Browsing by Author "Islam, Md. Akramul"

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    • Beyond drugs: TB patients in Bangladesh need urgent attention for nutrition support during convalescence 

      Islam, Qazi Shafayetul; Ahmed, Syed Masud; Islam, Md. Akramul; Kamruzzaman, Md.; Rifat, Mahfuza (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2013-03)
      Tuberculosis (TB) is a global disease, which is responsible for 1.4 million deaths each year (WHO 2010). Bangladesh is the sixth highest TB-burden country in the world. TB treatment may be complicated when malnutrition ...

    • Cost-effectiveness of community health workers in tuberculosis control in Bangladesh 

      Islam, Md. Akramul; Wakai, Susumu; Ishikawa, Nobukatsu; Chowdhury, A.M.R.; Vaughan, J. Patrick (Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2002)
      Objective To compare the cost-effectiveness of the tuberculosis (TB) programme run by the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC), which uses community health workers (CHWs), with that of the government TB programme ...

    • Exploring the causes and process of becoming child domestic worker 

      Chodhuary, Shuburna; Islam, Md. Akramul; Akter, Jesmin (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division, 2013-01)
      The study aimed to explore the demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of households with and without Child Domestic Workers (CDW), and explore the causes and process of becoming CDWs in Bangladesh. Both quantitative ...

    • Knowledge and practice of formal physicians regarding control and prevention of TB in light of national guidelines 

      Islam, Qazi Shafayetul; Ahmed, Syed Masud; Islam, Md. Akramul; Islam, Shayla (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2013)
      The study explored the current knowledge and practice of interns and general physicians regarding control and prevention of tuberculosis in light of national guidelines. The study was conducted on 13 public and seven ...

    • Mother knowledge and health-seeking behavior towards childhood TB 

      Islam, Qazi Shafayetul; Ahmed, Syed Masud; Islam, Md. Akramul; Shatil, Tanvir; Siddique, Zakia Sultana (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2013-03)
      Introduction: BRAC in association with NTP recently started the community-based child TB programme. So far, no independent study has been conducted to explore the extent to which the objectives of the programme have been ...

    • Occupational Pulmonary Tuberculosis among BRAC Community Health Workers of Trishal, Bangladesh 

      Karim, Fazlul; Islam, Qazi Shafayetul; Islam, Md. Akramul; Ahmed, Jalaluddin (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2011-09)
      Different studies reported 2-14 times higher risk of TB for the healthcare workers than the general populations. This poses a serious challenge to the healthcare workers involved in TB control worldwide. BRAG has been ...

    • 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 ...

    • Tuberculosis in 'hard to reach' areas: misperceptions, knowledge, health-seeking behaviour, and challenges 

      Islam, Qazi Shafayetul; Ahmed, Syed Masud; Islam, Md. Akramul; Roy, Sanjit; Rifat, Mahfuza (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2013-03)
      This study was conducted to explore the knowledge and perceptions of health workers and community people about tuberculosis in geographically inaccessible (hard-to-reach) tuberculosis (TB) programme areas of BRAG. The ...