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Factors influencing contraception choice and use among women of reproductive age in the LMICs of the South Asia region : a scoping review
(Brac University, 2023)
Contraception is an important factor in determining the reproductive health and well-being of
women in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Women in these countries often face
barriers to accessing contraception, ...
Low uptake of COVID-19 prevention behaviours and high socioeconomic impact of lockdown measures in South Asia: Evidence from a large-scale multi-country surveillance programme
(Elsevier, 2021-02-13)
Background: South Asia has become a major epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic. Understanding South Asians’
awareness, attitudes and experiences of early measures for the prevention of COVID-19 is key to improving ...
How has early marriage, a critical social determinant of child stunting and wasting, changed over a decade in South Asia? trends, inequities and drivers, 2005 to 2018
(Oxford Academic, 2020-05-29)
Objectives:
In South Asia, many women are married before their 18th birthday and give birth soon after. Delaying marriage is an attractive nutrition policy target as previous research shows that early marriage (EM) is ...
Thinness and fecundability: Time to pregnancy after adolescent marriage in rural Bangladesh
(Wiley, 2020-03-24)
Undernutrition may affect fecundability, but few studies have quantified this relationship. In rural Bangladesh, where newlywed couples face strong pressures to
become pregnant, we assessed fecundability, estimated by ...
Prevalence of chronic kidney disease in South Asia: A systematic review
(BMC, 2018-10-23)
Abstract
Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is becoming a major public health problem around the world. But the
prevalence has not been reported in South Asian region as a whole. This study aimed to systematically ...