Browsing by Author "Hyder, SM Ziauddin"

Anaemia in pregnancy: a pilot study

Hyder, SM Ziauddin (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1997-08)

Anaemia in pregnancy is a common health problem. According to the last national nutrition survey of Bangladesh ( 1981-1982), about 47% of the pregnant and lactating women had anaemia. Since then, a few community-based ...

Assessment of supplementary food in Muktagacha pilot nutrition initiative of BRAC

Khatun, Masuma; Hyder, SM Ziauddin (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996-07)

Food supplementation refers to providing additional food to the nutritional deprived population in addition to their regular diet to reduce or meet the gap between intake and requirement in order to improve their nutritional ...

Community perception on the Muktagacha pilot nutrition initiative of BRAC

Khatun, Masuma; Hyder, SM Ziauddin (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996-04)

Does a community based nutrition project work? an evaluation of the Muktagachha pilot nutrition initiative in Bangladesh

Hyder, SM Ziauddin; Jalal, Chowdhury S B; Roy, Rita Das; Chowdhury, AMR; Yusuf, HKM (Research and Evaluation Division, Brac, 2001)

A study was undertaken to evaluate the impact of the multidisciplinary Muktagacha pilot nutrition project on the nutritional status of under-2 children, adolescent girls and pregnant and lactating mothers in three areas ...

Does involvement of women in BRAC influence sex bias in intra-household food distribution?

Roy, Rita Das; Hyder, SM Ziauddin; Chowdhury, AMR; Adams, Alayne (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1997)

This study aimed to assess the sex preference in intra-household food distribution among school going siblings in a rural area of Bangladesh. The study also examines the effect of women's involvement in BRAC's rural ...

Effect of BRAC's rural development programme on calorie consumption: evidence from Matlab

Khatun, Masuma; Hyder, SM Ziauddin; Bhuiya, Abbas; Chowdhury, AMR (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1998)

This report describes the association between calorie consumption and socioeconomic status indicators and examines the effect of BRAC's Rural Development Programme (RDP) membership on per capita daily calorie consumption. ...

Effect of BRAC's rural development programme on calorie consumption: evidence from Matlab

Khatun, Masuma; Hyder, SM Ziauddin; Bhuiya, Abbas; Chowdhury, AMR (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1997)

This report describes the association between calorie consumption and socioeconomic status indicators and examines the effect of BRAC's Rural Development Programme (RDP) membership on per capita daily calorie consumption. ...

FIVIMS in Bangladesh: a tool for comprehensive data management and use

Hyder, SM Ziauddin (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2000-07)

Muktagacha: a targeted nutrition project in Bangladesh

Chowdhury, A Mushtaque R.; Mahmud, Zeba; Chowdhury, Sadia A; Nasser, Kawshiki; Hyder, SM Ziauddin (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1997-12)

Malnutrition is one of the major public health problems in Bangladesh. Since 1993, BRAC, a national non-governmental organisation (NGO), has been carrying out a targeted nutrition project in a thana (sub-district) of ...

Perception of the IGVGD programme participants on the effects of the programme on socioeconomic and nutritional well-being

Tarannum, Sabah; Ahmed, Farid; Hyder, SM Ziauddin (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1995-12)

Income Generation for the Vulnerable Group Development (IGVGD) Program is one of the main development initiatives of BR.A..C targeted to the poorest rural women. The IGVGD programme was launched in 1987 in collaboration ...