Browsing by Author "Chowdhury, AMR"
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Interim report community based arsenic mitigation program: successes and constraints June - October 1999
Jakariya, Md.; Haque, Salma R.; Hossain, Md. Zabed; Nickson, Ross T.; Chowdhury, AMR (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1999)The severity of the problem of arsenic in ground water in Bangladesh is now well recognized. 97% of the population relies on ground water for drinking and cooking purposes and it is estimated that one third of the country ... -
Involving the other half: male perception of BRAC's health program
Shahaduzzaman; Chowdhury, AMR; Karim, Fazlul (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996-07)In July 1991, BRAC integrated its diverse health activities into the newly established Women Health and Development Programme (WHDP). But as men play a key role in making decisions in deferent spheres of women's life, ... -
Knowledge and practices of NFPE-AG graduates regarding menstruation
Ali, Ahmed; Mahmud, Shah Noor; Karim, Fazlul; Chowdhury, AMR (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996-09)BRAC canied out a two-year Non-Fonnal Primary Education Programme for Adolescent Girls (NFPE-AG) as part of its fanner Women's Heath and Development Programme (WHOP) to increase basic literacy and nwneracy skills as well ... -
Knowledge of NFPE-AG graduates on reproductive health and nutrition
Ali, Ahmed; Mahmud, Shah Noor; Karim, Fazlul; Islam, Md. Nazrul; Chowdhury, AMR (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996-08)BRAC educated adolescent girls through its Non-Fonnal Primary Education Programme for Adolescent Girls (NFPE-AG) as a component of its fonner Women's Heath and Development Programme (WliDP). The aim of the NFPE-AG programme ... -
Morbidity pattern of infants in rural Bangladesh
Gazi, Rukhsana; Karim, Fazlul; Chowdhury, AMR (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1997-12)This report is part of a prospective study Investigating the consequences of low birth weight on Infant growth, morbidity and feeding practices in rural Bangladesh. The study registered 644 infants who were followed-up ... -
National immunisation days in Bangladesh: an evaluation of the 1996 rounds
Karim, Fazlul; Chowdhury, AMR; Bhuiya, Abbas; Aziz, KMA; Ali, Ahmed; Islam, Md. Nazrul; Mahmud, Shah Noor; Mol, Dineke (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996-07)On April 16 and May 16 .1996, Bangladesh implemented the third and fourth of the six National Immunization Days. On those days oral polio vaccine (OPV) was administered to over 20 million children under 5 years of age. ... -
Nutritional status of pre-school children among BRAC member and eligible non-member households
Tarannum, Sabah; Hyder, S.M. Ziauddin; Chowdhury, AMR (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1997)The study aimed at describing determinants of nutritional status of the pre-school children in BRAC member and eligible non-member households. The data were obtained from 9~840 children aged less than S years from April ... -
Oral rehydration therapy : a community trial comparing the acceptability of homemade sucrose and cereal-based solutions
Chowdhury, AMR; Karim, F.; Rohde, J.E.; Ahmed, J.; Abed, F.H. (Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 1991)Sugar-based oral rehydration therapy (ORT) for diarrhoea is promoted in many countries of the world. One programme in Bangladesh has instructed more than 13 million mothers in the preparation of a sugar-salt solution in ... -
Perception of Diarrhoea and the use of a homemade oral rehydration solution in rural Bangladesh
Chowdhury, AMR; Vaughan, J Patrick (International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, 1988)Oral rehydration therapy (ORT) is being widely promoted in developing countries but the socio-cultural aspects of diarrhea are often poorly investigated prior to planning the programs. Since 1980 the Bangladesh Rural ... -
Political commitment of immunization Programme in Bangladesh
Chowdhury, AMR; Chowdhury, Osman Haider; Islam, Shafiqul (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1998) -
Post-partum reproductive behavior regarding contraception and breastfeeding in rural Bangladesh
Gazi, Rukhsana; Karim, Fazlul; Chowdhury, AMR; Mahmud, Shah Noor (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996-07)The study was aimed to obtain information on knowledge of mothers about fecundity after childbirth and to explore the reproductive behavior of the mothers related to breastfeeding, postpartum abstinence and contraceptive ... -
Pre-lacteal feeding practices in a rural area of Bangladesh
Tarannum, Sabah; Hyder, S.M. Ziauddin; Chowdhury, AMR (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1997)This study aims to describe the nature and extent of pre-lacteal fluid and colostrum feeding practices in a rural community of Bangladesh and also to investigate the mothers level of knowledge in relation to hygiene and ... -
Prevalence of post-partum genital tract infections in the mother and selected neonatal infections in rural Bangladesh
Gazi, Rukhsana; Chowdhury, AMR; Mahmud, Shah Noor; Karim, Fazlul (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996-05)The present study was designed to estimate the prevalence of post-partum infection and two neonatal infections in rural Bangladesh and to identify the factors and determinants related to these infections. In this study, ... -
Quality assessment of BRAC Health Centres
Afsana, Kaosar; Mahmud, Shah Noor; Chowdhury, AMR; Karim, Fazlul; Khan, Suhaila H (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1997-11) -
Quality of immunization services
Aziz, KMA; Chowdhury, AMR; Mol, Dineke; Begum, Shamim Ara; Begum, Insana; Sultana, Shagufta; Karim, Fazlul (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1998) -
Relapse of tuberculosis in rural areas of Bangladesh
Islam, Md Nazrul; Mahmud, Shah Noor; Ali, Ahmed; Afsana, Kaosar; Hashima-E-Nasreen; Islam, Md. Akramul; Chowdhury, AMR; Chowdhury, Sadia A (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996-04)The study conducted to investigate the relapse rate of TB in two thanas (KahaIoo and Furbari) of ' Women's Health and Development Programme (WlIDP) in August 1995. Of the 482 study cases, 435 (900A» treatment completed ... -
Revisiting health of the population: agenda for the future*
Ahmed, Syed Masud; Hadi, Abdullhel; Roy, Rita Das; Sarkar, Malabika; Chowdhury, AMR (Research and Evaluation Division, Brac, 2001) -
Skilled attendance at delivery in Bangladesh: a strategy development tool
Chowdhury, AMR; Mahbub, Amina; Chowdhury, Anita Sharif; Kamal, Faiza Ela; Ahmed, Syed Masud (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2002-11)SAFE study aimed to provide new knowledge on the identification, implementation and evaluation of effective, affordable and equitable strategies to increase Skilled Attendance at delivery in developing countries. It was ... -
Social demand for immunization: results from the Bhairab study
Bhuiya, Abbas; Mol, Dineke; Mahbub, Amina; Sultana, Shagufta; Begum, Shamim Ara; Begum, Insana; Chowdhury, AMR; Karim, Fazlul (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1998) -
The story behind the Shasthyo Shebika dropouts: (training and retaining Shasthyo Shebika: reasons for staff turnover)
Khan, Suhaila H; Chowdhury, AMR; Karim, Fazlul; Barua, Milon Kanti (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1997-03)