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Efficacy and trial effectiveness of weekly and daily iron supplementation among pregnant women in rural Bangladesh: disentangling the issues
(The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2002)
BACKGROUND:
According to our current understanding, iron absorption with weekly iron supplements is not higher than that with daily supplements (ie, there is no mucosal block). However, community-based trials have repeatedly ...
Arsenic in drinking water and birth outcomes: a study of the Bangladesh Integrated Nutrition Programme
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2004-09)
This paper assesses the impact of arsenic (As) exposure on pregnancy outcomes in
Bangladesh. A total of 261 villages from 3 highly As contaminated upazilas of two
districts were selected for this study. The upazilas were ...
Vitamin D deficiency: characterization of an overlooked health hazard
(Brac University, 2020)
Vitamin D or sunshine vitamin is a hormone precursor, soluble in fat and plays an important role in our body by participating in several endocrine autocrine and paracrine activities. Since it has many pleiotropic health ...
Building social capital for the ultra poor: Challenges and achievements
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division, 2005-03)
BRAC introduced a program designed to meet the special needs of the extreme poor called Challenging the Frontier of Poverty Reduction: Targeting Ultra Poor (TUP) program in 2002. The program consists of economic and health ...
Prevalence and associated factors of underweight, overweight, and obesity Among Bangladeshi adults: An analysis of demographic and health survey 2017-18
(Science Direct, 2021-04-16)
This study aimed to determine the prevalence and associated factors of underweight, overweight, and obesity among Bangladeshi adults (≥18 years) using the nationally representative Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey ...
Protest of pro-Islamists against NGO operations: a study of Brahmanbaria in Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1999)
Digital marketing communication in restaurants of Bangladesh : an in depth study on RainCloud Digital
(BRAC University, 2018-09-11)
In this internship report I am going to talk about what the Digital Marketing in the food industry of Bangladesh.
I will start the report with a brief about the Concept of Digital Marketing. Here, Digital marketing is ...
Mothers’ education and the effectiveness of nutrition programmes: Evidence from a matched cross-sectional study in rural Bangladesh
(Taylor & Francis, 2020-10-14)
BRAC Bangladesh trains community health workers to communicate about nutrition in its Maternal, Newborn and Child Health programme. We estimate the programme’s impact on nutrition outcomes among rural Bangladeshi children ...
Speaking anxiety of english language learners in Bangladeshi tertiary classroom
(BRAC University, 2017-03)
In the context of verbal English communication in Bangladesh, Bengali medium students always struggle due to their lack of exposure to communicative English language context. The rigid Grammar Translation curriculum at ...
Impact assessment of CFPR/TUP: A descriptive analysis based on 2002-2005 panel data
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division and Aga Khan Foundation Canada, 2006-07)
The paper sets out to explore the achievements of civil society in the area of poverty reduction. The focus is mainly on three domains (1) Advocacy, (2) Policy Change, and (3) Service Delivery. Three case studies illustrate ...