Browsing Health Studies by Title
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Level and determinants of pregnancy care in developing countries: the case of Bangladesh, 1999 - 2000
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2002-11)This study explored the current state of pregnancy care in Bangladesh using data from the Bangladesh Demographic and Health survey (1999-2000), based on a nation-wide representative sample. Data were collected from women ... -
Low birth weight(LBW) was the major predictor of infant deaths: evidence from a prospective study in rural Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1997-07)The study was the part of a longitudinal study on the consequences of low birth weight babies (LBW) in three unions of Manikganj district in Bangladesh. The study aimed to estimate the infant mortality rate In title study ... -
Managing pneumonia by community health volunteers: the case of ARI control programme of BRAC, Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1999)The study examined the role of ARl management practices in improving the competency of community health volunteers in diagnosing and treating pneumonia among children. Data were collected by a group of research physicians ... -
Maternal and newborn care practices among ultra poor households: a qualitative exploratory study
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Maternal care practices among the ultra poor households in rural Bangladesh: a qualitative exploratory study
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2010)Background Although many studies have been carried out to learn about maternal care practices in rural areas and urban-slums of Bangladesh, none have focused on ultra poor women. Understanding the context in which women ... -
Maternal nutritional knowledge and child nutritional status
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Measuring generic health outcomes from individual's perspective: using SF-36 in a rural area of Bangladesh
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Medical waste disposal at BRAC Health Centres : an environmental study
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1997-06)The study was conducted to determine the awareness level of BRAC's Health Centre staff on disposal and handling of medical wastes, and to recommend improved methods to handle and dispose of medical waste in order to ... -
Medical waste management: a review
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2000-01)A review of medical waste management systems was performed to understand (a) the various handling and disposal procedures in different countries. (b) the knowledge and awareness of individuals involved in medical waste ... -
Men’s perceptions about family planning
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1997-10)This study looked at the men's perception on family planning, their knowledge and opinion about different contraceptives, as well as the motivating factors of the male for accepting family planning. Information was ... -
Micro Health Insurance (MHI) pilot of BRAC: a demand side study
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Monitoring the status of health equity in Bangladesh: the BHEW Survey 2002
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Morbidity and poverty measuring economic burden of illness requiring inpatient services
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2006-12)Severe illnesses may have important consequences for the poor in terms of the costs of treatment they have to bear and income erosion effects of those illnesses. The resulting depletion of wealth may also transmit poverty ... -
Morbidity pattern of infants in rural Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1997-12)This report is part of a prospective study Investigating the consequences of low birth weight on Infant growth, morbidity and feeding practices in rural Bangladesh. The study registered 644 infants who were followed-up ... -
Morbidity prevalence and health care-seeking behavior of BRAC member and non-member households households: evidences from Matlab. Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1997)Understanding the morbidity profile-and health care seeking behaviour of socioeconomic strata of the community is important for planning and delivery of appropriate health services, especially for the poor. This paper ... -
Mortality and fertility: impact evaluation of BRAC reproductive health and disease control programme
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2001-06)This study assessed the impact of BRAC's RHDC programme on fertility and mortality compared to the baseline status as well as the comparison area. Subsequently, a number of variables such as total fertility rate (TFR), ... -
Mother knowledge and health-seeking behavior towards childhood TB
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2013-03)Introduction: BRAC in association with NTP recently started the community-based child TB programme. So far, no independent study has been conducted to explore the extent to which the objectives of the programme have been ... -
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 ... -
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. ... -
National Immunization Day (NID) campaign in Bangladesh: are the participation and coverage increasing?
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1997-12)