| Facilitated Access to Health Facilities for Treatment of Illnesses: Experiences of CFPR/TUP Programme |
| Syed Masud Ahmed |
| April - 2006 |
| This study explored the management of illnesses requiring treatment at health facilities within past one year by the ultra-poor households in the northern part of the country, and to see whether this differed between ultra poor households with and without CFPR/TUP intervention to any substantial degree.... |
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| Micro Health Insurance (MHI) Pilot of BRAC: A Demand Side Study |
| Imran Matin, Nuzhat Imam and Syed Masud Ahmed |
| December - 2005 |
| This study explores issues of market penetration, enrolment, and renewal of BRAC's Micro Health Insurance pilot... |
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| Saving Newborn Lives in Rural Communities: Learning from the BRAC Experience |
| Abdullahel Hadi, Munir Ahmed |
| December - 2005 |
| SNL is a pilot project of BRAC to improve the health of the newborn in two sub-districts in Bangladesh. This report evaluates the pilot and draws lessons. |
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| Impact of Low-cost and Health Promotion Intervention on Health and Health Related Quality of Life of Older Persons in Rural Bangladesh: Post-intervention Survey Report |
| Syed Masud Ahmed, AKM Masud Rana |
| November - 2005 |
| This study aims to examine the impact of a Primary Healthcare (PHC)-based, low-cost and health promotion intervention on health and health related quality of life of older persons in rural Bangladesh... |
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| Primary Healthcare in Later Life-- Improving Services in Bangladesh and Vietnam (PHILL): Post-intervention Report on Qualitative Data |
| Awlad Hossain (BRAC), D H Luong (HSPI), Shahaduz Zaman (BRAC), Tran Thi Mai Oanh (HSPI) |
| November - 2005 |
| When thinking of the development of primary healthcare, the position of older people within households and communities should be taken into account... |
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| Trial Effectiveness of Daily and Flexible Administration of Micronutrient Sprinkles to Control Anaemia in Young Children in Rural Bangladesh |
| Farhana Haseen, Ziauddin Hyder, Hedy Ip, Mizanur Rahman, Stanley Zlotkin |
| October - 2005 |
| Focus group discussions revealed that caregivers preferred more flexible instructions for Sprinkles use. Therefore, in this study, the flexible administration of Sprinkles was examined... |
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| Child-to-child approach under ECD Programme of BRAC: Any change in knowledge and practice? A follow-up survey |
| Syed Masud Ahmed, AKM Masud Rana, Aniere Ehmar Khan |
| June - 2005 |
| The Child-to-Child component of the ECD programme began in Sherpur Upazila, Bogra in January 2003 and was completed in December 2004. A brief and focused KAP survey was done to record benchmark information before the intervention began. This report presents findings from a follow-up survey carried out to assess the effects of intervention, and make recommendations for fine-tuning the programme in future during scaling up.... |
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| “Child-to-child Approach” Under ECD Programme of BRAC: Any Change in Knowledge and Practice? Follow-up Survey 2005 |
| Syed Masud Ahmed, AKM Masud Rana, Aniere Ehmar Khan |
| May - 2005 |
| The Child-to-Child component of the ECD programme began in Sherpur Upazila, Bogra in January 2003 and was completed in December 2004. A brief and focused KAP survey was done to record benchmark information before the intervention began. This report presents findings from a follow-up survey carried out to assess the effects of intervention, and make recommendations for fine-tuning the programme in future during scaling up.... |
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| Level and determinants of pregnancy care in developing countries: The case of Bangladesh, 1999 – 2000 |
| Syed Masud Ahmed, Amina Mahbub |
| November - 2003 |
| This study explored the current state of pregnancy care in Bangladesh using data from the Bangladesh Demographic and Health survey (1999-2000), based on a nation-wide representative sample..... |
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| An approach to reaching the poor and disadvantaged |
| Abdullahel Hadi |
| October - 2003 |
| Although the health care system has significantly expanded in the rural areas of Bangladesh during the last two decades, the overall health status of the population has remained very poor because of the uneven distribution of health and other basic services...... |
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