Browsing by Author "Ali, Ahmed"

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    • Assessment of birth and death recording activities in reproductive health and disease control programme of BRAC 

      Ali, Ahmed; Mahmud, Shah Noor; Islam, Md. Nazrul; Karim, Fazlul (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996-07)
      This report attempts to determine the accuracy of· recording births, deaths and stillbirths in all the 30 areas of 10 thanas former Women's Health and Development Programme (presently Reproductive Health and Disease ...

    • Attitudes and practices of public health academics towards research funding from for-profit organizations: Cross-sectional survey 

      Nakkash, Rima; Ali, Ahmed; Alaouie, Hala; Asmar, Khalil; Hirschhorn, Norbert; Mugharbil, Sanaa; Nuwayhid, Iman; London, Leslie; Saban, Amina; Rashid, Sabina Faiz; Ahmed, Md Koushik; Knai, Cecile; Bigland, Charlotte; Afifi, Rima A. (Springer Link, 2020-08-25)
      Objectives: The growing trend of for-profit organization (FPO)-funded university research is concerning because resultant potential conflicts of interest might lead to biases in methods, results, and interpretation. For ...

    • The health situation of adolescents: a literature review 

      Ali, Ahmed; Mabmud, Shah Noor (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1995-07)
      This review paper adresses the health situation of the adolescents. Most of the studies we found were conducted in countries olher than Banglndesh. The medical care of the adolescent has always been neglected in the ...

    • The health situation of adolescents: a literature review 

      Ali, Ahmed; Mahmud, Shah Noor (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996-01)
      This review paper addresses the health situation of the adolescents. Most of the studies we found were conducted in countries other than Bangladesh. The medical care of the adolescent has always been neglected in the ...

    • Infant feeding practices in rural Bangladesh 

      Gazi, Rukhsana; Karim, Fazlul; Ali, Ahmed (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1997-08)
      This study was part of a longitudinal study on the consequences of low birth weight (LBW) babies which was carried out in three unions of Manikganj district during 1993- 1994. This study aimed to assess the breastfeeding ...

    • 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 ...

    • Low birth weight(LBW) was the major predictor of infant deaths: evidence from a prospective study in rural Bangladesh 

      Gazi, Rukhsana; Karim, Fazlul; Ali, Ahmed (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1997-07)
      The study was the part of a longitudinal study on the consequences of low birth weight babies (LBW) in three unions of Manikganj district in Bangladesh. The study aimed to estimate the infant mortality rate In title study ...

    • 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. ...

    • Rapid assessment survey of current sanitation immunization and contraception status in selected unions 

      Hossain, Mohammad Awlad; Ali, Ahmed; Nazimuddin; Joarder, Aroj Ali; Ahmed, Farid (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2006-11)

    • Reasons for discontinuation of tuberculosis treatment provided by BRAC 

      Mahmud, Shah Noor; Ali, Ahmed; Islam, Md. Nazrul; Karim, Fazlul (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996-12)
      To supplement the government tuberculosic; control programme, BRAC has initiated a communitybased tuberculosis programme in 10 thanas under the Women's Health and Development Programme (WHDP) (presently known as Reproductive ...

    • 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 ...

    • Rural Study Series 

      Banu, Dilruba; Khan, Md Kaisar Ali; Chowdhury, A. Mushtaque R.; Karim, Fazlul; Streefland, Pieter; Ahmed, Salehuddin; Afsana, Kaosar; Ali, Ahmed; Mahmud, Shah Noor (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division, 1995-12)
      The Rural Study Series is a modest venture for dissemination of BRAC research studies concerned with various aspects of rural development in Bangladesh. Poverty alleviation and empowerment of the poor, particularly of ...

    • TB case management at community level: situation of the treatment completed patients in women's health and development programme 

      Islam, Md. Nazrul; Mahmud, Shah Noor; Ali, Ahmed; Fazlul Karim (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1994-12)
      The Women's Health and Development Programme (WHOP) of BRAC initiated a community based tuberculosis {TB) control programme in 10 thanas in June, 1992 to complement and supplement the government TB control programme. ...