Browsing Health Studies by Title
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Facilitated access to health facilities for treatment of illnesses experiences of the ultra poor households in the CFPR/TUP Programme
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Factors affecting mortality and disbursement of insurance benefits to female members of BRAC village organization
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2001-01)BRAC has been implementing multi faceted programmes such as rural development programme, education prograrnme, health and nutrition programme for poverty alleviation. The core of rural development programme IS the fom1ation ... -
Factors affecting the performance of delivery centre
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2011-08)The study aimed to measure the performance of delivery centres (DC) and explore the factors related to performance of DCs. Data were collected using qualitative methods during December 2009 - January 2010 from six DCs ... -
Factors influencing utilization of Manoshi delivery centers in urban slums of Dhaka
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2009-12)BRAC introduced Manoshi - a community-based maternal, neonatal and child health initiative in urban slums of Bangladesh in 2007. Community delivery centers were established to provide appropriate management of delivery ... -
Fertility in Bangladesh villages: socio-economic and community differentials
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1998-11)Abstract: This report assesses the role of development programme in reducing fertility in rural Bangladesh. Data for this research came from Watch, a demographic and health surveillance system of BRAC covering 70 villages ... -
Fighting arsenic at the grassroots: experience of BRAC's community awareness initiative in Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2002)The study evaluates the arsenic mitigation project of BRAC in raising awareness of arsenic poisoning in rural communities in Bangladesh. Data came from selected project villages in south-western Bangladesh. Comparison villages ... -
Fighting arsenic at the grassroots: experience of the community awareness initiative of BRAC in Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2001)The study evaluates the arsentc mitigation project of BRAC in ra1smg the awareness of arsenic poisoning in the rural communities in Bangladesh. Data came from the selected villages in the southwestern Bangladesh where ... -
Financing the BRAC Health Centres: their financial sustainability and cost-effectiveness
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1998-01)The Health ana Population Division (HPO) of BRAC aims to provide supportive secondary level health care services for the community through the BRAC Health Centres (BHCs) or Shushasthyos. The BHCs began operating in HPO ... -
Food consumption pattern and dietary diversity
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The food supplementation process in BRAC areas under the National Nutrition Programme (NNP): an exploratory study
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2006-07) -
Gender barriers to tuberculosis control: fade-out or in? key findings and recommendations from the preliminary analysis
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2003-09) -
Growth and development pattern of low birth weight infants in rural Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1998-02) -
Health and nutritional status of 'target population' in Kachua thana, Bangladesh: baseline survey 1999
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1999)The state of nutrition in Bangladesh is precariously poor. The diet, being heavily deficient in calories and seriously imbalanced, leads to the obvious consequences of widespread protein-energy and micronutrient malnutrition ... -
Health during disaster: sharing experiences with 1998 flood victims
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1998-11) -
Health insurance in rural Bangladesh: proposal on a pilot project
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2000-07) -
Health knowledge of rural Bangladeshi children: does BRAC's non-formal schools make any impact?
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1998-01)This report explores the impact of BRAC's Non-Fonnal Primary Education Programme (NFPE} on raising health knowledge of the rural Bangladeshi children. Three groups of children viz. NFPE graduates, formal school learners ... -
Health seeking behavior and growth of adolescent girls
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1995-02) -
The health situation of adolescents: a literature review
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1995-07)This review paper adresses the health situation of the adolescents. Most of the studies we found were conducted in countries olher than Banglndesh. The medical care of the adolescent has always been neglected in the ... -
The health situation of adolescents: a literature review
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996-01)This review paper addresses the health situation of the adolescents. Most of the studies we found were conducted in countries other than Bangladesh. The medical care of the adolescent has always been neglected in the ... -
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 ...