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Towards 2000: health scenario of Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1999-02)
Arsenic testing of newly installed tubewells and quality control
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1999-04)
The presence of arsenic in groundwater in Bangladesh has aroused widespread concern.
It is estimated that over half of the Bangladesh population are at risk of arsenic poising.
The source of arsenic in drinking water is ...
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 ...
Diagnosis of pneumonia by community health volunteers: experience of BRAC, Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1999)
The study assessed the competency of community health volunteers in diagnosing pneumonia in
children through simple clinical signs. Data were collected by a group of research physicians
who observed the case management ...
Reproductive and sexual health promotion in a sensitive socio-cultural environment developing a module for the grassroots
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1999)
The general population of Bangladesh is in poor health, has little access to health
facilities, has increasing incidence of STDs and is in close proximity to countries with high rates
of HIV/AIDS. Up to date little has ...
Providing the urban poor with water and sanitation: an introduction
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1999)
Improving maternal knowledge of childhood acute respiratory infections (ARIs) in BRAC villages, Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1999)
The contribution of community-based ARI control programme of BRAC in improving maternal
knowledge of acute respiratory infections in children was assessed. Data came from a cross-sectional
survey of 2,938 mothers of under ...
Targeted nutrition project at Muktagacha in Bangladesh: lessons learned
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1999)
Millions of people suffer and many of them die from malnutrition in
developing countries. BRAC, a non-governmental organisation in
Bangladesh, has made significant progress towards planning and
implementing nutrition ...
Poverty alleviation programmes reduce inequities in health : evidence from Bangladesh*
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1999)
Over the previous two decades many poverty alleviation programmes have been
implemented in developing countries. Evaluation of such programmes have
traditionally looked at their success in increasing the income levels ...
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 ...