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List of works by Shams Arifeen

A community-based cluster randomized controlled trial (cRCT) to evaluate the impact and operational assessment of "safe motherhood and newborn health promotion package": study protocol.

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A cross-sectional study of partograph utilization as a decision making tool for referral of abnormal labour in primary health care facilities of Bangladesh

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

An evaluation of emerging vaccines for childhood meningococcal disease

scientific article (publication date: 13 April 2011)

An evaluation of emerging vaccines for childhood pneumococcal pneumonia

scientific article published on 13 April 2011

An evaluation of oxygen systems for treatment of childhood pneumonia

scientific article published on 13 April 2011

An evaluation of the emerging vaccines and immunotherapy against staphylococcal pneumonia in children

scientific article published on 13 April 2011

Antenatal care in rural Bangladesh: Gaps in adequate coverage and content

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Antibody persistence in mothers one year after pneumococcal immunization in pregnancy

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Ascaris lumbricoids Infection as a Risk Factor for Asthma and Atopy in Rural Bangladeshi Children

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Assessment of facility readiness for implementing the WHO/UNICEF standards for improving quality of maternal and newborn care in health facilities - experiences from UNICEF's implementation in three countries of South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.

scientific article published on 9 July 2018

Birth preparedness and complication readiness (BPCR) among pregnant women in hard-to-reach areas in Bangladesh

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Birth preparedness and complication readiness among women and couples and its association with skilled birth attendance in rural Bangladesh.

scientific article published on 7 June 2018

Breast-feeding protects against arsenic exposure in Bangladeshi infants

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Care-seeking practices for sick neonates: Findings from cross-sectional survey in 14 rural sub-districts of Bangladesh

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Child supervision practices for drowning prevention in rural Bangladesh: a pilot study of supervision tools

Childhood drowning and traditional rescue measures: case study from Matlab, Bangladesh.

scientific article published on 11 March 2011

Combined effects of antenatal receipt of influenza vaccine by mothers and pneumococcal conjugate vaccine receipt by infants: results from a randomized, blinded, controlled trial

scientific article published on 8 January 2013

Combined food and micronutrient supplements during pregnancy have limited impact on child blood pressure and kidney function in rural Bangladesh.

scientific article published on 20 March 2013

Community-based newborn care in Bangladesh – Authors' reply

scientific article published in The Lancet

Community-based validation of assessment of newborn illnesses by trained community health workers in Sylhet district of Bangladesh

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Comparison of antibiotic resistance and serotype composition of carriage and invasive pneumococci among Bangladeshi children: implications for treatment policy and vaccine formulation

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Correction: Development and Internal Validation of a Predictive Model Including Pulse Oximetry for Hospitalization of Under-Five Children in Bangladesh.

scientific article published on 15 January 2016

Count every newborn; a measurement improvement roadmap for coverage data

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Critical windows of exposure for arsenic-associated impairment of cognitive function in pre-school girls and boys: a population-based cohort study.

scientific article published in December 2011

Death from drowning: defining a new challenge for child survival in Bangladesh

scientific article published on December 2003

Determinants of hardship financing in coping with out of pocket payment for care seeking of under five children in selected rural areas of Bangladesh.

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Development and Internal Validation of a Predictive Model Including Pulse Oximetry for Hospitalization of Under-Five Children in Bangladesh

scientific article published on 18 November 2015

Direct detection of the multidrug resistance genome of Haemophilus influenzae in cerebrospinal fluid of children: implications for treatment of meningitis

scientific article published in January 2008

Disproportionate early fetal growth predicts postnatal thymic size in humans.

scientific article published in June 2013

Drivers of the reduction in childhood diarrhea mortality 1980-2015 and interventions to eliminate preventable diarrhea deaths by 2030

scientific article published on 01 December 2019

Drug resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in selected urban and rural areas in Bangladesh

scientific article published on January 2005

Early exposure to toxic metals has a limited effect on blood pressure or kidney function in later childhood, rural Bangladesh

scientific article published on 14 December 2012

Early initiation of breastfeeding and severe illness in the early newborn period: An observational study in rural Bangladesh

scientific article published on 30 August 2019

Early invitation to food and/or multiple micronutrient supplementation in pregnancy does not affect body composition in offspring at 54 months: follow-up of the MINIMat randomised trial, Bangladesh

scientific article published on 13 December 2012

Early-life nutritional and environmental determinants of thymic size in infants born in rural Bangladesh

scientific article published on 27 April 2009

Economic evaluation of neonatal care packages in a cluster-randomized controlled trial in Sylhet, Bangladesh

scientific article published on 12 July 2013

Effect of community-based newborn-care intervention package implemented through two service-delivery strategies in Sylhet district, Bangladesh: a cluster-randomised controlled trial

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Effect of the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness strategy on childhood mortality and nutrition in a rural area in Bangladesh: a cluster randomised trial

scientific article published in August 2009

Effect of timing of first postnatal care home visit on neonatal mortality in Bangladesh: a observational cohort study

scientific article published on 14 August 2009

Effectiveness of a live oral human rotavirus vaccine after programmatic introduction in Bangladesh: A cluster-randomized trial

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Effectiveness of an integrated approach to reduce perinatal mortality: recent experiences from Matlab, Bangladesh

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Effectiveness of home-based management of newborn infections by community health workers in rural Bangladesh

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Effectiveness of maternal influenza immunization in mothers and infants

scientific article published on 17 September 2008

Effects of exclusive breastfeeding intervention on child growth and body composition: the MINIMat trial, Bangladesh

article published in 2013

Effects of individual, household and community characteristics on child nutritional status in the slums of urban Bangladesh

scientific article published on 20 February 2017

Effects of prenatal food and micronutrient supplementation on child growth from birth to 54 months of age: a randomized trial in Bangladesh

scientific article published on 8 December 2011

Effects of prenatal micronutrient and early food supplementation on maternal hemoglobin, birth weight, and infant mortality among children in Bangladesh: the MINIMat randomized trial

scientific article published on May 2012

Epidemiology of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Bangladeshi Children Before Introduction of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine

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Estimation of the herd protection of Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine against radiologically confirmed pneumonia in children under 2 years old in Dhaka, Bangladesh

scientific article published on 4 January 2014

Evaluation of a cluster-randomized controlled trial of a package of community-based maternal and newborn interventions in Mirzapur, Bangladesh

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Evidence to Action: Highlights From Transform Nutrition Research (2012-2017)

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Fatal and non-fatal injury outcomes: results from a purposively sampled census of seven rural subdistricts in Bangladesh.

scientific article published on August 2017

Getting it right for children: a review of UNICEF joint health and nutrition strategy for 2006-15.

scientific article published on September 2006

Global and regional burden of hospital admissions for severe acute lower respiratory infections in young children in 2010: a systematic analysis

scientific article published on 29 January 2013

High titre of anti-Ascaris immunoglobulin E associated with bronchial asthma symptoms in 5-year-old rural Bangladeshi children.

scientific article published on 7 December 2007

Household food security is associated with early childhood language development: results from a longitudinal study in rural Bangladesh.

scientific article published on 23 February 2010

Household food security is associated with growth of infants and young children in rural Bangladesh

scientific article published on 23 February 2009

Household food security was associated with growth of infants and young children in rural Bangladesh – Corrigendum

scholarly article published in Public Health Nutrition

Household surveillance of severe neonatal illness by community health workers in Mirzapur, Bangladesh: coverage and compliance with referral

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How can formative research inform the design of an iron-folic acid supplementation intervention starting in first trimester of pregnancy in Bangladesh?

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Humoral Immunity in Arsenic-Exposed Children in Rural Bangladesh: Total Immunoglobulins and Vaccine-Specific Antibodies.

scientific article published on 14 June 2017

Identification of serotype in culture negative pneumococcal meningitis using sequential multiplex PCR: implication for surveillance and vaccine design

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IgA and neutralizing antibodies to influenza a virus in human milk: a randomized trial of antenatal influenza immunization

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Impact of 4.0% chlorhexidine cleansing of the umbilical cord on mortality and omphalitis among newborns of Sylhet, Bangladesh: design of a community-based cluster randomized trial

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Improving and sustaining quality of child health care through IMCI training and supervision: experience from rural Bangladesh

scientific article published on 13 September 2013

Improving the Sensitivity of Blood Culture for Streptococcus pneumoniae

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Incidence and risk factors of preterm birth in a rural Bangladeshi cohort

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Incidence of influenza virus infection in early infancy: a prospective study in South Asia

scientific article published on February 2011

Influenza Immunization in Pregnancy — Antibody Responses in Mothers and Infants

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Initiation of breastfeeding within one hour of birth and its determinants among normal vaginal deliveries at primary and secondary health facilities in Bangladesh: A case-observation study

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Intussusception surveillance in a rural demographic surveillance area in bangladesh

scientific article published on November 2009

Invasive Haemophilus influenzae type B diseases in Bangladesh, with increased resistance to antibiotics

scientific article published in February 2005

Invasive pneumococcal disease among children in rural Bangladesh: results from a population-based surveillance

scientific article published on March 2009

Is there any association between parental education and child mortality? A study in a rural area of Bangladesh.

scientific article published on 9 September 2015

Levels, timing, and etiology of stillbirths in Sylhet district of Bangladesh

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Managing Neonatal and Early Childhood Syndromic Sepsis in Sub-District Hospitals in Resource Poor Settings: Improvement in Quality of Care through Introduction of a Package of Interventions in Rural Bangladesh

scientific article published on 23 January 2017

Measuring coverage in MNCH: a prospective validation study in Pakistan and Bangladesh on measuring correct treatment of childhood pneumonia

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Mobile-Based Nutrition Counseling and Unconditional Cash Transfers for Improving Maternal and Child Nutrition in Bangladesh: Pilot Study

scientific article published on 18 July 2018

Modifiers of the effect of maternal multiple micronutrient supplementation on stillbirth, birth outcomes, and infant mortality: a meta-analysis of individual patient data from 17 randomised trials in low-income and middle-income countries

scientific article published in November 2017

Molecular basis of resistance displayed by highly ciprofloxacin-resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi in Bangladesh

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Neonatal mortality risks among preterm births in a rural Bangladeshi cohort

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Out-of-pocket expenditure for seeking health care for sick children younger than 5 years of age in Bangladesh: findings from cross-sectional surveys, 2009 and 2012.

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Patterns of maternal care seeking behaviours in rural Bangladesh

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Population-based Incidence and Etiology of Community-acquired Neonatal Viral Infections in Bangladesh: A Community-based and Hospital-based Surveillance Study

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Population-based incidence and etiology of community-acquired neonatal bacteremia in Mirzapur, Bangladesh: an observational study

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Pre- and postnatal arsenic exposure and child development at 18 months of age: a cohort study in rural Bangladesh

scientific article published on 19 January 2010

Prenatal Micronutrient and Early Pregnancy Food Supplementation in Bangladesh—Reply

scientific article published in The Journal of the American Medical Association

Prevalence of sputum smear-positive tuberculosis in a rural area in Bangladesh

scientific article published in October 2006

Production and use of estimates for monitoring progress in the health sector: the case of Bangladesh

scientific article published on January 2017

Progress in maternal and child health: how has South Asia fared?

scientific article published on 11 April 2017

Quality of nutrition services in primary health care facilities: Implications for integrating nutrition into the health system in Bangladesh

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Respiratory rate and pulse oximetry derived information as predictors of hospital admission in young children in Bangladesh: a prospective observational study.

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Risk of childhood undernutrition related to small-for-gestational age and preterm birth in low- and middle-income countries

scientific article published on 06 August 2013

Saving of children's lives from drowning project in Bangladesh.

scientific article published on 16 September 2014

Setting health research priorities using the CHNRI method: VII. A review of the first 50 applications of the CHNRI method

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Setting priorities for development of emerging interventions against childhood pneumonia, meningitis and influenza

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Setting priorities in global child health research investments: assessment of principles and practice

scientific article published on October 2007

Setting priorities in global child health research investments: guidelines for implementation of CHNRI method

scientific article published on December 2008

Setting research priorities to improve global newborn health and prevent stillbirths by 2025.

scientific article published on June 2016

Setting research priorities to reduce global mortality from childhood pneumonia by 2015.

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Shonjibon cash and counselling: a community-based cluster randomised controlled trial to measure the effectiveness of unconditional cash transfers and mobile behaviour change communications to reduce child undernutrition in rural Bangladesh

scientific article published on 25 November 2020

Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype-2 childhood meningitis in Bangladesh: a newly recognized pneumococcal infection threat

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

Systematic review and meta-analysis of global birth prevalence of clubfoot: a study protocol.

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The effect of cord cleansing with chlorhexidine on neonatal mortality in rural Bangladesh: a community-based, cluster-randomised trial

scientific article published on 8 February 2012

The effect of exclusive breast-feeding on respiratory illness in young infants in a maternal immunization trial in Bangladesh

scientific article published on May 2013

The effect of umbilical cord cleansing with chlorhexidine on omphalitis and neonatal mortality in community settings in developing countries: a meta-analysis

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The effectiveness of a government-sponsored health protection scheme in reducing financial risks for the below-poverty-line population in Bangladesh

scientific article published in 2023

Thymus development and infant and child mortality in rural Bangladesh

scientific article published on 23 December 2013

Trends in use of referral hospital services for care of sick newborns in a community-based intervention in Tangail District, Bangladesh

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Use of the new World Health Organization child growth standards to describe longitudinal growth of breastfed rural Bangladeshi infants and young children

scientific article published on June 2009

Using geospatial techniques to develop an emergency referral transport system for suspected sepsis patients in Bangladesh.

scientific article published on 16 January 2018

Validation of a clinical algorithm to identify neonates with severe illness during routine household visits in rural Bangladesh

scientific article published on 30 September 2011

Validation of community health workers' assessment of neonatal illness in rural Bangladesh

scientific article published on January 2009

Weekly iron supplementation does not block increases in serum zinc due to weekly zinc supplementation in Bangladeshi infants

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Zinc supplementation and serum zinc during diarrhea

scientific article published in June 2006