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Knowledge and Acceptance of Human Papillomavirus Vaccine for Cervical Cancer Prevention Among Urban Professional Women in Bangladesh: A Mixed Method Study
(BioResearch Open Access, 2018)Prophylactic human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination is the most effective preventive method against invasive cervical cancer, the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths among women in Bangladesh. Evidence on women’s ... -
A community-based cluster randomized controlled trial (cRCT) to evaluate the impact and operational assessment of “safe motherhood and newborn health promotion package”: study protocol
(BMC Public Health, 2018)Background: Despite considerable progress in reduction of both under-five and maternal mortality in recent decades, Bangladesh is still one of the low and middle income countries with high burden of maternal and neonatal ... -
Report on Demographic profiling and needs assessment of maternal and child health (MCH) care for the Rohingya refugee population in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh
(2018)Introduction: The number of forcibly displaced people labelled as refugees across the world have grown rapidly since the last few decades. The most recent inclusion being the Rohingya diasporas of Myanmar who have been ... -
Initiation of breastfeeding within one hour of birth and its determinants among normal vaginal deliveries at primary and secondary health facilities in Bangladesh: A case- observation study
(PLOS ONE, 2018)Background Initiation of breastfeeding within one hour of birth can avert 22% of newborn mortality. Sev- eral factors influence breastfeeding practice including mothers’ socio-demographic and obstetric characteristics, ... -
Quality of care during childbirth at public health facilities in Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study using WHO/ UNICEF ‘Every Mother Every Newborn (EMEN)’ standards
(BMJ, 2019)Background This manuscript presents findings from a baseline assessment of health facilities in Bangladesh prior to the implementation of the ‘Every Mother Every Newborn Quality Improvement’ initiative. Methodology A ... -
Child marriage: historical reality around the globe and in Bangladesh – A literature review
(Archives of Psychology, 2018)Child marriage, defined as marriage before 18 years, is a reality for more than 60 million women worldwide. This is more prevalent in developing countries including Bangladesh. Although the uni- versal age for the ... -
Quality of Care for the Maternal Complications at Selected Primary and Secondary Health Facilities of Bangladesh: Lessons Learned from a Formative Research
(International Scholarly and Scientific Research & Innovation, 2018)After having astounding achievements in reducing maternal mortality and achieving the target for Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 5, the Government of Bangladesh has set new target to reduce Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) ... -
Competence of healthcare professionals in diagnosing and managing obstetric complications and conducting neonatal care: a clinical vignette-based assessment in district and subdistrict hospitals in northern Bangladesh
(BMJ, 2018)Background This study assesses the competency of maternal and neonatal health (MNH) professionals at district-level and subdistrict-level health facilities in northern Bangladesh in managing maternal and newborn complications ...
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