Browsing by Subject "Health"
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Evaluation of layering microfinance on an adolescent development program for girls in Tanzania
(2015-10)The paper evaluates a program targeted towards adolescent women in Tanzania and aims to empower them both economically and socially. The program was found to be highly successful in Uganda in terms of economic, health and ... -
The ‘fishnet approach’ to livelihood improvement in depressed basins: Evidence from BRAC’s Integrated Development Programme
(Taylor & Francis, 2020-02-27)The multidimensional nature of poverty renders comprehensive development efforts encompassing livelihoods, health, and education as well as communal support, essential for achieving equality in growth. Such an integrated ... -
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 domain of the ultra poor: an exploration
(BRAC, 2004-10)There has been an increasing amount of materials surrounding health-seeking behaviour in recent years. However, a relatively small proportion of literature has focused upon health behaviours and types of health services ... -
Health during disaster: sharing experiences with 1998 flood victims
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Health seeking behavior and growth of adolescent girls
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The health situation of adolescents: a literature review
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996-01)This review paper addresses the health situation of the adolescents. Most of the studies we found were conducted in countries other than Bangladesh. The medical care of the adolescent has always been neglected in the ... -
Health, illness and healthcare-seeking behaviour of the street dwellers of Dhaka City, Bangladesh: Qualitative exploratory study
(BMJ Journals, 2020-10-07)Objective: This study explored the illness experiences and healthcare-seeking behaviour of a cross-section of street dwellers of Dhaka City for designing a customised intervention. Design A qualitative exploratory study ... -
Health, Nutrition and human resource development: a crucial link
(BRAC University, 2006)Health and nutrition is one of the important components of human resource development. The relationship between health-nutrition and human resource development is reciprocal and takes a cyclical fashion. The first section ... -
The impact of Covid-19 on the lives of workers in the Garment Industry: a rapid survey jointly conducted by BRAC University's CED and JPGSPH and the Subir and Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies at the University of California, Berkeley
(Centre for Entrepreneurship Development (CED), Brac University, and Subir and Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, 2020-09-30)This study focusses on the workers from the ready-made garment (RMG) sector of Bangladesh who are particularly vulnerable to the transitory shock to the Covid-19 Pandemic in the sector. The data of the study was collected ... -
Introducing Watch : an initiative in monitoring health and development
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Is there a role for non-formal health practitioners in controlling sexually transmitted diseases: a plea for a community perspective
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2000-08)In a country like Bangladesh, where sexual health problems other than HIV/AIDS are more apparent and immediate, and when most women are impoverished and illiterate, a broad genderbased approach to sexual health is needed. ... -
Lost in care pathway: a qualitative investigation on the health system delay of extra pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Bangladesh
(BRAC Univeristy, 2017-03-28)Background: Although extra pulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) has long been known as a major public health concern globally, the complex healthcare-seeking pathways of EPTB patients are not widely studied. This study aims ... -
Measuring generic health outcomes from individual's perspective: using SF-36 in a rural area of Bangladesh
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NGO contributions to community health and primary health care: Case studies on BRAC (Bangladesh) and the Comprehensive Rural Health Project, Jamkhed (India)
(Oxford University Press, 2020-04-30)Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working in developing countries are chiefly a post-World War II phenomenon. Though they have made important contributions to health and development among impoverished people throughout ... -
Possession and usage of insecticidal bed nets among the people of Uganda: is BRAC Uganda Health Programme pursuing a pro-poor path?
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2009)The use of insecticidal bed nets is found to be an effective public health tool for control of malaria, especially for under-five children and pregnant women. BRAC, an indigenous Bangladeshi non-governmental development ... -
Poverty alleviation programmes reduce inequities in health : evidence from Bangladesh*
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1999)Over the previous two decades many poverty alleviation programmes have been implemented in developing countries. Evaluation of such programmes have traditionally looked at their success in increasing the income levels ... -
Pregnant women's knowledge on health and iron supplementation
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Reproductive and sexual health promotion in a sensitive socio-cultural environment developing a module for the grassroots
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1999)The general population of Bangladesh is in poor health, has little access to health facilities, has increasing incidence of STDs and is in close proximity to countries with high rates of HIV/AIDS. Up to date little has ...