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Prevention and control of tuberculosis in workplaces: how knowledgeable are the workers in Bangladesh?

Shafayetul Islam, Qazi; Akramul Islam, Md; Islam, Shayla; Masud Ahmed, Syed (© 2015 BioMed Central Ltd., 2015)

Background: The National Tuberculosis (TB) Control Programme (NTP) of Bangladesh succeeded in achieving the dual targets of 70 % case detection and 85 % treatment completion as set by the World Health Organization. However, ...
Qualitative insights into promotion of pharmaceutical products in Bangladesh: how ethical are the practices?

Mohiuddin, Mahrukh; Faiz Rashid, Sabina; Islam Shuvro, Mofijul; Nahar, Nahitun; Masud Ahmed, Syed (© 2015 BioMed Central Ltd., 2015)

Background: The pharmaceutical market in Bangladesh is highly concentrated (top ten control around 70 % of the market). Due to high competition aggressive marketing strategies are adopted for greater market share, which ...
Training mid-level health cadres to improve health service delivery in rural Bangladesh

Rawal, Lal B.; Mahmud, Kawkab; Islam, Sheikh Md. S.; Mahumud, Rashidul A.; Nuruzaman, Md.; M. Ahmed, Syed (© 2016 Cambridge University Press, 2016)

Introduction In recent years, the government of Bangladesh has encouraged private sector involvement in producing mid-level health cadres including Medical Assistants (MAs). The number of MAs produced has increased ...