Browsing by Subject "South-East Asia"

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Engaging elite support for the poorest? BRAC`s experience with the ultra-poor program

Hossain, Naomi; Matin, Imran (Taylor and Francis, 2007-11-22)

This article draws preliminary lessons from the experience of engaging village elites in support of a BRAC programme for ultra-poor women in rural Bangladesh. It describes the origins, aims, and operation of this programme, ...
The landscape of drug resistant Tuberculosis in South-East Asia (SEA) region: a burden of disease and challenges in detection

Ferdous, Shehreen (Brac University, 2021-10)

Tuberculosis, mainly caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is a serious bacterial infection that primarily infects the respiratory system but can spread to other organs of the body. Approximately one-third of the world’s ...