• Breastfeeding and maternal health outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis 

      Chowdhury, Ranadip; Sinha, Bireshwar; Sankar, Mari Jeeva; Taneja, Sunita; Bhandari, Nita; Rollins, Nigel; Bahl, Rajiv; Martines, Jose Carlos (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-11-04)
      Aim. To evaluate the effect of breastfeeding on long-term (breast carcinoma, ovarian carcinoma, osteoporosis and type 2 diabetes mellitus) and short-term (lactational amenorrhoea, postpartum depression, postpartum weight ...
    • Causes and consequences of child growth faltering in low-resource settings 

      Mertens, Andrew; Benjamin-Chung, Jade; Colford, John M.; Coyle, Jeremy; van der Laan, Mark J.; Hubbard, Alan E.; Rosete, Sonali; Malenica, Ivana; Hejazi, Nima; Sofrygin, Oleg; Cai, Wilson; Li, Haodong; Nguyen, Anna; Pokpongkiat, Nolan N.; Djajadi, Stephanie; Seth, Anmol; Jung, Esther; Chung, Esther O.; Jilek, Wendy; Subramoney, Vishak; Hafen, Ryan; Häggström, Jonas; Norman, Thea; Brown, Kenneth H.; Christian, Parul; Arnold, Benjamin F.; Abbeddou, Souheila; Adair, Linda S.; Ahmed, Tahmeed; Ali, Asad; Ali, Hasmot; Ashorn, Per; Bahl, Rajiv; Barreto, Mauricio L.; Becquey, Elodie; Begín, France; Bessong, Pascal Obong; Bhan, Maharaj Kishan; Bhandari, Nita; Bhargava, Santosh K.; Bhutta, Zulfiqar A.; Black, Robert E.; Bodhidatta, Ladaporn; Carba, Delia; Checkley, William; Christian, Parul; Crabtree, Jean E.; Dewey, Kathryn G.; Duggan, Christopher P.; Fall, Caroline H. D.; Faruque, Abu Syed Golam; Fawzi, Wafaie W.; da Silva Filho, José Quirino; Gilman, Robert H.; Guerrant, Richard L.; Haque, Rashidul; Hasan, S. M. Tafsir; Hess, Sonja Y.; Houpt, Eric R.; Humphrey, Jean H.; Iqbal, Najeeha Talat; Jimenez, Elizabeth Yakes; John, Jacob; John, Sushil Matthew; Kang, Gagandeep; Kosek, Margaret; Kramer, Michael S.; Labrique, Alain; Lee, Nanette R.; Lima, Aldo Ângelo Moreira; Mahopo, Tjale Cloupas; Maleta, Kenneth; Manandhar, Dharma S.; Manji, Karim P.; Martorell, Reynaldo; Mazumder, Sarmila; Mduma, Estomih; Mohan, Venkata Raghava; Moore, Sophie E.; Ntozini, Robert; Nyathi, Mzwakhe Emanuel; Olortegui, Maribel Paredes; Ouédraogo, Césaire T.; Petri, William A.; Premkumar, Prasanna Samuel; Prentice, Andrew M.; Rahman, Najeeb; Ramirez-Zea, Manuel; Sachdev, Harshpal Singh; Sadiq, Kamran; Sarkar, Rajiv; Sarmin, Monira; Saville, Naomi M.; Shaikh, Saijuddin; Shrestha, Bhim P.; Shrestha, Sanjaya; Soares, Alberto Melo; Sonko, Bakary; Stein, Aryeh D.; Svensen, Erling; Syed, Sana; Umrani, Fayaz; Ward, Honorine D.; West, Keith P.; Wu, Lee Shu Fune; Yang, Seungmi; Yori, Pablo Penataro (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Growth faltering in children (low length for age or low weight for length) during the first 1,000 days of life (from conception to 2 years of age) influences short-term and long-term health and survival1,2. Interventions ...
    • Cognitive and motor outcomes in children born low birth weight: A systematic review and meta-analysis of studies from South Asia 

      Upadhyay, Ravi Prakash; Naik, Gitismita; Choudhary, Tarun Shankar; Chowdhury, Ranadip; Taneja, Sunita; Bhandari, Nita; Martines, Jose Carlos; Bahl, Rajiv; Bhan, Maharaj Kishan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-01-29)
      Background South Asia contributes substantially to global low birth weight population (i.e. those with birth weight < 2500 g). Synthesized evidence is lacking on magnitude of cognitive and motor deficits in low birth weight ...
    • Community initiated kangaroo mother care and early child development in low birth weight infants in India - a randomized controlled trial 

      Taneja, Sunita; Sinha, Bireshwar; Upadhyay, Ravi Prakash; Mazumder, Sarmila; Sommerfelt, Halvor; Martines, Jose Carlos; Dalpath, Suresh Kumar; Gupta, Rakesh; Kariger, Patricia; Bahl, Rajiv; Bhandari, Nita; Dua, Tarun; Abbasi, Farah; Panwar, Vaishali; Nagpal, Sugandhi; Shekhar, Medha; Ghosh, Runa; Kaur, Jasmine; Dube, Brinda (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Background: In a randomized controlled trial (RCT) with 8402 stable low birthweight (LBW) infants, majority being late preterm or term small for gestational age, community-initiated KMC (ciKMC) showed a significant improvement ...
    • Diagnostic measures for severe acute malnutrition in Indian infants under 6 months of age: a secondary data analysis 

      Chowdhury, Ranadip; Sanger, Nitika; Choudhary, Tarun Shankar; Taneja, Sunita; Martines, Jose Carlos; Bhandari, Nita; Bahl, Rajiv (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Background Weight for length z-score (WLZ) < − 3 is currently used to define severe acute malnutrition (SAM) among infants. However, this approach has important limitations for infants younger than 6 months of age as WLZ ...
    • Early child stimulation, linear growth and neurodevelopment in low birth weight infants 

      Upadhyay, Ravi Prakash; Taneja, Sunita; Strand, Tor Arne; Sommerfelt, Halvor; Hysing, Mari; Mazumder, Sarmila; Bhandari, Nita; Martines, Jose Carlos; Dua, Tarun; Kariger, Patricia; Bahl, Rajiv (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Background Children with low birth weight (LBW) are at risk of linear growth faltering and developmental deficits. Evidence suggests that early child stimulation and care reflected as responsive caregiving and opportunities ...
    • Effect of community-initiated kangaroo mother care on breastfeeding performance in low birthweight infants: A randomized clinical trial 

      Sinha, Bireshwar; Sommerfelt, Halvor; Ashorn, Per; Mazumder, Sarmila; Taneja, Sunita; Bahl, Rajiv; Bhandari, Nita (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      This individually randomized trial was conducted to estimate the effect of promoting community-initiated kangaroo mother care (ciKMC) in low birthweight (LBW) infants on infant breastfeeding performance. It was designed ...
    • Effect of Community-Initiated Kangaroo Mother Care on Postpartum Depressive Symptoms and Stress among Mothers of Low-Birth-Weight Infants: A Randomized Clinical Trial 

      Sinha, Bireshwar; Sommerfelt, Halvor; Ashorn, Per; Mazumder, Sarmila; Taneja, Sunita; More, Deepak; Bahl, Rajiv; Bhandari, Nita (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Importance Approximately 1 in 5 women in low- and middle-income countries experience postpartum depression, and the risk is higher among mothers of low-birth-weight (LBW) infants. Kangaroo mother care (KMC) is effective ...
    • Effect of implementation of Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illness programme on treatment seeking practices for morbidities in infants: cluster randomised trial 

      Mazumder, Sarmila; Taneja, Sunita; Bahl, Rajiv; Mohan, Pavitra; Strand, Tor A.; Sommerfelt, Halvor; Kirkwood, Betty; Goyal, Nidhi; Van Den Hombergh, Henri; Martines, Jose Carlos; Bhandari, Nita (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-08-29)
      Objective: To determine the effect of implementation of the Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illness strategy on treatment seeking practices and on neonatal and infant morbidity. Design: Cluster randomised ...
    • Effect of kangaroo mother care initiated in community settings on financial risk protection of low-income households: a randomised controlled trial in Haryana, India 

      Choudhary, Tarun Shankar; Mazumder, Sarmila; Haaland, Øystein Ariansen; Taneja, Sunita; Bahl, Rajiv; Martines, Jose Carlos; Bahn, Maharaj Kishan; Norheim, Ole Frithjof; Sommerfelt, Halvor; Bhandari, Nita; Johansson, Kjell Arne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Introduction Many families in low-income and middle-income countries have high out-of-pocket expenditures (OOPE) for healthcare, and some face impoverishment. We aimed to assess the effect of Kangaroo Mother Care initiated ...
    • Enteral Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation in Preterm and Low Birth Weight Infants: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis 

      Kumar, Mohan; Chowdhury, Ranadip; Sinha, Bireshwar; Upadhyay, Ravi Prakash; Chandola, Temsunaro Rongsen; Mazumder, Sarmila; Taneja, Sunita; Edmond, Karen; Bahl, Rajiv; Bhandari, Nita; Ramakrishnan, Usha; Rivera, Juan A.; Tandon, Sonia; Duggan, Christopher P.; Liu, Enju; Fawzi, Wafaie; Manji, Karim; Choudhary, Tarun Shankar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      OBJECTIVES To assess effects of supplementation with 3 or more micronutrients (multiple micronutrients; MMN) compared to no MMN in human milk-fed preterm and low birth weight (LBW) infants. RESULTS Data on a subgroup ...
    • Global research priorities on COVID-19 for maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health 

      Ahmed, Nawshad Uddin; Maamri, Abdellatif; Falade, Adegoke G; Ayede, Adejumoke Idowu; Bhutta, Adnan; Gambhir, Ajay; Tagarro, Alfredo; Abdelmegeid, Ali; Ahmadi, Ali Reza; Barros, Aluísio J D; Mekasha, Amha; Srinivasaiyer, Anantha Kumar; da Silva, André Ricardo Araujo; Schultz, Andreas; Fatima, Batool; Dhar, Bishnupada; Magowan, Brian; Wills, Bridget; Raynes-Greenow, Camille; Homer, Caroline S.E.; Maclennan, Carolyn; Ward, Catherine L; Garcia, Daniel Martinez; Ross, David; Murdoch, David; Wilson, Deborah Joy; Adejuyigbe, Ebunoluwa A.; Stasii, Ecaterina; Scudde, Elaine; Sacks, Emma; McCollum, Eric D.; Althabe, Fernando; Russell, Fiona; Kumar, GS; Sommerfelt, Halvor; Graham, Hamish; Blencowe, Hannah; Tappis, Hannah; Saloojee, Haroon; Masaud, Hesham Abdussalam Ben; Tiwary, Hiresh; Asiodu, Ifeyinwa; Newton, James B; Bourdaire, Jessica; Adze, Joel Amwe; Martines, Jose Carlos; Lozano, Juan M; Walson, Judd; Bahl, Rajiv; Shamszai, Zainularab Zohra; Navabi, Zohreh Sadat (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Background This research prioritization aimed to identify major research gaps in maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health (MNCAH) to help mitigate the direct and indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods We ...
    • Government-led initiative increased the effective use of Kangaroo Mother Care in a region of North India 

      Jadaun, Arun S.; Dalpath, Suresh K.; Trikha, Sonia; Upadhyay, Ravi Prakash; Bhandari, Nita; Punia, Jaswant Singh; Rawal, Manoj; Martines, Jose Carlos; Bahl, Rajiv; Agarwal, Ramesh; Mazumder, Sarmila (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Aim To learn how to achieve high-quality, effective coverage of Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC), defined as 8 hours or more of skin-to-skin contact per day and exclusive breastfeeding in district Sonipat in North India, and ...
    • Health equity impact of community-initiated kangaroo mother care: a randomized controlled trial 

      Choudhary, Tarun Shankar; Mazumder, Sarmila; Haaland, Øystein Ariansen; Taneja, Sunita; Bahl, Rajiv; Martines, Jose Carlos; Bhan, Maharaj Kishan; Johansson, Kjell Arne; Sommerfelt, Halvor; Bhandari, Nita; Norheim, Ole Frithjof (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Background: Kangaroo mother care (KMC) can substantially enhance overall survival of low birthweight babies. In a large randomized controlled trial, we recently showed that supporting mothers to provide community initiated ...
    • Impact of community-initiated Kangaroo Mother Care on survival of low birth weight infants: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial 

      Mazumder, Sarmila; Taneja, Sunita; Dalpath, Suresh Kumar; Gupta, Rakesh; Dube, Brinda; Sinha, Bireshwar; Bhatia, Kiran; Yoshida, Sachiyo; Norheim, Ole Frithjof; Bahl, Rajiv; Sommerfelt, Halvor; Bhandari, Nita; Martines, Jose Carlos (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-06-07)
      Background: Around 70% neonatal deaths occur in low birth weight (LBW) babies. Globally, 15% of babies are born with LBW. Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) appears to be an effective way to reduce mortality and morbidity among ...
    • Interventions to improve breastfeeding outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis 

      Sinha, Bireshwar; Chowdhury, Ranadip; Sankar, Mari Jeeva; Martines, Jose Carlos; Taneja, Sunita; Mazumder, Sarmila; Rollins, Nigel; Bahl, Rajiv; Bhandari, Nita (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-11-04)
      Aim. To provide comprehensive evidence of the effect of interventions on early initiation, exclusive, continued and any breastfeeding rates when delivered in five settings: (i) Health systems and services (ii) Home and ...
    • Milk-cereal mix supplementation during infancy and impact on neurodevelopmental outcomes at 12 and 24 months of age: A randomized controlled trial in India 

      Upadhyay, Ravi Prakash; Taneja, Sunita; Strand, Tor Arne; Hysing, Mari; Koshy, Beena; Bhandari, Nita; Bahl, Rajiv (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Inadequate protein intake and lack of micronutrients may affect neurodevelopment in infants. This randomised controlled trial was conducted to measure the effect of two milk–cereal mixes with modest and high amounts of ...
    • Optimal breastfeeding practices and infant and child mortality: A systematic review and meta-analysis 

      Sankar, Mari Jeeva; Sinha, Bireshwar; Chowdhury, Ranadip; Bhandari, Nita; Taneja, Sunita; Martines, Jose Carlos; Bahl, Rajiv (Journal article, 2015-07-31)
      Aim: To synthesise the evidence for effects of optimal breastfeeding on all-cause and infection-related mortality in infants and children aged 0–23 months. Methods: We conducted a systematic review to compare the effect ...
    • Setting research priorities to improve global newborn health and prevent stillbirths by 2025 

      Yoshida, Sachiyo; Martines, Jose Carlos; Lawn, Joy E.; Wall, Stephen; Souza, João Paulo; Rudan, Igor; Cousens, Simon; Aaby, Peter; Adam, Ishag; Adhikari, Ramesh Kant; Ambalavanan, Namasivayam; Arifeen, Shams EI; Aryal, Dhana Raj; Asiruddin, Sk K.; Baqui, Abdullah; Barros, Aluisio J.D.; Benn, Christine S.; Bhandari, Vineet; Bhatnagar, Shinjini; Bhattacharya, Sohinee; Bhutta, Zulfiqar A.; Black, Robert E.; Blencowe, Hannah; Bose, Carl; Brown, Justin; Bührer, Christoph; Carlo, Wally; Cecatti, Jose Guilherme; Cheung, Po-Yin; Clark, Robert; Colbourn, Tim; Conde-Agudelo, Agustin; Corbett, Erica; Czeizel, Andrew E.; Das, Abhik; Day, Louise Tina; Deal, Carolyn; Deorari, Ashok; Dílmen, Uǧur; English, Mike; Esamai, Fabian; Fall, Caroline; Ferriero, Donna M.; Gisore, Peter; Hazir, Tabish; Higgins, Rosemary D.; Homer, Caroline S.E.; Hoque, Dewan Emdadul; Irgens, Lorentz M.; Islam, Mohammad Tajul; de Graft-Johnson, Joseph; Joshua, Martias Alice; Keenan, William; Khatoon, Soofia; Kieler, Helle; Kramer, Michael S.; Lackritz, Eve M.; Lavender, Tina; Lawintono, Laurensia; Luhanga, Richard; Marsh, David; McMillan, Douglas; McNamara, Patrick J.; Mol, Ben Willem J.; Molyneux, Elizabeth; Mukasa, Gelasius K.; Mutabazi, Miriam; Nacul, Luis Carlos; Nakakeeto, Margaret; Narayanan, Indira; Olusanya, Bolajoko; Osrin, David; Paul, Vinod; Poets, Christian; Reddy, Uma M; Santosham, Mathuram; Sayed, Rubayet; Schlabritz-Loutsevitch, Natalia E.; Singhal, Nalini; Smith, Mary Alice; Smith, Peter G.; Soofi, Sajid; Spong, Catherine Y.; Sultana, Shahin; Tshefu, Antoinette; van Bel, Frank; Gray, Lauren Vestewig; Waiswa, Peter; Wang, Wei; Williams, Sarah L.A.; Wright, Linda; Zaidi, Anita; Zhang, Yanfeng; Zhong, Nanbert; Zuniga, Isabel; Bahl, Rajiv (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-06)
      Background: In 2013, an estimated 2.8 million newborns died and 2.7 million were stillborn. A much greater number suffer from long term impairment associated with preterm birth, intrauterine growth restriction, congenital ...
    • Utilisation, equity and determinants of full antenatal care in India: analysis from the National Family Health Survey 4 

      Kumar, Gunjan; Choudhary, Tarun Shankar; Srivastava, Akanksha; Upadhyay, Ravi Prakash; Taneja, Sunita; Bahl, Rajiv; Martines, Jose Carlos; Bhan, Maharaj Kishan; Bhandari, Nita; Mazumder, Sarmila (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-09-05)
      Objectives: We examined the utilisation, equity and determinants of full antenatal care (ANC), defined as 4 or more antenatal visits, at least one tetanus toxoid (TT) injection and consumption of iron folic acid (IFA) for ...