Publications by authors named "S El Arifeen"
Objectives: Nearly 80 % of severe neonatal hyperbilirubinemia cases are identified too late for medical treatment in lower-middle-income countries. Parents' understanding of neonatal jaundice is crucial for early detection and effective treatment. This study evaluated the effectiveness of prenatal sensitization in improving maternal knowledge and attitude toward neonatal hyperbilirubinemia management in Bangladesh.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Malnutrition contributes to 45% of all childhood deaths globally, but these modelled estimates lack direct measurements in countries with high malnutrition and under-5 mortality rates. We investigated malnutrition's role in infant and child deaths in the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) network.
Methods: We analysed CHAMPS data from seven sites (Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, Sierra Leone and South Africa) collected between 2016 and 2023.
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- This study investigates the perceptions and practices of healthcare providers regarding delayed cord clamping (DCC) in Bangladesh, highlighting benefits and challenges of the procedure.
- Healthcare providers generally support DCC, suggesting clamping should occur between one to three minutes post-delivery, influenced by international research and training.
- Observations revealed inconsistency in clamping practices, with immediate clamping in caesarean sections and a lack of standard guidelines, compounded by cultural influences and resource constraints.
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- The COVID-19 pandemic significantly disrupted maternal health care services in Bangladesh, with notable declines in service utilization across the country compared to the pre-pandemic period from 2017 to 2019.
- The study analyzed data from January 2017 to December 2021 to assess the trends in first antenatal visits, institutional deliveries, and caesarean sections, revealing about a 30% overall decrease in these services during the pandemic.
- Geographical disparities were evident, with the Chattogram and Rajshahi divisions showing the lowest rates of maternal health service utilization, especially in 2020 and 2021, indicating a pronounced impact of the pandemic on specific regions.
Background: We aimed to evaluate the trend of post-term births over time and their association with perinatal mortality based on prospective pregnancy cohorts in a rural area in Bangladesh.
Methods: This cohort study included 72 373 singleton births with gestational ages ≥28 weeks recorded by a health and demographic surveillance system from 1990 to 2019 in Matlab, Bangladesh. We expressed the gestational age as X (weeks) + Y (days)/7 weeks, where X indicated complete weeks, and Y presented the number of completed days out of seven days or a week.