Association of biological, socioeconomic, and environmental factors with child development at two years of age in Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Tanzania: results from the AMANHI-ACT study
Preterm births, vaccination history, parental education, and physical growth significantly affected the first 1000 days of child development, thus identifying areas for targeted intervention to optimize long-term health outcomes in LMICs.
Authors
- Shahira Shahid (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0827-0518)
- Muhammad Farrukh Qazi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0115-4074)
- Mariam Mohsen Aly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4475-1511)
- Fahad Aftab (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6421-0101)
- Fariha Shaheen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1652-4741)
- Nabidul Haque Chowdhury (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6149-1152)
- Sachiyo Yoshida (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1101-8535)
- Pamela J. Surkan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0334-5931)
- Fahmida Tofail (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2301-9196)
- Usha Dhingra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-6168-5157)
- Rajiv Bahl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7936-6985)
- Fatma Kabole
- Usma Mehmood
- Sunil Sazawal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8035-9085)
- Nadia Ansari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2476-1165)
- Farzana Begum (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8725-2723)
- Abdullah Hel Baqui (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8350-1983)
- Jamila Khalfan Ali
- Rasheda Khanam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9365-8594)
- Ambreen Nizar
- Alexander Manu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5230-6413)
- S Ahmed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4828-8616)
- Mohammod Shahidullah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8549-4964)
- Muhammad Imran Nisar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2378-4720)
- Anupama Verma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2161-2976)
- Fyezah Jehan
- Abrarul Haque Asif
- Arup Dutta
- Sayedur Rahman
- Bishara Ali Alawi
Institutions
- Aga Khan University (PK)
- Uppsala University (SE)
- University of London (GB)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Bangladesh Medical University (BD)
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research (BD)
- Lala Lajpat Rai Memorial Medical College (IN)
- University of Health and Allied Sciences (GH)
- Swami Vivekanand Subharti University (IN)
- Indian Council of Medical Research (IN)
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
- Zanzibar School of Health (TZ)
- World Health Organization (CH)
- Biomedical Research Foundation (BD)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Pediatrics
- Published
- 2025-10-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-025-06060-2
- Primary Topic
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- World Health Organization