Mahbub Elahi Chowdhury

Biographic Data

ID6619052
NAMEMahbub Elahi Chowdhury
GIVEN NAMESMahbub Elahi
FAMILY NAMEChowdhury
SIGNATURECHOWDHURY M E
AFFILIATIONSInternational Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research
ORCID0000-0001-5690-3303
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS1
WORKS AS AUTHOR8
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2013
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1

  • Using human-centered design to re-vision the emergency obstetric and newborn care framework

    Open AccessIsabelle Moreira, Elizabeth Chodzaza et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    The Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care (EmONC) Framework has been instrumental in helping countries plan and monitor maternal health services for over 20 years. Given evolving health systems, the changing expectations of both patients and health providers, and the expanded evidence base, the “Re-Visioning EmONC” project was initiated to update this framework to better meet countries’ needs. To understand the needs of its primary intended users,…

  • The development of proxy indicators to measure workforce well-being in emergency obstetric and neonatal care settings

    Open AccessR Rima Jolivet, Erica Munson et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2025

    Background: A shortage of health workers with skills to deliver high-quality routine and emergency maternal and newborn health (MNH) care hinders achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. Health worker well-being is a determinant of the quality and experiences of care. The emergency obstetric and newborn care (EmONC) framework supports country-level planners and managers to evaluate EmONC systems. We describe a measure development activit…

  • Decision-making process in seeking antenatal care

    Open AccessShakil Ahmed, Tanjeena Tahrin Islam et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2024

    Background: Decision-making in choosing and using maternal health care among different care-seeking options is a complex process influenced by multilevel factors. Existing evidence on maternal health care-seeking behaviour stems primarily from cross-sectional studies with limited information. Therefore, we designed a cohort study to better understand the decision-making process in antenatal care (ANC) seeking. Methods: We conducted this mixed-met…

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

    Open AccessZahid Hasan, Sayem Ahmed et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2024

    The Government of Bangladesh is piloting a non-contributory health protection scheme called Shasthyo Surokhsha Karmasuchi (SSK) to increase access to quality essential healthcare services for the below-poverty-line (BPL) population. This paper assesses the effect of the SSK scheme on out-of-pocket expenditure (OOPE) for healthcare, catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) and economic impoverishment of the enrolled population. A comparative cross-se…

  • Postnatal care for newborns in Bangladesh

    Open AccessKavita Singh, Paul Henry Brodish et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2017

    BACKGROUND: Bangladesh achieved Millennium Development Goal 4, a two thirds reduction in under-five mortality from 1990 to 2015. However neonatal mortality remains high, and neonatal deaths now account for 62% of under-five deaths in Bangladesh. The objective of this paper is to understand which newborns in Bangladesh are receiving postnatal care (PNC), a set of interventions with the potential to reduce neonatal mortality. METHODS: Using data fr…

  • Assessment of the Utilization of HIV Interventions by Sex Workers in Selected Brothels in Bangladesh

    Open AccessNafisa Lira Huq, Nafisa Huq et al.ARTICLEQualitative Report2015Cited by: 1References: 3

    In this qualitative study of brothel-based Female Sex Workers (FSWs), the authors explored factors that influence safe sex practices of FSWs within an integrated HIV intervention. Qualitative methods, including focus group discussions (FGDs), in-depth interviews and key informant interviews were applied in four brothels in Bangladesh. Young and elderly FSWs, Sordarnis (Madams who own young FSWs and who may be either active or inactive sex workers…

  • A prospective cohort study of stroke mortality and arsenic in drinking water in Bangladeshi adults

    Open AccessMahfuzar Rahman, Nazmul Sohel et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2014

    The result suggests that arsenic exposure was associated with increased stroke mortality risk in this population, and was more significant in women compared to men

  • The Bangladesh paradox

    A Mushtaque R Chowdhury, Rajiv Chowdhury et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2013