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Effects of EPI on nutrition of under-five children In rural Bangladesh: the Matlab experience
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1995-12)
Objectives: This study was done to explore the effect of immunization (as specified in
EPI) on under-five children's nutritional status in a rural area of Bangladesh.
Methods: The data for this study originated from a ...
National immunisation days in Bangladesh: an evaluation of the 1996 rounds
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996-07)
On April 16 and May 16 .1996, Bangladesh implemented the third and
fourth of the six National Immunization Days. On those days oral polio vaccine (OPV) was
administered to over 20 million children under 5 years of age. ...
Effect of BRAC's rural development programme on calorie consumption: evidence from Matlab
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1997)
This report describes the association between calorie consumption and socioeconomic status
indicators and examines the effect of BRAC's Rural Development Programme (RDP) membership
on per capita daily calorie consumption. ...
Effect of BRAC's rural development programme on calorie consumption: evidence from Matlab
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1998)
This report describes the association between calorie consumption and socioeconomic status indicators and examines the effect of BRAC's Rural Development Programme (RDP) membership on per capita daily calorie consumption. ...
Case study of low immunization coverage area in Bhairab thana
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1998-07)
Immunization coverage In BRAC member and non-member households: evidence from Matlab, Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1998-07)
BRAC's RDP (Rural Development Programme) targets the poorest of the
poor with special emphasis on improving the health and socioeconomic condition of
women and children. It is hypothesized that BRAC's economic and ...
Immunisations in enclaved populations: the case of Chittagong Hill tracts and tea estates
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1998)
Reproductive and sexual health promotion in a sensitive socio-cultural environment developing a module for the grassroots
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1999)
The general population of Bangladesh is in poor health, has little access to health
facilities, has increasing incidence of STDs and is in close proximity to countries with high rates
of HIV/AIDS. Up to date little has ...
Women's involvement in BRAC development activities and child nutrition
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1998)
This study explores the effect of women's involvement in BRAC's income and health development activities
on the nutritional status of their children aged 6-72 months. MUAC measurements of 1,518 children aged 6-
72 months ...
Woman-focused development programme improves child survival in rural Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1998)
This paper reports results from a prospective study of impact of a woman-focused
development programme on child survival in Matlab, a rural area of Bangladesh. A
total of 5,567 children born during 1993-96 in the study ...