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Informal allopathic provider knowledge and practice regarding control and prevention of TB in rural Bangladesh
(International Health, 2014-06-17)
Background: BRAC (formerly Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee), in collaboration with the National
Tuberculosis Control Programme, provides one full-day training on TB to make informal allopathic providers
knowledgeable ...
Design of an impact evaluation using a mixed methods model – an explanatory assessment of the effects of results-based financing mechanisms on maternal healthcare services in Malawi
(BMC Health Services Research, 2014)
Background: In this article we present a study design to evaluate the causal impact of providing supply-side
performance-based financing incentives in combination with a demand-side cash transfer component on equitable
access ...
Exploring adolescent reproductive health knowledge, perceptions, and behavior, among students of non-government secondary schools supported by BRAC mentoring program in rural Bangladesh
(Journal of Asian Midwives (JAM), 2014-09)
Adolescence is the transition period from childhood to adulthood. Since Bangladesh is
such a conservative society, reproductive health education for adolescents has not been
widely introduced. Very small adolescent health ...
Meaning of death: an exploration of perception of elderly in a Bangladeshi Village
(2014-06-25)
The aim of this qualitative study was to explore the perceptions of meaning of death
among the elderly in a Bangladeshi community, and to understand how the meaning of death
affects one’s overall well-being. Understandings ...
Conventional or interpersonal communication: which works best in disseminating malaria information in an endemic rural Bangladeshi community?
(PloS One, 2014)
Background: Since 2007, BRAC has been implementing malaria prevention and control programme in 13 endemic districts
of Bangladesh under the National Malaria Control Programme. This study was done to examine the role of ...
The informal health sector and health care-seeking behaviour of mothers in urban Dhaka slums
(Journal of Population Research, 2014-04-22)
Infant and child mortality in Bangladesh has declined in recent years but
early death rates remain high among Bangladesh’s urban poor, even in comparison
to rates in rural Bangladesh. Although they live close to the ...