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Verbal autopsy as a tool of identifying the causes of childhood death: assessing the BRAC system
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1995)
Continuation of contraceptive use in BRAC villages: a life table analysis
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1998)
BRAC began its Family Planning Facilitation Program (FPFP) in December 1994 covering two
districts (Nilphamari and Sherpur) although Moulavibazar and Habiganj districts were subsequently
added in next year. The program ...
Fertility in Bangladesh villages: socio-economic and community differentials
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1998-11)
Abstract: This report assesses the role of development
programme in reducing fertility in rural Bangladesh.
Data for this research came from Watch, a demographic
and health surveillance system of BRAC covering 70
villages ...
Managing pneumonia by community health volunteers: the case of ARI control programme of BRAC, Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1999)
The study examined the role of ARl management practices in improving the competency of community
health volunteers in diagnosing and treating pneumonia among children. Data were collected by a group
of research physicians ...
Diagnosis of pneumonia by community health volunteers: experience of BRAC, Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1999)
The study assessed the competency of community health volunteers in diagnosing pneumonia in
children through simple clinical signs. Data were collected by a group of research physicians
who observed the case management ...
Fighting arsenic at the grassroots: experience of the community awareness initiative of BRAC in Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2001)
The study evaluates the arsentc mitigation project of BRAC in ra1smg the awareness of arsenic
poisoning in the rural communities in Bangladesh. Data came from the selected villages in the southwestern
Bangladesh where ...
An approach to reaching the poor and disadvantaged to promote health equity in rural Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2002)
Although the health care system has significantly expanded in the rural areas of Bangladesh duri!lg the .
last two decades, the overall health status of the population has remai~ed very poor because of the uneven
distribution ...
Promoting knowledge of sexual illnesses among women in Bangladesh: can non-governmental organizations play a role?
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2002)
Socioeconomic and regional disparity in the utilization of reproductive health services in Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2002)
Although the health care system has significantly expanded in Bangladesh during the last two decades,
the health status of the population has remained very poor because .of the uneven distribution of health
services. ...