Browsing James P. Grant School of Public Health (JPGSPH) by Author "James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University"
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Achieving universal health coverage through community empowerment: a proposition for Bangladesh
Joarder, Taufique; Sarker, Malabika (© 2014 Medknow Publications, 2014) -
Adherence to multiple micronutrient powder among young children in rural Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study Global health
Raj Angdembe, Mirak; Choudhury, Nuzhat; Raisul Haque, Mohammad; Ahmed, Tahmeed (© 2015 BioMed Central Ltd., 2015)Background: Multiple micronutrient powder (MMNP) can be sprinkled onto any semisolid food and can be given to young children to address iron deficiency anemia. The female community health volunteers of BRAC (an NGO) known ... -
Antibiotic use for pneumonia among children under-five at a pediatric hospital in Dhaka city, Bangladesh
Rashid, Md Mahbubur; CHISTI, M. J.; Akter, Dilruba; Sarkar, Malabika; Chowdhury, Fahima Rabbi (© 2017 Dove Medical Press Ltd., 2017-08-03)Background: Pneumonia has been the leading cause of morbidity and mortality among children under 5 for more than 3 decades, particularly in low-income countries like Bangladesh. The World Health Organization (WHO) developed ... -
Assessing the spatial accessibility of microfinance in northern Bangladesh: a GIS analysis
Khan, Akib; Rabbani, Atonu (© 2015 Blackwell Publishing Inc., 2015)This paper attempts to understand and operationalize the notion of spatial accessibility (SA) in the context of microfinance. Using geographic information system (GIS) data from northern Bangladesh, we have generated a ... -
Autism Spectrum disorders (ASD) in South Asia: a systematic review
Hossain, Mohammad Didar; Ahmed, Helal Uddin; Jalal Uddin, M. M.; Chowdhury, Waziul Alam; Iqbal, Mohammad Shamim; Kabir, Razin Iqbal; Chowdhury, Imran Ahmed; Aftab, Afzal; Datta, Pran Gopal; Rabbani, Golam; Hossain, Saima Wazed; Sarker, Malabika (© 2017 BioMed Central Ltd., 2017-08-01)Background: Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are a group of complex neurodevelopmental disorders. The prevalence of ASD in many South Asian countries is still unknown. The aim of this study was to systematically review ... -
Beliefs and practices during pregnancy and childbirth in urban slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Chowdhury, Nuzhat; Moran, Allisyn C.; Alam, M Ashraful; Ahsan, Karar Zunaid; Rashid, Sabina Faiz; Streatfield, Peter Kim (© 2012 Choudhury et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd., 2012)Worldwide urbanization has become a crucial issue in recent years. Bangladesh, one of the poorest and most densely-populated countries in the world, has been facing rapid urbanization. In urban areas, maternal indicators ... -
Benefit incidence analysis of healthcare in Bangladesh - equity matters for universal health coverage
Khan, Jahangir Am; Ahmed, Sayem; MacLennan, Mary E.; Sarker, Abdur Razzaque; Sultana, Marufa; Rahman, Hafizur E.M.R. (© 2017 Oxford University Press, 2017)Background: Equity in access to and utilization of healthcare is an important goal for any health system and an essential prerequisite for achieving Universal Health Coverage for any country. Objectives: This study ... -
Breast cancer in South Asia: a Bangladeshi perspective
Hossain, Mohammad Sorowar; Ferdous, Shameema; E. Karim-Kos, Henrike (© 2014 Elsevier Ltd., 2014)South Asian countries are facing a hidden breast cancer epidemic. A significant proportion of the breast cancer cases occur in premenopausal women. Knowledge of the various aspects of breast cancer in different geographical ... -
Career preferences of final year medical students at a medical school in Kenya – a cross sectional study
Dossajee, Hussein; Obonyo, Nchafatso; Ahmed, Syed Masud (© 2016 BMC Medical Education, 2016-01)Background The World Health Organization (WHO) recommended physician to population ratio is 23:10,000. Kenya has a physician to population ratio of 1.8:10,000 and is among 57 countries listed as having a serious shortage ... -
Changing global policy to deliver safe, equitable, and affordable care for women's cancers
Ginsburg, Ophira M.; Badwe, Rajendra A.; Peter A. Boyle, Peter; Derricks, Gemma; Dare, Anna J.; Evans, Timothy Grant; Eniu, Alexandru E.; Jiménez, Jorge C.Moreno; Kutluk, Tezer M.; De Lima Lopes, Gilberto L.; Mohammed, Sulma Ibrahim; Qiao, Youlin; Rashid, Sabina Faiz; Summers, Diane; Sarfati, Diana; Temmerman, Marleen I.L.; Trimble, Edward Lloyd; Padela, Aasim; Aggarwal, Ajay; Sullivan, Richard (© 2017 Lancet Publishing Group, 2017-02-25)Breast and cervical cancer are major threats to the health of women globally, particularly in low-income and middle-income countries. Radical progress to close the global cancer divide for women requires not only evidence-based ... -
Childhood malnutrition in households with contemporary siblings: a scenario from urban Bangladesh
Das, Jui; Kumar Das, Sumon; Hasan, T; Syed Golam Faruque, Abu; Ahmed, Salma; Ferdous, Farzana; Begum, R; Jobayer Chisti, Mohammod; Malek, M A; Mamun, Abdullah (© 2015 Nature Publishing Group, 2015)This study aimed to determine the effect of the presence of under-5 siblings (≥1) in a household on childhood malnutrition in urban Bangladesh. During 2000 and 2013, a total of 16 948 under-5 children were enrolled in the ... -
Close-to-community providers of health care: Increasing evidence of how to bridge community and health systems
Theobald, S.; Hawkins, K.; Kok, M.; Rashid, S.; Datiko, D. G.; Taegtmeyer, M. (© 2016 BioMed Central Ltd., 2016) -
Cluster-randomised controlled trials of individual and combined water, sanitation, hygiene and nutritional interventions in rural Bangladesh and Kenya: the WASH benefits study design and rationale
F. Arnold, Benjamin; Null, Clair; P. Luby, Stephen; Unicomb, Leanne; Ahmed, Tahmeed; Ashraf, Sania; Christensen, Garret; Clasen, Thomas; Dentz, Holly N.; Fernald, Lia C H; Haque, Rashidul; Hubbard, Alan E.; Kariger, Patricia; Leontsini, Elli; Lin, Audrie; Njenga, Sammy M.; Pickering, Amy J.; Ram, Pavani K.; Stewart, Christine P.; Dewey, Kathryn G.; Tofail, Fahmida; Winch, Peter J; Jr, John M Colford (© 2013 BMJ Open, 2013)Introduction: Enteric infections are common during the first years of life in low-income countries and contribute to growth faltering with long-term impairment of health and development. Water quality, sanitation, handwashing ... -
Commentary: sustaining progress towards comprehensive reproductive health services in Bangladesh
Jahan, Rounaq; Afsana, Kaosar (© 2015 Routledge, 2015) -
Communication for behavioural impact in enhancing utilization of insecticide-treated bed nets among mothers of under-five children in rural North Sudan: an experimental study
Elmosaad, Yousif Mohammed; Elhadi, Magda; Khan, Asif; Malik, Elfatih Mohamed; Mahmud, Ilias (© 2016 BioMed Central Ltd., 2016-10-18)Background: Malaria is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Sudan. The entire population is at risk of contracting malaria to different levels. This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of communication for ... -
Community participation in formulating the post-2015 health and development goal agenda: reflections of a multi-country research collaboration
E Brolan, Claire; Hussain, Sameera; A Friedman, Eric; Lorena Ruano, Ana; Mulumba, Moses; Rusike, Itai; Beiersmann, Claudia; Stewart Hill, Peter (© 2014 BioMed Central Ltd., 2014)Global discussion on the post-2015 development goals, to replace the Millennium Development Goals when they expire on 31 December 2015, is well underway. While the Millennium Development Goals focused on redressing extreme ... -
Community-based management of acute malnutrition in Bangladesh: feasibility and constraints
Choudhury, Nuzhat; Ahmed, Tahmeed; Hossain, Md Iqbal; Mandal, Barendra Nath; Mothabbir, Golam; Rahman, Mustafizur; Islam, M Munirul; Husain, Mohammad Mushtuq; Nargis, Makhduma; Rahman, Ekhlasur (© 2014 United Nations University Press, 2014)Background. To achieve the United Nations Millennium Development Goals, particularly reduction in child mortality (Millennium Development Goal 4), effective interventions to address severe and moderate acute malnutrition ... -
Conventional or interpersonal communication: which works best in disseminating malaria information in an endemic rural Bangladeshi community?
Ahmed, Syed Masud; Hossain, Mohammad Shamim; Kabir, Moktadir (PloS One, 2014)Background: Since 2007, BRAC has been implementing malaria prevention and control programme in 13 endemic districts of Bangladesh under the National Malaria Control Programme. This study was done to examine the role of ... -
Coping strategies related to food insecurity at the household level in Bangladesh
Dil Farzana, Fahmida; Rahman, Ahmed Shafiqur; Sultana, Sabiha; Raihan, Mohammad Jyoti; Haque, Md Ahshanul; Waid, Jillian L.; Choudhury, Nuzhat; Ahmed, Tahmeed J. (© 2017 Public Library of Science, 2017-04)Introduction: In connection to food insecurity, adaptation of new techniques or alteration of regular behavior is executed that translates to coping strategies. This paper has used data from food security and nutrition ... -
Costs of hospitalization with respiratory syncytial virus illness among children aged < 5 years and the financial impact on households in Bangladesh, 2010
Bhuiyan, Mejbah Uddin; Luby, Stephen P.; Alamgir, Nadia Ishrat; Homaira, Nusrat; Sturm-Ramirez, Katharine M.; Gurley, Emily Suzane; Abedin, Jaynal; Zaman, Rashid Uz; Alamgir, Asm S.M.; Rahman, Mahmudur M.Atiqur; Ortega-Sánchez, Ismael R.; Azziz-Baumgartner, Eduardo (© 2017 University of Edinburgh, 2017-06-13)Background Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the leading cause of acute respiratory illness in young children and results in significant economic burden. There is no vaccine to prevent RSV illness but a number of vaccines ...