In this paper, the impact of salinity on maternal and child health in Bangladesh is analyzed using data from the … Bangladesh Demographic Health Surveys. A U-shaped association between drinking water salinity and infant and neonatal mortality … minerals and severely saline water with very high detrimental sodium can be harmful for infant and neonatal health during …

Using recent Demographic Health Survey data for Bangladesh and the neighboring Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand, and …, the results for Jharkhand state in India and Barisal province in Bangladesh indicate that controlling for those commonly … cited determinants, the poorest, least-educated mothers and their children in Barisal have better health outcomes than the …