Objectives Low birth weight (LBW) is a major public health concern, especially in developing
countries, and is frequently related to child morbidity and mortality. This study aimed to …

Introduction Reliance on out-of-pocket payment for healthcare may lead poor households to
undertake catastrophic health expenditure, and risk-pooling mechanisms have been …

Background Approximately 80% of deaths attributed to malaria worldwide occurred mainly
in Africa in 2015. Kenya is one of the major malaria endemic countries, making malaria the …

Background Childhood obesity prevention initiatives are complex interventions that aim to
improve children's obesity‐related behaviors and provide health promoting environments …

Multicomponent community‐based obesity prevention interventions that engage multiple
sectors have shown promise in preventing obesity in childhood; however, economic …

Background Acute respiratory infections (ARIs) are one of the leading causes of child
mortality worldwide and contribute significant health burden for developing nations such as …

Background: Despite improvements in the reduction of child stunting rates over the last
decade, poor nutritional status still remains a public health concern in Bangladesh, where …

This scoping review was undertaken as the first stage of development of the Core Outcome
Sets for Early Prevention of Obesity in CHildhood (COS‐EPOCH). The aim of this review is …

In Bangladesh, the burden of diarrheal diseases is significant among children< 5 years old.
The objective of this study is to capture the prevalence of and health care–seeking behavior …

Objectives As in many low-income and middle-income countries, out-of-pocket (OOP)
payments by patients or their families are a key healthcare financing mechanism in …