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A critical discourse analysis of Bangladeshi food vlogging language
(Brac University, 2022-05)
This study aims to explore the features of the Bangladeshi food vloggers’ language and how they
are using language to communicate with their audiences. This research was conducted by using a
qualitative method and the ...
Agricultural microcredit for tenant farmers: Evidence from a field experiment in Bangladesh
(Wiley Online Library, 2018-10-26)
We study the impact of an agricultural microcredit program on the livelihoods of small, marginal, and landless tenant farmers in Bangladesh based on a Randomized Control Trial (RCT). Twenty percent of eligible households ...
Health, Nutrition and human resource development: a crucial link
(BRAC University, 2006)
Health and nutrition is one of the important components of human resource development. The relationship between health-nutrition and human resource development is reciprocal and takes a cyclical fashion. The first section ...
Daily maternal lipid-based nutrient supplementation with 20 mg iron, compared with iron and folic acid with 60 mg iron, resulted in lower iron status in late pregnancy but not at 6 months postpartum in either the mothers or their infants in Bangladesh
(Oxford Academic, 2018-09-10)
Background
Maternal anemia and iron deficiency are prevalent in low- and middle-income countries.
Objective
We aimed to determine the effects of lipid-based nutrient supplements for pregnant and lactating women (LNS-PL) ...
Prevention and control of tuberculosis in workplaces: how knowledgeable are the workers in Bangladesh?
(BMC Public Health, 2015-06)
Background: The National Tuberculosis (TB) Control Programme (NTP) of Bangladesh succeeded in achieving the
dual targets of 70 % case detection and 85 % treatment completion as set by the World Health Organization.
However, ...
Overcoming barriers of female entrepreneurship in Bangladesh
(Brac University, 2022-10)
Number of women entrepreneurs in Bangladesh is growing rapidly, and they are playing a vital
role in the country's rapid economic development. However, there are obstacles that women
company owners in Bangladesh must ...
Historical perspective of immunization in Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1998)
Using IEC materials for mass communication: experiences of an Arsenic mitigation project in Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2003)
Different types of lEC materials were used in BRAe's arsenic mitigation
project (June 1999-December 2001). Printed lEC (Information. education.
and communication) materials included posters. leaflets. stickers.
booklets. ...
Effect of vitamin D, calcium and multiple micronutrients supplementation on lipid profile in pre-menopausal Bangladeshi garment factory workers with hypovitaminosis D
(© 2014 International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, 2014)
Elevated total cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol in sera are both well-known risk factors of coronary heart disease. Adequate vitamin D status is important for optimal function of many organs and tissues ...
Rapid care analysis as a Qualitative research tool to explore unpaid care work: Experience from char area in Bangladesh
(BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), 2019-06)
Every day unpaid care work is carried out all over the world and it is necessary for a society’s wellbeing. However, unpaid care work is largely ignored by economic and social public policy initiatives. Neither is it ...