Sanjit Roy

University of Dhaka · Department of Population Sciences

Orbiviruses are arthropod borne viruses of vertebrates, with some of them being important pathogens of veterinary, conservation and economic importance, while others are occasionally associated with human disease. Some apparently bat specific orbiviruses have been detected, but little is known about their distribution and diversity. We thus sampled...

Zoonotic spillover of animal viruses into human populations is a continuous and increasing public health risk. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) highlights the global impact of emergence. Considering the history and diversity of coronaviruses (CoVs), especially in bats, SARS-CoV-2 will likely not be the last to spillover...

Debido a la pandemia, las autoridades sanitarias mexicanas lanzaron la Jornada Nacional de Sana Distancia para mitigar los contagios y evitar sobrecargar las instalaciones de salud pública. Pero el distanciamiento social ha empeorado la soledad y el aislamiento social de los adultos mayores vulnerables; está afectando negativamente su salud psicoso...

La situación demográfica en el mundo está cambiando y, con ello, está surgiendo el envejecimiento demográfico. Una prioridad para los adultos mayores es tener calidad de vida e integración social. Asimismo, uno de los retos más considerables para este sector es la soledad y el aislamiento. Estos desafíos pueden llegar a impactar negativamente en su...

Zoonotic spillover of animal viruses into human populations is a continuous and increasing public health risk. SARS-CoV-2 highlights the global impact emergence events can have. Considering the history and diversity of coronaviruses (CoVs), especially in bats, SARS-CoV-2 will likely not be the last to spillover from animals into human populations....

This project took into considerations Gerontechnology approaches and it proposes a digital psychoeducational intervention to support mental and social health of CDOA and CG during COVID 19 in Southern California, México, regarding the use of technologies to strengthen communications and social connectedness during a period of three months in Summer...

Antenatal Care (ANC) is one of the four pillars initiatives of the Safe Motherhood. Since MMR is high in rural areas of Bangladesh so to reduce MMR the uptake of ANC visit from trained provider is important. The objective of this study was to see the trends of 4+ ANC visit and identify the factors associated with the number of antenatal visits in r...

Antenatal Care (ANC) is one of the four pillars initiatives of the Safe Motherhood. Since MMR is high in rural areas of Bangladesh so to reduce MMR the uptake of ANC visit from trained provider is important. The objective of this study was to see the trends of 4+ ANC visit and identify the factors associated with the number of antenatal visits in r...

This research seeks to learn more about how to support family caregivers of people with dementia, who are taking care of their loved ones at home. Compared with other types of caregivers; caregivers of people with dementia tend to have a higher risk to experience social isolation, distress, and depressive symptoms. This research is guided by the ca...

Discussion Research Objectives Investigate the psycho-social impact of participation in an intergenerational community-based choir for persons with dementia, caregivers, and high school students on caregivers' affect and distress 1. Explore the trajectories of change across months of the intervention for positive affect, negative affect, and caregi...

Discussion Research Objectives Investigate the psycho-social impact of participation in an intergenerational community-based choir for persons with dementia, caregivers, and high school students on caregivers' affect and distress 1. Explore the trajectories of change across months of the intervention for positive affect, negative affect, and caregi...

To reduce maternal mortality ratio (MMR) by 2030, improvement of maternal healthcare services (MHS) is essential. The objective of this study is to understand the trends of receiving MHS and assess socio-economic and demographic factors associated with MHS-seeking behaviour of the women in Bangladesh. The results will help to design appropriate str...

Gender-biased sex selection (GBSS) is a harmful practice, a form of discrimination against girls, and a human rights violation. It is alarming as it reflects the persistent low status of women and girls. The resulting gender imbalance can have a damaging effect on societies. In Bangladesh, the preconditions that can promote GBSS exist throughout so...

There is no reliable and valid psychometric measure in Bangladesh to assist mental health and relevant professionals to assess the presence and severity of symptoms of schizophrenic patients as regularly used in developed countries. Hence two widely used measures, SAPS (34-items) and SANS (25-items) had been tested with a Bangladeshi sample to dete...

Waste generated from the healthcare facilities are infectious and hazardous that poses serious threats to environment. So it requires proper management prior to its final disposal. This paper shows the exiting scenario of medical waste management practice in the health care facilities of Bangladesh. This cross-sectional study utilizes data from the...

As with most Asian countries, rice dominates Bangladesh in terms of food production and consumption. However, with sustained increase in income, persistent commendable GDP growth, urbanization, and significant reduction in poverty, people tend to consume more diversified food, ready to eat food, and food away from home. The findings from this study...

The main objective of this paper is to show the association between age at marriage and the early stage neonatal mortality in Bangladesh. The secondary data has been used for this paper and the data source is Bangladesh Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey. The target group of respondents in this study were the ever married women and who had ever give...

Background Bangladesh has achieved MDG 4, but although post neonatal and child mortality have shown impressive declines, neonatal mortality is still lagging behind. More efforts have to be made to improve this state of affairs. The objective of this paper is to identify the effect of proper antenatal care and social wellbeing on early neonatal mort...

Aim: At present environmental awareness programme is emerging across the world although this is a quite new phenomenon in Bangladesh. The present study was attempted to know young people’s perception about environmental change in Bangladesh. This paper describes some findings to understand the status of environmental awareness among young people in...

Gender-Biased Sex Selection in Bangladesh

Child Marriage Context in Bangladesh

Bangladesh is facing and will have to face all the direct and indirect impacts of environmental change because of its geographical position. It is one of the developing countries susceptible to environmental disaster where almost each and every year environmental change is affecting the human health in a multi-dimensional way. The linkages between...

BRAC, an indigenous non-governmental development organization (NGO), has been implementing a programme to prevent and control malaria in the 13 malaria-endemic districts of Bangladesh since 2007. One of the critical preventive interventions is the distribution of insecticidal bed nets (long-lasting insecticide-treated nets, LLINs and insecticide-tr...

Wavelet-based image fusion techniques have been highly successful in combining important features such as edges and textures of source images. In this work, a new discrete wavelet transform (DWT)-based fusion algorithm is proposed using a locally-adaptive multivariate statistical model for the wavelet coefficients of the source images as well as th...