Research Reports (1997): Health Studies, Vol

Muktagacha: a targeted nutrition project in Bangladesh

Chowdhury, A Mushtaque R.; Mahmud, Zeba; Chowdhury, Sadia A; Nasser, Kawshiki; Hyder, SM Ziauddin (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1997-12)

Malnutrition is one of the major public health problems in Bangladesh. Since 1993, BRAC, a national non-governmental organisation (NGO), has been carrying out a targeted nutrition project in a thana (sub-district) of ...

Medical waste disposal at BRAC Health Centres : an environmental study

Akter, Nasima; Acott, Rachael E; Sattar, M G; Chowdhury, Sadia A (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1997-06)

The study was conducted to determine the awareness level of BRAC's Health Centre staff on disposal and handling of medical wastes, and to recommend improved methods to handle and dispose of medical waste in order to ...

Decline in child immunization in rural Bangladesh: issues for policy implication

Hadi, Abdullahel; Kamal, Firoz M. (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1997-09)

The study was conducted on all the under two children living in 70 BRAC surveillance villages in 10 districts of Bangladesh. The data were collected in October 1996. A decline was observed in immunisation coverage in 1996 ...

National Immunization Day (NID) campaign in Bangladesh: are the participation and coverage increasing?

Hadi, Abdullahel; Kamal, Firoz M. (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1997-12)

Report on the first seasonal round survey: household health economy (BRAC-ICDDR,B joint research project)

Ahmed, Syed Masud; Chowdhury, Mushtaque; Bhuiya, Abbas; Khan, Monirul Islam (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996-03)

Morbidity prevalence and health care-seeking behavior of BRAC member and non-member households households: evidences from Matlab. Bangladesh

Ahmed, Syed Masud; Chowdhury, Mushtaque; Bhuiya, Abbas (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1997)

Understanding the morbidity profile-and health care seeking behaviour of socioeconomic strata of the community is important for planning and delivery of appropriate health services, especially for the poor. This paper ...