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Changing global policy to deliver safe, equitable, and affordable care for women's cancers
(© 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 ...
Determinants of age-specific undernutrition in children aged less than 2 years—the Bangladesh context
(© 2017 Blackwell Publishing Ltd., 2017-07)
Globally, undernutrition affects nearly half of all children aged less than 5 years. It is more prominent in low- and middle-income countries. This study aimed to identify the age-specific risk factors for different ...
A new social sciences network for infectious threats
(The Lancet, 2019-05)
The Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to escalate, new outbreaks of Lassa fever, yellow fever, measles, and other infectious diseases erupt around the world, and antimicrobial resistance ...
Breast cancer in low-resource settings: Prioritizing the awareness and access programmes to overcome sociocultural and economic barriers for early detection and improved outcomes
(© 2014 Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2014)
Socio-demographic characteristics and tobacco use among the adults in urban slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh
(© 2017 BioMed Central Ltd., 2017-05-05)
Background: Use of tobacco has become one of the major causes of premature deaths in most developing countries, including Bangladesh. The poorest and most disadvantaged populations, such as those living in slums, are ...
Illness perception of tuberculosis (TB) and health seeking practice among urban slum residents of Bangladesh: a qualitative study
(© 2014 BioMed Central Ltd., 2014)
Background: Combating tuberculosis (TB) in urban slums is more complex than in rural areas due to reasons such as over-crowding, unhygienic living conditions and poverty. This study aimed to assess illness perception of ...
Ethnic predisposition of diabetes mellitus in the patients with previous history of gestational diabetes mellitus: A review
(Tayor & Francis Online, 2018-05-08)
Introduction: The worldwide prevalence of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) is increasing day by day. However, there is a knowledge gap regarding the effect of ethnic and geographical distribution on the risk of developing ...
From joint thinking to joint action: a call to action on improving water, sanitation and hygiene for maternal and newborn health
(© 2014 Public Library of Science, 2014-12-01)
This paper, authored by scientists and technical experts from leading universities and international agencies, outlines the importance of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) for maternal and newborn health (MNH) outcomes ...
Lessons learned in using realist evaluation to assess maternal and newborn health programming in rural Bangladesh
(© 2016 Oxford University Press, 2016)
Realist evaluation furnishes valuable insight to public health practitioners and policy makers about how and why interventions work or don't work. Moving beyond binary measures of success or failure, it provides a systematic ...
Development and acceptability testing of ready-to-use supplementary food made from locally available food ingredients in Bangladesh
(© 2014 BioMed Central Ltd., 2014)
Background: Inadequate energy and micronutrient intake during childhood is a major public health problem in developing countries. Ready-to-use supplementary food (RUSF) made of locally available food ingredients can improve ...