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Illnesses and treatment among children in rural Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1994-07)
Diagnosis of pneumonia by community health volunteers: experience of BRAC, Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1999)
The study assessed the competency of community health volunteers in diagnosing pneumonia in
children through simple clinical signs. Data were collected by a group of research physicians
who observed the case management ...
Credit programme, women's autonomy a reproductive behaviour evidence from BRAC villages, Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996-12)
This paper investigates the role of women's autonomy on their acceptance of contraceptive
method in 87 BRAC villages in Manikganj district of Bangladesh. Data for this study were
obtained from 1995 sample survey of married ...
Socioeconomic and regional disparity in the utilization of reproductive health services in Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2002)
Although the health care system has significantly expanded in Bangladesh during the last two decades,
the health status of the population has remained very poor because .of the uneven distribution of health
services. ...
Arsenicosis in Bangladesh: prevalence and sociodemographic correlates
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2001)
Arsenic contamination in drinking water has created concern for its potential health effects but our
understanding of the risk factors of arsenicosis remains limited. This study assesses the prevalence of
and soeio-demographic ...
Socio-demographic and community differentials in Vitamin A coverage: evidence from March 1994 data
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1994-05)
Improving maternal knowledge of childhood acute respiratory infections (ARIs) in BRAC villages, Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1999)
The contribution of community-based ARI control programme of BRAC in improving maternal
knowledge of acute respiratory infections in children was assessed. Data came from a cross-sectional
survey of 2,938 mothers of under ...
Saving newborn lives in rural communities: learning from the BRAC experience
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2005-12)
SNL study is a pilot project of BRAC to improve the health of the newborn in two sub-districts
in Bangladesh. Neonatal mortality -- major health crisis in the poor countries -- has gripped
poor countries for many years. ...
An approach to reaching the poor and disadvantaged to promote health equity in rural Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2002)
Although the health care system has significantly expanded in the rural areas of Bangladesh duri!lg the .
last two decades, the overall health status of the population has remai~ed very poor because of the uneven
distribution ...
Risk factors of violent death in rural Bangladesh, 1990-1999
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2003)