Susanne Chowdhury, Zafrullah Chowdhury
In Bangladesh, social as well as economic factors strongly favour the use of women over men; and of papaprofessionals over qualified physicians, for tubectomy surgery. Of 600 tubectomies carried out in three centres, 366 were performed by female paraprofesional workers with an average of only two mo...
Adrian Wagg, Zafrullah Chowdhury, Jean‐Michel Galarneau, Rezaul Haque et al.
BACKGROUND: Group exercise-based programmes for urinary incontinence appear to be promising low-cost interventions for women in developing countries, but no evidence exists to support whether they could be implemented or effective in such populations. We aimed to evaluate whether a group interventio...
Nicola Cherry, Morshed Chowdhury, Rezaul Haque, Corbett McDonald et al.
BACKGROUND: The study was set up to identify the extent and nature of difficulty with activities of daily living (disabilities) among elderly village residents of Bangladesh, to describe help currently given and to identify possible interventions. It was carried out at Gonoshasthaya Kendra (GK), a c...
Lawrence D. Weiss, Zafrullah Chowdhury
Nicola Cherry, Kashem Shaik, Corbett McDonald, Zafrullah Chowdhury
Recent studies in Bangladesh indicate that arsenic and manganese in tube-well water may increase the incidence of infant mortality. The study reported here examined whether these findings could be replicated. Data available from some 600 villages under the care of the nongovernmental organization (N...
Mainul Haque, Munzur-E- Murshid
WHAT IS THE NATIONAL HEALTH POLICY? World Health Organization (WHO) describes health policy as a guideline to make “decisions, plans, and actions that are undertaken to achieve specific health-care goals within society.”[1] The Indian Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW) describes it as the...
Zafrullah Chowdhury, Mike Rowson
In 1978, 134 health ministers from around the world signed the Alma Ata declaration that set a deadline for the year 2000 for achieving a level of health that would enable all of the world's people to “lead a socially and econmically productive life.”1 The strategy to achieve the goal would be the i...
Laila Parveen, A. K. M. Alauddin Chowdhury, Zafrullah Chowdhury
1601 women used the injectable contraceptive agent medroxyprogesterone acetate for up to 3 years. The programme was conducted by a rural health centre with detailed follow-up. While the continuation-rate, 56% after 1 year, compared favourably with that of other contraceptive methods in Bangladesh, a...
Rafiqul Huda Chaudhury, Zafrullah Chowdhury
Bangladesh has made significant strides towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs); however, the scorecard on maternal health falls short of expectations. According to the MDG target, Bangladesh is expected to reduce the maternal mortality ratio (MMR) from around 574 maternal deaths d...
Ali Khan, Nasiruddin Sada, Zafrullah Chowdhury
The present study makes use of the fisheries survey data collected during the period 1984 - 87 by the multi-purpose research vessel RV Anusandhani in the waters of Bangladesh, Bay of Bengal. The data consists of twelve survey cruises directed at the shrimp resources (1985 - 87) and nineteen survey c...
Md. Moshiur Rahman, Zafrullah Chowdhury, M.N.U. Sada
This paper reviews the coastal fishery resources of Bangladesh emphasizing the coastal environment, capture fisheries and management issues relative to the sector. BangladeshÆs Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) covers an area of about 166 000 km2. This area has abundant natural resources such as fish, s...
Mamun Mostafi, Masrura Jabin, Zafrullah Chowdhury, Mohib Ullah Khondoker et al.
Rapid progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is seen in patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection compared with uninfected patients. Despite the high efficacy of direct-acting antivirals (DAAVs), their cost represents a limiting factor to their use in developing countries. Aim. This study...
Rezaul Haque, Fardous Kabir, Kamrun Naher, Nicola Cherry et al.
AIMS: Pelvic floor and mobility exercises were shown to be effective in managing incontinence in a cluster-randomized trial (CRT) of village women aged 60 to 75 years in Bangladesh. The present analysis examines continence 12 months after the CRT and exercise program implementation with village para...
Adrian Wagg, Nicola Cherry, Dianna MacDonald, Jane Schulz et al.
Nihad Adnan, Mohd. Raeed Jamiruddin, Md. Ahsanul Haq, Shahad Saif Khandker et al.
Proper understanding of antibody dynamics and persistence of neutralizing antibodies will provide us the knowledge required for designing successful vaccine. Disappearance of antibody, absence of humoral immunity activation, sporadic cases of reinfection emphasize the importance of longitudinal anti...