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Assessment of knowledge of community health workers and mothers on infant and young child feeding and practices of mothers
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2013-10)
Poor infant feeding practices are some of major causes of under-nutrition in children
under five years of age in Bangladesh. In order to address the issue, BRAC ·has
implemented the Alive and Thrive (A&T) programme to ...
Mother knowledge and health-seeking behavior towards childhood TB
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2013-03)
Introduction: BRAC in association with NTP recently started the community-based child
TB programme. So far, no independent study has been conducted to explore the extent to
which the objectives of the programme have been ...
Tuberculosis in 'hard to reach' areas: misperceptions, knowledge, health-seeking behaviour, and challenges
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2013-03)
This study was conducted to explore the knowledge and perceptions of health workers
and community people about tuberculosis in geographically inaccessible (hard-to-reach)
tuberculosis (TB) programme areas of BRAG. The ...
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 ...
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 ...