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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: The safety and immunogenicity data for Shanchol is promising and warrants future use in large scale trial in cholera endemic areas, high risk Bangladeshi population and in other countries in the region.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the association between household food security and subsequent growth of infants and young children in rural Bangladesh and found that household food-security was associated with greater subsequent weight and length gain in this cohort.
Abstract: Objective: Despite a strong relationship between household food security and the health and nutritional status of adults and older children, the association of household food security with the growth of infants and young children has not been adequately studied, particularly in developing countries. We examined the association between household food security and subsequent growth of infants and young children in rural Bangladesh. Design: We followed 1343 children from birth to 24 months of age who were born in the Maternal and Infant Nutrition Intervention in Matlab (MINIMat) study in rural Bangladesh. A food security scale was created from data collected on household food security from the mothers during pregnancy. Data on weight and length were collected monthly in the first year and quarterly in the second year of life. Anthropometric indices were calculated relative to the 2006 WHO child growth standards. Growth trajectories were modelled using multilevel models for change controlling for possible confounders. Results: Household food security was associated (P ,0?05) with greater subsequent weight and length gain in this cohort. Attained weight, length and anthropometric indices from birth to 24 months were higher (P ,0?001) among those who were in food-secure households. Proportions of underweight and stunting were significantly (P ,0?05) lower in food-secure households. Conclusions: These results suggest that household food security is a determinant of child growth in rural Bangladesh, and that it may be necessary to ensure food security of these poor rural households to prevent highly prevalent undernutrition in this population and in similar settings elsewhere in the world.
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TL;DR: Comparison of BDHS 1993/94 and 1996/97 cause‐specific mortality rates revealed that deaths due to almost all causes had declined, although significantly so only for acute respiratory infections (ARI), persistent diarrhoea and drowning.
Abstract: Knowledge of the causes of child death is important for health-sector planning since they relate to available interventions. Little is known about causes of child death in Bangladesh from the conventional sources since there is no vital registration system and very few deaths are attended by a qualified physician. To determine the cause structure of child deaths verbal autopsy interviews were conducted in the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS) 1993/94 national sample. Verbal autopsy is a method of finding out the causes of death based on an interview with the next of kin or other caregivers. Between BDHS 1993/94 and BDHS 1996/97 1–4-y-old child mortality in Bangladesh declined by about 27.0%. This impressive decline prompted a verbal autopsy study using the BDHS 1996/97 national sample to determine whether the cause structure had changed. The same verbal autopsy instrument and methods to collect the data and the same computer algorithm to assign causes of death were used in both surveys. Comparison of BDHS 1993/94 and 1996/97 cause-specific mortality rates revealed that deaths due to almost all causes had declined although significantly so only for acute respiratory infections (ARI) persistent diarrhoea and drowning. Deaths due to neonatal tetanus acute watery diarrhoea and undernutrition had not decreased at all. (authors)
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TL;DR: It is demonstrated that males are more susceptible than females to develop skin lesions when exposed to As in water from tube wells.
Abstract: The discovery of arsenic in drinking water in many areas of the world has caused widespread public health concern. Close to 100 million people in the world, including about 13 million in the United States, are chronically exposed to inorganic As [International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) 2004]. The As problem in Bangladesh is perhaps the most devastating, because about half of the total 6–11 million hand-pumped tube wells yield drinking water with As concentrations > 10 μg/L, the drinking-water guideline recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) [British Geological Survey (BGS) 2001; Smith et al. 2000].
Inorganic As is an established potent human carcinogen (IARC 2004). In addition, ingestion of As through drinking water has been implicated in several noncancer diseases, for example, peripheral vascular disease; hypertension; respiratory, neurologic, and liver disorders; and diabetes mellitus [IARC 2004; National Research Council (NRC) 2001; WHO/IPCS (International Programme on Chemical Safety) 2001]. Early effects of exposure to As in drinking water include pigmentation changes and hyperkeratosis (IARC 2004; Smith et al. 2000), which reportedly appear after 5–10 years of exposure (Guha Mazumder et al. 1998). These skin lesions may develop into more serious and disabling forms, including cancer (Guha Mazumder et al. 1998; Haque et al. 2003; IARC 2004; NRC 2001; Tondel et al. 1999; Tseng 1977; WHO/IPCS 2001). Because of the magnitude of the problem and the difficulties involved in mitigation (Jakariya et al. 2005), it is essential to identify risk groups in the population (NRC 2001). Numerous studies on As-related health effects have been performed, particularly in recent years. Still, few have focused on susceptibility factors.
Our ongoing studies on As-induced health effects in Matlab, Bangladesh, showed that the highest prevalence of As-induced skin lesions occurred in middle-aged men (Rahman et al. 2006), suggesting variation in susceptibility by sex and age. A few previous reports have indicated that men are more affected by As-related skin effects, including skin cancer, than women (Chen et al. 2003; Ferreccio et al. 2000; Guha Mazumder et al. 1998; Kadono et al. 2002; Tseng 1977; Watanabe et al. 2001), whereas other studies found women to be more susceptible than men (Ahmad et al. 1999) or did not identify any difference (Ahsan et al. 2000; Hadi and Parveen 2004; Tondel et al. 1999). However, none of these studies was designed to study differences between the sexes.
The present population-based case–referent study aims at determining the sex-specific risk of As-induced skin lesions in Matlab, Bangladesh, an area with high prevalence of elevated concentrations of As in tube-well water (Rahman et al. 2006). Further, it aims at assessing whether a start of exposure before 1 year of age compared with later periods is associated with a higher risk of developing the disease. We took advantage of the comprehensive ICDDR, B Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) in Matlab. By defining the study base as all people > 4 years of age who lived in the demographic surveillance area, the design allowed a novel approach to assess lifetime As exposure and evaluate sex- and age-related differences in risk of obtaining As-related skin effects.
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TL;DR: The efficacy of ferrous fumarate in iron fortification programs to prevent iron deficiency in young children should be evaluated.
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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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 |