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Dr Abdullahel Amaan

Retinopathy of prematurity: an alarming threat for the premature newborns

Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is an eye disease in some premature infants born before 31 weeks (a full-term pregnancy is about 37 to 42 weeks). 
3 May 2025, 18:00 PM

Amplifying the leadership of persons with disabilities

More than 1.3 billion people worldwide experience significant disability, representing 16% of the global population.
7 December 2024, 18:00 PM

Access to quality care everywhere

An estimated 13.4 million babies are born preterm (before 37 weeks of pregnancy) in the world. At such a tender stage, the organs inside the baby are not fully developed. Unfortunately, premature birth is one of the leading causes of death in children under five.
16 November 2024, 18:00 PM

Unveiling insights and strategies during constipation awareness month

December is the Constipation Awareness Month. The International Foundation for Gastrointestinal Disease (IFFGD) launches a campaign to address the dilemmas that so many people face each day when living with constipation and to increase public knowledge of a common yet often misunderstood condition.
9 December 2023, 18:00 PM

Tackling preterm birth

The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines preterm birth as babies born alive before 37 weeks of pregnancy are completed. According to the most recent estimates, preterm birth is the leading cause of death in children under the age of five; each year, about 15 million babies worldwide are born preterm, which is about 1 in 10 children. Many survivors face a lifetime of disabilities, including learning disabilities and visual and hearing problems.
18 November 2023, 18:00 PM

Understanding and addressing excessive hair fall among teens

Now a days, one of the common issues teenagers go through is excessive hair fall. Hair fall can be a bit of a concern for teens, especially teenage girls.Normally, a person can lose as many as 100 hairs a day. These hairs grow back from the same origin later on. If the hair fall is greater than that, then it needs to be evaluated.
1 July 2023, 18:00 PM

Vaccinating a mother against SARS-CoV-2 means vaccinating the newborn!

Breastfed infants are better protected against different infectious diseases, such as gut infection (gastroenteritis), ear infection, urinary
12 March 2022, 18:00 PM

Heart diseases among children on the surge

Mrs Samina developed diabetes early in her pregnancy. She took several medications for that, but her blood sugar was not adequately
23 October 2021, 18:00 PM

Retinopathy of prematurity: an alarming threat for the premature newborns

Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is an eye disease in some premature infants born before 31 weeks (a full-term pregnancy is about 37 to 42 weeks). 
3 May 2025, 18:00 PM

Amplifying the leadership of persons with disabilities

More than 1.3 billion people worldwide experience significant disability, representing 16% of the global population.
7 December 2024, 18:00 PM

Access to quality care everywhere

An estimated 13.4 million babies are born preterm (before 37 weeks of pregnancy) in the world. At such a tender stage, the organs inside the baby are not fully developed. Unfortunately, premature birth is one of the leading causes of death in children under five.
16 November 2024, 18:00 PM

Unveiling insights and strategies during constipation awareness month

December is the Constipation Awareness Month. The International Foundation for Gastrointestinal Disease (IFFGD) launches a campaign to address the dilemmas that so many people face each day when living with constipation and to increase public knowledge of a common yet often misunderstood condition.
9 December 2023, 18:00 PM

Tackling preterm birth

The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines preterm birth as babies born alive before 37 weeks of pregnancy are completed. According to the most recent estimates, preterm birth is the leading cause of death in children under the age of five; each year, about 15 million babies worldwide are born preterm, which is about 1 in 10 children. Many survivors face a lifetime of disabilities, including learning disabilities and visual and hearing problems.
18 November 2023, 18:00 PM

Understanding and addressing excessive hair fall among teens

Now a days, one of the common issues teenagers go through is excessive hair fall. Hair fall can be a bit of a concern for teens, especially teenage girls.Normally, a person can lose as many as 100 hairs a day. These hairs grow back from the same origin later on. If the hair fall is greater than that, then it needs to be evaluated.
1 July 2023, 18:00 PM

Vaccinating a mother against SARS-CoV-2 means vaccinating the newborn!

Breastfed infants are better protected against different infectious diseases, such as gut infection (gastroenteritis), ear infection, urinary
12 March 2022, 18:00 PM

Heart diseases among children on the surge

Mrs Samina developed diabetes early in her pregnancy. She took several medications for that, but her blood sugar was not adequately
23 October 2021, 18:00 PM

‘Sharing the responsibility’ for protecting breastfeeding

Breastfeeding is one of the best investments for saving lives and for the socioeconomic development of a nation. It significantly improves the wellbeing of both the children and their mothers. Optimal breastfeeding is vital to their lifelong good health and wellbeing.
31 July 2021, 18:00 PM

Kangaroo Mother Care: Learning from nature to sustain

Annually approximately 15 million babies are born prematurely worldwide. More than one million of them die shortly after birth and many suffer from various physical, neurological, or intellectual disabilities afterwards. In Bangladesh, the neonatal mortality rate is 30 per 1,000 live births, accounting for 67% of all under-5 deaths. 19% of these deaths are from premature births.
17 July 2021, 18:00 PM

Ensuring zero separation for a better newborn outcome

The premature newborns are sometimes inevitably kept separated from their mothers for their compulsory care in the newborn-care nurseries or intensive care units. In Bangladesh's cultural trend, families and friends usually rush to adore the newborns immediately after their birth. Sometimes the newborn is kept apart from the mother to ensure her relaxed rest.
3 July 2021, 18:00 PM

Vaccinating children against COVID-19

The world is in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic which has spread rapidly across the world. The pandemic is already having a serious impact
20 February 2021, 18:00 PM

Promoting Community Clinic services during COVID-19

The Government of Bangladesh launched the community clinic project to set up almost 18,000 clinics with an ambition of providing healthcare services to approximately 6,000 marginalised people through each community clinic at the grassroots level.
26 September 2020, 18:00 PM

COVID-19 positive mother and immediate care of newborn

Since the emergence of a COVID-19 was not previously seen in humans, there is little data on whether there can be a vertical transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus from a COVID-19 positive pregnant woman to her baby.
19 September 2020, 18:00 PM
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