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...
Potential Role of Traditional Birth Attendants in Neonatal Healthcare in Rural Southern Nepal (2009)
Falle, Tina Y., Mullany, Luke C., Thatte, Nandita, Khatry, Subarna K., LeClerq, Steven C., Darmstadt, Gary L., ...
The potential for traditional birth attendants (TBAs) to improve neonatal health outcomes has largely been overlooked during the current debate regarding the role of TBAs in improving maternal...
Determining Gestational Age in a Low-resource Setting: Validity of Last Menstrual Period (2009)
Rosenberg, Rebecca E., Ahmed, Saifuddin, Saha, Samir K., Black, Robert E., ...
The validity of three methods (last menstrual period [LPM], Ballard and Dubowitz scores) for assessment of gestational age for premature infants in a low-resource setting was assessed, using...
Bhutta, Zulfiqar A, Darmstadt, Gary L, Haws, Rachel A, Yakoob, Mohammad, Lawn, Joy E
Abstract Background Although a number of antenatal and intrapartum interventions have shown some evidence of impact on stillbirth incidence, much confusion surrounds ideal strategies for delivering...
Reducing stillbirths: interventions during labour (2009)
Darmstadt, Gary L, Yakoob, Mohammad, Haws, Rachel A, Menezes, Esme V, Soomro, Tanya, Bhutta, Zulfiqar A
Abstract Background Approximately one million stillbirths occur annually during labour; most of these stillbirths occur in low and middle-income countries and are associated with absent, inadequate,...
Reducing stillbirths: screening and monitoring during pregnancy and labour (2009)
Haws, Rachel A, Yakoob, Mohammad, Soomro, Tanya, Menezes, Esme V, Darmstadt, Gary L, Bhutta, Zulfiqar A
Abstract Background Screening and monitoring in pregnancy are strategies used by healthcare providers to identify high-risk pregnancies so that they can provide more targeted and appropriate...
Menezes, Esme V, Yakoob, Mohammad, Soomro, Tanya, Haws, Rachel A, Darmstadt, Gary L, Bhutta, Zulfiqar A
Abstract Background An estimated two-thirds of the world's 3.2 million stillbirths occur antenatally, prior to labour, and are often overlooked in policy and programs. Poorly recognised, untreated or...
Reducing stillbirths: behavioural and nutritional interventions before and during pregnancy (2009)
Yakoob, Mohammad, Menezes, Esme V, Soomro, Tanya, Haws, Rachel A, Darmstadt, Gary L, Bhutta, Zulfiqar A
Abstract Background The vast majority of global stillbirths occur in low- and middle-income countries, and in many settings, the majority of stillbirths occur antenatally, prior to the onset of...
3.2 million stillbirths: epidemiology and overview of the evidence review (2009)
Lawn, Joy E, Yakoob, Mohammad, Haws, Rachel A, Soomro, Tanya, Darmstadt, Gary L, Bhutta, Zulfiqar A
Abstract More than 3.2 million stillbirths occur globally each year, yet stillbirths are largely invisible in global data tracking, policy dialogue and programme implementation. This mismatch of...
Darmstadt, Gary L., Miller-Bell, Mary, Batra, Maneesh, Law, Paul, Law, Kiely
Serious bacterial infections are the single most important cause of neonatal mortality in developing countries. Case-fatality rates for neonatal sepsis in developing countries are high, partly...
Rudan, Igor; Publlic Health Sciences, The University Of Edinburg Medical School Teviot Plece, Edinburg, Scotland, UK; Irudan@hotmail.com, Gibson, Jennifer L.; Joint Centre For Bioethics, University Of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, Ameratunga, Shanthi; School Of Population Health, University Of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, Arifeen, Shams El; Child Health Unit, Centre For Health And Population Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Bhutta, Zulfiqar A.; Departmentof Peadiatrics And Child Health, Aga Khan University Karachi, Pakistan, Black, Maureen; Department Of Pediatrics, University Of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA, ...
This paper provides detailed guidelines for implementation of systematic method for setting priorities in health research investments that was recently developed by Child Health and Nutrition...
Darmstadt, Gary L., Hussein, Mohamed Hassan, Winch, Peter J., Haws, Rachel A., Gipson, Reginald, Santosham, Mathuram
Neonatal deaths account for almost two-thirds of infant mortality worldwide; most deaths are preventable. Two-thirds of neonatal deaths occur during the first week of life, usually at home. While...
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...
Darmstadt, Gary L, Walker, Neff, Lawn, Joy E, Bhutta, Zulfiqar A, Haws, Rachel A, Cousens, Simon
Background Policy makers and programme managers require more detailed information on the cost and impact of packages of evidenced-based interventions to save newborn lives, particularly in South Asia...
Retinopathy of Prematurity in Bangladeshi Neonates (2008)
Muslima, Humaira, Anwar, Kazi Shabbir, Khan, Naila Z., Saha, Samir K., ...
Background: Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a potentially blinding eye disorder that primarily affects premature infants. Increased survival of extremely low birth weight infants following...
Procjena postavljanja prioriteta u ulaganju u istraživanja o globalnom dječjemu zdravlju (2007)
Rudan, Igor; The University Of Edinburg Medical School, Edinburgh, Scotland; Irudan@hotmail.com, Gibson, Jennifer; Department Of Public Healt Sciences, Edinburgh Universizy School Of Medicine, Edinburgh, Schotland, Kapiriri, Lydia; Join Centre For Bioethich, University Of Toronto, Canada, Lansang, Mary Ann; University Of Rhe Philippines College Of Medicine, Manila, Philippines, Hyder, Adnan A.; Department Of International Health, Baltimore, USA, Lawn, Joy; Saving Newborn Lives/Save The Children, Cape Town, South Africa, ...
Članak daje pregled teoretskih i praktičnih pristupa postavljanju prioriteta prilikom ulaganja u istraživanje dječjega globalnog zdravlja. Daje i pregled prijašnjih pokušaja razvitka...
Saha, Samir K., Law, Paul A., Black, Robert E., Santosham, Mathuram, ...
Oil massage of newborns has been practised for generations in the Indian sub-continent; however, oils may vary from potentially beneficial, e.g. sunflower seed oil, to potentially toxic, e.g. mustard...
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...
Impact of packaged interventions on neonatal health: a review of the evidence (2007)
Haws, Rachel A, Thomas, Abigail L, Bhutta, Zulfiqar A, Darmstadt, Gary L
A disproportionate burden of infant and under-five childhood mortality occurs during the neonatal period, usually within a few days of birth and against a backdrop of socio-economic deprivation in...
Review of Domiciliary Newborn-care Practices in Bangladesh (2007)
Darmstadt, Gary L., Syed, Uzma, Patel, Zohra, Kabir, Nazma
In Bangladesh, high proportions of infant deaths (two-thirds) and deaths among children aged less than five years (38%) occur in the neonatal period. Although most of these deaths occur at home due...
A Positive Deviance-based Antenatal Nutrition Project Improves Birth-weight in Upper Egypt (2007)
Ahrari, Mahshid, Houser, Robert F., Yassin, Siham, Mogheez, Mona, Hussaini, Y., Crump, Patrick, ...
The positive deviance approach identifies and promotes existing uncommon healthy behaviours. A positive deviance-informed antenatal project was pilot-tested in Al-Minia Governorate, Upper Egypt,...
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...
Lawn, Joy E, Manandhar, Ananta, Haws, Rachel A, Darmstadt, Gary L
Abstract Background Millions of child deaths and stillbirths are attributable to birth asphyxia, yet limited information is available to guide policy and practice, particularly at the community...
Risk Factors for Umbilical Cord Infection among Newborns of Southern Nepal (2007)
Mullany, Luke C., Darmstadt, Gary L., Katz, Joanne, Khatry, Subarna K., LeClerq, Steven C., Adhikari, Ramesh K., ...
Although umbilical cord infection contributes to neonatal mortality and morbidity and risk can be reduced with topical chlorhexidine, behavioral or other factors associated with cord infection in...
Septicemic Neonates Without Lumbar Puncture: What are we Missing? (2006)
Hoque, Md. Mahbubul, Darmstadt, Gary L., Saha, Samir K.
Meningitis is a serious problem in newborn infants and has high mortality and frequent neurological sequelae. In neonates, signs and symptoms of serious infections are often obscure and clinical...
Adam, Taghreed, Lim, Stephen S., Mehta, Sumi, Bhutta, Zulfiqar A., Fofstad, Helga, Mathai, Matthew, ...
To determine the costs and benefits of interventions for maternal and newborn health to assess the appropriateness of current strategies and guide future plans to attain the millennium development...
Adam, Taghreed, Lim, Stephen S., Mehta, Sumi, Bhutta, Zulfiqar A., Fofstad, Helga, Mathai, Matthew, ...
To determine the costs and benefits of interventions for maternal and newborn health to assess the appropriateness of current strategies and guide future plans to attain the millennium development...
Traditional Massage of Newborns in Nepal: Implications for Trials of Improved Practice (2005)
Mullany, Luke C., Darmstadt, Gary L., Khatry, Subarna K., Tielsch, James M.
Mustard oil massage of newborns is an integral component of traditional care practices in many communities. Recent evidence suggests that this practice may have detrimental effects, particularly for...
Septicemic Neonates Without Lumbar Puncture: What are we Missing? (2005)
Hoque, Md. Mahbubul, Darmstadt, Gary L., Saha, Samir K.
Meningitis is a serious problem in newborn infants and has high mortality and frequent neurological sequelae. In neonates, signs and symptoms of serious infections are often obscure and clinical...
Traditional Massage of Newborns in Nepal: Implications for Trials of Improved Practice (2005)
Mullany, Luke C., Darmstadt, Gary L., Khatry, Subarna K., Tielsch, James M.
Mustard oil massage of newborns is an integral component of traditional care practices in many communities. Recent evidence suggests that this practice may have detrimental effects, particularly for...
Traditional Massage of Newborns in Nepal: Implications for Trials of Improved Practice (2005)
Mullany, Luke C., Darmstadt, Gary L., Khatry, Subarna K., Tielsch, James M.
Mustard oil massage of newborns is an integral component of traditional care practices in many communities. Recent evidence suggests that this practice may have detrimental effects, particularly for...
Septicemic Neonates Without Lumbar Puncture: What are we Missing? (2005)
Hoque, Md. Mahbubul, Darmstadt, Gary L., Saha, Samir K.
Meningitis is a serious problem in newborn infants and has high mortality and frequent neurological sequelae. In neonates, signs and symptoms of serious infections are often obscure and clinical...
Seroepidemiology of Hepatitis B and Delta Virus Infections in Bangladesh (2003)
Zaki, Md. Hasan, Darmstadt, Gary L., Baten, Abdul, Ahsan, Chowdhury R., Saha, Samir K.
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is one of the most prevalent public health problems worldwide, and causes 1 million deaths annually. In Bangladesh, information about prevalence of HBV infection is...
UCSD School of Medicine independent study project :--1989, nos. 12-16. (1989)
Cox, Gerald Frank., Cregan, Patricia M., Cromer, Barry L., Dale, Tracy., Rothrock, John., Ganiats, Theodore., ...
Thesis (M.D.)--University of California, San Diego, 1989.
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...
Role of Keratinocyte Injury in Adherence of Streptococcus pyogenes
Darmstadt, Gary L., Mentele, Laurel, Fleckman, Philip, Rubens, Craig E.
Keratinocytes injured acutely by UVB light or lipopolysaccharide were used to test the hypothesis that keratinocyte injury promotes bacterial adherence and the development of group A streptococcal...
Role of Group A Streptococcal Virulence Factors in Adherence to Keratinocytes
Darmstadt, Gary L., Mentele, Laurel, Podbielski, Andreas, Rubens, Craig E.
To evaluate the role of putative group A streptococcal virulence factors in the initiation of skin infections, we compared the adherence of a wild-type M49-protein skin-associated strain to that of a...
Dinulos, James G. H., Mentele, Laurel, Fredericks, L. Page, Dale, Beverly A., Darmstadt, Gary L.
Human β defensin 2 (hβD-2) is thought to play an important role in cutaneous immune defense. We hypothesized that (i) keratinocyte expression of hβD-2, measured by reverse transcription-PCR, would...
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...
Cost effectiveness analysis of strategies for maternal and neonatal health in developing countries
Adam, Taghreed, Lim, Stephen S, Mehta, Sumi, Bhutta, Zulfiqar A, Fogstad, Helga, Mathai, Matthews, ...
Objective To determine the costs and benefits of interventions for maternal and newborn health to assess the appropriateness of current strategies and guide future plans to attain the millennium...
Traditional Massage of Newborns in Nepal: Implications for Trials of Improved Practice
Mullany, Luke C., Darmstadt, Gary L., Khatry, Subarna K., Tielsch, James M.
Mustard oil massage of newborns is an integral component of traditional care practices in many communities. Recent evidence suggests that this practice may have detrimental effects, particularly for...
Effect of Instrument Precision on Estimation of Low Birth Weight Prevalence
Mullany, Luke C., Darmstadt, Gary L., Katz, Joanne, Khatry, Subarna K., Tielsch, James M.
MULLANY, LUKE C., DARMSTADT, GARY L., TIELSCH, JAMES M.
In developing countries umbilical cord infections constitute a major cause of neonatal morbidity and pose significant risk for mortality, whereas outbreaks of cord infections continue to occur in...
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...
Role of Keratinocyte Injury in Adherence of Streptococcus pyogenes
Darmstadt, Gary L., Mentele, Laurel, Fleckman, Philip, Rubens, Craig E.
Keratinocytes injured acutely by UVB light or lipopolysaccharide were used to test the hypothesis that keratinocyte injury promotes bacterial adherence and the development of group A streptococcal...
Role of Group A Streptococcal Virulence Factors in Adherence to Keratinocytes
Darmstadt, Gary L., Mentele, Laurel, Podbielski, Andreas, Rubens, Craig E.
To evaluate the role of putative group A streptococcal virulence factors in the initiation of skin infections, we compared the adherence of a wild-type M49-protein skin-associated strain to that of a...
Dinulos, James G. H., Mentele, Laurel, Fredericks, L. Page, Dale, Beverly A., Darmstadt, Gary L.
Human β defensin 2 (hβD-2) is thought to play an important role in cutaneous immune defense. We hypothesized that (i) keratinocyte expression of hβD-2, measured by reverse transcription-PCR, would...
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...
Cost effectiveness analysis of strategies for maternal and neonatal health in developing countries
Adam, Taghreed, Lim, Stephen S, Mehta, Sumi, Bhutta, Zulfiqar A, Fogstad, Helga, Mathai, Matthews, ...
Objective To determine the costs and benefits of interventions for maternal and newborn health to assess the appropriateness of current strategies and guide future plans to attain the millennium...
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...
Saha, Samir K., Darmstadt, Gary L., Baqui, Abdullah H., Hossain, Belal, Islam, Maksuda, Foster, Dona, ...
Rudan, Igor, Gibson, Jennifer L., Ameratunga, Shanthi, El Arifeen, Shams, Bhutta, Zulfiqar A., Black, Maureen, ...
This article provides detailed guidelines for the implementation of systematic method for setting priorities in health research investments that was recently developed by Child Health and Nutrition...
3.2 million stillbirths: epidemiology and overview of the evidence review
Lawn, Joy E, Yakoob, Mohammad Yawar, Haws, Rachel A, Soomro, Tanya, Darmstadt, Gary L, Bhutta, Zulfiqar A
More than 3.2 million stillbirths occur globally each year, yet stillbirths are largely invisible in global data tracking, policy dialogue and programme implementation. This mismatch of burden to...
Reducing stillbirths: behavioural and nutritional interventions before and during pregnancy
Yakoob, Mohammad Yawar, Menezes, Esme V, Soomro, Tanya, Haws, Rachel A, Darmstadt, Gary L, Bhutta, Zulfiqar A
Reducing stillbirths: prevention and management of medical disorders and infections during pregnancy
Menezes, Esme V, Yakoob, Mohammad Yawar, Soomro, Tanya, Haws, Rachel A, Darmstadt, Gary L, Bhutta, Zulfiqar A
Reducing stillbirths: screening and monitoring during pregnancy and labour
Haws, Rachel A, Yakoob, Mohammad Yawar, Soomro, Tanya, Menezes, Esme V, Darmstadt, Gary L, Bhutta, Zulfiqar A
Reducing stillbirths: interventions during labour
Darmstadt, Gary L, Yakoob, Mohammad Yawar, Haws, Rachel A, Menezes, Esme V, Soomro, Tanya, Bhutta, Zulfiqar A
Impact of an integrated nutrition and health programme on neonatal mortality in rural northern India
Baqui, Abdullah H, Williams, Emma K, Rosecrans, Amanda M, Agrawal, Praween K, Ahmed, Saifuddin, Darmstadt, Gary L, ...
Validation of community health workers’ assessment of neonatal illness in rural Bangladesh
Darmstadt, Gary L, Baqui, Abdullah H, Choi, Yoonjoung, Bari, Sanwarul, Rahman, Syed M, Mannan, Ishtiaq, ...
Baqui, Abdullah H, Ahmed, Saifuddin, Arifeen, Shams El, Darmstadt, Gary L, Rosecrans, Amanda M, Mannan, Ishtiaq, ...
Objective To assess the effect of the timing of first postnatal home visit by community health workers on neonatal mortality.