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Same old, same old: from boring to creative presentation
(BRAC University, 2011)
This study compares attitudes of tertiary-level students in Australia and Bangladesh towards the use
of technology in lectures and seminars. Students were shown audiovisual recordings of two
seminars. The content and ...
Mobilizing support and negotiating change: women's organizations building constituencies in Bangladesh
(BRAC University, 2011-11)
This paper describes and analyzes how three national level women’s
organizations in Bangladesh mobilized support around a particular issue among
their membership and allies. The paper uses social movement/resource
mobilization ...
Diverging stories of son preference in South Asia: a comparison of India and Bangladesh
(BRAC University, 2012-11)
In Bangladesh, overall sex ratio has declined from 109.6 (males/females) in the
1950s to 100.3 in 2011. Unlike countries with female deficits, the improvement in
sex ratio has extended to the under‐5 age group. This has ...
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 ...
Impact of fortified biscuits on micronutrient deficiencies among primary school children in Bangladesh
(© 2017 Plos One, 2017-04-05)
Background
Micronutrient deficiencies can compromise the development potential of school-aged children, and their later health and productivity as adults. School feeding and school-based fortification approaches have been ...
Serological and molecular analyses of icteric hepatitis E in Bangladeshi women
(BRAC University, 2017-07)
Bangladesh is an endemic zone for Hepatitis E Virus (HEV) which is associated with both
epidemic and sporadic infections. Since there have been few population-based studies of this
country’s HEV burden, its epidemiological ...
Hindu women’s property rights: Bangladesh perspective
(© 2016 Published by BRAC University, 2016-10)
In Bangladesh Hindu women are guaranteed meager property rights in comparison to their male
relative as well as their other religious counterparts. Although Bangladesh is mandated through its
constitution to prohibit all ...
Lessons learned in using realist evaluation to assess maternal and newborn health programming in rural Bangladesh
(Health Policy and Planning, 2015-06-22)
Realist evaluation furnishes valuable insight to public health practitioners and policy makers about
how and why interventions work or don’t work. Moving beyond binary measures of success or failure,
it provides a ...
Unethical proceedings in pharmaceuticals business in Bangladesh
(BRAC University, 2018-08-09)
In Bangladesh pharmaceuticals business is considered as one of the booming business. This is one
of the best sectors that we can proud of. Approximately 257 licensed manufacturers are operating
their business where the ...
A survey on the knowledge and attitude on pharmacovigilance among the pharmacy students of different universities of Dhaka, Bangladesh
(BRAC Univeristy, 2016-09)
Pharmacovigilance, an important tool for the monitoring of post market surveillance of drugs through evaluation of reported adverse drug reaction after its release in the market This study has been focused on students‟ ...