Janet Perkins, Ahmed Ehsanur Rahman, Shema Mhajabin, Abu Bakkar Siddique et al.
The World Health Organization has recently set standards emphasising the importance of emotional support during birth for improving the quality of maternal and newborn healthcare in facilities. In this study, we explore the emotional support status of women during birth in rural Bangladesh. A cross-...
Ahmed Ehsanur Rahman, Janet Perkins, Shumona Sharmin Salam, Shema Mhajabin et al.
BACKGROUND: To improve the utilization of maternal and newborn health (MNH) care and to improve the quality of care, the World Health Organization (WHO) has strongly recommended men's involvement in pregnancy, childbirth, and after birth. In this article, we examine women's preferences for men's inv...
Ahmed Ehsanur Rahman, Goutom Banik, Shema Mhajabin, Tazeen Tahsina et al.
INTRODUCTION: There is a set of globally accepted and nationally adapted signal functions for categorising health facilities for maternal services. Newborn resuscitation is the only newborn intervention which is included in the WHO recommended list of emergency obstetric care signal functions. This ...
Shema Mhajabin, Aniqa Tasnim Hossain, Nowrin Nusrat, Sabrina Jabeen et al.
OBJECTIVE: This paper presents the effect of the early phase of COVID-19 on the coverage of essential maternal and newborn health (MNH) services in a rural subdistrict of Bangladesh. DESIGN: Cross-sectional household survey with random sampling. SETTING: Baliakandi subdistrict, Rajbari district, Ban...
Ahmed Ehsanur Rahman, Shema Mhajabin, David H. Dockrell, Harish Nair et al.
BACKGROUND: With an estimated 24,000 deaths per year, pneumonia is the single largest cause of death among young children in Bangladesh, accounting for 18% of all under-5 deaths. The Government of Bangladesh adopted the WHO recommended Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI)-strategy in 19...
Shumona Sharmin Salam, Ahmed Ehsanur Rahman, Shema Mhajabin, Tapas Mazumder et al.
BACKGROUND: A significant concern for Bangladesh is the high prevalence of adolescent pregnancy and the associated negative consequences for mother and baby, including a teen-related increased risk of preterm birth (PTB). Bangladesh also has one of the highest incidences of PTB (19%). Despite these ...
Aniqa Tasnim Hossain, Shafiqul Ameen, Nahya Salim, KC Ashish et al.
Background: An estimated 7 million episodes of severe newborn infections occur annually worldwide, with half a million newborn deaths, most occurring in low- and middle-income countries. Whilst injectable antibiotics are necessary to treat the infection, supportive care is also crucial in ending pre...
Shema Mhajabin, Janet Perkins, Abu Bakkar Siddique, Tapas Mazumder et al.
Abstract Background Quality antenatal care (ANC) can contribute to reducing maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality. Very little information is available on the experience of care during ANC contacts in Bangladesh. This study aims to understand social support received by women, their experienc...
Shema Mhajabin, Goutom Banik, Muhammad Shariful Islam, Md. Jahurul Islam et al.
Background: This study aimed to identify a set of newborn signal functions (NSFs) that can categorize health facilities and assist policymakers and health managers in appropriately planning and adequately monitoring the progress and performance of health facilities delivering newborn health care in ...
Harriet Ruysen, Tamanna Majid, Donat Shamba, Shema Mhajabin et al.
The World Health Organization recognises Routine Health Information System (RHIS) data as integral to data-driven health systems; needed to improve intrapartum outcomes for maternal and newborn health worldwide. However, research in Bangladesh and Tanzania suggests that mode of birth affects registe...
Ahmed Ehsanur Rahman, Shema Mhajabin, David H. Dockrell, Harish Nair et al.