Browsing by Author "Chowdhury, Anita Sharif"

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    • Assessment of knowledge of community health workers and mothers on infant and young child feeding and practices of mothers 

      Chowdhury, Anita Sharif; Islam, Qazi Shafayetul; Roy, Sanjit (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2013-10)
      Poor infant feeding practices are some of major causes of under-nutrition in children under five years of age in Bangladesh. In order to address the issue, BRAC ·has implemented the Alive and Thrive (A&T) programme to ...

    • Current status of maternal and child health indicators in BRAC EHC Programme areas of Bangladesh 

      Chowdhury, Anita Sharif; Islam, Qazi Shafayetul; Ahmed, Syed Masud (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2013-02)
      Essential Health Programme (EHC) is one of many development efforts of BRAC providing an integrated package of preventive, promotive and basic curative services at a minimum cost to improve health and nutrition of the ...

    • Estimating catastrophic costs due to Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Bangladesh 

      Chowdhury, Anita Sharif; Ahmed, Md Shakil; Ahmed, Sayem; Khanam, Fouzia; Farjana, Fariha; Reza, Saifur; Islam, Shayla; Islam, Akramul; Khan, Jahangir A.M.; Rahman, Mahfuzar (Atlantis Press, 2020-06-07)
      To eliminate TB from the country by the year 2030, the Bangladesh National Tuberculosis (TB) Program is providing free treatment to the TB patients since 1993. However, the patients are still to make Out-of-their Pocket ...

    • 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 ...

    • What constitutes health care seeking pathway of TB patients: A qualitative study in rural Bangladesh 

      Shatil, Tanvir; Khan, Nusrat; Yunus, Fakir Md.; Chowdhury, Anita Sharif; Reza, Saifur; Islam, Shayla; Islam, Akramul; Rahman, Mahfuzar (Atlantis Press, 2019-12)
      Given the targeted 4–5% annual reduction of tuberculosis (TB) cure cases to reach the “End TB Strategy” by 2020 milestone globally set by WHO, exploration of TB health seeking behavior is warranted for insightful understanding. ...