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Barriers and facilitators to knowledge translation activities within academic institutions in low- And middle-income countries
(Oxford Academic, 2021-03-01)
The barriers and facilitators of conducting knowledge translation (KT) activities are well-established but
less is known about the institutional forces that drive these barriers, particularly in low-resource settings.
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Combating the COVID-19 infodemic: a three-level approach for low and middle-income countries
(BMJ Journals, 2021-01-29)
The COVID-19 crisis has contributed to the development of an ‘infodemic’ that hinders an adequate public health approach to managing the crisis. The WHO defines an infodemic as an ‘overabundance of information—some accurate ...
Implications of Birth-Dose Vaccination against Hepatitis B Virus in Southeast Asia
(MDPI, 2021-04-12)
The World Health Organization (WHO) South-East Asia Regional Office (SEARO) covers
11 countries with a combined population of about 2 billion people, making it the most populous of
the six WHO regions. In 1992, the WHO ...
Bangla hate speech detection on social media using attention-based recurrent neural network
(De Gruyter, 2021-04-09)
Hate speech has spread more rapidly through the daily use of technology and, most notably, by
sharing your opinions or feelings on social media in a negative aspect. Although numerous works have
been carried out in ...
Prevalence and associated factors of depression among adolescent boys and girls in Bangladesh: Findings from a nationwide survey
(BMJ Journals, 2021-01-17)
Objective: To assess the prevalence of and factors
associated with depression among adolescent boys and
girls.
Design: We conducted a nationwide cross-sectional study.
Setting: This study was carried out in 82 ...
The effects of polio eradication efforts on health systems: A cross-country analysis using the Develop–Distort Dilemma
(Oxford Academic, 2021-04-21)
Vertical disease control programmes have enormous potential to benefit or weaken health systems, and it is critical to understand how programmes’ design and implementation impact the health systems and communities in which ...
Public health education post-COVID-19: A proposal for critical revisions
(BMJ Journals, 2021-04-01)
Adolescents’ experiences of covid-19 in Chittagong and Sylhet divisions, Bangladesh
(GAGE, 2021-04)
This study is part of a cross-country series designed to share emerging findings in real time from qualitative interviews
with adolescents and school teachers in the context of covid-19. The young people involved are part ...
Introducing urine‑enriched biochar‑based fertilizer for vegetable production: Acceptability and results from rural Bangladesh
(Springer Link, 2022-02-19)
Improved agricultural practices that increase yields and preserve soils are critical to
addressing food insecurity and undernutrition among smallholder farmer families. Urineenriched biochar has been shown to be an ...
A holistic approach to promoting early child development: A cluster randomised trial of a group-based, multicomponent intervention in rural Bangladesh
(BMJ Journals, 2021-03-16)
Introduction In low- and middle-income countries,
children experience multiple risks for delayed development.
We evaluated a multicomponent, group-based early
child development intervention including behavioural
reco ...