Antenatal Iron-Folic Acid Supplementation Is Associated with Improved Linear Growth and Reduced Risk of Stunting or Severe Stunting in South Asian Children Less than Two Years of A...

by Yasir Bin Nisar, Victor M. Aguayo, Sk Masum Billah, Michael J. Dibley
Published 2020-08-01

Care-seeking practices for sick neonates: Findings from cross-sectional survey in 14 rural sub-districts of Bangladesh.

by Suman Kanti Chowdhury, Sk Masum Billah, Shams El Arifeen, Dewan Md Emdadul Hoque
Published 2018-01-01

Physician–patient communication in decision-making about Caesarean sections in eight district hospitals in Bangladesh: a mixed-method study

by Sathyanarayanan Doraiswamy, Sk Masum Billah, Farhana Karim, Md Shahjahan Siraj, Alan Buckingham, Carol Kingdon
Published 2021-02-01

Effective coverage of nutrition interventions across the continuum of care in Bangladesh: insights from nationwide cross-sectional household and health facility surveys

by Hannah H Leslie, Purnima Menon, Phuong Hong Nguyen, Sk Masum Billah, Ellen Piwoz, Long Quỳnh Khương, Priyanjana Pramanik
Published 2021-01-01

A Feasibility Study Assessing Acceptability and Supply Issues of Distributing LPG Cookstoves and Gas Cylinders to Pregnant Women Living in Rural Bangladesh for Poriborton: The CHAN...

by Camille Raynes-Greenow, Sajia Islam, Jasmin Khan, Fariha Tasnim, Monjura Khatun Nisha, Jonathan Thornburg, Sk Masum Billah, Ashraful Alam
Published 2020-01-01

Initiation of breastfeeding within one hour of birth and its determinants among normal vaginal deliveries at primary and secondary health facilities in Bangladesh: A case-observati...

by Farhana Karim, Sk Masum Billah, Mohiuddin Ahsanul Kabir Chowdhury, Nabila Zaka, Alexander Manu, Shams El Arifeen, Abdullah Nurus Salam Khan
Published 2018-01-01

Quality of nutrition services in primary health care facilities: Implications for integrating nutrition into the health system in Bangladesh.

by Sk Masum Billah, Kuntal Kumar Saha, Abdullah Nurus Salam Khan, Ashfaqul Haq Chowdhury, Sarah P Garnett, Shams El Arifeen, Purnima Menon
Published 2017-01-01

Prevalence and determinants of initiation of breastfeeding within one hour of birth: An analysis of the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey, 2014.

by Farhana Karim, Abdullah Nurus Salam Khan, Fariha Tasnim, Mohiuddin Ahsanul Kabir Chowdhury, Sk Masum Billah, Taseen Karim, Shams El Arifeen, Sarah P Garnett
Published 2019-01-01

Prevalence and risk factors of postpartum depression within one year after birth in urban slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

by Rashidul Azad, Rukhshan Fahmi, Sadichhya Shrestha, Hemraj Joshi, Mehedi Hasan, Abdullah Nurus Salam Khan, Mohiuddin Ahsanul Kabir Chowdhury, Shams El Arifeen, Sk Masum Billah
Published 2019-01-01

Birth preparedness and complication readiness (BPCR) among pregnant women in hard-to-reach areas in Bangladesh.

by Md Moinuddin, Aliki Christou, Dewan Md Emdadul Hoque, Tazeen Tahsina, Shumona Sharmin Salam, Sk Masum Billah, Lianne Kuppens, Md Ziaul Matin, Shams El Arifeen
Published 2017-01-01

Competency of health workers in detecting and managing gestational hypertension, pre-eclampsia, severe pre-eclampsia and eclampsia during antenatal check-ups in primary care health...

by Marufa Aziz Khan, Imteaz Ibne Mannan, Joby George, Shams El Arifeen, Abdullah Nurus Salam Khan, Sk Masum Billah, S M Rokonuzzaman, Nafisa Lira Huq, Sabrina Sharmin Priyanka, Setara Rahman
Published 2021-07-01

Prevalence and factors associated with caesarean section in four Hard-to-Reach areas of Bangladesh: Findings from a cross-sectional survey.

by Farhana Karim, Nazia Binte Ali, Abdullah Nurus Salam Khan, Aniqa Hassan, Mohammad Mehedi Hasan, Dewan Md Emdadul Hoque, Sk Masum Billah, Shams El Arifeen, Mohiuddin Ahsanul Kabir Chowdhury
Published 2020-01-01

Analyzing spatial and space-time clustering of facility-based deliveries in Bangladesh

by Atique Iqbal Chowdhury, Abu Yousuf Md Abdullah, Rafiqul Haider, Asraful Alam, Sk Masum Billah, Sanwarul Bari, Qazi Sadeq-ur Rahman, Warren Christopher Jochem, Ashraf Dewan, Shams El Arifeen
Published 2019-07-01

A community-based cluster randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of different bundles of nutrition-specific interventions in improving mean length-for-age z scor...

by Sk Masum Billah, Tarana E. Ferdous, Mohd Anisul Karim, Michael J. Dibley, Shahreen Raihana, Md Moinuddin, Nuzhat Choudhury, Tahmeed Ahmed, D. M. Emdadul Hoque, Purnima Menon, Shams El Arifeen
Published 2017-05-01

A community-based cluster randomized controlled trial (cRCT) to evaluate the impact and operational assessment of “safe motherhood and newborn health promotion package”: study prot...

by Dewan Md. Emdadul Hoque, Mohiuddin Ahsanul Kabir Chowdhury, Ahmed Ehsanur Rahman, Sk. Masum Billah, Sanwarul Bari, Tazeen Tahsina, Mohammad Mehedi Hasan, Sajia Islam, Tajul Islam, Rintaro Mori, Shams El Arifeen
Published 2018-05-01

Revitalizing child health: lessons from the past

by Kathleen L. Strong, Jennifer Requejo, Ambrose Agweyu, Sk Masum Billah, Cynthia Boschi-Pinto, Sayaka Horiuchi, Zeina Jamaluddine, Marzia Lazzerini, Abdoulaye Maiga, Neil McKerrow, Melinda Munos, Joanna Schellenberg, Ralf Weigel
Published 2021-01-01

Setting up a maternal and newborn registry applying electronic platform: an experience from the Bangladesh site of the global network for women’s and children’s health

by Sk Masum Billah, Rashidul Haque, Atique Iqbal Chowdhury, Md Shahjahan Siraj, Qazi Sadequr Rahman, Tanvir Hossain, Asraful Alam, Masud Alam, Chelsea Marie, Beth McGrath, Shams El Arifeen, William A. Petri
Published 2020-11-01

An Association between Rainy Days with Clinical Dengue Fever in Dhaka, Bangladesh: Findings from a Hospital Based Study

by Kazi Mizanur Rahman, Yushuf Sharker, Reza Ali Rumi, Mahboob-Ul Islam Khan, Mohammad Sohel Shomik, Muhammad Waliur Rahman, Sk Masum Billah, Mahmudur Rahman, Peter Kim Streatfield, David Harley, Stephen P. Luby
Published 2020-12-01

A cross-sectional study of partograph utilization as a decision making tool for referral of abnormal labour in primary health care facilities of Bangladesh.

by Abdullah Nurus Salam Khan, Sk Masum Billah, Ishtiaq Mannan, Imteaz Ibne Mannan, Tahmina Begum, Marufa Aziz Khan, Munia Islam, S M Monirul Ahasan, Jebun Nessa Rahman, Joby George, Shams El Arifeen, Umme Salma Jahan Meena, Iftekhar Rashid, Joseph de Graft-Johnson
Published 2018-01-01

Maternal mortality in six low and lower-middle income countries from 2010 to 2018: risk factors and trends

by Melissa Bauserman, Vanessa R. Thorsten, Tracy L. Nolen, Jackie Patterson, Adrien Lokangaka, Antoinette Tshefu, Archana B. Patel, Patricia L. Hibberd, Ana L. Garces, Lester Figueroa, Nancy F. Krebs, Fabian Esamai, Paul Nyongesa, Edward A. Liechty, Waldemar A. Carlo, Elwyn Chomba, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Avinash Kavi, Richard J. Derman, Sarah Saleem, Saleem Jessani, Sk Masum Billah, Marion Koso-Thomas, Elizabeth M. McClure, Robert L. Goldenberg, Carl Bose
Published 2020-12-01