Tahera Akter, Fatema Tuz Jhohura, Fahmida Akter, Tridib Roy Chowdhury et al.
BACKGROUND: Public health is at risk due to chemical contaminants in drinking water which may have immediate health consequences. Drinking water sources are susceptible to pollutants depending on geological conditions and agricultural, industrial, and other man-made activities. Ensuring the safety o...
Fouzia Khanam, Md. Belal Hossain, Tridib Roy Chowdhury, Md Sajedur Rahman et al.
BACKGROUND: Malaria is still a major public health concern in Bangladesh in spite of mass distribution of long-lasting insecticide-treated nets (LLINs) as a key preventive strategy. There might be a considerable gap between coverage and actual use of nets by the population in endemic areas. This stu...
Mahfuzar Rahman, Fatema Tuz Jhohura, Sabuj Kanti Mistry, Tridib Roy Chowdhury et al.
OBJECTIVES: A community based approach before, during and after child birth has been proven effective address the burden of maternal, neonatal and child morbidity and mortality in the low and middle income countries. We aimed to examine the overall change in maternal and newborn health outcomes due ...
Rehnuma Rahman, Zion Rabbi Samadder, Iffat Ishrat Khan, Tridib Roy Chowdhury
Analyzing the situation in Dhaka, Bangladesh before the national election of 2014, this paper explores the consequences of political hostility on street-connected children using qualitative methods such as focus group discussions and in-depth interviews. Findings show that the children were affected...
Saira Parveen Jolly, Tridib Roy Chowdhury, Tanbi Tanaya Sarker, Kaosar Afsana
BACKGROUND: In Bangladesh, undernutrition and anemia are more occurrent among adolescent girls. BRAC, the largest non-governmental organization (NGO), has been implementing a community-based nutrition education service package targeting adolescent girls for reducing their undernutrition and anemia. ...
Saira Parveen Jolly, Tridib Roy Chowdhury, Mahfuzar Rahman, Ariful Alam et al.
The transformation of the BRAC MANOSHI programme from humanitarian to a social enterprise model, has made it increasingly urgent to enumerate the minimum number of door-to-door antenatal care (ANC) visits by community health workers (CHWs), for the purpose of effectively improving facility delivery....
Nusrat Khan, Saira Parveen Jolly, Tridib Roy Chowdhury, Ariful Alam et al.
Abstract Background Client satisfaction and competency of the healthcare providers are key areas to ensure good health service delivery anywhere. The objective of this study was to understand the competency of the healthcare providers of BRAC maternity centres (BMC) in rural areas of Bangladesh and ...