COVID-19
Research articles
- The forgotten people with thalassemia in the time of COVID-19: South Asian perspective. MS Hossain, E Raheem, MH Siddiqee. 2020. Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 15: 265
- Healthcare Capacity, Health Expenditure, and Civil Society as Predictors of COVID-19 Case Fatalities: A Global Analysis. Khan JK, Awan N, Islam MM, Muurlink O. 2020. Frontier in Public Health. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2020.00347
- Stopping the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Review on the Advances of Diagnosis, Treatment and Control Measures, Siam MHB, Hannan NH, Ahmed A and Hossain MS 2020. Journal of Pathogens (Article ID 9121429)
- Clinical spectrum, geographical variability of COVID-19 and its implications. Siam MHB, Mosabbir AL, Hannan NH, Ahmed A and Hossain MS 2020. Coronaviruses (in Press, 10.2174/2666796701999201117103814)
- Pathophysiological mechanisms of disease severity in COVID-19: An update. Siam MHB, Abedin SMM, Hannan NH, Ahmed A and Hossain MS 2020. J Adv Biotechnol Exp Ther 3 (4), 68-78
- Mass panic during Covid-19 outbreak- A perspective from Bangladesh as a high-risk country. MS Hossain, E Raheem, MH Siddiqee. 2020. Journal of Biomedical Analytics, 3(2), 1-3.
- Clinical Characteristics of Noncritical Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): Lessons from Bangladesh (Morshed SH, Mosabbir AL, Chowdhury P, Ashadullah SM and Hossain MS, Bangladesh J Microbiol, 2020;37:2;42-46.
- Clinico-epidemiological characteristics of asymptomatic and symptomatic COVID-19-positive patients in Bangladesh. MJ Hasan et al 2020. MedRvix doi. 10.1101/2020.08.18.20177089/Mymensingh Medical Journal
Research articles under review/pre-print
- Insights into the first seven months of the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh: Lessons learned from a high-risk country. Siam MHB, Hasan M, ashrif SM, Khan MHR, Raheem E, Hossain MS 2020. MedRvix doi https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.08.05.20168674v1 (under review in Heliyon)
- Global effect of COVID-19 pandemic on physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep among 3- to 5-year-old children: a longitudinal study of 14 countries. Okely et al 2020. Under review in BMC Public Health
- COVID-19 mortality disparities between international migrant workers and non migrant: Evidence from case reports from SIngapore and Gulf countries. Hossain MS et al 2020. Under review in International MIgration and Health.
- Impact of COVID-19 on rare diseases: A case study on thalassemia patients in Bangladesh. Hossain MS, Runa F and Mosabbir AL 2020. Under review in Public Health in Practice
- Prevalence and Integration of symptoms and comorbidities with age of the SARS-CoV-2 patients: a systematic evaluation and meta-analysis. Rahman et al 2020. MedRvix doi. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.08.19.20177980
- Estimation of novel coronavirus (covid-19) reproduction number and case fatality rate: a systematic review and meta-analysis, Ahammed T, Anjum A, Rahman MM, Haider N, Kock R, Uddin MJ. Health Science Reports, Wiley Online Library.
- Mental health of the uninfected adult population amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Hasan et al 2020. Under review in Heliyon
Research articles under preparation
- Karim et al 2020. Immunomodulatory therapies for SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 .
- Hossain et al 2020. Why did COVID-19 symptomatic patients not seek healthcare service? Evidence from a cross-sectional study.
- Morshed et al 2020. Characteristics and outcomes of hospitalized COVID-19 Patients with Diabetes Mellitus: Lessons learnt from Bangladesh
- Hossain et al 2020. Twenty-four-hour movement behaviours on the health and development of preschool children before and during COVID-19 pandemic: SUNRISE pilot study from Bangladesh
OP-Ed articles by BRF researchers
COVID-19 vaccines
- Bangladesh must act immediately to secure adequate COVID-19 vaccine doses (TBS, 26 Dec 2020)
- Securing C-19 vaccine to move from new normal to new future:Part-1 , Part-2.(Daily Observer, 17 Dec 2020)
- Covid-19 vaccine: The race to ensure a cure (Dhaka Tribune, 15 Dec 2020)
- An independent analysis of Globe’s Bancovid vaccine (TBS News, 23 October 2020)
- Does BANCOVID meet the standards for human clinical trials? (Daily Observer, 21 October 2020)
- International guidelines for vaccine development must be followed (Dhaka Tribune, 21 Oct 2020)
- Sinovac vaccine trial debate: A response to icddr,b (Dhaka Tribune, 24 August 2020)
- No light at the end of this tunnel? (Dhaka Tribune, 16 August 2020)
- C-19 vaccine trial in Bangladesh: Is inactivated vaccine viable? (Daily Observer, 11 August 2020)
- Sinovac’s vaccine candidate shows no promise in Phase II trial (Daily Observer, 15 August 2020)
- Why safety comes first for vaccine development in Bangladesh (TBS News, 17 July 2020)
- Is Bangladesh capable of developing a new vaccine? (Dhaka Tribune, 13 July 2020)
Others
- The climate-Covid double-punch (Dhaka Tribune, 29 August 2020)
- Thalassemia in the time of coronavirus (Dhaka Tribune, 7 May 2020)
- The forgotten thalassemia patients during the pandemic (TBS News, 8 May 2020)
Popular Bengali mainstream print media
- টিকা সংগ্রহে বাংলাদেশকে কেন তৎপর হতে হবে? (বাংলাদেশ প্রতিদিন, যুগান্তর, ২৪ ডিসেম্বর ২০২০)
- ভ্যাকসিন ও বায়োটেক ড্রাগ তৈরিতে বাংলাদেশ কি সক্ষমতা অর্জন করেছে? (যুগান্তর, ১২ জুলাই ২০২০)
- সিনোভ্যাক ভ্যাকসিন ট্রায়াল বিতর্কে আইসিডিডিআরবি (যুগান্তর, ২৮ আগষ্ট ২০২০)
- ভ্যাকসিন ট্রায়াল নিয়ে বিতর্ক: নিরাপত্তার বিষয়টি উপেক্ষিত (ভোরের কাগজ, ৯ সেপ্টেম্বর)
- টিকার ট্রায়ালে স্বেচ্ছাসেবীর সুরক্ষা ( দেশ রূপান্তর, ১৭ সেপ্টম্বর ২০২০)
- হিউম্যান ট্রায়ালে যেতে পারেনি গ্লোবের ‘ব্যানকোভিড’, নেই অগ্রগতিও (সারা বাংলা, ২৪ নভেম্বর ২০২০)
Interviews in mainstream media/TV-Channels
Dr. Mohammad Sorowar Hossain, Executive Director, BRF
Concern on Globe vaccine candidate development ( Dr. Sorowar and Dr. Rezaul Karim 22 Nov 2020, Deepto TV)
Dengue outbreak during COVID-19 pandemic: possibility and concerns ( 8 Sept 2020, Channel 24)
Dengue during COVID-19 pandemic ( 9 Sept 2020, Radio Today)
Trend of COVID-19 pandemic and research in Bangladesh ( 11 August 2020, Channel 24)
Vaccine safety, ethics: Sinovac vaccine trial in Bangladesh (video clip: 2.5 min and 10.5min, 19 July 2020, Channel 24)
COVID-19 pandemic: Trend and unreported cases? ( Dr. Sorowar and Dr. Raheem, 14 May 2020, Channel 24)
Coronvirus from science and Islamic perspective (20 May 2020,Dawah TV)
TV Ad: Corona prevention message ( Channel 24)
Dr. Rezaul Karim, Scientist, BRF
Globe vaccine candidate: scientific evaluation ( 28 October 2020, Radio Today)
Sinovac vaccine trial: Scientific debate (27 August 2020, Channel 24)
Will COVID-19 vaccine protect old people? (26 August 2020, Channel 24)
Corona Newsline ( 30 July 2020, Channel 24)
How safe is COVID-19 vaccine trial (21 July 2020, Radio Today)
Corona Newline (22, July 2020, Channel 24)
COVID-19 vaccine expert discussion (12 August 2020, Channel 24)
Mismanagement of COVID-19 treatment and possibilities (5 August 2020, Radio Today)
Dr. Enayetur Raheem, Head of Research, BRF
Managing COVID-19 pandemic: Quality data is the key ( 29 April 2020, Channel 24)
Others
Sinovac vaccine trial in Bangladesh (Dr. Jubayer Rahman, 27 August 2020, Channel 24)
BRF Show
BRF YouTube Channel