The general perception that dentistry is expensive keeps many people away from
seeking treatment from registered professionals and make them hostage to the
services of non-registered lay practitione...
On 20 Jul 2011 BRAC has long been working to empower people and communities in situations of
poverty, illiteracy, disease and social injustice. In recent years, BRAC has extended
its activities to include the urba...
On 11 Jul 2011 Life expectancy and other indicators of health status have, on average, increased markedly across the world during the last century. At the same time, however, health inequities within and between pop...
On 20 Jan 2011 Malaria re-emerged as one of the major public health problems in Bangladesh in the 1990s. Out
of the total 64 administrative districts, 13 are in the malaria endemic areas and the three Hill Tract
D...
On 18 Jan 2011 Understanding the morbidity profile and healthcare seeking behaviour of different
socioeconomic strata of the community is important for planning and delivery of appropriate health
services, especia...
On 14 Jan 2011 Linkage between socioeconomic development and improved health and well-being has been a matter of growing
interest among social scientists and development practitioners, especially the processes and...
On 14 Jan 2011 MANOSHI, an integrated community-based package of essential Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health
(MNCH) services is being implemented by BRAC in the urban slums of Bangladesh since 2007. The objective...
On 11 Jan 2011 To facilitate access of ultra poor households to qualified allopathic care, especially for moderate-tosevere
and chronic morbidities, the Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction/Targeting the
...
On 10 Jan 2011 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 inform...
On 05 Jan 2011 The use of insecticidal bed nets is found to be an effective public health tool for control of malaria, especially
for under-five children and pregnant women. BRAC, an indigenous Bangladeshi non-gove...
On 31 Dec 2010 A mid-term survey of the CFPR/TUP programme participants (at the end of 1st cycle of 18 months intervention) on health and related issues was done during July-September 2004. The survey involved re-in...
On 16 Jun 2010 This study aimed to explore the current state of awareness and knowledge among the community people about presbyopia and its treatment, barriers to detection of presbyopia and its correction by using...
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