Browsing by Subject "Health, Nutrition, and Population Program (BRAC)"
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Current status of maternal and child health indicators in BRAC EHC Programme areas of Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2013-02)Essential Health Programme (EHC) is one of many development efforts of BRAC providing an integrated package of preventive, promotive and basic curative services at a minimum cost to improve health and nutrition of the ... -
Diagnosis of pneumonia by community health volunteers: experience of BRAC, Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1999)The study assessed the competency of community health volunteers in diagnosing pneumonia in children through simple clinical signs. Data were collected by a group of research physicians who observed the case management ... -
A documentation on BRAC's Shastho shebika: exploring the possibilities of institutionalisation
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2000-10)Shastho shebikas (SS) are health cadres, selected from BRAC's Village Organisations (VO). They are the nucleus of BRAC health programmes and are trained in preventative, promotive and curative aspects of health. As the ... -
Effects of BRAC Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Programme in improved sanitation: changes from baseline to midline survey
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2010-10)To facilitate achieving national target of 1 00 percent sanitation in Bangladesh by the year 2013, BRAC Water. Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) programme has been working in 150 upazilas for improving water supply, sanitation ... -
Enhancing the effectiveness of acute respiratory tract infection control program of BRAC
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996-07)This study was aimed at evaluating the Acute RespiratOr')' Tract Infection (ARI) Control Program of BRAC (Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee - the largest NGO in Bangladesh) with the purpose of enhancing its ... -
EPI coverage in September 1994: does parents' religious belief make any difference?
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Evaluation of the WFP assisted wheat-soya blended (WSB) food supplementation on nutrional status
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2000-06)Wheat soya blended (WSB) food was distributed ~ong 74,000 'poorest of the poor' households in 5 highly flood-affected districts in Bangladesh under an agreement signed in May 1999 between BRAC and World Food Programme. ... -
Exploring reasons of variation in target achievement in sanitary latrine construction under school sanitation programme of BRAC WASH
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2009-06)Since 2007 BRAC's Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) programme has been promoting construction of sanitary latrines with water source and waste management provision at the girls' secondary educational institutes in 150 ... -
Factors affecting mortality and disbursement of insurance benefits to female members of BRAC village organization
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2001-01)BRAC has been implementing multi faceted programmes such as rural development programme, education prograrnme, health and nutrition programme for poverty alleviation. The core of rural development programme IS the fom1ation ... -
Factors affecting the performance of delivery centre
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2011-08)The study aimed to measure the performance of delivery centres (DC) and explore the factors related to performance of DCs. Data were collected using qualitative methods during December 2009 - January 2010 from six DCs ... -
Factors influencing utilization of Manoshi delivery centers in urban slums of Dhaka
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2009-12)BRAC introduced Manoshi - a community-based maternal, neonatal and child health initiative in urban slums of Bangladesh in 2007. Community delivery centers were established to provide appropriate management of delivery ... -
Fighting arsenic at the grassroots: experience of the community awareness initiative of BRAC in Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2001)The study evaluates the arsentc mitigation project of BRAC in ra1smg the awareness of arsenic poisoning in the rural communities in Bangladesh. Data came from the selected villages in the southwestern Bangladesh where ... -
Gender barriers to tuberculosis control: fade-out or in? key findings and recommendations from the preliminary analysis
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Health and nutritional status of 'target population' in Kachua thana, Bangladesh: baseline survey 1999
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1999)The state of nutrition in Bangladesh is precariously poor. The diet, being heavily deficient in calories and seriously imbalanced, leads to the obvious consequences of widespread protein-energy and micronutrient malnutrition ... -
Health and population programme: July 1993-December 1994 report
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Illnesses and treatment among children in rural Bangladesh
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Impact of BRAC on community health networks: a village study
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2001-07)Mere health service provision may be unable to bring about the desired impacts on health outcomes. Such outcome impact is mediated by changes in health seeking behavior underpinned by changes in health kr!Owledge, attitude ... -
Impact of BRAC reproductive health and disease control programme on different health services utilisation
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2001-12)This study assessed the impact of BRAC's RHDC programme on different health services utilisation compared to the baseline status as well as the comparison area. In the baseline study (199:.?.) fertility and mortality ... -
Impact of BRAC reproductive health and disease control programme on practice of personal hygiene
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2001-12)The campaign on safe water, sanitation and hygiene practices has been an important priority in BRAC's health interventions including RHDC. The RHDC hygiene education is concerned with establishing or inducing changes in ... -
Improving iron status before pregnancy predictors for time to first pregnancy in rural Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2006-10)It has recently been advocated that iron supplementation begin before childbearing. A key operational issue is timely identification of !~males prior to pregnancy. The purpose of this study was to examine factors associated ...