Selected Publications
Baqui AH, Arifeen SE, Darmstadt GL, Ahmed S, Williams EK, Seraji HR, Mannan I, Rahman SM, Shah R, Saha SK, Syed U, Winch PJ, Santosham M, and Black RE for the Projahnmo Study Group. Impact of a package of community-based newborn care interventions implemented through two service delivery strategies in Sylhet district, Bangladesh: a cluster-randomised controlled trial. Lancet. 2008; 371 (9628):1936–44
Baqui AH, Rosecrans AM, Williams EK, Agrawal PK, Ahmed S, Darmstadt GL, Kumar V, Kiran U, Panwar D, Ahuja RC, Srivastava VK, Black RE, Santosham M. NGO facilitation of a government’s community-based maternal and neonatal health programme in rural India: Improvements in equity. Health Policy and Planning 2008;23(4):234–43
Williams EK, Hossain MB, Sharma RK, Kumar V, Pandey CM, Baqui AH. Birth interval and risk of stillbirth or neonatal death: findings from rural north India. J Trop Pediatr. 2008 Apr 27
Rosecrans AM, Williams EK, Agrawal PK, Ahmed S, Darmstadt GL, Kumar V, Ahuja RC, Srivastava VK, Black RE, Santosham M, Baqui AH. Does emergency birth preparation associated with increased skilled care at birth? Evidence from rural Uttar Pradesh, India. Journal of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine. 2008;1(3):145-52
Mannan I, Rahman SM, Sania A, Seraji HR, Mahmud ABM, Begum N, Arifeen SE, Winch P, Darmstadt GL, and Baqui AH for the Bangladesh Projahnmo Study Group. Can Early Postpartum Home Visits by Trained Community Health Workers Improve Breastfeeding of Newborns? Journal of Perinatology (2008), 1–9
Arifeen SE, Baqui AH. Treating Severe Pneumonia in Children: We can do better. Lancet; Vol 371 January 5, 2008
Saha SK, Darmstadt GL, Baqui AH, Islam MN, Qazi S, Islam M, Arifeen SE, Santosham M, Black RE, Crook DW. Direct detection of the multi-drug resistance genome of Haemophilus influenzae in cerebrospinal fluid of children with meningitis in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2008 Jan;27(1):49-53
Bosch AM, Willekens FJ, Baqui AH, VAN Ginneken JK, Hutter I. Association between age at menarche and early-life nutritional status in rural Bangladesh. J Biosoc Sci. 2007 Oct 24;:1-15
Takeuchi H, Zaman K, Takahashi J, Yunus M, Chowdhury HR, Arifeen SE, Baqui A, Wakai S, Iwata T. High titre of anti-Ascaris IgE associated with bronchial asthma symptoms in 5-year-old rural Bangladeshi children. Clinical and Experimental Allergy, 2007 [Epub ahead of print]
Walker CLF, Black RE, and Baqui AH. Does age affect the response to zinc therapy for diarrhea in Bangladeshi infants? J Health Popul Nutri. 2008;26(1):105-9.
Baqui AH, Rahman M, Zaman K, Arifeen SE, Chowdhury HR, Begum N, Bhattacharya G, Chotani RA, Yunus M, Santosham M, and Black RE. A Population-based Study of Hospital Admission Incidence Rate and Bacterial Aetiology of Acute Lower Respiratory Infections in Children Aged Under 5 years in Bangladesh. J Health Population Nutr 2007 Jun; 25(2):179-188
Rahman M, Shoma S, Rashid H, El Arifeen S, Baqui AH, Siddique AK, Niar GB, and Sack DA. Increasing spectrum in Antimicrobial resistance of Shigella isolates in Bangladesh: Resistance to Azithromycin and Ceftriaoxone and decreased susceptibility to Ciprofloxacin. J Health Population Nutr 2007 Jun; 25(2):158-67
Rahman M, Hossain S, Baqui AH, Shoma S, Rashid H, Nahar N, Zaman MK, Khatun F. Haemophilus influenzae type-b and non-b-type invasive diseases in urban children(<5years) of Bangladesh: Implications for therapy and vaccination. J Infect. 2008 Feb 15;56(3):191-196
Hyder A, Borse N, Blum L, Khan R, Arifeen SE, and Baqui AH. Childhood Drowning in Low and Middle Income Countries – Urgent Need for Intervention Trials. J Paediatr Child Health. 2008;44(4):221-7.
Bosch AM, Baqui AH and van Ginneken JKS. Early life determinants of stunted adolescent girls and boys in Matlab, Bangladesh. J Health Popul Nutr. 2008;26(2):189-99
El Arifeen S, Baqui AH, Victora CG, Black RE, Bryce J, Hoque DME, Chowdhury EK, Begum N, Akter T, Siddik A. Sex and Socioeconomic Differentials in Child Health in Rural Bangladesh: Findings from a Baseline Survey for Evaluating Integrated Management of Childhood Illness. Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition. 2008;26(1):22-35
Fronczak N, Arifeen SE, Moran AC, Caulfield LE, Baqui AH. Delivery Practices and Early Postpartum Morbidity in Dhaka, Bangladesh. J Health Popul Nutr. 2007 Dec;25(4):479-87
Darmstadt GL, Kumar V, Shearer J, Misra R, Mohanty S, Baqui AH, Coffey PS, Awasthi S, Singh JV, Santosham M. Validation of accuracy and community acceptance of the BIRTHweigh III scale for categorizing birth weigh in rural India. J Perinatol. 2007;27(10):602-8
Black MM, Baqui AH, Zaman K, McNary SW, Le K, El Arifeen S, Hamadani JD, Parveen M, Yunus M, and Black RE. Depressive Symptoms Among Rural Bangladeshi Mothers: Implications for Infant Development. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2007 Aug; 48(8):764-72.
Patel Z, Kumar V, Singh P, Yadav R, Singh V, Bharti N, Baqui AH, Santosham M, Darmstadt GL. Feasibility of community neonatal death audits in rural Uttar Pradesh, India. J Perinatol. 2007 Jul 19
Moran AC, Winch PJ, Sultana N, Kalim N, Afzal KM, Koblinsky M, Arifeen SE, Seraji MHR, Mannan I,. Darmstadt GL, Baqui AH, and the Bangladesh PROJAHNMO Maternal Morbidity Study Group. Patterns of Maternal Care Seeking Behaviors in Rural Bangladesh. Tropical Medicine and International Health, volume 12 no 7 pp 823–832, July 2007
Baqui AH, Arifeen SE, Saha SK, Persson LA, Zaman K, Gessner BD, Moulton LH, Black RE, Santosham S. Effectiveness of Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine on prevention of pneumonia and meningitis in Bangladeshi children: A case- study. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2007;26: 565–571
Zaman K, Takeuchi H, Yunus M, Arifeen SE, Chowdhury HR, Baqui AH, Wakai S, Iwata T. Prevalence and risk factors for wheezing among five year old rural Bangladesh children: an epidemiological study. Ind J Ped 2007; 74:539-54
Baqui AH, Williams EK, Darmstadt GL, Kumar V, Kiran TU, Panwar D, Sharma RK, Ahmed S, Sreevasta V, Ahuja R, Santosham M, Black RE. Newborn care in rural Uttar Pradesh. Indian J Pediatrics 2007; 74(3):241-7.
Bari S, Mannan I, Rahman MA, Darmstadt GL, M. Seraji MHR, Baqui AH, Arifeen SE, Rahman SM, Saha SK, Ahmed ASMNU, Ahmed S, Santosham M, Black RE, Winch PJ, and Bangladesh Projahnmo-II Study Group. Trends in use of referral hospital services for care of sick newborns in a community-based intervention in Tangail district, Bangladesh. J Health Popul Nutr 2006 Dec;24(4):519-29
Saha SK, Baqui AH, Arifeen SE, Qazi S, Billal DS, Islam M, Roy E, RuhulAmin M, Black RE, Santosham M. Detection of Antigenuria: Revisiting an old test to diagnose the invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b diseases. Annals of Tropical Paediatrics. 2006; 26, 329-336.
Saha SK, Darmstadt GL, Baqui AH, Crook DW, Islam MN, Islam M, Hossain M, El Arifeen S, Santosham M, Black RE. Molecular Basis of Resistance Displayed by Highly Ciprofloxacin-Resistant Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi in Bangladesh. J Clin Microbiol. 2006 Oct; 44(10):3811-3.
Rahman M, Hossain S, Shoma S, Rashid H, Baqui AH, van der Linden M, Al-Lahham A, Reinert RR. Emergence of a Unique Multiply Antibiotic-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 7B Clone in Dhaka, Bangladesh. J Clin Microbiol. 2006; Sep 27
Darmstadt GL, Kumar V, Yadav, R, Singh V, Singh P, Mohanty S, Baqui AH, Bharti N, Gupta S, Misra RP, Awasthi S, Singh JV, Santosham M and the Saksham Study Group. Introduction of Community-Based Skin-to-Skin care in Rural Uttar Pradesh, India. J Perinat 2006 Oct; 26(10):597-604
Baqui AH, Darmstadt GL, Williams EK, Kumar V, Kiran TU, Panwar D, Srivasta V, Ahuja R, Black RE, Santosham M. Rates, Timing, and Causes of Neonatal Deaths in Rural India: Implications for Neonatal Interventions. WHO Bull 2006;84:7-6-713
Baqui AH, Black RE, Walker CLF, Arifeen S, Zaman K, Yunus M, Wahed MA,Caulfield LE. Zinc supplementation and serum zinc during diarrhea. Indian J Pediatrics. 2006; 73 (6): 1-5
Zaman K, Yunus M, Arifeen SE, Baqui AH, Sack DA, Hossain S, Rahim Z, Ali M, Banu S, Islam MA, Begum N, Begum V, Breiman RF, Black RE. Prevalence of sputum smears positive tuberculosis in a rural area in Bangladesh. Epidemiology and Infection 2006; 134: 1052-1059.
Baqui AH and Ahmed T. Diarrhoea and malnutrition in children: Replacing fluid and minerals, particularly zinc, remains vital. Editorial, BMJ 2006; 332; 378
Fronczak N, Antelman G, Moran AC, Caulfield LE, Baqui AH. Delivery-related complications and early postpartum morbidity in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2005 Dec;91(3):271-8.
Baqui AH, Walker CLF, Zaman K, Arifeen SE, Chowdhury HR, Wahed MA, Black RE, Caulfield LE. Weekly iron supplementation does not block increases in serum zinc due to weekly supplementation in Bangladeshi children. J. Nutr. 135:2187-2191, 2005
Winch PJ, Alam MA, Akther A, Afroz D, Ali NA, Ellis AA, Baqui AH, Darmstadt GL, Arifeen SE, Seraji MHR, and the Bangladesh PROJAHNMO Study Group (1). Local understandings of vulnerability and protection during the newborn period in Sylhet District, Bangladesh. Lancet. 2005 Aug 6-12;366(9484):478-85.
Arifeen SE, Bryce J, Gouws E, Baqui AH, Black RE, Hoque DM, Chowdhury EK, Yunus M, Begum N, Akter T, Siddique A. Quality of care for under-fives in first-level health facilities in one district of Bangladesh. Bull World Health Organ. 2005 Apr;83(4):260-7.
Saha SK, Baqui AH, Darmstadt GL, Ruhulamin M, Hanif M, El Arifeen S, Oishi K, Santosham M, Nagatake T, Black RE. Invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b diseases in Bangladesh, with increased resistance to antibiotics. J Pediatr. 2005 Feb;146(2):227-33.
Zaman K, Rahim Z, Yunus M, Arifeen SE, Baqui AH, Sack DA, Hossain S, Banu S, Islam MA, Ahmed J, Breiman RF, Black RE. Drug resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in selected urban and rural areas in Bangladesh. Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2005;37:21-26.
Black MM, Baqui AH, Zaman K, Persson LA, Arifeen SE, Le K, McNary SW, Parveen M, Hamadini JD, and Black RE. Iron and zinc supplementation promote motor development and exploratory behavior among Bangladesh infants. Am J Clin Nutr 2004:80:903-10
Baqui AH, Black RE, Arifeen SE, Yunus M, Zaman K, Begum N, Roess AA, and Santosham M. Zinc therapy for diarrhea increased use of oral rehydration therapy and reduced use of antibiotics in Bangladeshi children. Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition. 2004 Dec;22(4):440-2
Baqui AH, Zaman K, Persson LA, Arifeen SE, Yunus M, Begum N, and Black RE. Simultaneous Weekly Supplementation of Iron and Zinc is Associated with Lower Morbidity Due to Diarrhea and acute Lower Respiratory Infection in Bangladeshi Infants. J Nutr. 2003 Dec;133(12):4150-7
Saha SK, Baqui AH, Darmstadt GL, Ruhulamin M, Hanif M, El Arifeen S, Santosham M, Oishi K, Nagatake T, Black RE. Comparison of Antibiotic Resistance and Serotype Composition of Carriage and Invasive Pneumococci among Bangladeshi Children: Implications for Treatment Policy and Vaccine Formulation. J Clin Microbiol. 2003 Dec;41(12):5582-5587
Hyder A, Arifeen SE, Begum, N, Fishman S, Wali S, Baqui AH. Deaths from drowning: defining a new challenge for child survival in Bangladesh. Injury Control and Safety Promotion, 2003 vol. 10, No. 4, pp 105-210
Sabin KM, Rahman M, Hawkes S, Ahsan K, Begum L, Black RE, Baqui AH. Sexually transmitted infections prevalence rates in slum communities of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Int J STD AIDS. 2003 Sep;14(9):614-21
Albert MJ, Qadri F, Wahed MA, Ahmed T, Rahman ASMH, Ahmed F, Bhuiyan NA, Zaman K, Baqui AH, Clemens JD, and Black RE. Supplementation with zinc, but not vitamin A, improves seroconversion to vibriocidal antibody in children given an oral cholera vaccine. JID 2003:187:909-913
Baqui AH, Black RE, Arifeen SE, Yunus M, Charroborty J, Ahmed S, Vaughan JP. Community randomized trial of zinc supplementation started during diarrhoea reduces morbidity and mortality in Bangladeshi children. BMJ. 2002 Nov 9;325(7372):1059
Rahman MM, Wahed MA, Fuchs GJ, Baqui AH, and Alvarez JO. Synergistic effect vitamin A and zinc on the biochemical indexes of vitamin A nutrition in children. Am J Clin Nutr, 2002;75:92-8
Rahman MM, Tofail F, Wahed MA, Fuchs GJ, Baqui AH, and Alvarez JO. Short-term with zinc and vitamin A: no effect on the growth of undernourished Bangladeshi children. Am J Clin Nutr, 2002; 75:87-91
K Zaman, Sack DA, Chakraborty J, Yunus M, Baqui AH, Black RE. Children’s fluid intake during diarrhoea: A comparison of questionnaire responses with data from observations. . Acta Paediatrica, 2002; 91:376-382
de Francisco A, Hyder AA, Shams-El-Arifeen, Baqui AH. The dangers of childhood. Lancet 2002 Sep 14;360(9336):811
2001
Arifeen SA, Black RE, Antelman G, Baqui AH, Caulfield L and Becker S. Exclusive Breast-feeding Reduces Acute Respiratory Infection and Diarrhea Deaths Among Infants in Dhaka Slums. PEDIATRICS 2001; 108 (4): e67
Saha SK, Darmstadt GL, Baqui AH, Hanif M, Ruhulamin M. Santosham M, Nagatake T and Black RE. Rapid Identification and Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi Isolated from Blood: Implications for Therapy. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2001; 39 (10): 3583-3585
Rahman MM, Vermund SH ,Wahed MA, Baqui AH, Fuchs GJ, Tofail F, Alvarez JO. Effect of simultaneous zinc and vitamin A supplementation on diarrhoea and acute lower respiratory infection in Bangladeshi children: A randomized double-blind placebo controlled trial. BMJ1, 2001;323:314-8.
Baqui AH, Sabir AA, Begum N, Arifeen SE, Mitra SN, Black RE. Causes of Childhood Deaths in Bangladesh: An update. Acta Paediatr, 2001; 90:682-690.
Osendarp SJM, van Raajj JMA, Darmstadt GL, Baqui AH, Hauvast JJGA, Guchs GJ. Zinc supplementation during pregnancy and effects on growth and morbidity in low birthweight infants: a randomized placebo-controlled trial. The Lancet, 2001; 357:1080-85.
Saha SK, Baqui AH, Hanif M, Darmstadt GL, Ruhulamin M, Nagatake T, Santosham M, Black RE. Typhoid fever in Bangladesh: Implications for vaccination policy. Pediatr Infect Dis J., 2001; 20(5):521-4
Arifeen SE, Black RE, Caulfield LE, Antelman G and Baqui AH. Determinants of infant growth in the slums of Dhaka: size and maturity at birth, breastfeeding and morbidity. European J Clin Nutr 2001; 55:167-178
Routh S, el Arifeen S, Jahan SA, Begum A, Thwin AA, Baqui AH. Coping with changing conditions: alternative strategies for the delivery of child health and family planning services in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Bull World Health Organ. 2001; 79(2):142-9
Ali, M.; Emch, M.; Tofail, F.; Baqui, A.H. Implications of Health Care Provision on Acute Lower Respiratory Infection Mortality in Bangladeshi Children, Social Science & Medicine, 2001; 52(2): 267-277.
Alam DS, Marks GC, Baqui AH, Yunus M, Fuchs GJ. Association between clinical type of diarrhea and growth of children younger than 5 years old in rural Bangladesh. International J Epidemiology 2000 Oct; 29(5):916-921
Papreen N, Sharma A, Sabin K, Begum L, Ahsan SK, Baqui AH. Living with infertility: experiences among Urban slum populations in Bangladesh. Reprod Health Matters. 2000 May;8(15):33-44.
Arifeen SE, Black RE, Caulfield LE, Antelman G, Baqui AH, Nahar Q, Alamgir SU and Mahmud H. Infant growth patterns in the slums of Dhaka in relation to birth weight, intrauterine growth retardation and prematurity. Am J Clin Nutr: 2000 Oct;72(4):1010-7
Islam MS, Khan MNH, Rahman MA, sadique MA, Muniruzzaman SM, Baqui AH, Hossain MS, Siddique AK, Nair GB, Sack RB, Sack DA, Huq A, and Colwell RR. Role of Animate and Inanimate Objects in Transmission of Shigellae in Index Families, Elucidated by Culture and Fluorescent Antibody Techniques. The Journal of Japanese Association of Infectious Diseases 2000, vol 74 (9): 766-767
Routh S, Thwin AA, Kane TT and Baqui AH. User-fees for Family Planning Methods: An analysis of payment Behaviour among Urban Contraceptors in Bangladesh. J Health Popul Nutr 2000 Sep; 18(2);69-78
Osendarp SJM, Van Raaij JMA, Arifeen SEA, Wahed MA, Baqui AH, and Fuchs GJ. A randomized, placebo-controlled trial of the effect of zinc supplementation during pregnancy on pregnancy outcome in Bangladeshi urban poor. Am J Clin Nutr 2000;71:114-9.
Zaman K, Sack DA, Chakraborty JC, Yunus M, Baqui AH, Black RE. Children's
fluid intake during diarrhea: a comparison of questionnaire responses with
data from observations (abstract). J Ped Gastroenterol Nutr 2000, 31 (suppl 2): S234.
Azim SMT, Tunon C, Baqui AH. Record keeping systems for quality improvement in urban primary health care clinic. J Health & Pop in Developing Countries; 1999, 2(2):23-29
Baqui AH, Black RE, Arifeen SE, Hill K, Mitra SN, Sabir AA. Causes of childhood deaths in Bangladesh: results of a nationwide verbal autopsy study. Bull World Health Organ 1998; 76(2):161-71.
