability in low- and middle-income countries. Financial and non-financial motivators may influence CHW behavior through two dimensions of motivation: desire to perform ...
Corrina Moucheraud, Haribondhu Sarma, Trần Thị Thu Hà, Tahmeed Ahmed et al.
BACKGROUND: Poor early-life nutrition is a major barrier to good health and cognitive development, and is a global health priority. Alive & Thrive (A&T) was a multi-pronged initiative to improve infant and young child feeding behaviors. It aimed to achieve at-scale child health and nutrition improve...
Md. Tariqujjaman, Mahfuzur Rahman, Sharmin Khan Luies, Gobinda Karmakar et al.
BRAC, an international development organization, implemented a home-fortification programme from 2014 to 2018 in Bangladesh. This study aimed to understand the unintended consequences of programmatic changes that occurred during the implementation of the programme on the prevalence of good infant an...
Mahfuzur Rahman, Jaclyn Delarosa, Sharmin Khan Luies, Kazi Robiul Alom et al.
BACKGROUND: Pneumonia and possible serious bacterial infection (PSBI) are leading causes of death among under-five children. The World Health Organization (WHO) issued global recommendations for the case management of childhood pneumonia and PSBI when referral is not feasible with oral amoxicillin. ...
Andri Heidler, Sharmin Khan Luies, Abul Kamal, Mahbub‐Ul Alam et al.
Citywide inclusive sanitation (CWIS) is becoming the dominant paradigm for achieving safe sanitation for all by 2030. Its technical benefits have been explored, but the bargaining over financial and organizational changes CWIS entails have not yet been adequately addressed. Our case study explains t...
Sharmin Khan Luies, Md. Tarek Hossain, Haribondu Sarma
= 0.01). Conclusion Strengthened efforts by health service providers, prioritizing dissemination of key messages on PCV, its benefits, and side-effects, can motivate parents and reduce dropout rates.
Mahbubur Rahman, Mahbub‐Ul Alam, Sharmin Khan Luies, Sharika Ferdous et al.
BACKGROUND: The influx of Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Nationals (FDMNs) has left the Southwest coastal district of Cox's Bazar with one of the greatest contemporary humanitarian crises, stressing the existing water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) resources and services. This study aimed to assess the...
Sharmin Khan Luies, Tahmina Sultana, Ashwin Budden, Mohammad Asaduzzaman et al.
OBJECTIVE: To assess the contribution of partners in the introduction of two new vaccines concurrently: pneumococcal 10-valent conjugate vaccine (PCV-10) and inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) into the routine Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) in Bangladesh. DESIGN: We conducted a prospective pr...
Tarek Hossain M, Sharmin Khan Luies
In Bangladesh, the nutritional status of adolescents is reprehensible, where a large number of adolescent girls are suffering from malnutrition. Among others, anaemia is currently one of the most common and intractable nutritional problems that may develop at any stage of the life cycle but children...
Mahbub‐Ul Alam, Sharika Ferdous, Ayşe Ercümen, Audrie Lin et al.
<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> The widespread and unrestricted use of antibiotics has led to the emergence and spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARB), antibiotic-resistance genes (ARGs), and antibiotic residues in the environment. Conventional wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are not desi...