Syed Masud Ahmed, Alayne M. Adams, Mushtaque Chowdhury, Abbas Bhuiya
In efforts to reduce gender and socioeconomic disparities in the health of populations, the provision of medical services alone is clearly inadequate. While socioeconomic development is assumed important in rectifying gender and socioeconomic inequities in health care access, service use and ultimat...
Syed Masud Ahmed, Md. Awlad Hossain, Ahmed Mushtaque RajaChowdhury, Abbas Bhuiya
BACKGROUND: Bangladesh is identified as one of the countries with severe health worker shortages. However, there is a lack of comprehensive data on human resources for health (HRH) in the formal and informal sectors in Bangladesh. This data is essential for developing an HRH policy and plan to meet ...
Syed Masud Ahmed, Timothy Evans, Hilary Standing, Simeen Mahmud
How do we explain the paradox that Bangladesh has made remarkable progress in health and human development, yet its achievements have taken place within a health system that is frequently characterised as weak, in terms of inadequate physical and human infrastructure and logistics, and low performin...
Syed Masud Ahmed, Md. Akhter Hossain, Md. Raihan Chowdhury
In Bangladesh, there is a lack of knowledge about the large body of informal sector practitioners, who are the major providers of health care to the poor, especially in rural areas, knowledge which is essential for designing a need-based, pro-poor health system. This paper addresses this gap by pres...
Roksana Hoque, Syed Masud Ahmed, Nahitun Naher, Mohammad Aminul Islam et al.
BACKGROUND: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has become an emerging issue in the developing countries as well as in Bangladesh. AMR is aggravated by irrational use of antimicrobials in a largely unregulated pluralistic health system. This review presents a 'snap shot' of the current situation includin...
Syed Masud Ahmed, Göran Tomson, Max Petzold, Zarina Nahar Kabir
OBJECTIVE: To study the health-seeking behaviour of elderly members (aged > 60 years) of households in rural Bangladesh, to ascertain how their behaviour differs from that of younger people (aged 20-59 years) living in the same household and to explore the determinants of health-seeking behaviour. M...
Syed Masud Ahmed, Mushtaque Chowdhury, Abbas Bhuiya
Nahitun Naher, Roksana Hoque, Muhammad Shaikh Hassan, Dina Balabanova et al.
BACKGROUND: The dynamic intersection of a pluralistic health system, large informal sector, and poor regulatory environment have provided conditions favourable for 'corruption' in the LMICs of south and south-east Asia region. 'Corruption' works to undermine the UHC goals of achieving equity, qualit...
Syed Masud Ahmed
This paper explores the association between microcredit-based development programmes and domestic violence against women perpetrated by their husbands. A sub-set of cross-sectional data collected in 1999 from 60 BRAC-ICDDR,B study villages in Matlab, Bangladesh, was used. Data were analyzed to chara...
Nuzhat Choudhury, Syed Masud Ahmed
BACKGROUND: Although many studies have been carried out to learn about maternal care practices in rural areas and urban-slums of Bangladesh, none have focused on ultra poor women. Understanding the context in which women would be willing to accept new practices is essential for developing realistic ...
Syed Masud Ahmed, Rashidul Haque, Ubydul Haque, Awlad Hossain
BACKGROUND: Data on sociological and behavioural aspects of malaria, which is essential for an evidence-based design of prevention and control programmes, is lacking in Bangladesh. This paper attempts to fill this knowledge gap by using data from a population-based prevalence survey conducted during...
Syed Masud Ahmed
It is generally assumed that socioeconomic development interventions for the poor will enhance their material and social capacities to prevent ill health and to seek appropriate and timely care. Using cross-sectional data from surveys undertaken in 1995 and 1999 as part of the BRAC-ICDDR,B Joint Res...
Ubydul Haque, Syed Masud Ahmed, Shahed Hossain, M. Mamun Huda et al.
BACKGROUND: Following the 1971 ban of DDT in Bangladesh, malaria cases have increased steadily. Malaria persists as a major health problem in the thirteen south-eastern and north-eastern districts of Bangladesh. At present the national malaria control program, largely supported by the Global Fund fo...
Lal Rawal, Kie Kanda, Tuhin Biswas, Md. Imtiaz Tanim et al.
OBJECTIVE: To explore healthcare providers' perspective on non-communicable disease (NCD) prevention and management services provided through the NCD corners in Bangladesh and to examine challenges and opportunities for strengthening NCD services delivery at the primary healthcare level. DESIGN: We ...
Uraiwan Kanungsukkasem, Nawi Ng, Hoàng Văn Minh, Abdur Razzaque et al.
BACKGROUND: Low fruit and vegetable consumption is among the top 10 risk factors contributing to mortality worldwide. WHO/FAO recommends intake of a minimum of 400 grams (or five servings) of fruits and vegetables per day for the prevention of chronic diseases such as heart diseases, cancer, diabete...