BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED) Archive: Recent submissions
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Does involvement of women in BRAC influence sex bias in intra-household food distribution?
(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 ... -
Anaemia in pregnancy: a pilot study
(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 ... -
Social science and immunization: a pilot study in a rural area of Bangladesh
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Social science and immunization: a pilot study in a rural area of Bangladesh (the second report)
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Reasons for discontinuation of tuberculosis treatment provided by BRAC
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996-12)To supplement the government tuberculosic; control programme, BRAC has initiated a communitybased tuberculosis programme in 10 thanas under the Women's Health and Development Programme (WHDP) (presently known as Reproductive ... -
Post-partum reproductive behavior regarding contraception and breastfeeding in rural Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996-07)The study was aimed to obtain information on knowledge of mothers about fecundity after childbirth and to explore the reproductive behavior of the mothers related to breastfeeding, postpartum abstinence and contraceptive ... -
National immunization day 1996: performance and differentials
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National immunisation days in Bangladesh: an evaluation of the 1996 rounds
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996-07)On April 16 and May 16 .1996, Bangladesh implemented the third and fourth of the six National Immunization Days. On those days oral polio vaccine (OPV) was administered to over 20 million children under 5 years of age. ... -
Knowledge of NFPE-AG graduates on reproductive health and nutrition
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996-08)BRAC educated adolescent girls through its Non-Fonnal Primary Education Programme for Adolescent Girls (NFPE-AG) as a component of its fonner Women's Heath and Development Programme (WliDP). The aim of the NFPE-AG programme ... -
Knowledge and practices of NFPE-AG graduates regarding menstruation
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996-09)BRAC canied out a two-year Non-Fonnal Primary Education Programme for Adolescent Girls (NFPE-AG) as part of its fanner Women's Heath and Development Programme (WHOP) to increase basic literacy and nwneracy skills as well ... -
Involving the other half: male perception of BRAC's health program
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996-07)In July 1991, BRAC integrated its diverse health activities into the newly established Women Health and Development Programme (WHDP). But as men play a key role in making decisions in deferent spheres of women's life, ... -
Credit programme, women's autonomy a reproductive behaviour evidence from BRAC villages, Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996-12)This paper investigates the role of women's autonomy on their acceptance of contraceptive method in 87 BRAC villages in Manikganj district of Bangladesh. Data for this study were obtained from 1995 sample survey of married ... -
Client satisfaction with services provided at the antenatal care centres of BRAC
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996-08)BRAC has implemented the Women's Health and Development Programme (WHDP) in the northern and central rcgi.oni of Bangladesh to reduce maternal and child death. Among the various components of the programme, organization ... -
Assessment of birth and death recording activities in reproductive health and disease control programme of BRAC
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996-07)This report attempts to determine the accuracy of· recording births, deaths and stillbirths in all the 30 areas of 10 thanas former Women's Health and Development Programme (presently Reproductive Health and Disease ... -
A note on reasons of dropout from BRAC's matlab village organizations
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Verbal autopsy as a tool of identifying the causes of childhood death: assessing the BRAC system
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The health situation of adolescents: a literature review
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1995-07)This review paper adresses the health situation of the adolescents. Most of the studies we found were conducted in countries olher than Banglndesh. The medical care of the adolescent has always been neglected in the ... -
Longitudinal study on poultry rearing in Manikganj: a preliminary assessment for the first quarter
(BRAC, 1989-08)Vulnerable Group Development (VGD) program sponsored by a number of donors aimed at supplementing nutritional level and assisting the process of attaining self reliance by the rural destitute womenfolk. The womenfolk ...
