Apparent efficacy of food-based calcium supplementation in preventing rickets in Bangladesh
To determine whether increased Ca intakes can prevent rickets in a susceptible group of children living in a rickets-endemic area of Bangladesh, we conducted...
Mineral Status in Relation to Rickets in Chakaria, Bangladesh
Objective: Explore the aetiology of rickets in Chakaria and identify opportunities within the local food system to prevent the disease. The rickets prevalent among children...
Introducing Mukhe Bhaat Event for Rohingya Community
Mukhe bhaat
Literally Mukhe bhaat is a similar term of Onnoprashon which means “feeding rice” in Sanskrit. It symbolizes the beginning of the weaning period...
Rickets in Bangladesh
Rickets was discovered in Bangladesh in 1991 after the cyclone when SARPV was there to provide service to the severely injured and disabled people....
Rickets in Bangladeshi children: a small focus or a widespread problem ?
A survey in 1997 in Chakaria sub-district near Cox’s Bazar in south-east Bangladesh found that 4% of children aged 1 to 15 years had...
National Rickets survey in Bangladesh
Rickets is a disease that results in softening of bones in children potentially leading to fractures and deformity and it is among the most...