Ashraful Islam Khan, Md. Mahbubur Rashid, Md Taufiqul Islam, Mokibul Hassan Afrad et al.
BACKGROUND: Despite advances in prevention, detection, and treatment, cholera remains a major public health problem in Bangladesh and little is known about cholera outside of limited historical sentinel surveillance sites. In Bangladesh, a comprehensive national cholera control plan is essential, al...
Dianna M. Blau, Vicky L. Baillie, Toyah Els, Sana Mahtab et al.
BACKGROUND: Lower respiratory tract infections are a leading cause of death in young children, but few studies have collected the specimens needed to define the role of specific causes. The Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) platform aims to investigate causes of death in ch...
Natalie Barron, Martijn Kuller, Tahmina Yasmin, Adam C. Castonguay et al.
Rapid urbanisation, population growth and the effects of climate change drive the need for sustainable urban water management (SUWM) in Asian cities. The complexity of this challenge calls for the integration of knowledge from different disciplines and collaborative approaches. This paper identifies...
Tahmina Yasmin, Md Mizanur Rahman, Ferdous Khan, Fariha Kabir et al.
PURPOSE: This current study investigated the effect of metformin treatment on hepatic oxidative stress and inflammation associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NADLD) in high fat diet (HFD) fed rats. METHOD: Wistar rats were fed with a HFD or laboratory chow diet for 8 weeks. Metformin was...
Tahmina Yasmin, Megan Farrelly, Briony Rogers
Within the context of urban transformations, water governance has received global attention due to its growing complexities in responding to wicked and multifaceted challenges, such as rapidly growing populations, increased resource demand and uncertain climate futures. To date, much of the empirica...
Faizul Islam Chowdhury, Tahmina Yasmin, Raushanara Akter, Md. Nurul Islam et al.
Objective: Resveratrol is a polyphenolic compound that possesses strong antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities. This study evaluated the effects of resveratrol on oxidative stress, fibrosis and multiple genes regulation in the kidneys of high fat (HF) diet-fed rats. Methods: Wistar rats were f...
Lola Madrid, Kartavya J. Vyas, Vijaya Kancherla, Haleluya Leulseged et al.
BACKGROUND: Neural tube defects are common birth defects resulting in severe morbidity and mortality; they can largely be prevented with periconceptional maternal intake of folic acid. Understanding the occurrence of neural tube defects and their contribution to mortality in settings where their bur...
Ayesha S. Mahmud, Md. Iqbal Kabir, Kenth Engø‐Monsen, Sania Tahmina et al.
BACKGROUND: Several large outbreaks of chikungunya have been reported in the Indian Ocean region in the last decade. In 2017, an outbreak occurred in Dhaka, Bangladesh, one of the largest and densest megacities in the world. Population mobility and fluctuations in population density are important dr...
Ayesha S. Mahmud, Md. Iqbal Kabir, Kenth Engø‐Monsen, Sania Tahmina et al.
Abstract Human mobility connects populations and can lead to large fluctuations in population density, both of which are important drivers of epidemics. Measuring population mobility during infectious disease outbreaks is challenging, but is a particularly important goal in the context of rapidly gr...
Sana Mahtab, Zachary J. Madewell, Shabir A. Madhi, Amy Wise et al.
Abstract Background Invasive Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is a common cause of early-onset neonatal sepsis and is also associated with stillbirth. This study aimed to determine the proportion of stillborn infants and infants who died between 0 and 90 days attributable to GBS using postmortem minimall...
Raghav Gupta, Md. Mahadi Hasan, Syed Zahurul Islam, Tahmina Yasmin et al.
The economic landscape of the United Kingdom has been significantly shaped by the intertwined issues of Brexit, COVID-19, and their interconnected impacts. Despite the country's robust and diverse economy, the disruptions caused by Brexit and the COVID-19 pandemic have created uncertainty and upheav...
Tahmina Yasmin, Megan Farrelly, Briony Rogers, Stefan Krause et al.
The water governance crisis has critical implications for the transformation of cities through establishment of sustainable water management practices. Adaptive governance approaches, with their potential to address global water governance challenges, are emerging in the context of the global South ...
Tahmina Yasmin, Khaled Masud Ahmed
Chris A. Rees, Kitiezo Aggrey Igunza, Zachary J. Madewell, Victor Akelo et al.
Background: Most childhood deaths globally are considered preventable through high-quality clinical care, which includes adherence to clinical care recommendations. Our objective was to describe adherence to World Health Organization recommendations for the management of leading causes of death amon...
Md Taufiqul Islam, Ashraful Islam Khan, Zahid Hasan Khan, Nabid Anjum Tanvir et al.
BACKGROUND: Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Nationals (FDMNs) fled into Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh due to internal conflict. Considering the public health situation, a surveillance network was established to identify the enteric pathogens and early detection of cholera epidemics. The purpose of this manuscr...