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Mental illness and injuries: emerging health challenges of urbanisation in South Asia
(© 2017 BMJ Publishing Group, 2017)
Overweight and obesity among children and adolescents in Bangladesh: a systematic review and meta-analysis
(© 2017 Elsevier B.V., 2017-01-01)
Objectives The increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity among children (0–12 years) and adolescents (13–19 years) has emerged as a major public health threat in Bangladesh. Unfortunately, there is a serious paucity ...
The prevalence of underweight, overweight and obesity in Bangladeshi adults: data from a national survey
(© 2017 Public Library of Science, 2017-05-05)
Background: Over the two last decades Bangladesh, a low-income country, has experienced a rapid demographic and epidemiological transition. The population has increased substantially with rapid urbanization and changing ...
Synergies and tensions between universal health coverage and global health security: why we need a second ‘Maximizing Positive Synergies’ initiative
(© 2016 BMJ Global Health, 2017-01-25)
Costs of hospitalization with respiratory syncytial virus illness among children aged < 5 years and the financial impact on households in Bangladesh, 2010
(© 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 ...
Lipid-based nutrient supplementation in the first 1000 d improves child growth in Bangladesh: a cluster-randomized effectiveness trial
(© 2017 American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2017-03-18)
Background: Stunting in linear growth occurs mainly during the first
1000 d, from conception through 24 mo of age. Despite the recognition
of this critical period, there have been few evaluations of the
growth impact ...