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Low uptake of COVID-19 prevention behaviours and high socioeconomic impact of lockdown measures in South Asia: Evidence from a large-scale multi-country surveillance programme
(Elsevier, 2021-02-13)
Background: South Asia has become a major epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic. Understanding South Asians’
awareness, attitudes and experiences of early measures for the prevention of COVID-19 is key to improving ...
Effective maternal, newborn and child health programming among Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh: Implementation challenges and potential solutions
(PLOS ONE, 2022-03-26)
Background
The health status of Rohingya refugees or Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Nationals (FDMNs),
especially women and children, is a significant challenge for humanitarian workers in Bangladesh. Though the Government ...
Measuring motivation among close-to community health workers: Developing the CTC Provider Motivational Indicator Scale across six countries
(BMC, 2020-08-01)
Background: Close-to-community (CTC) health service providers are a cost-effective and important resource in the
promotion of and increasing access to health services. However, many CTC provider programmes suffer from ...
Sampling method for surveying complex and multi-institutional partnerships: Lessons from the Global Polio Eradication Initiative
(BMC, 2020-08-12)
Background: Complex global initiatives, like the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), have prevented millions of
paralyses and improved the health status of diverse populations. Despite the logistical challenges ...
Healthcare worker attendance during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal analysis of fingerprint-verified data from all public-sector secondary and tertiary care facilities in Bangladesh
(Journal of Global Health, 2020-12-01)
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has overwhelmed hospitals in several areas in
high-income countries. An effective response to this pandemic requires health care workers
(HCWs) to be present at work, particularly in low- ...
Carrying out embedded implementation research in humanitarian settings: A qualitative study in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh
(PLOS ONE, 2020-07-16)
Background: Embedded implementation research (IR) promotes evidence-informed policy and practices by involving decision-makers and program implementers in research activities that focus on understanding and solving existing ...
Barriers and facilitators to knowledge translation activities within academic institutions in low- And middle-income countries
(Oxford Academic, 2021-03-01)
The barriers and facilitators of conducting knowledge translation (KT) activities are well-established but
less is known about the institutional forces that drive these barriers, particularly in low-resource settings.
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Harmful practices prevail despite legal knowledge: A mixed-method study on the paradox of child marriage in Bangladesh
(Taylor & Francis, 2021-02-24)
Child marriage is a globally recognised human rights violation that disproportionately affects
girls, especially in developing countries. It has serious negative consequences on girls’ physical, mental,
sexual, and ...
Urban-rural and sex differentials in tuberculosis mortality in Bangladesh: Results from a population-based survey
(Wiley Online Library, 2022-10-22)
Objective
To assess tuberculosis mortality in Bangladesh through a population-based survey using a Verbal Autopsy tool.
Methods
Nationwide mortality survey employing the WHO-recommended Verbal Autopsy (VA) tool, and ...