Health and Science Bulletin articles

September 2009

• Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in Bangladesh
• Clusters of severe acute respiratory infections caused by influenza A/H3 in Bangladesh - 2009
• Outbreak of hepatitis E in a low income urban community in Bangladesh
• Surveillance Updates

June 2009

• The socio-cultural consequences of long-term pregnancy related morbidities of rural women
• Improving low child immunization coverage in urban slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh
• Type 2 Diabetes and prediabetic conditions among adults aged 27-50 years in Matlab: a hidden public health burden
• Surveillance Updates

March 2009

• First identified outbreak of Chikungunya in Bangladesh, 2008
• National Rickets Survey in Bangladesh, 2008
• A novel low cost method to estimate the incidence of Japanese encephalitis in north-west Bangladesh
• Surveillance Updates

December 2008

• Management of sick children with severe pneumonia at first-level facilities is safe and effective in Bangladesh
• Invasive pneumococcal disease among children in rural Bangladesh: Results from a population-based surveillance
• Molecular typing of HIV-1 strains in Bangladesh
• Surveillance Updates

September 2008

• Handwashing behavior in rural Bangladesh
• Outbreaks of tetrodotoxin poisoning following consumption of puffer fish in Bangladesh, 2008
• Monitoring poultry workers with H5 influenza exposure in Bangladesh
• Surveillance Updates

June 2008

• First confirmed human infection with avian influenza A (H5N1) virus in Bangladesh
• Outbreak of mass sociogenic illness in students in secondary schools in Bangladesh during July-August 2007
• Fatal outbreak from ingesting toxic plants in Sylhet District
• Surveillance update

March 2008

• Hospital based surveillance revealed high prevalence of influenza in Bangladesh
• Invasive pneumococcal disease burden and implications for vaccine policy in urban Bangladesh
• Outbreaks of Nipah virus in Rajbari and Manikgonj, February 2008
• Surveillance update

December 2007

• Person-to-person transmission of Nipah infection in Bangladesh, 2007
• Post kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis: New observations challenge previous assumptions
• Consequences of early marriage on female schooling in rural Bangladesh
• Surveillance update

September 2007

• Responding to the 2007 floods: Record numbers of patients seek care at ICDDR,B's Dhaka Hospital
• Health care utilization of adults with chronic cough and their management by private practitioners in urban Bangladesh
• Does prenatal exposure to arsenic affect infant development?
• Surveillance update

June 2007

• Increasing levels of abortion and decreasing abortion-related mortality
• Non-marital sexual behaviour of men in Bangladesh: implications for HIV transmission
• Chronic disease burden among people over 60 years of age in rural Bangladesh
• Surveillance update

March 2007

• No evidence of chikungunya virus in Dhaka, Bangladesh
• Essential laboratory services for NGO primary health care clinics in Bangladesh
• Molecular typing of group A rotavirus strains in Bangladesh
• Surveillance updates

December 2006

• The importance of viral infection in pneumonia among children under age 2 years
• Field evaluation of simple rapid tests in the diagnosis of syphilis
• Antibiotic resistance and genetic diversity of Shigella sonnei
• Surveillance update

September 2006

• New strategies for treating falciparum malaria in Bangladesh
• Nutritional status, knowledge and practices of unmarried adolescent girls in rural Bangladesh
• Re-emergence of Inaba serotype of V. cholerae O1 El Tor and increased susceptibility to tetracycline
• Surveillance update

June 2006

• Domestic violence against women in Bangladesh
• Surveillance for pneumococcal disease, Bangladesh  Implications for prevention
• Selected maternal health indicators obtained by geographical reconnaissance
• Surveillance updates

March 2006

• Population-based influenza surveillance, Dhaka
• Estimated deaths due to rotavirus in Bangladesh
• Risk factors for neonatal mortality in rural areas of Bangladesh
• Surveillance updates

December 2005

• Nipah Virus Outbreak from Date Palm Juice
• Effect of psychosocial stimulation on mental development and behaviour of malnourished children: a randomised control trial
• Sexual risk behaviour of married men and women who have lived apart due to the husbands work migration
• Surveillance updates

September 2005

• Epidemiology of hepatitis E virus (HEV) infections in Matlab - some preliminary findings
• Accuracy of demographic indicators measured by geographical reconnaissance
• Effect of temporary out-migration of husbands on use of contraception in a rural area of Bangladesh
• Surveillance updates

June 2005

• Emergence of a unique, multi-drug resistant strain of Vibrio cholerae O1 in Bangladesh
• An intervention to improve quality of care in first-level government health facilities
• National Coverage Survey of childhood diarrhoea management practices in Bangladesh
• Surveillance updates

March 2005

• HIV surveillance in Bangladesh: the present scenario
• Assessing chlorine shock treatment of tube wells
• Posting of trained birthing attendants: a comparison of home- and facility-based obstetric care
• Surveillance Updates