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Cross-country analysis of strategies for achieving progress towards global goals for women’s and children’s health
(© Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2016, 2016-02-21)
OBJECTIVE:
To identify how 10 low- and middle-income countries achieved accelerated progress, ahead of comparable countries, towards meeting millennium development goals 4 and 5A to reduce child and maternal ...
Women’s preferences for maternal healthcare services in Bangladesh: Evidence from a discrete choice experiment.
(MDPI, 2019-01-23)
Despite substantial improvements in several maternal health indicators, childbearing and
birthing remain a dangerous experience for many women in Bangladesh. This study assessed the
relative importance of maternal ...
The influence of corruption and governance in the delivery of frontline health care services in the public sector: A scoping review of current and future prospects in low and middle-income countries of south and south-east Asia
(BMC, 2020-06-08)
Background: The dynamic intersection of a pluralistic health system, large informal sector, and poor regulatory
environment have provided conditions favourable for ‘corruption’ in the LMICs of south and south-east Asia ...
A new social sciences network for infectious threats
(The Lancet, 2019-05)
The Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to escalate, new outbreaks of Lassa fever, yellow fever, measles, and other infectious diseases erupt around the world, and antimicrobial resistance ...
Do social accountability approaches work? A review of the literature from selected low- and middle-income countries in the WHO South-East Asia region
(Oxford Academic, 2020-11-09)
Governance failures undermine efforts to achieve universal health coverage and improve health in
low- and middle-income countries by decreasing efficiency and equity. Punitive measures to improve governance are largely ...
Retaining doctors in rural Bangladesh: A policy analysis
(International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2018-09)
Background
Retaining doctors in rural areas is a challenge in Bangladesh. In this study, we analyzed three rural retention policies: career development programs, compulsory services, and schools outside major cities – in ...
Addressing vulnerabilities in communities facing infectious disease threats: A need for social science-driven assessments
(Journal of Global Health, 2021-01)
‘Connecting the dots’ for generating a momentum for Universal Health Coverage in Bangladesh: Findings from a cross-sectional descriptive study
(BMJ Journals, 2019-07-17)
Objective This study was conducted to explore how and
whether, the strategic grants made by the Rockefeller
Foundation (RF) in different sectors of health systems in
the inception phase were able to ‘connect the dots’ ...
Pathways of antibiotic use in Bangladesh: Qualitative protocol for the PAUSE study
(BMJ Open, 2019-01-25)
Introduction Global actions to reduce antimicrobial resistance (AMR) include optimising the use of antimicrobial medicines in human and animal health. In countries with weak healthcare regulation, this requires a greater ...
Perceptions of appropriate treatment among the informal allopathic providers: Insights from a qualitative study in two peri-urban areas in Bangladesh
(BMC, 2019-06-26)
Background: How the informal providers deliver health services are not well understood in Bangladesh. However,
their practices are often considered inappropriate and unsafe. This study attempted to fill-in this knowledge ...