Abdullah H. Baqui

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 trial (2009)

Mullany, Luke C, El Arifeen, Shams, Winch, Peter J, Shah, Rasheduzzaman, Mannan, Ishtiaq, Rahman, Syed M, ...

Abstract Background The World Health Organization recommends dry cord care for newborns but this recommendation may not be optimal in low resource settings where most births take place in an unclean...

Gender Differences in Perception and Care-seeking for Illness of Newborns in Rural Uttar Pradesh, India (2009)

Willis, Jeffrey R., Kumar, Vishwajeet, Mohanty, Saroj, Singh, Pramod, Singh, Vivek, Baqui, Abdullah H., ...

Although gender-based health disparities are prevalent in India, very little data are available on care-seeking patterns for newborns. In total, 255 mothers were prospectively interviewed about their...

Early-life Determinants of Stunted Adolescent Girls and Boys in Matlab, Bangladesh (2008)

Bosch, Alinda M., Baqui, Abdullah H., Van Ginneken, Jeroen K.

This paper presents the results of a longitudinal study, conducted in Matlab, Bangladesh, that examined to what extent the level of stunting in adolescence can be predicted by nutritional status in...

Iron and zinc supplementation promote motor development and exploratory behavior among Bangladeshi infants 1–3 (2008)

Maureen M Black, Abdullah H Baqui, K Zaman, Lars Ake Persson, Shams El Arifeen, Katherine Le, ...

Background: Iron and zinc deficiency are prevalent during infancy in low-income countries. Objectives: The objectives were to examine whether a weekly supplement of iron, zinc, iron�zinc, or a...

Sex and Socioeconomic Differentials in Child Health in Rural Bangladesh: Findings from a Baseline Survey for Evaluating Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (2008)

El Arifeen, Shams, Baqui, Abdullah H., Victora, Cesar G., Black, Robert E., Bryce, Jennifer, Hoque, D.M.E., ...

This paper reports on a population-based sample survey of 2,289 children aged less than five years (under-five children) conducted in 2000 as a baseline for the Bangladesh component of the...

Does Age Affect the Response to Zinc Therapy for Diarrhoea in Bangladeshi Infants? (2008)

Walker, Christa L. Fischer, Black, Robert E., Baqui, Abdullah H.

The benefit of zinc for the treatment of diarrhoea in a cluster-randomized trial of children, aged 3-59 months, living in rural Bangladesh was previously reported. Here, the benefits of zinc...

NGO facilitation of a government community-based maternal and neonatal health programme in rural India: improvements in equity (2008)

Baqui, Abdullah H, Rosecrans, Amanda M, Williams, Emma K, Agrawal, Praween K, Ahmed, Saifuddin, Darmstadt, Gary L, ...

Socio-economic disparities in health have been well documented around the world. This study examines whether NGO facilitation of the government's community-based health programme improved the equity...

Birth Interval and Risk of Stillbirth or Neonatal Death: Findings from Rural North India (2008)

Williams, Emma K., Hossain, Mian B., Sharma, Ravendra K., Kumar, Vishwajeet, Pandey, Chandra M., Baqui, Abdullah H.

Short birth intervals have been associated with adverse birth outcomes. This study examines the association between preceding interval and risk of stillbirth or neonatal death in rural north India (n...

Evaluation of a DNA probe to identify enteroaggregative escherichia coli from children with diarrhoea in Bangladesh (2007)

Faruque, Shah M., Haider, Khaleda, Rahman, M. Monzur, Baqui, Abdullah H., Ahmad, Qazi S., ...

Six hundred and seventy-five Escherichia coti isolates obtained from 225 diarrhoeal children less than five years of age were tested for adherence to HeLa cells and for hybridisation with DNA probes...

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 Bangladesh (2007)

Baqui, Abdullah H., Rahman, Mahbubur, Zaman, K., El Arifeen, Shams, Chowdhury, Hafizur Rahman, Begum, Nazma, ...

The research was carried out to study the rate of population-based hospital admissions due to acute lower respiratory infections (ALRIs) and bacterial aetiology of ALRIs in children aged less than...

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 Bangladesh (2007)

Baqui, Abdullah H., Rahman, Mahbubur, Zaman, K., Arifeen, Shams El, Chowdhury, Hafizur Rahman, Begum, Nazma, ...

The research was carried out to study the rate of population-based hospital admissions due to acute lower respiratory infections (ALRIs) and bacterial aetiology of ALRIs in children aged less than...

Trends in Use of Referral Hospital Services for Care of Sick Newborns in a Community-based Intervention in Tangail District, Bangladesh (2007)

Bari, Sanwarul, Mannan, Ishtiaq, Rahman, Mohammed Anisur, Darmstadt, Gary L., Seraji, M. Habibur R., Baqui, Abdullah H., ...

The Projahnmo-II Project in Mirzapur upazila (sub-district), Tangail district, Bangladesh, is promot­ing care-seeking for sick newborns through health education of families, identification and...

Zinc therapy for diarrhoea increased the use of oral rehydration therapy and reduced the use of antibiotics in Bangladeshi children (2007)

Baqui, Abdullah H., Black, Robert E., Arifeen, Shams El, Yunus, Mohammad, Zaman, K., Begum, Nazma, ...

Excessive use of antibiotics for diarrhoea is a major contributing factor towards increasing rates of antimicrobial resistance in developing countries. Zinc therapy for diarrhoea has been shown to be...

Trends in Use of Referral Hospital Services for Care of Sick Newborns in a Community-based Intervention in Tangail District, Bangladesh (2007)

Bari, Sanwarul, Mannan, Ishtiaq, Rahman, Mohammed Anisur, Darmstadt, Gary L., Habibur, M., Seraji, R., ...

The Projahnmo-II Project in Mirzapur upazila (sub-district), Tangail district, Bangladesh, is promot­ing care-seeking for sick newborns through health education of families, identification and...

Infant growth patterns in the slums of Dhaka in relation to birth weight, intrauterine growth retardation, and prematurity (2000)

Arifeen, Shams E., Black, Robert E., Caulfield, Laura E., Antelman, Gretchen, Baqui, Abdullah H., Nahar, Quamrun, ...

Relations between size and maturity at birth and infant growth have been studied inadequately in Bangladesh, where the incidence of low birth weight is high and most infants are breast-fed....

Living with infertility: experiences among Urban slum populations in Bangladesh (2000)

Papreen, Nahar, Sharma, Anjali, Sabin, Keith, Begum, Lutfa, Ahsan, S. Khaled, Baqui, Abdullah H.

This paper explores the perceived causes of infertility, treatment-seeking for infertility and the consequences of childlessness, particularly for women, among a predominantly Muslim population in...

A randomized, placebo-controlled trial of the effect of zinc supplementation during pregnancy on pregnancy outcome in Bangladeshi urban poor (2000)

Osendarp, Saskia J. M., Van Raaij, M.A., Arifeen, Shams E., Wahed, M. A., Baqui, Abdullah H., Fuchs, George J.

Maternal zinc supplementation has been suggested as a potential intervention to reduce the incidence of low birth weight in developing countries. To date, placebo-controlled trials have all been...

Association between clinical type of diarrhoea and growth of children under 5 years in rural Bangladesh (2000)

Alam, Dewan S, Marks, Geoffrey C, Baqui, Abdullah H, Yunus, M, Fuchs, George J

Background The role of diarrhoea in the aetiology of growth retardation in young children remains controversial. To evaluate this, a population-based, longitudinal study of young children aged 6–48...

A comprehensive assessment of the quality of services provided by family planning field workers in one major area of Dhaka city, Bangladesh (1999)

Perry, Henry B., Begum, Suraiya, Begum, Anwara, Kane, Thomas T., Quaiyum, M. Abdul, Baqui, Abdullah H.

Bangladesh has considerable national experience promoting and providing family planning services through home visits to reproductive-age married women by paid female community workers. Since 1978,...

Cell-mediated immune deficiency and malnutrition are independent risk factors for persistent diarrhea in Bangladeshi children (1993)

Baqui, Abdullah H., Sack, R. Bradley, Black, Robert E., Chowdhury, Hafizur R., Yunus, Mohammed, Siddique, Abdul K.

A community-based longitudinal study was carried out at Matlab, Bangladesh, to investigate the magnitude of the problem of persistent diarrhea; 705 children aged < 5 y were followed, yielding 7300...

Malnutrition, cell-mediated immune deficiency, and diarrhea: a community-based longitudinal study in rural Bangladeshi children (1993)

Baqui, Abdullah H., Black, Robert E., Sack, R. Bradely, Chowdhury, H.R., Yunus, M., Siddique, A.K.

A community-based longitudinal study was conducted in Matlab, a rural area of Bangladesh, from May 1988 to April 1989 to examine the associations among malnutrition, cell-mediated immune deficiency,...

Malnutrition, Cell-mediated Immune Deficiency, and Diarrhea: a Community-based Longitudinal Study in Rural Bangladeshi Children (1993)

Baqui, Abdullah H., Black, Robert E., Sack, R. Bradley, Chowdhury, H. R., Yunus, M., Siddique, A. K.

A community-based longitudinal study was conducted in Matlab, a rural area of Bangladesh, from May 1988 to April 1989 to examine the associations among malnutrition, cell-mediated immune deficiency,...

Methodological Issues in Diarrhoeal Diseases Epidemiology: Definition of Diarrhoeal Episodes (1991)

BAQUI, ABDULLAH H, BLACK, ROBERT E, YUNUS, MD, HOQUE, A R AZIMUL, CHOWDHURY, H R, SACK, R BRADLEY

Baqui A H (Community Health Division, International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh) (ICDDR, B) GPO Box 128, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh), Black R E, Yunus Md, Hoque A R A, Chowhury H R...

Prevalence of residual paralysis from paralytic poliomyelitis in a rural population of Bangladesh (1981)

Snyder, John D., Black, Robert E., Baqui, Abdullah H., Sarder, A.M.

To estimate the prevalence of residual paralysis from poliomyelitis in children in one area of rural Bangladesh, a survey of the amount and original cause of lameness was undertaken. The...

Rapid Identification and Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi Isolated from Blood: Implications for Therapy

Saha, Samir K., Darmstadt, Gary L., Baqui, Abdullah H., Hanif, M., Ruhulamin, M., Santosham, Mathuram, ...

The turnaround time (TAT) for Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi identification and reporting of the antibiotic susceptibility profile was determined for 391 cases of typhoid fever, using the lysis...

Comparison of Antibiotic Resistance and Serotype Composition of Carriage and Invasive Pneumococci among Bangladeshi Children: Implications for Treatment Policy and Vaccine Formulation

Saha, Samir K., Baqui, Abdullah H., Darmstadt, Gary L., Ruhulamin, M., Hanif, Mohammed, El Arifeen, Shams, ...

The nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae is thought to pose a risk for invasive pneumococcal diseases, and the evaluation of carriage strains is thus often used to inform antibiotic...

Rapid Identification and Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi Isolated from Blood: Implications for Therapy

Saha, Samir K., Darmstadt, Gary L., Baqui, Abdullah H., Hanif, M., Ruhulamin, M., Santosham, Mathuram, ...

The turnaround time (TAT) for Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi identification and reporting of the antibiotic susceptibility profile was determined for 391 cases of typhoid fever, using the lysis...

Comparison of Antibiotic Resistance and Serotype Composition of Carriage and Invasive Pneumococci among Bangladeshi Children: Implications for Treatment Policy and Vaccine Formulation

Saha, Samir K., Baqui, Abdullah H., Darmstadt, Gary L., Ruhulamin, M., Hanif, Mohammed, El Arifeen, Shams, ...

The nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae is thought to pose a risk for invasive pneumococcal diseases, and the evaluation of carriage strains is thus often used to inform antibiotic...

Molecular Basis of Resistance Displayed by Highly Ciprofloxacin-Resistant Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi in Bangladesh

Saha, Samir K., Darmstadt, Gary L., Baqui, Abdullah H., Crook, Derrick W., Islam, M. Nurul, Islam, Maksuda, ...

Highly ciprofloxacin-resistant (MIC, 512 μg/ml) strains of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi were isolated from the blood of typhoid patients in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The strains were indistinguishable...