Browsing BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED) Archive by Title
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Material fees in the BRAC operated community schools: should it be reviewed?
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2003-06)This study aimed at examining whether the rate of material fees that is charged to the students in the BRAC-run community schools should be reviewed. Information was collected from guardians of 550 students of 11 BRAC-run ... -
Maternal and newborn care practices among ultra poor households: a qualitative exploratory study
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Maternal care practices among the ultra poor households in rural Bangladesh: a qualitative exploratory study
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2010)Background Although many studies have been carried out to learn about maternal care practices in rural areas and urban-slums of Bangladesh, none have focused on ultra poor women. Understanding the context in which women ... -
Maternal nutritional knowledge and child nutritional status
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Measuring generic health outcomes from individual's perspective: using SF-36 in a rural area of Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2000-11) -
Measuring the dynamics of BRAC's contribution to employment generation
(Research and Evaluation Division, Brac, 2000-09)This study explores the areas of employment /types of job created through BRAC activities and estimates the actual achievements of BRAC in terms of numbers and/ or person-years of employment generated. BRACpaid full-time ... -
Medical waste disposal at BRAC Health Centres : an environmental study
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1997-06)The study was conducted to determine the awareness level of BRAC's Health Centre staff on disposal and handling of medical wastes, and to recommend improved methods to handle and dispose of medical waste in order to ... -
Medical waste management: a review
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2000-01)A review of medical waste management systems was performed to understand (a) the various handling and disposal procedures in different countries. (b) the knowledge and awareness of individuals involved in medical waste ... -
Men’s perceptions about family planning
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1997-10)This study looked at the men's perception on family planning, their knowledge and opinion about different contraceptives, as well as the motivating factors of the male for accepting family planning. Information was ... -
Micro Health Insurance (MHI) pilot of BRAC: a demand side study
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Micro-credit and women's mobility: is there a link?
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1998-07) -
Micro-credit programs, women's empowerment and change in nuptiality in Bangladesh villages
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1998)Although the fertility impact of micro-credit and women's empowerment programs has received increasing attention in recent years, the role of credit-based income generating programs on nuptiality in traditional communities ... -
Microcredit programmes: who participates and to what extent?
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Microfinance in the Brahmaputra-Jamuna chars: the context, the providers and way forward
(BRAC, 2002-03)Informal financial sources dominate the financial landscape of the char areas in ways distinct from the mainland areas of rural Bangladesh. Microfinance in the char areas has not even scratched the surface of the first ... -
Monitoring the status of health equity in Bangladesh: the BHEW Survey 2002
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Monthly meetings of RDP: documenting the situation in ten village organizations in Matlab
(BRAC, 1996)BRAC' s Rural Development Programme (RDP) holds monthly meeting of the VOs and fortnightly meetings of the Essential Health Care (EHC) Programme as a part of organizational development for the poor. This study aimed to ... -
Morbidity and poverty measuring economic burden of illness requiring inpatient services
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2006-12)Severe illnesses may have important consequences for the poor in terms of the costs of treatment they have to bear and income erosion effects of those illnesses. The resulting depletion of wealth may also transmit poverty ... -
Morbidity pattern of infants in rural Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1997-12)This report is part of a prospective study Investigating the consequences of low birth weight on Infant growth, morbidity and feeding practices in rural Bangladesh. The study registered 644 infants who were followed-up ... -
Morbidity prevalence and health care-seeking behavior of BRAC member and non-member households households: evidences from Matlab. Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1997)Understanding the morbidity profile-and health care seeking behaviour of socioeconomic strata of the community is important for planning and delivery of appropriate health services, especially for the poor. This paper ... -
Mortality and fertility: impact evaluation of BRAC reproductive health and disease control programme
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2001-06)This study assessed the impact of BRAC's RHDC programme on fertility and mortality compared to the baseline status as well as the comparison area. Subsequently, a number of variables such as total fertility rate (TFR), ...