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Skilled attendance at delivery in Bangladesh: a strategy development tool
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2002-11)
SAFE study aimed to provide new knowledge on the identification, implementation and
evaluation of effective, affordable and equitable strategies to increase Skilled Attendance
at delivery in developing countries. It was ...
Beyond drugs: TB patients in Bangladesh need urgent attention for nutrition support during convalescence
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2013-03)
Tuberculosis (TB) is a global disease, which is responsible for 1.4 million deaths each
year (WHO 2010). Bangladesh is the sixth highest TB-burden country in the world. TB
treatment may be complicated when malnutrition ...
Revisiting the ARI Programme of BRAC: how well are we doing?
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2011-06)
The ARI (Acute Respiratory Infection) control programme of BRAC has been in
operation for the last few years. No independent evaluation has so far been
conducted to explore how far the objectives of the programme have ...
A policy analysis regarding education, career, and governance of the nurses in Bangladesh: A qualitative exploration
(Sage Journals, 2021-01-18)
Nurses, short in production and inequitable in the distribution in Bangladesh, require the government’s efforts to increase enrolment in nursing education and a smooth career progression. Given the importance of an assessment ...
Knowledge and practice of formal physicians regarding control and prevention of TB in light of national guidelines
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2013)
The study explored the current knowledge and practice of interns and general physicians
regarding control and prevention of tuberculosis in light of national guidelines. The study
was conducted on 13 public and seven ...
Current status of maternal and child health indicators in BRAC EHC Programme areas of Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2013-02)
Essential Health Programme (EHC) is one of many development efforts of BRAC
providing an integrated package of preventive, promotive and basic curative services at
a minimum cost to improve health and nutrition of the ...
Selling latrines to the poor: how effective it is?
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996)
BRAC has been promoting personal hygiene practices and the use of safe water and sanitary
latrines through its Rural Development Programme (RDP) since 1991. RDP sold a large
number of latrines (45,000 as of June 1995) ...
Tackling antimicrobial resistance in Bangladesh: A scoping review of policy and practice in human, animal and environment sectors
(PLOS ONE, 2020-01-27)
Background
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has become an emerging issue in the developing countries
as well as in Bangladesh. AMR is aggravated by irrational use of antimicrobials in a largely
unregulated pluralistic ...
Changing health-seeking behaviour in the context of development interventions: experiences from Matlab, Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2002)
It is generally assumed that socioeconomic development interventions will enhance the-material
and social capacities of the poor who are disenfranchised to prevent ill health, and to seek
appropriate and timely care. ...
Career preferences of final year medical students at a medical school in Kenya – a cross sectional study
(© 2016 BMC Medical Education, 2016-01)
Background
The World Health Organization (WHO) recommended physician to population ratio is 23:10,000. Kenya has a physician to population ratio of 1.8:10,000 and is among 57 countries listed as having a serious shortage ...