Rebeca Sultana
Biographic Data
| ID | 7017995 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rebeca Sultana |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rebeca |
| FAMILY NAME | Sultana |
| SIGNATURE | SULTANA R |
| AFFILIATIONS | International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4180-5679 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Evaluating the impact of a low-cost food storage intervention on complementary food contamination and diarrheal disease in low-income urban households
Diarrheal diseases remain a leading cause of under-five mortality globally, yet large-scale water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) interventions have shown limited effects on childhood diarrhea and growth, partly because foodborne transmission has been overlooked. In low-income urban settings, complementary foods for young children are often stored for several hours under unsafe conditions, increasing the risk of fecal contamination. This randomiz…
Reach, implementation fidelity, and safety of bubble continuous positive airway pressure (bCPAP) therapy in children with severe pneumonia in Pakistan
Bubble continuous positive airway pressure (bCPAP) is a low-cost respiratory support device that has demonstrated different outcomes for children with severe pneumonia in different settings. Some differences in outcomes may be attributable to implementation factors (e.g., patient monitoring and feeding practices). We aimed to characterize bCPAP reach, implementation fidelity, and safety outcomes for children with severe pneumonia in Pakistan. We …
Bat-human interactions and associated factors among communities in Bundibugyo District, Uganda
More than 70% of new, emerging, and reemerging infectious diseases are from animal origin. Human interaction with bats has been associated as a driver for various fetal zoonoses, including numerous viral diseases of bat-origin. A lot of serological evidence has been gathered around human-bat interaction, yet very little is known regarding the underlying risk factors at community level. This study was aimed at understanding the human-bat interacti…
Protecting global health partnerships in the era of destructive nationalism
"Article signat per xx autors/es: Maya Adam ,Desiree LaBeaud,Nokwanele Mbewu,Jennifer Gates,Randall Waechter,Mercy J. Borbor-Cordova,Lydiah Kibe,Sonia Alvarez,Annie Dori,Anil S. Bilimale,Meggie Mwoka,Jessica Deffler,Michele Spring,Avriel R. Diaz,Rachael Farquhar,Willy Dunbar,Comfort R. Phiri,Valerie A. Luzadis,Nicole Redvers,Cristina Alonso,Rosemary Rochford,Rachel Lowe,Kareem Coomansingh,Moses Laman,Rebeca Sultana,Sadie Ryan,Amaya L. Bustinduy,A…
Measuring Water Quantity Used for Personal and Domestic Hygiene and Determinants of Water Use in a Low-Income Urban Community
There is a paucity of recent research on direct water quantity measurement for personal and domestic hygiene. We aimed to measure the water quantity used for personal and domestic hygiene and to explore the reasons and determinants for variation of water usage. We conducted this study from September 2014 to June 2016 in a low-income urban community in Dhaka. In 12 households, the team conducted a day-long bimonthly ethnographic observation for on…
The Meaning of “Hygiene” and Its Linked Practices in a Low-Income Urban Community in Bangladesh
Improving hygiene practices is considered to be the single most cost-effective means of reducing the global health burden of infectious diseases. Hygiene promotion and disease prevention interventions often portray and promote "hygiene" from a biomedical perspective, which may not be optimally effective for achieving their goal of changing people's behaviors. This study aimed to educe the meaning of hygiene for the residents of a low-income commu…
Hunting Bats for Human Consumption in Bangladesh
Where backyard poultry raisers seek care for sick poultry
The local poultry care providers provided front line healthcare to backyard poultry in villages and were a potential source of information for the rural raisers. Integration of these local poultry care providers in the government's avian influenza control programs is a potentially useful approach to increase poultry raisers' and local poultry care providers' awareness about avian influenza
A Controlled Trial to Reduce the Risk of Human Nipah Virus Exposure in Bangladesh
Biosecurity Conditions in Small Commercial Chicken Farms, Bangladesh 2011–2012
It’s not only what you say, it’s also how you say it
During outbreaks, one-way behaviour change communication without meaningful causal explanations is unlikely to be effective. Based on the cultural context, interactive communication strategies in lay language with supporting evidence can make biomedical prevention messages credible in affected communities, even among those who initially invoke supernatural causal explanations
Understanding the failure of a behavior change intervention to reduce risk behaviors for avian influenza transmission among backyard poultry raisers in rural Bangladesh
The villagers' awareness about avian influenza improved after the intervention, however, the intervention did not result in any measurable improvement in preventive behaviors. Low cost approaches that promote financial benefits and minimize personal discomfort should be developed and piloted
Cultural and Economic Motivation of Pig Raising Practices in Bangladesh
Poultry Slaughtering Practices in Rural Communities of Bangladesh and Risk of Avian Influenza Transmission
Piloting the use of indigenous methods to prevent Nipah virus infection by interrupting bats' access to date palm sap in Bangladesh
People in Bangladesh frequently drink fresh date palm sap. Fruit bats (Pteropus giganteus) also drink raw sap and may contaminate the sap by shedding Nipah virus through saliva and urine. In a previous study we identified two indigenous methods to prevent bats accessing the sap, bamboo skirts and lime (calcium carbonate). We conducted a pilot study to assess the acceptability of these two methods among sap harvesters. We used interactive communit…
Date Palm Sap Collection
Use of Infrared Camera to Understand Bats’ Access to Date Palm Sap
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Date Palm Sap Collection
Use of Infrared Camera to Understand Bats’ Access to Date Palm Sap
Piloting the use of indigenous methods to prevent Nipah virus infection by interrupting bats' access to date palm sap in Bangladesh
People in Bangladesh frequently drink fresh date palm sap. Fruit bats (Pteropus giganteus) also drink raw sap and may contaminate the sap by shedding Nipah virus through saliva and urine. In a previous study we identified two indigenous methods to prevent bats accessing the sap, bamboo skirts and lime (calcium carbonate). We conducted a pilot study to assess the acceptability of these two methods among sap harvesters. We used interactive communit…
Poultry Slaughtering Practices in Rural Communities of Bangladesh and Risk of Avian Influenza Transmission
Cultural and Economic Motivation of Pig Raising Practices in Bangladesh
It’s not only what you say, it’s also how you say it
During outbreaks, one-way behaviour change communication without meaningful causal explanations is unlikely to be effective. Based on the cultural context, interactive communication strategies in lay language with supporting evidence can make biomedical prevention messages credible in affected communities, even among those who initially invoke supernatural causal explanations
Understanding the failure of a behavior change intervention to reduce risk behaviors for avian influenza transmission among backyard poultry raisers in rural Bangladesh
The villagers' awareness about avian influenza improved after the intervention, however, the intervention did not result in any measurable improvement in preventive behaviors. Low cost approaches that promote financial benefits and minimize personal discomfort should be developed and piloted
A Controlled Trial to Reduce the Risk of Human Nipah Virus Exposure in Bangladesh
Biosecurity Conditions in Small Commercial Chicken Farms, Bangladesh 2011–2012
Where backyard poultry raisers seek care for sick poultry
The local poultry care providers provided front line healthcare to backyard poultry in villages and were a potential source of information for the rural raisers. Integration of these local poultry care providers in the government's avian influenza control programs is a potentially useful approach to increase poultry raisers' and local poultry care providers' awareness about avian influenza
Hunting Bats for Human Consumption in Bangladesh
Measuring Water Quantity Used for Personal and Domestic Hygiene and Determinants of Water Use in a Low-Income Urban Community
There is a paucity of recent research on direct water quantity measurement for personal and domestic hygiene. We aimed to measure the water quantity used for personal and domestic hygiene and to explore the reasons and determinants for variation of water usage. We conducted this study from September 2014 to June 2016 in a low-income urban community in Dhaka. In 12 households, the team conducted a day-long bimonthly ethnographic observation for on…
The Meaning of “Hygiene” and Its Linked Practices in a Low-Income Urban Community in Bangladesh
Improving hygiene practices is considered to be the single most cost-effective means of reducing the global health burden of infectious diseases. Hygiene promotion and disease prevention interventions often portray and promote "hygiene" from a biomedical perspective, which may not be optimally effective for achieving their goal of changing people's behaviors. This study aimed to educe the meaning of hygiene for the residents of a low-income commu…
Bat-human interactions and associated factors among communities in Bundibugyo District, Uganda
More than 70% of new, emerging, and reemerging infectious diseases are from animal origin. Human interaction with bats has been associated as a driver for various fetal zoonoses, including numerous viral diseases of bat-origin. A lot of serological evidence has been gathered around human-bat interaction, yet very little is known regarding the underlying risk factors at community level. This study was aimed at understanding the human-bat interacti…
Protecting global health partnerships in the era of destructive nationalism
"Article signat per xx autors/es: Maya Adam ,Desiree LaBeaud,Nokwanele Mbewu,Jennifer Gates,Randall Waechter,Mercy J. Borbor-Cordova,Lydiah Kibe,Sonia Alvarez,Annie Dori,Anil S. Bilimale,Meggie Mwoka,Jessica Deffler,Michele Spring,Avriel R. Diaz,Rachael Farquhar,Willy Dunbar,Comfort R. Phiri,Valerie A. Luzadis,Nicole Redvers,Cristina Alonso,Rosemary Rochford,Rachel Lowe,Kareem Coomansingh,Moses Laman,Rebeca Sultana,Sadie Ryan,Amaya L. Bustinduy,A…
Evaluating the impact of a low-cost food storage intervention on complementary food contamination and diarrheal disease in low-income urban households
Diarrheal diseases remain a leading cause of under-five mortality globally, yet large-scale water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) interventions have shown limited effects on childhood diarrhea and growth, partly because foodborne transmission has been overlooked. In low-income urban settings, complementary foods for young children are often stored for several hours under unsafe conditions, increasing the risk of fecal contamination. This randomiz…
Reach, implementation fidelity, and safety of bubble continuous positive airway pressure (bCPAP) therapy in children with severe pneumonia in Pakistan
Bubble continuous positive airway pressure (bCPAP) is a low-cost respiratory support device that has demonstrated different outcomes for children with severe pneumonia in different settings. Some differences in outcomes may be attributable to implementation factors (e.g., patient monitoring and feeding practices). We aimed to characterize bCPAP reach, implementation fidelity, and safety outcomes for children with severe pneumonia in Pakistan. We …
Environmental health (13 works) · Medicine (13 works) · Biology (8 works) · Animal ecology (7 works) · Viral Infections and Vectors (7 works) · Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology (6 works) · Ecology (6 works) · Socioeconomics (6 works) · Veterinary medicine (6 works) · Virology (6 works)