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Neonatal death: any role for development interventions?
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2002-09)
Objective: The study aimed to explore whether or not the women focused development
interventions have any effect on neonatal death.
Methods: The qualitative research method was used. Case study of cases (died within
28 ...
Primary Health-Care in Later Life: improving services in Bangladesh and Vietnam (PHILL)
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2004-02)
Health status of mothers and children in rural Badghis province, Afghanistan 2007
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2008-07)
To assess the impact of BRAC health programme on sanitation. antenatal care. delivery
practices, contraception, breast-feeding. immunization. and childhood illnesses in Badghis
province during 2004-2007. This cross-sectional ...
Assessing operational status of BRAC Gonokendra Pathagar
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2000-06)
This study aimed at assessing operational status of the BRAC Gonokendra pathagars.
Sixty randomly selected pathagars were surveyed. Data was collected on the basis of
some performance indicators. It was found that the ...
Reproductive tract infections and sexually transmitted diseases in a rural area of Bangladesh: insights for action from research
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2001-06)
Objectives: The study aimed· to assess the magnitude of problem associated with
RTis/STDs in rural Matlab, Bangladesh. It estimates the prevalence and attempts to
explore the risk indicators for RTis and STDs among people ...
Socioeconomic development and human well-being BRAC-ICDDR, B Joint Research Project, Matlab (Repeat survey 1999)
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2000-10)
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 ...
Awareness and choice of options of Arsenic-free drinking water
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2000)
The discovery of arsenic contamination in tubewell water has created concern for its potential health effects. BRAC
initiated an arsenic mitigation project in two upazilas in 1999. The project included promotion of ...
Possession and usage of insecticidal bed nets among the people of Uganda: is BRAC Uganda Health Programme pursuing a pro-poor path?
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2009)
The use of insecticidal bed nets is found to be an effective public health tool for control of malaria, especially for under-five children and pregnant women. BRAC, an indigenous Bangladeshi non-governmental development ...