Since 2007 BRAC's Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) programme has been promoting construction of sanitary latrines with water source and waste management provision at the girls' secondary educational institutes in 150 ...

The use of insecticidal bed nets is found to be an effective public health tool for control of malaria, especially for under-five children and pregnant women. BRAC, an indigenous Bangladeshi non-governmental development ...

BRAC introduced Manoshi - a community-based maternal, neonatal and child health initiative in urban slums of Bangladesh in 2007. Community delivery centers were established to provide appropriate management of delivery ...

In September 2008, the Government of Bangladesh embarked on the first phase of a 100-day Employment Generation Programme (EGP) for the poorest and jobless poor. This endeavour came in response to the soaring food price. ...