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International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Facility•Dhaka, Bangladesh•
About: International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh is a facility organization based out in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Vibrio cholerae. The organization has 3103 authors who have published 5238 publications receiving 226880 citations. The organization is also known as: SEATO Cholera Research Laboratory & Bangladesh International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research.
Topics: Population, Vibrio cholerae, Cholera, Diarrhea, Health care
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TL;DR: Bangladesh currently has a population approaching 150 million and will add another 100 million before stabilizing, unless fertility can soon drop below replacement level, a very challenging situation for an agricultural society.
Abstract: Bangladesh currently has a population approaching 150 million and will add another 100 million before stabilizing, unless fertility can soon drop below replacement level. This level of fertility decline will require a change in marriage patterns, which have been minimal so far, even with increasing female schooling. It would also benefit from a long-awaited shift to long-term contraception. In addition to the consequence of huge population size, the density of population is already five times that of any other ‘mega’ country (>100 million), a very challenging situation for an agricultural society. Most of the future growth will be urban, increasingly in slums. Numbers of young people will not increase, but numbers of older people will increase 10-fold this century, creating a large burden on the health system, especially for chronic illnesses. High density of population means that agricultural land is virtually saturated, with very limited capacity to expand food production. Climate change may have dramatic impacts on agriculture, through flooding and drought resulting from weather changes and geopolitical influences on transborder rivers. Rising sea-levels and consequent salinity will affect crops and require shifts to alternative land use. Serious long-term planning is needed for meeting the growing needs of the population, both for distribution and consumption. Key words: Ageing; Age factor; Child survival; Climate change; Family planning; Fertility; Population growth; Urbanization; Bangladesh
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TL;DR: A longitudinal study of diarrhea in rural Bangladesh found that sequential infection may be a cause of persistent diarrhea, and no more than 15% of children had the same class of pathogen identified from stool on both days 1-3 and days 15-17, indicating that persistent infection was uncommon.
Abstract: A longitudinal study of diarrhea was carried out from May 1988 to April 1989 by household surveillance of 705 children less than 5 years old in rural Bangladesh. Stool samples were examined for enteric pathogens at the beginning of each diarrheal episode. For persistent episodes, stool examination was repeated on days 15-17 of the illness. For each case of persistent diarrhea, stool samples from age-matched acute diarrheal and healthy controls were examined. Compared with healthy controls, cases of diarrhea were associated with Shigella species (P = .07) and rotavirus (P less than .05). Diffusely adherent Escherichia coli (P less than .05) and cryptosporidia (P = .07) were the only enteropathogens associated with persistent diarrhea in comparison with acute diarrhea. No more than 15% of children had the same class of pathogen identified from stool on both days 1-3 and days 15-17, indicating that persistent infection was uncommon. However, a different enteropathogen was frequently found on days 15-17, suggesting that sequential infection may be a cause of persistent diarrhea.
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TL;DR: The present study is the first to show that the well documented higher risk for men to develop arsenic-related skin lesions compared to women is mainly explained by the less efficient methylation of arsenic, as defined by a higher fraction of MA and lower fraction of DMA in the urine, among men.
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Boston Children's Hospital1, Harvard University2, Johns Hopkins University3, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences4, University of Ghana5, University of Indonesia6, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh7, University of Tampere8, Aga Khan University9, UCL Institute for Global Health10, University of California, Davis11, University of Copenhagen12, College of Health Sciences, Bahrain13, University College of Medical Sciences14, Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp15, Ghent University16, University of Malawi17, Food and Agriculture Organization18, Uppsala University19, Emory University20, UNICEF21, Xi'an Jiaotong University22
TL;DR: Antenatal multiple micronutrient supplements improved survival for female neonates and provided greater birth-outcome benefits for infants born to undernourished and anaemic pregnant women.
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TL;DR: The study findings provide a better understanding of the reasons for preference for home delivery with TBA among this population and can inform policy makers and program implementers to adopt socially and culturally appropriate interventions that can improve deliveries with skilled attendants and thus contribute to the reduction of maternal and neonatal mortality and morbidity in rural Bangladesh.
Abstract: Background and Objectives Although Bangladesh has made significant progress in reducing maternal and child mortality in the last decade, childbirth assisted by skilled attendants has not increased as much as expected. An objective of the Bangladesh National Strategy for Maternal Health 2014–2024 is to reduce maternal mortality to 50/100,000 live births. It also aims to increase deliveries with skilled birth attendants to more than 80% which remains a great challenge, especially in rural areas. This study explores the underlying factors for the major reliance on home delivery with Traditional Birth Attendants (TBA) in rural areas of Bangladesh. Methods This was a qualitative cross-sectional study. Data were collected between December 2012 and February 2013 in Sunamganj district of Sylhet division and data collection methods included key informant interviews (KII) with stakeholders; formal and informal health service providers and health managers; and in-depth interviews (IDI) with community women to capture a range of information. Key questions were asked of all the study participants to explore the question of why women and their families prefer home delivery by TBA and to identify the factors associated with this practice in the local community. Results The study shows that home delivery by TBAs remain the first preference for pregnant women. Poverty is the most frequently cited reason for preferring home delivery with a TBA. Other major reasons include; traditional views, religious fallacy, poor road conditions, limited access of women to decision making in the family, lack of transportation to reach the nearest health facility. Apart from these, community people also prefer home delivery due to lack of knowledge and awareness about service delivery points, fear of increased chance of having a caesarean delivery at hospital, and lack of female doctors in the health care facilities. Conclusions The study findings provide us a better understanding of the reasons for preference for home delivery with TBA among this population. These identified factors can inform policy makers and program implementers to adopt socially and culturally appropriate interventions that can improve deliveries with skilled attendants and thus contribute to the reduction of maternal and neonatal mortality and morbidity in rural Bangladesh.
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Stanley Falkow | 134 | 349 | 62461 |
Myron M. Levine | 123 | 789 | 60865 |
Roger I. Glass | 116 | 474 | 49151 |
Robert F. Breiman | 105 | 473 | 43927 |
Harry B. Greenberg | 100 | 433 | 34941 |
Barbara J. Stoll | 100 | 390 | 42107 |
Andrew M. Prentice | 99 | 550 | 46628 |
Robert H. Gilman | 96 | 903 | 43750 |
Robert E. Black | 92 | 201 | 56887 |
Johan Ärnlöv | 91 | 386 | 90490 |
Juan Jesus Carrero | 89 | 522 | 66970 |
John D. Clemens | 89 | 506 | 28981 |
William A. Petri | 85 | 507 | 26906 |
Toshifumi Hibi | 82 | 808 | 28674 |
David A. Sack | 80 | 437 | 23320 |