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Dr. Ashrafunnessa
Professor
Department of Gynecological Oncology
Email : ashrafun@bsmmu.edu.bd
Publication
1) Ashrafun Nessa, Shekh Md Nazim Uddin, Eric Lucas, Pradip Nag, Sathishrajaa Palaniraja, Maryluz Rol, Md. Abdus Salam Khan, Muhammad Abdul Hannan Khan, Shirin Akter Begum, Romena Afroz, Noor E Ferdous, Richard Muwonge & Partha Basu, Implementation of an electronic health information system using DHIS2 tracker to manage and evaluate the National cervical screening programme in Bangladesh, BMC Public Health, 2025, 25(1), 1649
2) Ashrafun Nessa , Abul Kalam Azad, Shekh Md Nizam Uddin, Muhammad Abdul Hannan Khan, Shreshtha Zaman, Mohammad Abdus Salam Khan, Cervical cancer screening data from the case-based national electronic registry in Bangladesh, BMC Global Public Health, 2025, 3, 34
3) Shamoli Saha, Sharmin Sultana, Raad Rahmat, Tahmina Akther, Ashrafun Nessa, Munira Jahan, Patterns of Different Cervical Cytokine Expression in High-Risk Human Papillomavirus–Infected Patients With Cervical Cancer and Its Precancerous Lesions, Clinical Medicine Insights: Oncology, 2025, 19, 11795549251316767
4) Ashrafun Nessa, Md Foyjul Islam, Shirin Akhter Begum, Jannatul Ferdouse, Fawzia Hossain, Noor-E-Ferdous, Saif Ullah Munshi and Shakila Jahan Shimu, Seroprevalence 36 Months after a Single-dose Bivalent Human Papillomavirus Vaccination among Nine to Fifteen-year-old Girls in Dhaka, Bangladesh: A Cross-sectional Study, Xia & He Publishing, 2025, 000,
5) Snigdha Chakraborty, Ashrafun Nessa, Noor-E Ferdous, Mohammad Mosiur Rahman, Mohammad Harun Ur Rashid, Asma Akter Sonia, Md Foyjul Islam, Prevalence and genotypic distribution of high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) among ever-married women in coastal regions of Bangladesh, PloS one, 2024, 19, 12
6) Naheed Nazrul, Marlieke de Fouw, Jogchum J. Beltman, Janine de Zeeuw, Jurjen van der Schans, Jaap Koot, Kazi Golam Rasul, Mosamat Umma Kulsum, Md Shahnur Ahmed, Anika Rahman, Aminur Rahman, Kazi Maruful Islam, Ashrafun Nessa, Christine Campbell, Jelle Stekelenburg, Understanding cervical cancer awareness in hard-to-reach areas of Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study involving women and household decisionmakers, Plos one, 2024, 19, 8
7) Ashrafun Nessa , Shirin Akter Begum, Saif Ullah Munshi, Ferdousy Begum, Afroza Chowdhury and Noor-E-Ferdous, High-risk Human Papillomavirus Infection among Urban and Rural Women in Bangladesh, Xia & He Publishing, 2024, 3, 36-46
8) Nessa A, Islam T, Sultana A, Khan KH, ur Rashid H. , Staging and Management of Cervical Cancer at the Colposcopy Clinic of Bangabandhu Sheikh Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), Bangladesh, South Asian Journal of Cancer, 2024, 13, 17-26
9) Ashrafun Nessa, Md Shahadat Hossain, Sheikh Md Nazim Uddin, Md Rafiqul Islam, Muhammad Abdul Hannan Khan & Abul Kalam Azad, Electronic aggregated data collection on cervical cancer screening in Bangladesh since 2014: what the data tells us?, BMC Public Health, 2023, 24, 1-9
10) Eric Lucas, Raul Murillo, Silvina Arrossi, Martin Bárcena, Youssef Chami, Ashrafun Nessa, Suraj Perera, Padmaka Silva, Suleeporn Sangrajrang, Richard Muwonge, Partha Basu , Quantification of impact of COVID-19 pandemic on cancer screening programmes – a case study from Argentina, Bangladesh, Colombia, Morocco, Sri Lanka, and Thailand, eLife, 2023, 12, e86527
11) Ong SK, Abe SK, Thilagaratnam S, Haruyama R, Pathak R, Jayasekara H, Togawa K, Bhandari AK, Shankar A, Nessa A, Jugder U., Towards elimination of cervical cancer–human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination and cervical cancer screening in Asian National Cancer Centers Alliance (ANCCA) member countries, The Lancet Regional Health–Western Pacific, 2023, 39, 100860
12) Basu P, Lucas E, Zhang L, Muwonge R, Murillo R, Nessa A., Leveraging vertical COVID-19 investments to improve monitoring of cancer screening programme–a case study from Bangladesh, Preventive Medicine, 2021, 151, 106624
13) Bhatla, Neerja, Ashrafun Nessa, Kunal Oswal, Shachi Vashist, Paul Sebastian, and Partha Basu, Program organization rather than choice of test determines success of cervical cancer screening: case studies from Bangladesh and India, International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 2021, 152, 40-47
14) Ashrafun Nessa, Shekh Md.Nazim Uddin & Abul Kalam Azad , Initiation of Population-Based Cervical and Breast Cancer Screening in Bangladesh, Indian J Gynecol Oncolog, 2021, 19, 1-8
15) Nessa A, Ara R, Fatema P, Nasrin B, Chowdhury A, Khan KH, Barua AR, Rashid MH, Influence of demographic and reproductive factors on cervical pre-cancer and cancer in Bangladesh. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 2020, 21, 1883-1889
16) Ashrafun Nessa, Begum Rokeya Anwar and Shirin Akter Begum, Cervical cancer screening in low-resource settings, In Preventive oncology for the Gynecologist, 2019, 1st ed, 167-186
17) Shahida, S. M., L. B. Lipi, J. A. Rifat, A. Kutubi, K. Haq, R. Afroz, and A. Nessa, Prevalence of Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia in four Upazila of Dhaka Division, Mymensingh Medical Journal, 2019, 28, 655-661
18) Nessa, A., Q. Khanom, S. Z. Ripa, K. H. Khan, A. K. Azad, and M. Kamal, Present status of cervical cancer screening in Bangladesh, J Histopathol Cytopathol, 2019, 3, 45-52
19) Sudha Sivaram, Gautam Majumdar, Douglas Perin, Ashrafun Nessa, Mireille Broeders, Elsebeth Lynge, Mona Saraiya, Nereo Segnan, Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan, Preetha Rajaraman, Edward Trimble, Stephen Taplin, GK Rath, Ravi Mehrotra, Population-based cancer screening programmes in low-income and middle-income countries: regional consultation of the International Cancer Screening Network in India, The Lancet Oncology, 2018, 19 , 113-122
20) Nessa AS, Chowdhury SB, Fatima PA, Kamal MO, Sharif MO, Azad AK, Cervical cancer screening program in Bangladesh, Bangladesh Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 2018, 33, 63-73
21) Khanam A, Jesmin ZF, Begum F, Akhter N, Akter M, Nahar S, Barua AR, Nessa A, Prevalence of Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia (CIN) at Khulna Division of Bangladesh, Bangladesh Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 2018, 33, 21-28
22) Shahela J, Monira N, Nessa A, Romena A, Mousumi S, Nargis S, Prevalence of Cervical Intra Epithelial Neoplasia (CIN) among the sexually active married Women at Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 2018, 33, 17-20
23) Ashrafun Nessaa , Paolo Naudb, c , Pulikottil Okkuru Esmyd, Smita Joshie , Prabhakaran Remaf , Ramani Wesleyg, Mohammed Kamala , Catherine Sauvageth, Richard Muwongeh, Rengaswamy Sankaranarayananh, , Efficacy, Safety, and Acceptability of Thermal Coagulation to Treat Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia: Pooled Data From Bangladesh, Brazil and India, J Clin Gynecol Obstet., 2017, 6(3-4), 58-64
24) Holme, F., Kapambwe, S., Nessa, A., Basu, P., Murillo, R. and Jeronimo J., Scaling up proven innovative cervical cancer screening strategies: challenges and opportunities in implementation at the population level in low?and lower?middle?income countries, International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 2017, 138, 63-68
25) Begum, S.A., Chowdhury, T.S., Mahmud, T., Chowdhury, S., Chowdhury, T.A., Urmi, S.J., Khatun, S., Nessa, A. and Fatema, N., Surgical Management of Desmoid Tumor of the Female Pelvis: A Case Report, Mymensingh Medical Journal, 2017, 25, 580-584
26) Xavier Castellsagué*, Laia Alemany* , Miquel Quer, Gordana Halec, Beatriz Quirós, Sara Tous, Omar Clavero, Llúcia Alòs, Thorsten Biegner, Tomasz Szafarowski, Maria Alejo, Dana Holzinger, Enrique Cadena, Edith Claros, Gillian Hall, Jan Laco, Mario Poljak, Maria Benevolo, Elena Kasamatsu, Hisham Mehanna, Cathy Ndiaye, Núria Guimerà, Belen Lloveras, Xavier León, Juan C. Ruiz-Cabezas, Isabel Alvarado-Cabrero, Chang-Suk Kang, Jin-Kyoung Oh, Marcial Garcia-Rojo, Ermina Iljazovic, Oluseyi F. Ajayi, Flora Duarte, Ashrafun Nessa et al, HPV Involvement in Head and Neck Cancers: Comprehensive Assessment of Biomarkers in 3680 Patients, JNCI J Natl Cancer Inst, 2016, 108, djv403
27) Nessa A, Wistrand C, Begum SA, Thuresson M, Shemer I, Thorsell M, Wikstram Shemer EA., Evaluation of Stationary Colposcope and the Gynocular, by the Swede Score Systematic Colposcopic System in VIA Positive Women: A Crossover Randomized Trial. , Int J Gynecol Cancer , 2014, 24, 339-45
28) Nessa A, Rashid MH, Jahan M, Ferdous NE, Nahar PAS, Chowdhury A, Role of the HPV DNA Test in follow-up of treated Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia in Bangladesh, Asian Pacific J Cancer Prev, 2014, 15 (19) , 8063-8067
29) Nessa A, Roy JS, Chowdhury MA, Khanam K, Afroz R, Wistrand C, Thuresson M, Thorsell M, Shemer I, Wikstram Shemer EA, Evaluation of the accuracy in detecting cervical lesions by nurses versus doctors using a stationary colposcope and Gynocular in a low-resource setting, BMJ Open, 2014, 4, e005313
30) Quamrun Nahar ,Farhana Sultana,Anadil Alam,Jessica Yasmine Islam,Mustafizur Rahman,Fatema Khatun,Nazmul Alam,Sushil Kanta Dasgupta,Lena Marions,Ashrafunnessa,Mohammed Kamal,Alejandro Cravioto,Laura Reichenbach, Genital Human Papillomavirus Infection among Women in Bangladesh: Findings from a Population-Based Survey, Plos One, 2014, 9, e107675
31) Nessa A, Rashid MH, Ferdous NE, Chowdhury A, Screening for and Management of High-Grade Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia in Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study comparing two Protocols, J. Obstet. Gynaecol. Res , 2013, 39, 564-571
32) Nessa A, Hussain M A, Rashid M H, Akhter N, Roy JS, Afroz R,, Role of Print and Audiovisual Media on Cervical Cancer Prevention in Bangladesh, Asian Pacific J Cancer Prev , 2013, Vol 14 , 3131-3137
33) Nessa A, Nahar KN, Begum SA, Anwary SA, Hossain F, Nahar K, Comparison between visual inspection of cervix and cytology based screening procedures in Bangladesh, Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 2013, 14, 7607-7611
34) Rengaswamy S, Nessa A, Esmy PO, Dangou JM, Visual Inspection Methods for Cervical cancer prevention, Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Best practice & research Clinical obstetrics & gynaecology, 2012, 26, 221-232
35) Nessa A, Islam MN, Ashraf F, Islam F, Khanam A, Sultana N, Rashid MH, Seroprevalence of Treponema Pallidum Antibody Among Pregnant Population of Bangladesh, J.Obset. Gynaecol. Res, 2011, 37(11) , 1625-1630
36) Rengaswamy S, Sauvaget C, Ramadas K, Ngoma T, Muwonge R, Naud P, Nessa A, Kuhaprema T, Qiao Y., Clinical trials of Cancer Screening in the Developing World and their Impact on Cancer Healthcare, Annals of Oncology 22 (Supplement 7): vii20-vii28, 2011, doi:10.1093/annonc/mdr422, 2011, published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Society for Medical Oncology., 2011, 22, vii20-8
37) Nahar KN, Nessa A, Shamim S, Nasrin B, Hossain F, Begum N, Role of VIA in cervical cancer screening in low-resource countries, Mymensingh Medical Journal, 2011, 20, 528-535
38) Silvia de Sanjose, Daan T Geraets, Julio Velasco, Ashrafun Nessa et.al, Human Papillomavirus Genotype Attribution in Invasive Cervical Cancer: a Retrospective cross-sectional worldwide study, Lancet Oncol , 2010, 11: , 1048-56.
39) Basu P, Nessa A, Majid M, Rahman JN, Ahmed T., Evaluation of the National Cervical Cancer Screening Programme of Bangladesh and the formulation of quality assurance guidelines, J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care , 2010, 36(3) , 131-134
40) Nessa A, Hussain M A, Rahman J N, Rashid M H, Muwonge R, Sankaranarayanan R, Screening for cervical neoplasia in Bangladesh using visual inspection with acetic acid, Int J Gynecol Obstet , 2010, 111(2) , 115-118.
41) Ashrafunnessa, Khatun S, Islam MN and Rashid M.H, Seroprevalence of cytomegalovirus antibody in antenatal population in Bangladesh, Bangladesh Med Res Counc Bull, 2009, 35 , 110-116
42) Ashrafunnessa and Mohammad Kamal, Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia and it’s Relationship with Hormonal Contraceptive Methods., Bangladesh Med Res Counc Bull, 2008, 34(1), 33-35.
43) Rengaswamy S , Neerja Bhatla, Patti E. Gravitt, Partha Basu, Pulikattil O. Esmy, K.S. Ashrafunnessa, Yasantha Ariyaratne, Aarati Shah, Bhagwan M. Nene, ICO Monograph Series on HPV and Cervical Cancer: Asia Pacific Regional Report. Human Papillomavirus Infection and Cervical Cancer Prevention in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal, ELSEVIER Vaccine Journal, 2008, 26, M43-M52.
44) Ahmed T, Ashrafunnessa, Rahman J, Development of a Visual Inspection Programme for Cervical Cancer Prevention in Bangladesh, Elsevier Reproductive Health Matters, 2008, 16(32), 78-85
45) Ashrafunnessa, Khatun S, Huq F, Islam MN, Hasan MS, Aziz MM, Hassan KH, Chowdhury A, Human Papillomavirus in Cervical Cancer in Bangladesh, Bangladesh J Obstet Gynaecol, 2006, 21(2) , 51 -57.
46) Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan, Kunnambath R, Ashrafunnessa, Zeba A, Aarati S, Somanathan T, M.A. Yasantha Aryaratne, Principles and Practice of Cancer Screening in the South Asian Context, UICC Handbook for South Asia, 2006, ,
47) Ashrafunnessa, Khatun S, Chowdhury TA, Shamsuddin L, Islam M N, Hasan MS, Ali S, “Human Papillomavirus in Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia in Bangladesh”, Bangladesh J of Obstet Gynaecol, 2005, 20(1), 13 -18
48) Hossain F, Hussain MA, Haq JA and Ashrafunnessa., Association of Chlamydia Trachomatis with Chronic Pelvic Inflammatory Disease, Infertility and Cervical Dyskaryosis, BJMS, 2003, 9(1) , 28-31
49) Ashrafunnessa, Jehan AH, Chowdhury SB, Sultana F, Khatun S and Karim MA, “Construction of fetal size charts for biparietal diameter, fetal abdominal circumference and femur length”, Bangladesh Med Res Counc Bull, 2003, 29(2), 67-77
50) Khatun S, Nessa A, Gerein N, Sheikh AH, Improving the knowledge and practices of rural Bangladeshi women regarding maternal care services, Bangladesh Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 2003, 18, 15-21
51) The Magpie Trial Collaborative Group (Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (23): Ashrafunnessa, N Begum, S Chowdhury, L Shamsuddin;)*, Do women with pre-eclampsia, and their babies, benefit from magnesium sulphate? The Magpie Trial: a randomised placebo-controlled trial., Lancet, 2002, 359, 1877–90
52) Nessa A, Khatun S, Shamsuddin L, Rahman AJEN, Kamal M, Kabir S., Cervical Dysplasia among Women Attending Gynaecological Outpatient Department of a Teaching Hospital, BJMS, 2002, 8, 39-42
53) Chowdhury S, Chowdhury TA, Nessa A and Ali S, Impact of age, parity and menopause on bone mineral density in a group of Bangladeshi women, BJMS, 2002, 8, 30-34
54) Nessa A, Khatun S, Shamsuddin L, Rahman AJEN, Kamal M, Kabir S, Cervical dysplasia among women attending Gynaecological outpatient department of a teaching hospital, BJMS, 2002, 8, 39-42
55) Khatun S, Nessa A, Mohibunnahar, Knowledge and attitude of mother-in-laws towards maternal health care services and service utilization in Bangladesh, Bangladesh Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 2001, 16, 13-19
56) Chowdhury S, Nessa A, Khatun S, Sarkar NR, Comparison of bone mineral density between pre-menopausal and postmenopausal women in Bangladesh, Bangladesh Med Res Counc Bull., 2001, 27, 48-54
57) Ashrafunnesa, Khatun S, Islam MN, Chowdhury S., "Seroprevalence of Rubella Antibodies among Antenatal Population attending a Tertiary Level Hospital in Dhaka City", Bangladesh Med Res Counc Bull, 2000, 26(3), 75-81
58) Nessa A, Shamsuddin L, Chowdhury T A, Development of cervical cancer screening programme in Bangladesh, Bangladesh Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 1999, 114, 70-77
59) Khatun S, Nessa A, A report on Development of a Maternal Care Package for Use by Clinics in Rural Areas of Bangladesh, , 1998, ,
60) Nessa A, Khatun S, Islam MN, Huq T., Seroprevalence of toxoplasma antibodies among the antenatal population in Bangladesh, Bangladesh Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 1998, 24, 115-119
61) Nessa A, Khatun S, Chowdhury SAR, Begum SR, Rashid M, Khatun MS, Induction of labour by intracervical prostaglandin gel and oxytocin infusion in primigravid women with unfavourable cervix, BMRC, 1997, 23, 66-71
62) Nessa A, Huq T, Rumi A J, The role of LHRH analogue in the management of myoma, Bangladesh Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 1997, 13, 86-90
63) Nessa A, Aziz S , Jalaluddin A, Chowdhury T.A, Myoma of the Uterus: An evaluation, Bangladesh Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 1997, 9, 1-13
64) Ashrafun Nessa, Low dose aspirin and pre-eclampsia, Bangladesh Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 1995, 1, 83-89
65) Ashrafun Nessa, Physiology of labour & the use of prostaglandin in induction of labour., Bangladesh J Obstet Gynaecol, 1994, 19, 67-79