Browsing Health Studies by Subject "Water--Purification--Arsenic removal"

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    • Arsenic in drinking water and birth outcomes: a study of the Bangladesh Integrated Nutrition Programme 

      Jakariya, Md.; Sarkar, Md. Quaiyum; Sultana, Samina (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2004-09)
      This paper assesses the impact of arsenic (As) exposure on pregnancy outcomes in Bangladesh. A total of 261 villages from 3 highly As contaminated upazilas of two districts were selected for this study. The upazilas were ...

    • Assessing the effectiveness of the Shapla arsenic removal filter 

      Jakariya, Md.; Quaiyum, Md. (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2002-12)
      The study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of the Shap!a Arsenic Removal Filter. The two villages of Sonargaon Upazila were sel~cted , as the use of this filter was mainly concentrated there. A total of 50 Shapla ...

    • Building community based arsenic mitigation response capacity in four upazilas of Bangladesh 

      Hossain, Md Zabed; Mahmud, Shah Noor; Jakariya, Md. (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2002-06)
      BRAC in collaboration with DPHE and 'UNICEF implemented the project entitled "Building community based arsenic mitigation response capacity" during July 2001 to June 2002 in four upazilas named Barura, Haimchar, Bahanga, ...

    • Water and sanitation status relating to the poorest in Bangladesh 

      Akter, Nasima; Jakariya, Md. (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2004-09)
      This study aimed to see the level of access to safe water and sanitation and discusses the knowledge on arsenic contamination in drinking water among the poorest in rural Bangladesh. This was a part of baseline survey ...