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    Developing effective policy strategies to retain health workers in rural Bangladesh: a policy analysis 

    Rawal, Lal B; Joarder, Taufique; Islam, Sheikh Md. Shariful; Uddin, Aftab; Ahmed, Syed Masud (© 2015 Rawal et al.; licensee BioMed Central., 2015)
    Introduction: Retention of human resources for health (HRH), particularly physicians and nurses in rural and remote areas, is a major problem in Bangladesh. We reviewed relevant policies and provisions in relation to HRH ...
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    Qualitative insights into promotion of pharmaceutical products in Bangladesh: how ethical are the practices? 

    Mohiuddin, Mahrukh; Faiz Rashid, Sabina; Islam Shuvro, Mofijul; Nahar, Nahitun; Masud Ahmed, Syed (© 2015 BioMed Central Ltd., 2015)
    Background: The pharmaceutical market in Bangladesh is highly concentrated (top ten control around 70 % of the market). Due to high competition aggressive marketing strategies are adopted for greater market share, which ...
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    From knowing our needs to enacting change: findings from community consultations with indigenous communities in Bangladesh 

    Hussain, Sameera; Lorena Ruano, Ana; Rahman, Atiya; Faiz Rashid, Sabina; S. Hill, Peter (© 2015 BioMed Central Ltd., 2015)
    Introduction: Indigenous peoples are among the most marginalized peoples in the world due to issues relating to well-being, political representation, and economic production. The research consortium Goals and Governance ...
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    Adherence to multiple micronutrient powder among young children in rural Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study Global health 

    Raj Angdembe, Mirak; Choudhury, Nuzhat; Raisul Haque, Mohammad; Ahmed, Tahmeed (© 2015 BioMed Central Ltd., 2015)
    Background: Multiple micronutrient powder (MMNP) can be sprinkled onto any semisolid food and can be given to young children to address iron deficiency anemia. The female community health volunteers of BRAC (an NGO) known ...
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    Childhood malnutrition in households with contemporary siblings: a scenario from urban Bangladesh 

    Das, Jui; Kumar Das, Sumon; Hasan, T; Syed Golam Faruque, Abu; Ahmed, Salma; Ferdous, Farzana; Begum, R; Jobayer Chisti, Mohammod; Malek, M A; Mamun, Abdullah (© 2015 Nature Publishing Group, 2015)
    This study aimed to determine the effect of the presence of under-5 siblings (≥1) in a household on childhood malnutrition in urban Bangladesh. During 2000 and 2013, a total of 16 948 under-5 children were enrolled in the ...
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    Exploring the context in which different close-to-community sexual and reproductive health service providers operate in Bangladesh: a qualitative study 

    Mahmud, Ilias; Chowdhury, Sadia; Ashraf Siddiqi, Bulbul; Theobald, Sally; Ormel, Hermen; Biswas, Salauddin; Tauseef Jahangir, Yamin; Sarker, Malabika; Faiz Rashid, Sabina (© 2015 BioMed Central Ltd., 2015)
    Background: A range of formal and informal close-to-community (CTC) health service providers operate in an increasingly urbanized Bangladesh. Informal CTC health service providers play a key role in Bangladesh's pluralistic ...
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    Trends and inequities in use of maternal health care services in Bangladesh, 1991-2011 

    Anwar, Iqbal; Y. Nababan, Herfina; Mostari, Shabnam; Rahman, Aminur; A. M. Khan, Jahangir (© 2015 Public Library of Science, 2015)
    Background and Methods Monitoring use-inequity is important to measure progress in efforts to address healthinequities. Using data from six Bangladesh Demographic and Health Surveys (BDHS), we examine trends, inequities ...
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    Reprint of: issues with families and children in a disaster context: a qualitative perspective from rural Bangladesh 

    Akhter, Syeda Rezwana; Sarkar, Ratan Kumar; Dutta, Mitul; Khanom, Roxana; Akter, Nasima; Chowdhury, Md. Raihan; Sultan, Mainus (© 2015 Elsevier Ltd., 2015)
    Natural disasters such as floods and cyclones have repeatedly devastated lives and destroyed the belongings of people. This is especially so for children and their families in Bangladesh. This study analyzed the specific ...
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    Electric and lighting energy audit: a case study of selective commercial buildings in Dhaka 

    Rayhana, Rakiba; Khan, Asif Uddin; Hassan, Tahsin; Datta, Ratan; Chowdhury, Abdul Hasib (© 2015 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2015)
    Energy audit can be one of the fastest and cheapest solutions to mitigate the gap between energy demand and supply since it identifies the energy loss and improvement areas. The paper shows a detailed analysis on building ...
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    Effect of a food supplementation and psychosocial stimulation trial for severely malnourished children on the level of maternal depressive symptoms in Bangladesh 

    Nahar, Baitun; Hossain, Iqbal; D. Hamadani, Jena; T, Ahmed; Persson, Lena (© 2015 Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2015)
    Background: Maternal depression is associated with poor child development and growth in low-income countries. This paper evaluates the effect of a community-based trial providing psychosocial stimulation and food supplements ...
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