| Process Assessment of a Training Course on Organizational Preparedness Integrating Community for Disaster Risk Reduction |
| Tahera Akter |
| February - 2012 |
| Lack of awareness and coordination among the community about climate change, and its impact on environment and human lives make them more susceptible to natural disasters. Considering the dire needs, DECC programme of BRAC has taken an initiative to enhance the knowledge and skill among the community for disaster risk reduction (DRR). One of its aims is to strengthen institutional capacity for disaster management. BRAC-DECC has started a four-day training course on DRR among its field level staff all over the country. ... |
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| Knowledge and Practice of Hygiene in BRAC’s WASH Programme Areas |
| Tahera Akter and ARM Mehrab Ali |
| January - 2012 |
| Improved hygiene behaviour is one of the most effective means of reducing disease occurrence. However, question may arise, which factors did contribute to such improvement? Past studies seldom addressed these issues systematically nor explained the influencing factors that facilitate or impede hygiene knowledge and practice from the perspectives of successful and unsuccessful households..... |
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| Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice About Sanitation and Hygiene: A Midline Evaluation in WASH areas of BRAC |
| Sifat-E-Rabbi and ARM Mehrab Ali |
| October - 2011 |
This study aimed to evaluate the impact of BRAC WASH (Water, Sanitation and
Hygiene) programme on hygiene knowledge and practice of the people in interventionareas compared to baseline status. A population-based cross-sectional study with a pre-test and post-test design was conducted in 50 sub-districts of rural Bangladesh where BRAC WASH programme exists....... |
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| Comparative Status of Safe Water Use and Hygiene Practices in Areas with and without NGO-led Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Programme |
| Shyamal C. Ghosh, ARM Mehrab Ali and Tahmid Arif |
| October - 2011 |
| The overall objective of this study is to reveal the role of non-government organizations (NGOs) in improving safe water use and hygiene practices by the rural people of Bangladesh........ |
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| Effects of BRAC Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Programme in Improved Sanitation: Changes from Baseline to Midline Survey |
| Shyamal C Ghosh, AKM Masud Rana, ARM Mehrab Ali and Tahmid Arif |
| October - 2010 |
| This study investigated the effect of BRAC WASH programme on sanitation in the intervention areas after two years of implementation, by comparing the data of baseline and midline surveys... |
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| Revisiting Jamuna Bridge Resettlement Areas: Exploring Livelihood Status of the Affected People |
| Shyamal C Ghosh, Hasanur Rahman and AKM Masud Rana |
| September - 2010 |
| This study was an endeavor to reveal the livelihood status of the PAP after the implementation of the project in 1998, using both quantitative and qualitative methods... |
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| Women’s Role in Managing Household Water in Rural Bangladesh |
| Nepal C Dey and ARM Mehrab Ali |
| August - 2010 |
| This study explores women’s role in managing household water i.e. collecting and storing water and maintaining cleanliness of the tubewells... |
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| Measuring Changes in Self-reported Hand-washing Practices with Soap among Women: A Community-based Empirical Study in Rural Bangladesh |
| AKM Masud Rana, Milan Kanti Barua and Babar Kabir |
| March - 2010 |
| This study tries to examine the changes in hand-washing practices with soap among women as a result of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) intervention of BRAC... |
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| Effect of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Intervention in Reducing self-reported Waterborne Diseases in Rural Bangladesh |
| AKM Masud Rana |
| December - 2009 |
| This study examines effect of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) intervention of BRAC on waterborne diseases... |
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| Women’s Participation in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Programme of BRAC at Community Level |
| Rumana Ali |
| January - 2009 |
| This study describes women’s participation in the decision-making process during participatory rural appraisal (PRA), Village WASH Committee (VWC) and cluster meetings of the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) programme of BRAC... |
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