Ashish Bajracharya, Sajeda Amin
This article explores the relationship between women's participation in microcredit groups and domestic violence in Bangladesh. Several recent studies have raised concern about microcredit programs by reporting higher levels of violence among women who are members. These results, however, may be att...
Katharine McCarthy, Ann K. Blanc, Charlotte Warren, Ashish Bajracharya et al.
Background Global indicators for monitoring progress in maternal and newborn health have tended to rely on contact coverage indicators rather than the content of services received. As part of the effort to improve measurement of progress in maternal and newborn health, this study examines how accura...
Sigma Ainul, Ashish Bajracharya, Laura Reichenbach, Kate Gilles
The health of Bangladesh’s 29.5 million adolescents, who make up nearly one-fifth of the country’s total population, is critical to the country’s future, but issues surrounding adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) remain taboo. ASRH initiatives have been implemented by both the Governmen...
Kaji Tamanna Keya, Ubaidur Rob, Md Moshiur Rahman, Ashish Bajracharya et al.
Although the maternal mortality ratio in Bangladesh has decreased, significant underutilization of facilities continues to be a persistent challenge to policy makers. Women face long distances and significant transportation cost to deliver at health facilities. This study identifies the distance tra...
Sigma Ainul, Sharif Hossain, Md. Shenuarin Bhuiyan, Ubaidur Rob et al.
Bangladesh instituted a national lockdown to contain community transmission of COVID-19, initially for ten days, from March 26 to April 4, 2020, then extended through May 30. During the lockdown, the pandemic and its mitigation measures' impacts on social, economic, and financial aspects of life in ...
Md. Talukder, Ubaidur Rob, Syed Abu Musa, Ashish Bajracharya et al.
Vouchers, a demand-side financing (DSF) instrument for health-care services, were introduced in Bangladesh in 2006. The DSF program grants vouchers to pregnant women to receive free antenatal, delivery, and postpartum care services as well as free medicine, and financial assistance is provided for t...
Nasana Bajracharya, Pawan Rana Magar, Suman Karki, Suja Giri et al.
This paper explores the occupational health and safety issues faced by construction workers in South Asia, where construction is primarily conducted informally via local contractors. The study involved a systematic review of existing literature on occupational health and safety in the construction i...
Jesse Raiten, Nahreen Ahmed, Ashish Amatya, Apurb Sharma et al.
The use of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) and transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) in the perioperative and critical care setting is increasing worldwide. This increase has been driven by increasing educational opportunities and technologic advances. Nepal and Bangladesh are resource-limited cou...
Sharif Hossain, Sigma Ainul, Md. Shenuarin Bhuiyan, Ubaidur Rob et al.
Bangladesh instituted a national lockdown to contain community transmission of COVID-19 initially for ten days, from March 26 to April 4, 2020, then extended through May 30. During the lockdown, the pandemic and its mitigation measures' impacts on social, economic, and financial aspects of life in B...
Sharif Hossain, Abdullah Al Mahmud, Ashish Bajracharya, Ubaidur Rob et al.
The Population Council, under its USAID-funded Evidence Project, partnered with Bangladesh’s Business for Social Responsibility program to conduct operational research to evaluate the effectiveness of the HERhealth model for improving female factory workers’ health, and to find ways to optimize prog...
Sara Chace Dwyer, Sharif Hossain, Ashish Bajracharya, Aparna Jain
= 1503) samples were matched on eight characteristics and then difference-in-differences estimations were used to determine the effect of the HERhealth model on knowledge and behaviours. The average changes over time in knowledge and behaviours were statistically different between the HERhealth and ...
Sigma Ainul, Ashish Bajracharya, Laura Reichenbach
There is a gap in knowledge and understanding of effective adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) programming in Bangladesh, especially programming at scale. Initiatives to address ASRH have been implemented at different times by both the Government of Bangladesh and NGOs, but these activi...
Sharif Hossain, Abdullah Al Mahmud, Ashish Bajracharya, Ubaidur Rob et al.
The Business for Social Responsibility's (BSR) HERproject is a collaborative initiative that strives to empower low-income women working in global supply chains in 14 countries worldwide. One of the HERproject’s three pillars is HERhealth, which seeks to improve the health-related knowledge and beha...
Nahla Abdel‐Tawab, Ashish Bajracharya, Reham Abou El-Fadl
Sharif Hossain, Ashish Bajracharya, Sigma Ainul, Ubaidur Rob