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    • Exploring the status of retail private drug shops in Bangladesh and action points for developing an accredited drug shop model: a facility based cross-sectional study 

      Ahmed, Syed Masud; Naher, Nahitun; Hossain, Tarek; Rawal, Lal Bahadur (© 2017 BioMed Central Ltd., 2017-07-11)
      Background: The private retail drug shops market in Bangladesh is largely unregulated and unaccountable, giving rise to irrational use of drugs and high Out-of-pocket expenditure on health. These shops are served by ...

    • Harnessing pluralism for better health in Bangladesh 

      Ahmed, Syed Masud; Evans, Timothy G; Standing, Hilary; Mahmud, Simeen (© 2013 The Lancet, 2013)
      How do we explain the paradox that Bangladesh has made remarkable progress in health and human development, yet its achievements have taken place within a health system that is frequently characterised as weak, in terms ...

    • The health workforce crisis in Bangladesh: shortage, inappropriate skill-mix and inequitable distribution 

      Ahmed, Syéd Masud; Hossain, Md Awlad; RajaChowdhury, Ahmed Mushtaque; Bhuiya, Abbas Uddin (© 2011 Ahmed et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd., 2011)
      Bangladesh is identified as one of the countries with severe health worker shortages. However, there is a lack of comprehensive data on human resources for health (HRH) in the formal and informal sectors in Bangladesh. ...

    • Informal allopathic provider knowledge and practice regarding control and prevention of TB in rural Bangladesh 

      Islam, Qazi S.; Ahmed, Syed M.; Islam, Mohammad A.; Chowdhury, Anita S.; Siddiquea, Bodrun N.; Husain, Mohammad A. (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 ...

    • Innovation for universal health coverage in Bangladesh: a call to action 

      Adams, Alayne M.; Ahmed, Tanvir; El Arifeen, Shams E.; Evans, Timothy Grant; Huda, Tanvir M.; Reichenbach, Laura J.; Ahmed, Faruque S K; Ahmed, Shamim; Ahmed, Syéd Masud; Azad, Kishwar; Bhuiya, Abbas Uddin; Mahmood, Shehrin Shaila; Cash, Richard A.; Chen, Lincoln; Chowdhury, Mahbub Elahi Khan; Chowdhury, Ahmed Mushtaque Raza; Christou, Aliki; Halder, Shantana R.; Husain, Mushtuq Mushtaq; Islam, Mohammad Sirajul; Islam, Khaled Shamsul; Huq, Shireen; Hussain, Zakir; Mahmud, Simeen; Mallick, Fuad Hassan; May, Maria A.; Osman, Ferdous Arfina; Peters, David H.; Perry, Henry B.; Rabbani, Atonu; Rahman, Mijanur Aminur; Rahman, Mahmudur Ziaur; Rasheed, Sabrina; Rashid, Sabina F.; Al-Sabir, Ahmed; Standing, Hilary; Mahmud, Simeen (© 2013 The Lancet, 2013)
      A post-Millennium Development Goals agenda for health in Bangladesh should be defined to encourage a second generation of health-system innovations under the clarion call of universal health coverage. This agenda should ...

    • Prevention and control of tuberculosis in workplaces: how knowledgeable are the workers in Bangladesh? 

      Shafayetul Islam, Qazi; Akramul Islam, Md; Islam, Shayla; Masud Ahmed, Syed (© 2015 BioMed Central Ltd., 2015)
      Background: The National Tuberculosis (TB) Control Programme (NTP) of Bangladesh succeeded in achieving the dual targets of 70 % case detection and 85 % treatment completion as set by the World Health Organization. However, ...

    • Qualitative insights into promotion of pharmaceutical products in Bangladesh: how ethical are the practices? 

      Mohiuddin, Mahrukh; Faiz Rashid, Sabina; Islam Shuvro, Mofijul; Nahar, Nahitun; Masud Ahmed, Syed (© 2015 BioMed Central Ltd., 2015)
      Background: The pharmaceutical market in Bangladesh is highly concentrated (top ten control around 70 % of the market). Due to high competition aggressive marketing strategies are adopted for greater market share, which ...

    • Training mid-level health cadres to improve health service delivery in rural Bangladesh 

      Rawal, Lal B.; Mahmud, Kawkab; Islam, Sheikh Md. S.; Mahumud, Rashidul A.; Nuruzaman, Md.; M. Ahmed, Syed (© 2016 Cambridge University Press, 2016)
      Introduction In recent years, the government of Bangladesh has encouraged private sector involvement in producing mid-level health cadres including Medical Assistants (MAs). The number of MAs produced has increased ...