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Open AccessTargeting strategies for balanced energy and protein (BEP) supplementation in pregnancy: study protocol for the TARGET-BEP cluster-randomized controlled trial in rural Bangladesh
The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends balanced energy and protein (BEP) supplementation be provided to all pregnant women living in undernourished populations, usually defined as having a prevalence >...
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Open AccessAuthor Correction: Child wasting and concurrent stunting in low- and middle-income countries
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Open AccessAuthor Correction: Early-childhood linear growth faltering in low- and middle-income countries
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Open AccessCauses and consequences of child growth faltering in low-resource settings
Growth faltering in children (low length for age or low weight for length) during the first 1,000 days of life (from conception to 2 years of age) influences short-term and long-term health and survival1,2. Inter...
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Open AccessChild wasting and concurrent stunting in low- and middle-income countries
Sustainable Development Goal 2.2—to end malnutrition by 2030—includes the elimination of child wasting, defined as a weight-for-length z-score that is more than two standard deviations below the median of the Wor...
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Open AccessEarly-childhood linear growth faltering in low- and middle-income countries
Globally, 149 million children under 5 years of age are estimated to be stunted (length more than 2 standard deviations below international growth standards)1,2. Stunting, a form of linear growth faltering, incre...
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Open AccessQuality of vital event data for infant mortality estimation in prospective, population-based studies: an analysis of secondary data from Asia, Africa, and Latin America
Infant and neonatal mortality estimates are typically derived from retrospective birth histories collected through surveys in countries with unreliable civil registration and vital statistics systems. Yet such...
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Open AccessHarmonization of maternal balanced energy-protein supplementation studies for individual participant data (IPD) meta-analyses – finding and creating similarities in variables and data collection
Public health and clinical recommendations are established from systematic reviews and retrospective meta-analyses combining effect sizes, traditionally, from aggregate data and more recently, using individual...
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Anemia in women — an intractable problem that requires innovative solutions
A new spatial analysis calls for a tiered and geographically targeted approach to tackling the vast, ongoing burden of anemia in women within low- and middle-income countries.
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Open AccessUrinary tract infections in pregnancy in a rural population of Bangladesh: population-based prevalence, risk factors, etiology, and antibiotic resistance
Urinary tract infection (UTI) in pregnancy, including asymptomatic bacteriuria, is associated with maternal morbidity and adverse pregnancy outcomes, including preterm birth and low birthweight. In low-middle ...
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Open AccessAntenatal care in rural Bangladesh: current state of costs, content and recommendations for effective service delivery
Measurement of antenatal care (ANC) service coverage is often limited to the number of contacts or type of providers, reflecting a gap in the assessment of quality as well as cost estimations and health impact...
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Maternal short stature and under-weight status are independent risk factors for preterm birth and small for gestational age in rural Bangladesh
To estimate the risks of term-small for gestational age (SGA), preterm-appropriate for gestational age (AGA), and preterm SGA associated with maternal height and body mass index (BMI) and to calculate the popu...
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Open AccessUnintended pregnancy is a risk factor for depressive symptoms among socio-economically disadvantaged women in rural Bangladesh
Little is known about the relation between unwanted pregnancy and intention discordance and maternal mental health in low-income countries. The study aim was to evaluate maternal and paternal pregnancy intenti...
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Open AccessInflammation and micronutrient biomarkers predict clinical HIV treatment failure and incident active TB in HIV-infected adults: a case-control study
Various individual biomarkers of inflammation and micronutrient status, often correlated with each other, are associated with adverse treatment outcomes in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected adults. T...
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Open AccessNovel Plasma Proteins in Nepalese School-aged Children are Associated with a Small Head Size at Birth
Fetal growth restriction increases the risk of poor childhood growth and development and chronic disease in adulthood. Yet, little is known about biological pathways that mediate the long-lasting effects of su...
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Nutrition and Maternal Survival in Low and Middle Income Countries
Maternal mortality has declined globally but continues to be high in regions where maternal nutrition is poor. The specific role of nutrition in affecting maternal health and survival has received some attenti...
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Open AccessModelling stunting in LiST: the effect of applying smoothing to linear growth data
The Lives Saved Tool (LiST) is a widely used resource for evidence-based decision-making regarding health program scale-up in low- and middle-income countries. LiST estimates the impact of specified changes in...
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Risk of Depressive Symptoms Associated with Morbidity in Postpartum Women in Rural Bangladesh
Objectives Depression following pregnancy is common, but its extent and association with maternal morbidity in the first 6 months postpartum have not been well described in low resource s...
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Open AccessEarly newborn ritual foods correlate with delayed breastfeeding initiation in rural Bangladesh
Early and exclusive breastfeeding may improve neonatal survival in low resource settings, but suboptimal breastfeeding still exists in areas with high infant mortality. Prelacteal feeding, the practice of givi...
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An Index of Community-Level Socioeconomic Composition for Global Health Research
Despite increasing recognition that community-level socioeconomic factors are critical to individual health outcomes globally, guidance on their measurement remains limited in low and middle income countries. ...
