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    • Cross-country analysis of strategies for achieving progress towards global goals for women’s and children’s health 

      Ahmed, Syed Masud; Rawal, Lal B.; Chowdhury, Sadia A.; Murray, John; Arscott-Mills, Sharon; Jack, Susan; Hinton, Rachael; Alam, Prima M.; Kuruvilla, Shyama (© Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2016, 2016-02-21)
      OBJECTIVE: To identify how 10 low- and middle-income countries achieved accelerated progress, ahead of comparable countries, towards meeting millennium development goals 4 and 5A to reduce child and maternal ...
    • A policy analysis regarding education, career, and governance of the nurses in Bangladesh: A qualitative exploration 

      Joarder, Taufique; Parvage, Md. Aslam; Rawal, Lal B.; Ahmed, Syed Masud (Sage Journals, 2021-01-18)
      Nurses, short in production and inequitable in the distribution in Bangladesh, require the government’s efforts to increase enrolment in nursing education and a smooth career progression. Given the importance of an assessment ...
    • Retaining doctors in rural Bangladesh: A policy analysis 

      Joarder, Taufique; Rawal, Lal B.; Ahmed, Syed Masud; Uddin, Aftab; Evans, Timothy G. (International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2018-09)
      Background Retaining doctors in rural areas is a challenge in Bangladesh. In this study, we analyzed three rural retention policies: career development programs, compulsory services, and schools outside major cities – in ...
    • Training mid-level health cadres to improve health service delivery in rural Bangladesh 

      Rawal, Lal B.; Mahmud, Kawkab; Islam, Sheikh Md. S.; Mahumud, Rashidul A.; Nuruzaman, Md.; M. Ahmed, Syed (© 2016 Cambridge University Press, 2016)
      Introduction In recent years, the government of Bangladesh has encouraged private sector involvement in producing mid-level health cadres including Medical Assistants (MAs). The number of MAs produced has increased ...
    • Urban-rural and sex differentials in tuberculosis mortality in Bangladesh: Results from a population-based survey 

      Sarker, Malabika; Homayra, Fahmida; Rawal, Lal B.; Kabir, Razin; Aftab, Afzal; Bari, Rahmatul; Dzokoto, Agnes; Shargie, Estifanos Biru; Islam, Shayla; Islam, Akramul; Latif, A. H. M. Mahbub (Wiley Online Library, 2022-10-22)
      Objective To assess tuberculosis mortality in Bangladesh through a population-based survey using a Verbal Autopsy tool. Methods Nationwide mortality survey employing the WHO-recommended Verbal Autopsy (VA) tool, and ...