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Helping the poor: BRAC to the future
(The Economist Newspaper Limited, 2019-09-07)
Resistance of rap: an ever struggling battlefield in Bangladesh
(BRAC University, 2018-12)
The thesis explores the relationship of rap and resistance among youth in urban Bangladesh, situated in a transnational context. I first show how rap, a global phenomenon, becomes localized and gains its resistive nature ...
Traditional healing beliefs and practices in Bagnibari and Samair villages: implications for public health in rural Bangladesh
(BRAC University, 2012-12)
Introduction: Traditional medicine plays a vital part in the health care systems of many developing countries. Healers’ knowledge and background, commonly treated illnesses, methods, and the factors leading to communities’ ...
Users discourses about primary health care professionals in rural Bangladesh
(© 2014 Department of Public Health, School of Public Health and Psychosocial Studies, Auckland University of Technology, 2014-12)
Evidence from earlier studies in Bangladesh indicates that an imbalance in status between health professionals and primary healthcare users in rural Bangladesh can lead to corrupt behaviour among health professionals. This ...
Double trouble: prevalence and factors associated with tuberculosis and diabetes comorbidity in Bangladesh
(BRAC Univeristy, 2016-10-31)
Background
Diabetes among tuberculosis patients increases the risk of tuberculosis treatment failure, death, and development of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. Yet, there is no data is available in Bangladesh on the ...
Can a specially designed information intervention around the WASH-agriculture linkages make any difference? experimental evidence of behavioral changes and health impacts
(Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung (ZEF), 2016-04)
The paper attempts to evaluate the effectiveness of the specially designed packages of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) interventions with ‘student brigades’ (student teams tasked with maintaining hygiene in school) ...
Trends and determinants of perinatal mortality in Bangladesh
(PLOS ONE, 2019-08-23)
Background
Although the perinatal mortality rate (PNMR) has been reduced over time in Bangladesh, the rate is still very high. Only a few studies explored the determinants of high PNMR in Bangladesh, yet most of them were ...
Shanto-Marium University of Creative Technology
(BRAC Univeristy, 2016)
Creativity is the idea that comes from mind of a person according to his limitation where
limitations are set by his experience, practice, knowledge, talent and wisdom. The
boundary of creativity is only in a person's ...
Exploring the perceptions & attitudes of tertiary students’ towards islamic banking in Bangladesh
(BRAC University, 2018-08)
Islamic Banking system is in a growing phase not only in Bangladesh but throughout the globe. In Bangladesh the growing rate is even faster. The purpose of this paper is to study the awareness and attitude of young customers ...
National discourses on women's empowerment in Bangladesh: continuities and change
(BRAC University, 2011-07)
As Bangladesh turns 40, improvements in women’s wellbeing and increased
agency are claimed to be some of the most significant gains in the postindependence
era. Various economic and social development indicators show
that ...