Browsing BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED) Archive by Author "Rahman, Mizanur"
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Combating a deadly menace: early experiences with a community-based arsenic mitigation project in Bangladesh
Chowdhury, AMR; Hossain, Md. Zabed; Nickson, Ross; Rahman, Mizanur; Jakariya, Md.; Sharnimuddin, Md. (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2000-08)Bangladesh is facing the problem of arsenic poisoning in drinking water. Around 27% of the tubewells, which supply drinking water to most of the population, have arsenic concentrations above the government of Bangladesh ... -
Evaluation of Environmental Awareness Training of BRAC
Jakariya, Md.; Akter, Nasima; Rahman, Mizanur; Sharmin, Lammia; Hossain, Zabed (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1998-12) -
Evaluation of the WFP assisted wheat-soya blended (WSB) food supplementation on nutrional status
Hyder, S.M. Ziauddin; JalaI, Chowdhury S B; Roy, Rita Das; Rahman, Mizanur (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2000-06)Wheat soya blended (WSB) food was distributed ~ong 74,000 'poorest of the poor' households in 5 highly flood-affected districts in Bangladesh under an agreement signed in May 1999 between BRAC and World Food Programme. ... -
Promotion of improved cookstove in rural Bangladesh
Arif, Tahmid; Ashraf, Anik; Miller, Grant; Mobarak, Ahmed Mushflq; Akter, Nasima; Ali, ARM Mehrab; Sarkar, MA Quaiyum; Hildemann, Lynn; Dey, Nepal C; Rahman, Mizanur; Dwivedi, Puneet; Wise, Paul (BRAC, 2011-05)This study aimed to explore the factors affecting the promotion of improved cookstove (ICS) to replace traditional stove and hence to combat indoor air pollution (lAP). The study was conducted in 58 randomly selected ... -
Sustainable community- based safe water options to mitigate the Bangladesh arsenic catastrophe - an experience from two upazilas
Jakariya, Md.; Chowdhury, AMR; Hossain, Zabed; Rahman, Mizanur; Sarkar, Quaiyum; Khan, Ruhul Islam; Rahman, Mahfuzar (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2003-05)Sustainable community-based safe water options have been successfully operating in two upazilas involving 531 villages and encompassing a population of 497,488. Testing of tubewells for arsenic was carried out on a census ... -
Trial effectiveness of daily and flexible administration of micronutrient sprinkles to control anaemia in young children in rural Bangladesh
Haseen, Farhana; Hyder, Ziauddin; Ip, Hedy; Rahman, Mizanur; Zlotkin, Stanley (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2005-10)Iron deficiency-anaemia is a major public health problem worldwide, especially in developing countries. Infants and young children aged between 6-24 months are one of the most vulnerable groups. Although iron intervention ...