Maternal Characteristics Mediating the Impact of Household Poverty on the Nutritional Status of Children Under 5 Years of Age in Bangladesh.

Objectives: We explored the maternal characteristics that mediate the effect of household poverty on childhood undernutrition.

Methods: We used the population-based Bangladesh Demographic Health Survey data from 2014 for demographic characteristics, child and maternal factors.

Results: Of the 7173 under-5 children, 3456 (48.

The The risk of public mobility from hotspots of COVID-19 during travel restriction in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh reported the first three laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases on March 8, 2020 in Dhaka and Narayanganj cities. As of April 8, 2020, 218 confirmed cases across the country, they have mostly detected from Dhaka (56.4%) and Narayanganj (21%) cities where the hotspots of an outbreak of COVID-19 disease.