Browsing Research Reports (1996): Health Studies, Vol - XX by Subject "Health, Nutrition, and Population Program (BRAC)"

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    • Client satisfaction with services provided at the antenatal care centres of BRAC 

      Afsana, Kaosar; Chowdhury, Amr (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996-08)
      BRAC has implemented the Women's Health and Development Programme (WHDP) in the northern and central rcgi.oni of Bangladesh to reduce maternal and child death. Among the various components of the programme, organization ...

    • Credit programme, women's autonomy a reproductive behaviour evidence from BRAC villages, Bangladesh 

      Hadi, Abdullahel; Nath, Samir R; Chowdhury, AMR (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996-12)
      This paper investigates the role of women's autonomy on their acceptance of contraceptive method in 87 BRAC villages in Manikganj district of Bangladesh. Data for this study were obtained from 1995 sample survey of married ...

    • Enhancing the effectiveness of acute respiratory tract infection control program of BRAC 

      Kamal, Firoz Mahboob (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996-07)
      This study was aimed at evaluating the Acute RespiratOr')' Tract Infection (ARI) Control Program of BRAC (Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee - the largest NGO in Bangladesh) with the purpose of enhancing its ...

    • Involving the other half: male perception of BRAC's health program 

      Shahaduzzaman; Chowdhury, AMR; Karim, Fazlul (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996-07)
      In July 1991, BRAC integrated its diverse health activities into the newly established Women Health and Development Programme (WHDP). But as men play a key role in making decisions in deferent spheres of women's life, ...

    • Knowledge and practices of NFPE-AG graduates regarding menstruation 

      Ali, Ahmed; Mahmud, Shah Noor; Karim, Fazlul; Chowdhury, AMR (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996-09)
      BRAC canied out a two-year Non-Fonnal Primary Education Programme for Adolescent Girls (NFPE-AG) as part of its fanner Women's Heath and Development Programme (WHOP) to increase basic literacy and nwneracy skills as well ...

    • Knowledge of NFPE-AG graduates on reproductive health and nutrition 

      Ali, Ahmed; Mahmud, Shah Noor; Karim, Fazlul; Islam, Md. Nazrul; Chowdhury, AMR (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996-08)
      BRAC educated adolescent girls through its Non-Fonnal Primary Education Programme for Adolescent Girls (NFPE-AG) as a component of its fonner Women's Heath and Development Programme (WliDP). The aim of the NFPE-AG programme ...

    • Reasons for discontinuation of tuberculosis treatment provided by BRAC 

      Mahmud, Shah Noor; Ali, Ahmed; Islam, Md. Nazrul; Karim, Fazlul (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996-12)
      To supplement the government tuberculosic; control programme, BRAC has initiated a communitybased tuberculosis programme in 10 thanas under the Women's Health and Development Programme (WHDP) (presently known as Reproductive ...