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Open AccessAssessing health-related quality of life among cancer survivors during systemic and radiation therapy in Bangladesh: a cancer-specific exploration
Evaluating the effects of cancer diagnosis and treatment on a patient’s overall well-being is crucial and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is a reliable metric for assessing this impact. Little is known ...
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Open AccessAre the same factors determining biodiversity in cities across different regions? Comparing drivers of urban bird richness patterns in Southern Asia vs. Western Europe
According to general urban ecological understanding, bird species richness declines in highly urban areas due to the increasing extent of built-up areas, and decreasing proportions of green areas. However, thi...
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Open AccessEquity assessment of maternal and child healthcare benefits utilization and distribution in public healthcare facilities in Bangladesh: a benefit incidence analysis
The distribution of healthcare services should be based on the needs of the population, regardless of their ability to pay. Achieving universal health coverage implies first ensuring that people of all income ...
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Open AccessCore outcome set for early intervention trials to prevent obesity in childhood (COS-EPOCH): Agreement on “what” to measure
Heterogeneity in the outcomes collected and reported in trials of interventions to prevent obesity in the first five years of life highlights the need for a core outcome set to streamline intervention evaluati...
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Open AccessDisease-specific distress healthcare financing and catastrophic out-of-pocket expenditure for hospitalization in Bangladesh
Financial risk protection and equity are two fundamental components of the global commitment to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC), which mandates health system reform based on population needs, disease i...
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Open AccessThe interaction of imperviousness and habitat heterogeneity drives bird richness patterns in south Asian cities
Bird species richness has often been used as an indicator of urbanisation effects on biodiversity in North America and Europe, but similar studies are rare in rapidly urbanising regions in the tropics. Here we...
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Open AccessWealth-related inequalities of women’s knowledge of cervical cancer screening and service utilisation in 18 resource-constrained countries: evidence from a pooled decomposition analysis
Resource-constrained countries (RCCs) have the highest burden of cervical cancer (CC) in the world. Nonetheless, although CC can be prevented through screening for precancerous lesions, only a small proportion...
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Open AccessEvaluating the implementation related challenges of Shasthyo Suroksha Karmasuchi (health protection scheme) of the government of Bangladesh: a study protocol
Rapidly increasing healthcare costs and the growing burden of non-communicable diseases have increased the out-of-pocket (OOP) spending (63.3% of total health expenditure) in Bangladesh. This increasing OOP sp...
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Open AccessEconomic costs of hospitalized diarrheal disease in Bangladesh: a societal perspective
Diarrheal diseases are a major threat to human health and still represent a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Although the burden of the diarrheal diseases is much lower in developed countrie...
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Open AccessPrevalence and associated determinants of malaria parasites among Kenyan children
Approximately 80% of deaths attributed to malaria worldwide occurred mainly in Africa in 2015. Kenya is one of the major malaria endemic countries, making malaria the leading public health concern in this coun...
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Open AccessCost of introducing group prenatal care (GPC) in Bangladesh: a supply-side perspective
Progress towards Millennium Development Goals (MDG) 5 is uneven across different countries. Maternal and neonatal deaths occur mainly in develo** countries especially in rural areas and among the poor commun...
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Open AccessThe effectiveness of introducing Group Prenatal Care (GPC) in selected health facilities in a district of Bangladesh: study protocol
Despite high rates of antenatal care and relatively good access to health facilities, maternal and neonatal mortality remain high in Bangladesh. There is an immediate need for implementation of evidence-based,...
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Open AccessThe impact of age and sex on healthcare expenditure of households in Bangladesh
The impact of age and sex on health care expenditure has recently become one of the major concerns in many develo** countries like Bangladesh. Age and sex differences in the use of health care services can b...
