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| Abdullahh BaquiSummaryAffiliation: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Country: USA Publications
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Effect of knowledge of community health workers on essential newborn health care: a study from rural IndiaPraween K Agrawal
International Planned Parenthood Federation South Asia Regional Office IPPF SARO, New Delhi, India
Health Policy Plan 27:115-26. 2012....- Population Health Metrics Research Consortium gold standard verbal autopsy validation study: design, implementation, and development of analysis datasetsChristopher Jl Murray
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, 2301 Fifth Ave, Suite 600, Seattle, WA 98121, USA
Popul Health Metr 9:27. 2011..abstract:.. - Factors affecting recruitment and retention of community health workers in a newborn care intervention in BangladeshSyed Moshfiqur Rahman
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland USA
Hum Resour Health 8:12. 2010..High rates of CHW attrition undermine programme effectiveness and potential for implementation at scale. We investigated reasons for high rates of CHW attrition in Sylhet District in north-eastern Bangladesh... - Assessment of the proportion of neonates and children in low and middle income countries with access to a healthcare facility: A systematic reviewAruna Chandran
Departments of International Health and Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University, 615 N, Wolfe Street, Suite E8622, Baltimore, MD 21205 USA
BMC Res Notes 4:536. 2011..abstract:.. - Process evaluation of a community-based intervention promoting multiple maternal and neonatal care practices in rural NepalRobert A McPherson
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 10:31. 2010..The booklet consists of illustrated messages presented on postcard-sized laminated cards that are joined by a ring. Pregnant women were encouraged to discuss booklet content with their families... - Impact of 4.0% chlorhexidine cleansing of the umbilical cord on mortality and omphalitis among newborns of Sylhet, Bangladesh: design of a community-based cluster randomized trialLuke C Mullany
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
BMC Pediatr 9:67. 2009..A previous trial in Nepal indicated that umbilical cord cleansing with 4.0% chlorhexidine could substantially reduce mortality and omphalitis risk, but policy changes await additional community-based data... - Zinc supplementation and serum zinc during diarrheaAbdullah H Baqui
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of International Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Indian J Pediatr 73:493-7. 2006..Zinc deficiency is very common in developing countries and is more pronounced during an episode of diarrhea. Supplementation with zinc improves diarrhea and might correct zinc deficiency in both the short and longer term... - Impact of an integrated nutrition and health programme on neonatal mortality in rural northern IndiaAbdullahh Baqui
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
Bull World Health Organ 86:796-804, A. 2008..To assess the impact of the newborn health component of a large-scale community-based integrated nutrition and health programme... - Effect of community-based newborn-care intervention package implemented through two service-delivery strategies in Sylhet district, Bangladesh: a cluster-randomised controlled trialAbdullah H Baqui
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
Lancet 371:1936-44. 2008..Therefore the project for advancing the health of newborns and mothers (Projahnmo) implemented a community-based intervention package through government and non-government organisation infrastructures to reduce neonatal mortality... - Newborn care in rural Uttar PradeshA H Baqui
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of International Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Indian J Pediatr 74:241-7. 2007..To describe selected newborn care practices related to cord care, thermal care and breastfeeding in rural Uttar Pradesh and to identify socio-demographic, antenatal and delivery care factors that are associated with these practices... - Rates, timing and causes of neonatal deaths in rural India: implications for neonatal health programmesA H Baqui
Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 615 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Bull World Health Organ 84:706-13. 2006..To assess the rates, timing and causes of neonatal deaths and the burden of stillbirths in rural Uttar Pradesh, India. We discuss the implications of our findings for neonatal interventions... - NGO facilitation of a government community-based maternal and neonatal health programme in rural India: improvements in equityAbdullah H Baqui
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Suite E 8138, 615 N Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Health Policy Plan 23:234-43. 2008..Programmes need to identify and address barriers to universal coverage and care utilization, particularly in the poorest segments of the population... - A population-based study of hospital admission incidence rate and bacterial aetiology of acute lower respiratory infections in children aged less than five years in BangladeshAbdullah H Baqui
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Heath, 615 N Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Health Popul Nutr 25:179-88. 2007..Future studies should use more sensitive methods and more systematically look for resistance patterns of other pathogens in addition to Hib and Spn... - Causes of childhood deaths in Bangladesh: an updateA H Baqui
Department of International Health, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Acta Paediatr 90:682-90. 2001..Neonatal tetanus and measles together account for about 10% of deaths in children under 5 y. Further improvements in child survival are possible by improving access to and quality of available child survival interventions... - Effectiveness of home-based management of newborn infections by community health workers in rural BangladeshAbdullah H Baqui
International Center for Advancing Neonatal Health, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 28:304-10. 2009..Infections account for about half of neonatal deaths in low-resource settings. Limited evidence supports home-based treatment of newborn infections by community health workers (CHW)... - Weekly iron supplementation does not block increases in serum zinc due to weekly zinc supplementation in Bangladeshi infantsAbdullah H Baqui
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of International Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
J Nutr 135:2187-91. 2005..Joint supplementation did not alter the individual effects of iron or zinc supplementation in these Bangladeshi children. However, the dosing regimen may not have been adequate to achieve the desired biochemical effects... - Levels, timing, and etiology of stillbirths in Sylhet district of BangladeshAbdullah H Baqui
Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 11:25. 2011..Our study objective was to estimate the levels, types, and causes of stillbirth in rural Sylhet district of Bangladesh... - Effect of zinc supplementation started during diarrhoea on morbidity and mortality in Bangladeshi children: community randomised trialAbdullah H Baqui
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Heath, 615 N Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
BMJ 325:1059. 2002..To evaluate the effect on morbidity and mortality of providing daily zinc for 14 days to children with diarrhoea... - Simultaneous weekly supplementation of iron and zinc is associated with lower morbidity due to diarrhea and acute lower respiratory infection in Bangladeshi infantsAbdullah H Baqui
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Nutr 133:4150-7. 2003..Intermittent simultaneous supplementation with iron + zinc seems promising; it will be useful to determine whether higher doses would provide greater benefits... - Can mothers recognize neonatal illness correctly? Comparison of maternal report and assessment by community health workers in rural BangladeshY Choi
Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Trop Med Int Health 15:743-53. 2010..To validate maternal recognition of neonatal illnesses at home compared to assessment by community health workers (CHWs) during routine household surveillance for neonatal illness in rural Bangladesh... - Zinc therapy for diarrhoea increased the use of oral rehydration therapy and reduced the use of antibiotics in Bangladeshi childrenAbdullah H Baqui
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Health Popul Nutr 22:440-2. 2004..In this trial, the availability of zinc supplements, along with ORT and appropriate education programmes, was associated with significantly higher use of ORT and lower use of antibiotics... - Community-based validation of assessment of newborn illnesses by trained community health workers in Sylhet district of BangladeshAbdullah H Baqui
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Trop Med Int Health 14:1448-56. 2009..To validate trained community health workers' recognition of signs and symptoms of newborn illnesses and classification of illnesses using a clinical algorithm during routine home visits in rural Bangladesh... - Effect of timing of first postnatal care home visit on neonatal mortality in Bangladesh: a observational cohort studyAbdullah H Baqui
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
BMJ 339:b2826. 2009..To assess the effect of the timing of first postnatal home visit by community health workers on neonatal mortality... - Effectiveness of Haemophilus influenzae type B conjugate vaccine on prevention of pneumonia and meningitis in Bangladeshi children: a case-control studyAbdullah H Baqui
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 26:565-71. 2007..Few Asian countries have introduced Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) conjugate vaccine because of its cost and uncertainty regarding disease burden... - Low-dose weekly supplementation of iron and/or zinc does not affect growth among Bangladeshi infantsC L Fischer Walker
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Eur J Clin Nutr 63:87-92. 2009.... - Validation of accuracy and community acceptance of the BIRTHweigh III scale for categorizing newborn weight in rural IndiaG L Darmstadt
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
J Perinatol 27:602-8. 2007..To determine the accuracy and acceptability of a handheld scale prototype designed for nonliterate users to classify newborns into three weight categories (>or=2,500 g; 2,000 to 2,499 g; and <2,000 g)... - Community perceptions of birth weight in rural Uttar Pradesh, India: implications for care of low-birth-weight infantsG L Darmstadt
Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Perinatol 28:S53-60. 2008.... - Supplementing iron and zinc: double blind, randomized evaluation of separate or combined deliveryS Chang
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD, USA
Eur J Clin Nutr 64:153-60. 2010..The optimal delivery approach would maximize clinical benefits of both nutrients. We studied the effectiveness of different iron and zinc supplement delivery approaches to improve diarrhea and anemia in a rural Bangladesh population... - Introduction of community-based skin-to-skin care in rural Uttar Pradesh, IndiaG L Darmstadt
Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 615 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Perinatol 26:597-604. 2006..STSC may be of benefit for all newborns and for many mothers as well. New approaches are needed for introduction of STSC in the community compared to the hospital... - Feasibility of community neonatal death audits in rural Uttar Pradesh, IndiaZ Patel
Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Perinatol 27:556-64. 2007..This research was conducted in Uttar Pradesh, India, to investigate the feasibility and cultural acceptability of community neonatal death audits... - Ascertaining causes of neonatal deaths using verbal autopsy: current methods and challengesN Thatte
Department of International Health, International Center for Advancing Neonatal Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Perinatol 29:187-94. 2009..We aimed to: (1) review current neonatal VA methods, (2) identify gaps and limitations, (3) illustrate some limitations using VA data and (4) identify new approaches in methodology and analysis... - Vitamin D status and acute lower respiratory infection in early childhood in Sylhet, BangladeshD E Roth
Department of International Health, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Acta Paediatr 99:389-93. 2010..Micronutrient deficiencies may increase the risk of ALRI. A case-control study was conducted to assess the association between vitamin D status and ALRI in rural Bangladesh... - Delivery-related complications and early postpartum morbidity in Dhaka, BangladeshN Fronczak
ORCMacro, Calverton, MD, USA
Int J Gynaecol Obstet 91:271-8. 2005..Information on delivery practices that contribute to morbidity and factors that influence appropriate care seeking is needed... - Diarrhoea and malnutrition in childrenAbdullah H Baqui
BMJ 332:378. 2006 - Comparison of antibiotic resistance and serotype composition of carriage and invasive pneumococci among Bangladeshi children: implications for treatment policy and vaccine formulationSamir K Saha
Department of Microbiology, Dhaka Shishu Children Hospital, Bagladesh Institute of Child Health, Dhaka, Bangladesh
J Clin Microbiol 41:5582-7. 2003.... - Local understandings of vulnerability and protection during the neonatal period in Sylhet District, Bangladesh: a qualitative studyPeter J Winch
Project to Advance the Health of Newborns and Mothers PROJAHNMO, Sylhet, Bangladesh
Lancet 366:478-85. 2005..We describe the organisation of the neonatal period in Sylhet District, Bangladesh, the perceived threats to the well-being of neonates, and the ways in which families seek to protect them... - Invasive Haemophilus influenzae type B diseases in Bangladesh, with increased resistance to antibioticsSamir K Saha
Department of Microbiology, Dhaka Shishu Children Hospital, Bangladesh Institute of Child Health, Dhaka, Bangladesh
J Pediatr 146:227-33. 2005.... - Iron and zinc supplementation promote motor development and exploratory behavior among Bangladeshi infantsMaureen M Black
Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 80:903-10. 2004..Iron and zinc deficiency are prevalent during infancy in low-income countries... - Death from drowning: defining a new challenge for child survival in BangladeshAdnan A Hyder
Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Inj Control Saf Promot 10:205-10. 2003..This paper calls on aid agencies to create opportunities for drowning research and action in their work plans for the country... - Synergistic effect of zinc and vitamin A on the biochemical indexes of vitamin A nutrition in childrenMohammad M Rahman
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Am J Clin Nutr 75:92-8. 2002..05). CONCLUSION: Combined zinc and vitamin A supplementation improves vitamin A nutriture in vitamin A-deficient children... - Short-term supplementation with zinc and vitamin A has no significant effect on the growth of undernourished Bangladeshi childrenMohammad M Rahman
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Am J Clin Nutr 75:87-91. 2002..Several vitamin A supplementation trials have failed to improve the growth rate in children. Addition of zinc to vitamin A might result in enhanced growth... - Patterns of maternal care seeking behaviours in rural BangladeshAllisyn C Moran
Project for Advancing Health of Newborns and Mothers PROJAHNMO, Sylhet, Bangladesh
Trop Med Int Health 12:823-32. 2007..This study examined definitions of care seeking for maternal health complications used by families in rural Bangladesh, and the frequency and determinants of locally-defined care seeking practices... - Effect of community-based behaviour change management on neonatal mortality in Shivgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India: a cluster-randomised controlled trialVishwajeet Kumar
International Center for Advancing Neonatal Health, Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
Lancet 372:1151-62. 2008..We developed an intervention of behaviour change management, with a focus on prevention of hypothermia, aimed at modifying practices and reducing neonatal mortality... - Detection of antigenuria for diagnosis of invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b diseaseSamir K Saha
Department of Microbiology, Dhaka Shishu Children s Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Ann Trop Paediatr 26:329-36. 2006..Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) diseases are responsible for an estimated 400,000 childhood deaths, mostly in developing countries... - Treating severe pneumonia in children: we can do betterShams El Arifeen
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR, B, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh
Lancet 371:7-8. 2008 - Childhood drowning in low- and middle-income countries: Urgent need for intervention trialsAdnan A Hyder
Department of International Health and Center for Injury Research and Policy, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA
J Paediatr Child Health 44:221-7. 2008..This paper specifically discusses Bangladesh as a case study and proposes a drowning intervention study focusing on children less than 5 years in LMICs as an example of appropriate research investment... - Molecular basis of resistance displayed by highly ciprofloxacin-resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi in BangladeshSamir K Saha
Department of Microbiology, Bangladesh Institute of Child Health, Dhaka Shishu Children Hospital, Dhaka 1207, Bangladesh
J Clin Microbiol 44:3811-3. 2006..The isolation of these strains in an area of high endemicity indicates the need for continuous surveillance of antibiotic resistance of S. enterica serovar Typhi and for the rationalized use of ciprofloxacin... - Trends in use of referral hospital services for care of sick newborns in a community-based intervention in Tangail District, BangladeshSanwarul Bari
ICDDR, B, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
J Health Popul Nutr 24:519-29. 2006.... - Sex and socioeconomic differentials in child health in rural Bangladesh: findings from a baseline survey for evaluating Integrated Management of Childhood IllnessShams El Arifeen
ICDDR, B, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
J Health Popul Nutr 26:22-35. 2008.... - Care at first-level facilities for children with severe pneumonia in Bangladesh: a cohort studyEnayet K Chowdhury
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh ICDDR, B Dhaka, Bangladesh
Lancet 372:822-30. 2008.... - Asthma in rural Bangladeshi childrenKhalequz Zaman
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Indian J Pediatr 74:539-43. 2007..The study aims to determine the prevalence of wheezing and its association with environmental and host factors... - Does age affect the response to zinc therapy for diarrhoea in Bangladeshi infants?Christa L Fischer Walker
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 North Wolfe Street, Room E5543, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Health Popul Nutr 26:105-9. 2008..Additional research is needed to better understand the effect of zinc for the treatment of diarrhoea among infants aged less than six months... - Direct detection of the multidrug resistance genome of Haemophilus influenzae in cerebrospinal fluid of children: implications for treatment of meningitisSamir K Saha
Department of Microbiology, Dhaka Shishu Children Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Pediatr Infect Dis J 27:49-53. 2008..This is worsened by use of prior antibiotics, which limits identification of the causative agent by culture and increases reliance on antigen detection... - Depressive symptoms among rural Bangladeshi mothers: implications for infant developmentMaureen M Black
Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
J Child Psychol Psychiatry 48:764-72. 2007.... - Early-life determinants of stunted adolescent girls and boys in Matlab, BangladeshAlinda M Bosch
Department of Population and Development, Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute, The Hague, The Netherlands
J Health Popul Nutr 26:189-99. 2008..Following these cut-off points, 83% and 23% of 16-year-old girls in this study would face obstetric risk, respectively, for weight and height if they marry and become pregnant soon... - The dangers of childhoodAndres de Francisco
Lancet 361:86. 2003 - Association between age at menarche and early-life nutritional status in rural BangladeshAlinda M Bosch
Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute, The Netherlands
J Biosoc Sci 40:223-37. 2008..A 'late' menarche due to stunting may be detrimental for reproductive health in case of early childbearing because of the association between height and pelvic size... - Supplementation with zinc, but not vitamin A, improves seroconversion to vibriocidal antibody in children given an oral cholera vaccineM John Albert
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
J Infect Dis 187:909-13. 2003..Thus, supplementation with zinc improves seroconversion to vibriocidal antibody and, hence, has the potential to improve the efficacy of oral cholera vaccine in children...
Research Grants
- Maternal genitourinary infections and adverse perinatal outcomesAbdullah Hel Baqui; Fiscal Year: 2010..This project will help formulate public health recommendations for the screening and treatment of maternal GU infections in pregnancy and the prevention of associated perinatal morbidities in developing countries. ..