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Pregnant women's knowledge on health and iron supplementation
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996-05)
Does involvement of women in BRAC influence sex bias in intra-household food distribution?
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1997)
This study aimed to assess the sex preference in intra-household food distribution among school
going siblings in a rural area of Bangladesh. The study also examines the effect of women's
involvement in BRAC's rural ...
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. ...
Socioeconomic development and human well-being: seasonal survey on nutrition: first round
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996-12)
Muktagacha: a targeted nutrition project in Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1997-12)
Malnutrition is one of the major public health problems in Bangladesh. Since 1993,
BRAC, a national non-governmental organisation (NGO), has been carrying out a
targeted nutrition project in a thana (sub-district) of ...
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. ...
Community perception on the Muktagacha pilot nutrition initiative of BRAC
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996-04)
The prevalence of Anaemia among men and women in rural Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996-08)
Anaemia is a major public health problem in many developing countries including
Bangladesh. Iron deficiency is known to be the commonest cause of anaemia resulting
from inadequate iron intake, reduced bio-availability ...
The role of NGOs to improve food security in Bangladesh: the BRAC perspective
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1999)
Bangladesh is one of the worst food insecure nations in the world today. This paper looks into
some food security issues of the poor, the most food insecure group, particularly with respect to
the role of non-governmental ...
Assessment of supplementary food in Muktagacha pilot nutrition initiative of BRAC
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996-07)
Food supplementation refers to providing additional food to the nutritional deprived
population in addition to their regular diet to reduce or meet the gap between intake and
requirement in order to improve their nutritional ...