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Adaptation of Kangaroo Mother Care for community-based application

Quasem, Md. Iftekhar; Sloan, Nancy L.; Chowdhury, Anita; Ahmed, Salahuddin; Winikoff, Beverly; Chowdhury, A. M. R. (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2003-01)

Objective: Working with a multi-disciplinary team of Ecuadorians, Bangladeshis and Americans, we developed a simple protocol for community-based implementation of kangaroo mother care (CKMC) that does not require birth ...

Anaemia in pregnancy: a pilot study

Hyder, SM Ziauddin (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 ...

Anemia and iron deficiency during pregnancy in rural Bangladesh

Hyder, S.M. Ziauddin; Persson, Lars-Ake; Chowdhury, AMR; Lonnerdal, B; Ekstrom, Eva-Charlotte (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2000)

Objective: To assess the prevalence of anemia, iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia (IDA) among pregnant women in rural Bangladesh Design: Baseline data on 215 pregnant women who were invited to participate in ...

Annual health check up for the members of BRAC's village organisation: an observation

Shahaduzzaman (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2000-01)

An approach to reaching the poor and disadvantaged to promote health equity in rural Bangladesh

Hadi, Abdullahel (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2002)

Although the health care system has significantly expanded in the rural areas of Bangladesh duri!lg the . last two decades, the overall health status of the population has remai~ed very poor because of the uneven distribution ...

Appropriate management options of medical waste for developing countries (the case of Bangladesh and Thailand)

Akter, Nasima (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2003-04)

The primary goal of this research was to formulate appropriate environmental management options for medical waste in developing countries. The purpose was to improve the health conditions of the people and environmental ...

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 ...

Arsenic testing of newly installed tubewells and quality control

Jakariya, Md.; Johnstony, Richard; Chowdhury, AMR (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1999-04)

The presence of arsenic in groundwater in Bangladesh has aroused widespread concern. It is estimated that over half of the Bangladesh population are at risk of arsenic poising. The source of arsenic in drinking water is ...

Arsenicosis in Bangladesh: prevalence and sociodemographic correlates

Hadi, Abdullahel (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2001)

Arsenic contamination in drinking water has created concern for its potential health effects but our understanding of the risk factors of arsenicosis remains limited. This study assesses the prevalence of and soeio-demographic ...

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 ...

Assessment of birth and death recording activities in reproductive health and disease control programme of BRAC

Ali, Ahmed; Mahmud, Shah Noor; Islam, Md. Nazrul; Karim, Fazlul (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 ...

An assessment of clients' knowledge of family planning in Matlab

Hashima-E-Nasreen; Chowdhury, Mushtaque; Bhuiya, Abbas; Rana, AKM Masud; Caldwell, Indrani Pieris (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996)

The study aimed to assess the level of effective knowledge of women on different family planning methods to see the impact of quality of care. The study was carried out in two villages chosen from ICDDR,B intervention ...

Assessment of knowledge of community health workers and mothers on infant and young child feeding and practices of mothers

Chowdhury, Anita Sharif; Islam, Qazi Shafayetul; Roy, Sanjit (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2013-10)

Poor infant feeding practices are some of major causes of under-nutrition in children under five years of age in Bangladesh. In order to address the issue, BRAC ·has implemented the Alive and Thrive (A&T) programme to ...

Assessment of supplementary food in Muktagacha pilot nutrition initiative of BRAC

Khatun, Masuma; Hyder, SM Ziauddin (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996-07)

Food supplementation refers to providing additional food to the nutritional deprived population in addition to their regular diet to reduce or meet the gap between intake and requirement in order to improve their nutritional ...

Availability and rational use of drugs in primary healthcare facilities following the National Drug Policy of 1982: is Bangladesh on right track?

Ahmed, Syed Masud; Islam, Qazi Shafayetul (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2010)

In Bangladesh, the National Drug Policy (NDP) 1982 was instrumental in improving the supply of essential drugs of quality at an affordable price, especially in the early years. However, over time, evidence showed that the ...