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BRAC/DPHE/UNICEF collaboration on community-based Arsenic response
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1999)
The severity of the problem of arsenic in ground water in Bangladesh is now well
recognized. 97% of the population relics on ground water for drinking and cooking
purposes and it is estimated that half of the country may ...
Credit for the poor: the case of BRAC in Bangladesh
(BRAC, 1991)
As the rural population of Bangladesh increases, landlessness among people once dependent upon agriculture is a growing problem. The Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) has been working with the rural poor since ...
Adaptation of Kangaroo Mother Care for community-based application
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2002-08)
Objective: Working with a multi-disciplinary team of Ecuadorians, Bangladeshis and Americans, we developed a simple protocol for community-based implementation of kangaroo mother care (CKMC) that does not require birth ...
Do side-effects reduce compliance to iron supplementation? a study of daily- and weekly-dose regimens in pregnancy
(Springer, 2002-06)
Side-effects of iron supplementation lead to poor compliance. A weekly-dose schedule of iron supplementation rather than a daily-dose regimen has been suggested to produce fewer side-effects, thereby achieving a higher ...
Differentials of the immunization program in rural Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996)
This study investigated the association of immunization coverage with some selected
socioeconomic variables in rural Bangladesh. It was conducted in 75 villages in I 0 areas of
five administrative divisions. The eligible ...
GQAL: from rhetoric to reality
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1997-07)
BRAC's Gender Quality Action Learning (GQAL) Progranune was initiated in 1994 to
improve the quality of programmes with village women and to improve the quality of
. gender relations within BR.AC. In its first year of ...
Competence of the programme organizers in antenatal care an issue of the quality of care
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996-04)
Political commitment of immunization Programme in Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1998)
Credit programme, women's autonomy a reproductive behaviour evidence from BRAC villages, Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996-12)
This paper investigates the role of women's autonomy on their acceptance of contraceptive
method in 87 BRAC villages in Manikganj district of Bangladesh. Data for this study were
obtained from 1995 sample survey of married ...
Effect of BRAC's rural development programme on calorie consumption: evidence from Matlab
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1997)
This report describes the association between calorie consumption and socioeconomic status
indicators and examines the effect of BRAC's Rural Development Programme (RDP) membership
on per capita daily calorie consumption. ...