International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, 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.

An educational intervention for altering water-sanitation behaviors to reduce childhood diarrhea in urban bangladesh i. application of the case-control method for development of an intervention

Abstract: A case-control study was performed to develop an empirically based intervention for improving water sanitation practices and rates of childhood diarrhea among families residing in urban Bangladesh. For 3 months fortnightly histories of diarrhea were taken for all children under age 6 among 1350 families to estimate age-specific rates of diarrhea in the population. A total of 247 randomly sampled families termed sentinel families were visited once during the study for prolonged observations of water sanitation practices. Behaviors potentially affecting incidence of diarrhea were compared in a case group (n=45) defined as sentinel families whose children had rates at least 1.7 times the rates expected for similarly aged children and in a control group (n=53) defined as sentinel families without any episodes of childhood diarrhea during the period of observation. 3 practices differentiated the 2 groups: more control (82%) than case (53%) mothers who were observed to prepare food washed their hands before beginning the preparation (p 0.01); fewer control families (33%) than case families (80%) had ambulatory children who when observed to defecate did so in the familys living area (p 0.01); and fewer control (30%) than case (47%) families had children who were observed to place garbage or waste products in their mouth (p 0.10). Focus on these 3 empiric associations enabled the design of a community-specific educational intervention which is simple in construction and based upon naturally occurring financially feasible salutary practices. (authors)

Teenage motherhood and infant mortality in Bangladesh: maternal age-dependent effect of parity one.

Abstract: Nuptiality norms in rural Bangladesh favour birth during the teenage years. An appreciable proportion of teenage births are, in fact, second births. This study examines the relationship between teenage fertility and high infant mortality. It is hypothesized that if physiological immaturity is responsible, then the younger the mother, the higher would be the mortality risk, and the effect of mother's 'teenage' on mortality in infancy, particularly in the neonatal period, would be higher for the second than the first births. Vital events recorded by the longitudinal demographic surveillance system in Matlab, Bangladesh, in 1990-92 were used. Logistic regression was used to estimate the effects on early and late neonatal (0-3 days and 4-28 days respectively) and post-neonatal mortality of the following variables: mother's age at birth, parity, education and religion, sex of the child, household economic status and exposure to a health intervention programme. The younger the mother, the higher were the odds of her child dying as a neonate, and the odds were higher for second children than first children of teenage mothers. First-born children were at higher odds of dying in infancy than second births if mothers were in their twenties. Unfavourable mother's socioeconomic conditions were weakly, but significantly, associated with higher odds of dying during late neonatal and post-neonatal periods. The results suggest that physical immaturity may be of major importance in determining the relationship between teenage fertility and high neonatal mortality.

ABO blood groups and cholera: new observations on specificity of risk and modification of vaccine efficacy.

Abstract: La protection notablement plus faible de cholera grave observe chez les receveurs du groupe O de vaccins oraux tues contre le cholera montre bien que les distinctions genetiques peuvent expliquer les variations importantes de l'efficacite des vaccins et que les groupes sanguins ABO doivent etre ajoutes a la liste des sous-groupes epidemiologiques pour l'evaluation de l'efficacite des vaccins dans les futurs essais sur le terrain des vaccins contre le cholera

Nature of domestic violence against women in a rural area of Bangladesh: implication for preventive interventions.

Abstract: This paper reports finding from a study carried out in a remote rural area of Bangladesh during December 2000. Nineteen key informants were interviewed for collecting data on domestic violence against women. Each key informant provided information about 10 closest neighbouring ever-married women covering a total of 190 women. The questionnaire included information about frequency of physical violence, verbal abuse, and other relevant information, including background characteristics of the women and their husbands. 50.5% of the women were reported to be battered by their husbands and 2.1% by other family members. Beating by the husband was negatively related with age of husband: the odds of beating among women with husbands aged less than 30 years were six times of those with husbands aged 50 years or more. Members of micro-credit societies also had higher odds of being beaten than non-members. The paper discusses the possibility of community-centred interventions by raising awareness about the violation of human rights issues and other legal and psychological consequences to prevent domestic violence against women.

Partially hydrolyzed guar gum-supplemented oral rehydration solution in the treatment of acute diarrhea in children.

Abstract: BackgroundPartially hydrolyzed guar gum (Benefiber; Novartis Nutrition, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.) is fermented by colonic bacteria liberating short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), which accelerate colonic absorption of salt and water. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of Benefib