Acute malnutrition and its determinants of preschool children in Bangladesh: gender differentiation.

Background: Children acute malnutrition (AM) is a global public health concern, especially in low and middle income countries. AM is associated with multiple physiological vulnerabilities, including immune dysfunction, enteric barrier disruption, gut microbiome dysbiosis, and essential nutrient deficits. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of AM and its associated factors among preschool children in Rajshahi district, Bangladesh.

Household-level risk factors for influenza among young children in Dhaka, Bangladesh: a case-control study.

Objectives: To identify household-level factors associated with influenza among young children in a crowded community in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Methods: We conducted a case-control study using existing active surveillance for respiratory illness. Cases were children aged 12-59 months with laboratory-confirmed influenza.

Household air quality risk factors associated with childhood pneumonia in urban Dhaka, Bangladesh.

To inform interventions to reduce the high burden of pneumonia in urban settings such as Kamalapur, Bangladesh, we evaluated household air quality risk factors for radiographically confirmed pneumonia in children. In 2009-2010, we recruited children < 5 years of age with pneumonia and controls from a population-based surveillance for respiratory and febrile illnesses. Piped natural gas was used by 85% of 331 case and 91% of 663 control households.