Issue 37
Oral Administration of Misoprostol Reduces Postpartum Haemorrhage in Urban Slums of Bangladesh |
| Morsheda Banu, Shamsun Nahar and Hashima-E-Nasreen |
| April - 2013 |
To avert deaths from postpartum haemorrhage (PPH), Manoshi initiated community
health workers (CHW) administered oral misoprostol (400µg) to women following
childbirth either at delivery centers or home in slums of Dhaka and under Gazipur City Corporation in 2009. To study whether the supervised use of misoprostol would
reduce primary PPH following childbirth including its feasibility and community acceptability. A non-randomized control trial was undertaken among 3,900 women in
urban slums of Dhaka and Gazipur City Corporation during January-August 2011.
Oral misoprostol was prophylactically given to the treatment group following childbirth, while the control group did not receive it. |
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Issue 36
The Life Cycle of a Gram Daridro Bimochon Committee |
| Mohammad Rafi, Mrinmoy Samadder, Ashrafuzzaman Khan |
| February - 2013 |
| Besides other reasons, to meet the commitments towards Millennium Development Goals BRAC introduced the Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction/Targeting Ultra Poor programme. To facilitate the programme, thus bring positive changes in the life of ultra poor, a Gram Daridro Bimochon Committee, comprising the elite of the community, was formed. |
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Issue 35
Exploring the Causes and Process of Becoming Child Domestic Worker |
| Shuburna Chodhuary, Md. Akramul Islam, Jesmin Akter |
| January - 2013 |
| The study aimed to explore the demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of households with and without child domestic workers (CDW), and explore the causes and process of becoming CDWs in Bangladesh. Both quantitative and qualitative approaches were used to collect data. A purposive sampling technique was applied to select the sample locations. Data were collected from six districts of Bangladesh: Mymensingh, Kishoreganj, Jamalpur, Bhola, Kurigram, Chapai Nawabganj, and a slum of Dhaka city. A total of 1,564 (rural 1,454 and urban 110) parents of with and without CDWs were interviewed. |
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Issue 34
Social Network and Financial Literacyamong Rural Adolescent Girls: QualitativeAssessment of BRAC`s SoFEA Programme |
| Md. Kamruzzaman, Nusrat Zaitun Hossain, Anindita Bhattacharjee, Arifeen Akter, Wameq Raza, Mohammad Abdul Malek, Narayan C Das |
| November - 2012 |
| BRAC`s innovative initiative Social and Financial Empowerment of Adolescents`(SoFEA) launched in 2009 works to empower adolescent girls both socially and financially through creating social network among its members. Apart from providing social interaction opportunities, the clubs also provide the members with social and legal awareness lessons, as well as trainings on life-skills, livelihoods and financial literacy. |
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Issue 32
How the Adolescents Applied their Learning in their Lives: An Evaluation of the Adolescent Development Programme of BRAC |
| Md. Abdul Alim, Mst. Ashrafun Nahar and Fathema Zhura Khatoon |
| September - 2012 |
This paper aims to measure the changes in the type and depth of knowledge andunderstanding on sexual and reproductive health and gender issues, and how they obtained that knowledge. Secondly, changes in the ways in which adolescents were practically applying this understanding, or intended to apply it in their own lives (or not) were determined; if not, then reasons for not doing so were determined. Both qualitative and quantitative methods were employed in this research.
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Issue 33
Men`s Knowledge and Practices of Maternal,Neonatal and Child Health in RuralBangladesh: Do they differ from Women? |
| Shumona Sharmin Salam, Margaret J. Leppard, Md. Mahfuz Al Mamun and Hashima-E-Nasreen |
| September - 2012 |
| Male partner involvement in maternal, neonatal and child health (MNCH) care has been around for a long time but nothing has been done since nobody has figured out how to do it on a large scale. We assessed men`s knowledge and their awareness of their wives` actual practices regarding MNCH care issues. The study was conducted in four improving maternal, neonatal and child survival` (IMNCS) intervention districts (Nilphamari, Rangpur, Gaibandha and Mymensingh) of BRAC and two control districts (Naogaon and Netrokona) during October 2008-January 2009. |
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Issue 31
Costs of Providing Maternal, Newborn and Child Healthcare: Estimates from BRAC`s IMNCS Programme in Rural Bangladesh |
| Mohammad Nasir Uddin Khan, Zahidul Quayyum, Tasmeen Quayyum, Hashima-E-Nasreen, Shah Noor Mahmud, Tim Ensor |
| July - 2012 |
| Community level healthcare activities are important in low income countries like Bangladesh where the coverage of formal healthcare systems is low. Keeping pace with the national strategies and MDG targets, BRAC, has initiated a programme for improving maternal, neonatal, and child survival (IMNCS) in the rural areas of Bangladesh. The objective of the study is to provide information on economic costs of providing maternal, neonatal and child health services in this intervention....... |
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Issue 30
Sensitizing Communities to Eliminate Discrimination and Violence Against Women: An Assessment of BRAC`s Intervention |
| Md. Abdul Alim and Rumana Ali |
| June - 2012 |
| he project titled Sensitizing communities on CEDAW` was a part of the Gender Quality Action Learning (GQAL) programme implemented in Gazipur to sensitize people about CEDAW to prevent violence against women and sexual harassment. The study aimed to assess the change of knowledge level of students and community leaders on CEDAW and sexual harassment. Two rounds of survey data baseline and endline - were used to assess the change of the project. ..... |
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Issue 29
Group Norms and the BRAC Village Organization – Enhancing Social Capital Baseline |
| Nayma Qayum, Mrinmoy Samadder, Rehnuma Rahman |
| April - 2012 |
| BRAC`s developmental approach is centered on its village organizations (VO). In order to upgrade VO integrity and norms, BRAC`s Social Development (SD)Programme (currently renewed as Community Empowerment Programme or CEP) introduced the Enhancing Social Capital (ESC) project in 2010. This study used social capital as an organizing framework to capture VO members` group behaviour, and their current status along programme activities...... |
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Issue 28
Shaking Embedded Gender Roles and Relations: An Impact Assessment of Gender Quality Action Learning Programme |
| Md. Abdul Alim |
| February - 2012 |
| The Gender Quality Action Learning programme initiated a village level intervention in 2007 in 10 districts to increase knowledge, change perception, attitudes, and practice/behaviour of the villagers on discrimination and violence against women. A benchmark survey was conducted before the intervention was initiated. To measure the changes that have taken place due to intervention a midline survey was conducted in 2009-10.... |
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