A5087539637- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Birth, Development, and Health
- Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies
- Iron Metabolism and Disorders
- Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- Infant Nutrition and Health
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
- Pregnancy and Medication Impact
- COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Arsenic contamination and mitigation
- Folate and B Vitamins Research
- Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology
- ICT in Developing Communities
- Maternal and fetal healthcare
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Global Health and Epidemiology
- Gestational Diabetes Research and Management
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy
- Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
Johns Hopkins University
2016-2025
Child Health Research Foundation
2013-2025
Bangladesh University
2017-2024
Begum Rokeya University
2023
National Institutes of Health
2015
Bloomberg (United States)
2014
Mahidol University
2014
Globally, 149 million children under 5 years of age are estimated to be stunted (length more than 2 standard deviations below international growth standards)
Abstract Growth faltering in children (low length for age or low weight length) during the first 1,000 days of life (from conception to 2 years age) influences short-term and long-term health survival 1,2 . Interventions such as nutritional supplementation pregnancy postnatal period could help prevent growth faltering, but programmatic action has been insufficient eliminate high burden stunting wasting low- middle-income countries. Identification windows population subgroups on which focus...
Maternal micronutrient deficiencies may adversely affect fetal and infant health, yet there is insufficient evidence of effects on these outcomes to guide antenatal supplementation in South Asia.To assess multiple vs iron-folic acid 6-month mortality adverse birth outcomes.Cluster randomized, double-masked trial Bangladesh, with pregnancy surveillance starting December 4, 2007, recruitment January 11, 2008. Six-month follow-up ended August 30, 2012. Surveillance included 127,282 women;...
Maternal vitamin A deficiency is a public health concern in the developing world. Its prevention may improve maternal and infant survival.To assess efficacy of or beta carotene supplementation reducing pregnancy-related mortality.Cluster randomized, double-masked, placebo-controlled trial among pregnant women 13 to 45 years age their live-born infants 12 weeks (84 days) postpartum rural northern Bangladesh between 2001 2007. Interventions Five hundred ninety-six community clusters (study...
Background: Growth faltering in the first 2 years of life is high South Asia where prevalence stunting estimated at 40–50%. Although nutrition counselling has shown modest benefits, few intervention trials food supplementation exist showing improvements growth and prevention stunting. Methods: A cluster-randomized controlled trial was conducted rural Bangladesh to test effect two local, ready-to-use foods (chickpea rice-lentil based) a fortified blended (wheat-soy-blend++, WSB++) compared...
Antenatal multiple micronutrient (MM) supplementation improves birth outcomes relative to iron–folic acid (IFA) in developing countries, but limited data exist on its impact pregnancy status. We assessed the efficacy of a daily MM (15 nutrients) compared with IFA supplement, each providing approximately 1 RDA nutrients and given beginning at ascertainment, late status women rural Bangladesh. Secondarily, we explored other contributors Within double-masked trial (JiVitA-3) among 44,500...
We had a unique opportunity to examine demographic determinants of household mobile phone ownership in rural Bangladesh using socioeconomic data collected as part multiyear longitudinal cohort study married women reproductive age.This paper explores how the demographics owners have changed over time representative population Bangladesh.We present between 2008 and 2011 on related characteristics including age, literacy, education, employment, electricity access, wealth among 35,306...
Environmental enteric dysfunction (EED) may inhibit growth and development in low- middle-income countries, but available assessment methodologies limit its study. In rural Bangladesh, we measured EED using the widely used lactulose mannitol ratio (L:M) test a panel of intestinal systemic health biomarkers to evaluate convergence among describe risk factors for EED.In 539 18-month-old children finishing participation randomized food supplementation trial, serum, stool, urine collected after...
In rural Bangladesh, more than 75% of all births occur at home in the absence skilled birth attendants. Population-based data are lacking on burden and risk factors for obstetric complications settings with low rates institutional delivery. We sought to describe prevalence reported analyze near misses, using from a representative, setting Bangladesh. This study utilized existing 42,214 pregnant women enrolled micronutrient supplementation cohort trial between 2007 2011 northwest Based...
Low- and middle-income countries often have limited resources, underdeveloped health systems scarce knowledge of autism spectrum disorder. The objectives this preliminary study were to develop adapt intervention materials train a native clinician implement community-based parent-mediated behavioural in rural Gaibandha, Bangladesh. Intervention support parents' use strategies developed refined by US experts Bangladesh field experts. Study investigators trained child psychologist developmental...
Abstract Background Measurement of antenatal care (ANC) service coverage is often limited to the number contacts or type providers, reflecting a gap in assessment quality as well cost estimations and health impact. The study aims determine subcomponents provider patient costs ANC services compares them between community (i.e. satellite clinics) facility primary secondary centers) settings rural Bangladesh. Methods Service contents data were collected by one researcher four interviewers...
We aimed to understand the mortality risks of vulnerable newborns (defined as preterm and/or born weighing smaller or larger compared a standard population), in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).Descriptive multi-country, secondary analysis individual-level study data babies since 2000.Sixteen subnational, population-based studies from nine LMICs sub-Saharan Africa, Southern Eastern Asia, Latin America.Live birth neonates.We categorically defined five newborn types based on size...
Background: Childhood undernutrition may have prenatal origins, and the impact of interventions on postnatal growth is not well known. Objective: We assessed effects multiple micronutrient (MM) supplementation child cognitive development. Design: In a cluster-randomized controlled trial in rural Bangladesh, MM compared with iron-folic acid (IFA) was examined for its longitudinally from birth up to 24 mo age (n = 8529) and, subsample 734), function at by use Bayley scales infant toddler...
Abstract Objective The objective of the current analysis was to explore association multiple micronutrients with Hb concentration among pregnant women in a South Asian setting, topic that has not been adequately explored. Design Sociodemographic, anthropometric and micronutrient status (plasma ferritin, transferrin receptor, retinol, α- γ-tocopherol, folate, vitamin B 12 , Zn) were assessed at early pregnancy. Setting biochemical sub-study nested within double-blind, placebo-controlled,...
In communities with low rates of institutional delivery, little data exist on care-seeking behavior for potentially life-threatening obstetric complications. this analysis, we sought to describe patterns self-reported complications and near misses in rural Bangladesh identify factors associated care seeking these conditions.Utilizing from a community-randomized controlled trial enrolling 42,214 pregnant women between 2007 2011, used multivariable multinomial logistic regression explore the...