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Rubana Islam
Researcher at University of New South Wales
Publications - 19
Citations - 421
Rubana Islam is an academic researcher from University of New South Wales. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health care & eHealth. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 16 publications receiving 283 citations. Previous affiliations of Rubana Islam include International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh.
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eHealth and mHealth initiatives in Bangladesh: A scoping study
TL;DR: Bangladesh needs considerable preparation and planning to sustain eHealth and mHealth initiatives successfully and additional formative and operational research is essential to explore the true potential of the technology.
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Who serves the urban poor? A geospatial and descriptive analysis of health services in slum settlements in Dhaka, Bangladesh
TL;DR: A spatial analysis of health service supply in poor urban settlements in Dhaka emphasizes the importance of taking the informal private sector into account in efforts to increase effective coverage of quality services.
E-health and M-Health in Bangladesh: Opportunities and Challenges
Tanvir Ahmed,Gerald Bloom,Mohammad Iqbal,Henry Lucas,Sabrina Rasheed,Linda Waldman,Azfar Sadun Khan,Rubana Islam,Abbas Bhuiya +8 more
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Impact of traffic variability on geographic accessibility to 24/7 emergency healthcare for the urban poor: A GIS study in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
TL;DR: It is shown that under congested traffic conditions only 12% of slums in Dhaka City Corporation comply with Bangladesh’s policy guidelines that call for access to 1 health service per 50,000 population for most emergency service types, and not a single slum achieved this target for Burn Units.
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The influence of travel time on emergency obstetric care seeking behavior in the urban poor of Bangladesh: a GIS study
Rocco Panciera,Akib Mahmud Khan,Syed Jafar Raza Rizvi,Shakil Ahmed,Tanvir Ahmed,Tanvir Ahmed,Rubana Islam,Alayne M. Adams +7 more
TL;DR: Geospatial evidence points to the need to strengthen referral and emergency transport systems in order to reduce urban travel time, and establish or relocate EmOC facilities closer to where the poor reside, but female education and antenatal care coverage remain the most important determinants of facility delivery.