Selected publications
1. Abdullah H. Baqui, Eric D. McCollum, Arif Mahmud, Arunangshu Roy, Nabidul H.
Chowdhury, Iftekhar Rafiqullah, Syed Jafar Raza Rizvi, Nazma Begum, Dipak K.
Mitra, Rasheda Khanam, Meagan Harrison, Salahuddin Ahmed, Md
Hasanuzzaman, Hafizur Rahman, Maksuda Islam, Zabed B. Ahmed, Md Abdul
Quaiyum, Alain Koffi, Nicole Simmons, William Checkley, Lawrence H. Moulton,
Mathuram Santosham, Samir K. Saha, for the Projahnmo Study Group in
Bangladesh. Population-based incidence and serotype distribution of invasive
pneumococcal disease prior to introduction of conjugate pneumococcal
vaccine in Bangladesh. PLoS ONE 15(2): e0228799, February, 2020,
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0228799.
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2. Anne CC Lee1, Luke C. Mullany, Alain K. Koffi, Iftekhar Rafiqullah, Rasheda
Khanam, Lian V. Folger, Mahmoodur Rahman, Dipak K. Mitra, Alain Labrique,
Parul Christian, Jamal Uddin, Parvez Ahmed, Salahuddin Ahmed, Arif Mahmud,
Sushil K. DasGupta, Nazma Begum, Mohammad A. Quaiyum, Samir K. Saha and
Abdullah H. Baqui. Urinary tract infections in pregnancy in arural population of
Bangladesh: population-based prevalence, risk factors, etiology, and antibiotic
resistance. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth (2020) 20:1,
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-019-2665-0
3. O'Keefe AM, Bustad K, Apata J, Sheikhattari P, Abrams NR, Mahmud A. What
Differentiates Underserved Smokers Who Successfully Quit From Those Who Do
Not. J Community Health. 2019 Feb;44(1):44-51. doi: 10.1007/s10900-018-0551-8
4. Abdullah H. Baqui, Eric D. McCollum, Samir K. Saha, Arun K. Roy, Nabidul H.
Chowdhury, Meagan Harrison, Abu Abdullah Mohammad Hanif,
Nicole Simmons, Arif Mahmud, Nazma Begum, Salahuddin Ahmed,
Ahad M. Khan, Zabed Bin Ahmed, Maksuda Islam, Dipak Mitra, Abdul Quaiyum,
Miguel A. Chavez, Farhan Pervaiz, Catherine H. Miele, Holly B. Schuh,
Rasheda Khanam, William Checkley, Lawrence H. Moulton,
Mathuram Santosham. Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine impact assessment
in Bangladesh. Gates Open Research 2018, 2:21 Last updated: 26 APR 2018.
5. Samir K Saha, Stephanie J Schrag, Shams El Arifeen, Luke C Mullany, Mohammad
Shahidul Islam, Nong Shang, Shamim A Qazi, Anita K M Zaidi, Zulfiqar A Bhutta,
Anuradha Bose, Pinaki Panigrahi, Sajid B Soofi, Nicholas E Connor, Dipak K Mitra,
Rita Isaac, Jonas M Winchell, Melissa L Arvay, Maksuda Islam, Yasir Shafiq, Imran
Nisar, Benazir Baloch, Furqan Kabir, Murtaza Ali, Maureen H Diaz, Radhanath
Satpathy, Pritish Nanda, Bijaya K Padhi, Sailajanandan Parida, Aneeta Hotwani,
M Hasanuzzaman, Sheraz Ahmed, Mohammad Belal Hossain, Shabina Ariff,
Imran Ahmed, Syed Mamun Ibne Moin, Arif Mahmud, Jessica L Waller,
â€â€â€.Abdullah H Baqui. Causes and incidence of community-acquired serious
infections among young children in south Asia (ANISA): an observational cohort
study. Lancet 2018; 392: 145–59. Published Online July 6, 2018
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(18)31127-9
6. Gulam Muhammed Al Kibria, Vanessa Burrowes, Allysha Choudhury, Atia
Sharmeen, Swagata Ghosh, Arif Mahmud, Angela KC. Determinants of early
neonatal mortality in Afghanistan: an analysis of the Demographic and Health
Survey 2015. Global Health (2018)14:47. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-018-0363-8
7. Gulam Muhammed Al Kibria, Rasheda Khanam, Dipak Kumar Mitra, Arif
Mahmud, Nazma Begum, Syed Mamun Ibne Moin, Samir Kumar Saha, Abdullah
Baqui, Projahnmo Study Group in Bangladesh. Rates and determinants of
neonatal mortality in two rural sub-districts of Sylhet, Bangladesh. PLoSONE , Nov
2018, 13(11):e0206795.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0206795
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8. Khanam Rasheda, Ahmed Saifuddin, Creanga Andreea A., Begum Nazma, Koffi
Alain K., Mahmud Arif, Rosen Heather, Baqui Abdullah H. Antepartum
complications and perinatal mortality in rural Bangladesh. BMC Pregnancy &
Childbirth. March 2017, volume 17, page 1-8, 8p)
9. Dipak K. Mitra, Arif Mahmud, Nazma Begum, Iftekhar Rafiqullah, Arunangshu Roy,
Syed Mamun Ibne Moin, Maksuda Islam, Md Abdul Quaiyum, Jannatul Ferdous,
Jennifer A. Applegate, Samir K. Saha, and Abdullah H. Baqui. Implementation of
the ANISA Protocol in Sylhet, Bangladesh: Challenges and Solutions. The Pediatric
Infectious Disease Journal • Volume 35, Number 5, Supplement 1, May 2016. DOI:
10.1097/INF.0000000000001108.
10. Rasheda Khanam, Andreea A Creanga, Alain K Koffi, Dipak K Mitra, Arif
Mahmud, Nazma Begum, Syed Mamun Ibne Moin, Malathi Ram, Md Abdul
Quaiyum, Saifuddin Ahmed, Samir K Saha, Abdullah H Baqui. Patterns and
Determinants of Care-Seeking for Antepartum and Intrapartum Complications in
Rural Bangladesh: Results from a Cohort Study. PloS one. December 2016,
Volume 11, issue 12, page: e0167814)
11. Julie Korol Wright, Kyla Hayford, Vanessa Tran, Gulam Muhammed Al Kibria,
Abdullah Baqui, Ali Manajjir, Arif Mahmud, Nazma Begum, Mashuk Siddiquee,
Kevin C. Kain and Azadeh Farzin. Biomarkers of endothelial dysfunctionpredict
sepsis mortality in young infants: amatched case-control study. BMC Pediatrics
(2018) 18:118 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-018-1087-x.
12. Mohammad Abdul Quaiyum et. Al. Abdullah Baqui, Mohammed Hefzur
Rahman, Arif Billah Al Mahmud, Nazma Begum. Burden, timing and causes of
maternal and neonatal deaths and stillbirths in sub-Saharan Africa and South
Asia: protocol for a prospective cohort study. Journal of Global Health,
September 2016. 10.7189.
13. Julie Wright, Kyla Hayford, Vanessa Tran, Gulam Muhammed Al Kibria, Abdullah
Baqui, Arif Mahmud, Kevin Kain, Azadeh Farzin. Circulating Biomarkers of
Endothelial Dysfunction Predict Mortality in Newborn Sepsis. Open Forum
Infectious Diseases, Volume 3, Issue suppl_1, Publisher: Oxford University Press.
(Dec 2016)
14. Anne CC Lee, Mohammad A. Quaiyum, Luke C. Mullany, Dipak K. Mitra, Alain
Labrique, Parvez Ahmed, Jamal Uddin, Iftekhar Rafiqullah, Sushil Dasgupta, Arif
Mahmud, Emilia H. Koumans, Parul Christian, Samir Saha, Abdullah H. Baqui and
for the Projahnmo Study Group. Screening and treatment of maternal
genitourinary tract infections in early pregnancy to prevent preterm birth in rural
Sylhet, Bangladesh: a cluster randomized trial. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth.
December 2015, DOI 10.1186/s12884-015-0724-8.
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15. Abdullah H. Baqui, Samir K. Saha, ASM Nawshad Uddin Ahmed, Mohammad
Shahidullah, Iftekhar Quasem, Daniel E Roth, AKM Samsuzzaman, Wazir Ahmed,
S.M.Shahnawaz Bin Tabib, Dipak K Mitra, Nazma Begum, Maksuda Islam, Arif
Mahmud, Mohammad Hefzur Rahman, Mamun Ibne Moin, Luke C Mullany,
Simon Cousens, Shams El Arifeen, Stephen Wall, Neal Brandes, Mathuram
Santosham, Robert E Black for Projahnmo Study Group. Safety and efficacy of
alternate antibiotic regimens compared with seven-day injectable procaine
benzylpenicillin and gentamycin for outpatient treatment of neonates and
young infants with clinical signs of severe infections when the referral is not
possible: a randomized, open-level, equivalence trial. The Lancet, published
online on April 02, 2015: http://dx.dol.org/10.1016/ S2214-109X (14)70347-X
16. Baqui Abdullah H; Arifeen Shams E; Rosen Heather E; Mannan Ishtiaq; Rahman
Syed M; Al-Mahmud Arif Billah; Hossain Daniel; Das Milan K; Begum Nazma;
Ahmed Saifuddin; Santosham Mathuram; Black Robert E; Darmstadt Gary L;
Community-based validation of assessment of newborn illnesses by trained
community health workers in Sylhet district of Bangladesh. Tropical medicine &
international health: TM &IH 2009; 14(12):1448-56.
17. Baqui Abdullah H; Ahmed Saifuddin; El Arifeen Shams; Darmstadt Gary L;
Rosecrans Amanda M; Mannan Ishtiaq; Rahman Syed M; Begum Nazma;
Mahmud Arif B A; Seraji Habibur R; Williams Emma K; Winch Peter J; Santosham
Mathuram; Black Robert E; Effect of timing of first postnatal care home visit on
neonatal mortality in Bangladesh: a observational cohort study. BMJ (Clinical
research ed.) 2009; 339:b2826.
18. Rahman Syed Moshfiqur; Ali Nabeel Ashraf; Jennings Larissa; Seraji M Habibur R;
Mannan Ishtiaq; Shah Rasheduzzaman; Al-Mahmud Arif Billah; Bari Sanwarul;
Hossain Daniel; Das Milan Krishna; Baqui Abdullah H; El Arifeen Shams; Winch
Peter J. Factors affecting recruitment and retention of community health workers
in a newborn care intervention in Bangladesh. Human resources for health 2010;
8():12.
19. S Chang, S El Arifeen, S Bari, M A Wahed, KM Rahman, MT Rahman, ABA
Mahmud, N Begum, K Zaman, AH Baqui and RE Black. Supplementing iron and
zinc: double-blind randomized evaluation of separate or combined delivery.
European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2009), 1–8
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Abstract publications
• Arif Mahmud, MBBS, MIH, Ian Lindong, Stacey Stephens, Ashiah Parker, Payam
Sheikhattari, and Wendy Lane. Engaging barbers as peer educators for smoking
cessation. APHA Annual Meeting and Expo, 2019, Philadelphia, Nov 2-6, 2019.
Abstract 4200.2, Board 3, Tuesday, November 5, 2019. PA, USA.
• Olaoluwa Fajobi, Kathleen Oâ€Connor, Arif Mahmud, Mian Hossain. Is the
relationship between residential mobility and marijuana use in past 12 months
among youths aged 12-17 moderated by religious beliefs? APHA Annual
Meeting and Expo, Nov 10-14, 2018, San Diego, CA, USA. USA.
• SE Barrett, DrPH, MS; AS Hawkins, PhD; K Sydnor, PhD; Arif Mahmud, MBBS, MPH, J
Sankofa, BGS. The Health Policy Literacy Study (HPLS). APHA Annual Meeting and
Expo, Nov 4-8, 2017; Atlanta, GA, USA.
• Whelan R, Bably NN, Wylie B, Rahman S, Ahmed P, Naznin S, Alam RA, Fahmida
A, Mahmud A, Litch J, Baqui AH, Lee AC. Intra- and Inter-Rater Reliability of
Symphysis Fundal Height & Abdominal Girth Measurements by Health Workers in
Rural Bangladesh. Unite For Sight conference, April 2016.
• M Santosham AH Baqui, S Saha, A Quaiyum, A Mahmud, A Roy, NH Chowdhury,
N Begum, S Ahmed, N Simmons, L Moulton, E McCollum. Challenges of
Establishing the Pneumococcal Disease Burden in South Asia: Experiences from
the Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV) Impact Evaluation Study in
Bangladesh. (June 2016). Journal: ISPPD – 0839, Pages: Abstract 0839, Publisher:
ISPPD 2016, Glasgow, Scotland
Ongoing publications
Eric D McCollum, MD; Salahuddin Ahmed; Arun Roy; Nabidul Chowdhury; Holly
Schuh; Syed Rizvi; Abu Hanif; Ahad Khan; Arif Mahmud; Farhan Pervaiz; Meagan
Harrison; Megan Reller; Nicole Simmons; Abdul Quaiyum; Nazma Begum;
Mathuram Santosham; William Checkley; Lawrence Moulton; Abdullah Baqui.
Effectiveness of the 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine against
radiographic pneumonia among children in rural Bangladesh: a case-control
study. Submitted: Vaccine.
Arif Mahmud, Luke C Mullany, Begum Nazma, Rasheda Khanam, Creanga
Andreea A., Baqui Abdullah H. Incidence of intrapartum-related complications
and associated risk factors among neonates in rural Bangladesh.
Musarrat Jabeen Rahman, Sifat Yusuf, Arif Mahmud, Linda Bartlett, Amnesty
LeFevre, Peter Winch. Health seeking for postpartum sepsis complications in rural
Sylhet, Bangladesh.
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Ahmed I, Ahmed SA, Ariff S, Baqui AH, Bartlett LA (PI), Begum N, Bhutta S, Bhutta
ZA, Connor NE, Arifeen SE, Hirani, F, Hotwani A, Islam MS, Kabir F, Khan IA, LeFevre
AE, Mahmud A, Mir F, Mitra DK, Moin SMI, Quaiyum MA, Qureshi S, Rafiqullah I,
Reller ME, Roy A, Saha SK, Shakoor S, Soofi S, Sultana S, Wasan Y, Winch PJ, Zaidi
AK.Validation of community health worker identification of maternal puerperal
sepsis using a clinical diagnostic algorithm in Bangladesh and Pakistan.
Other publications:
• Opioid Epidemic:
• One of the contributors in a report on Jurisdictional Opioid Vulnerability
Assessment in Maryland, Maryland Department of Health, Office of
Preparedness and Response, 12/19, Baltimore, Maryland.
• Maternal and Child Health:
• One of the contributors of Reference manual: Essential Newborn Care