In: Leon and Walt (eds.), 'Poverty, inequality and healthPoverty, Inequality and Health: An International Perspective raises new and critical issues about health inequalities. It is unique in that it provides the first truly international perspective on this problem, with contributions from the developed and developing world. The outcome of a Public Health Forum organised by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, this book brings together material from internationally .......
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- Writer Name AMR Chowdhury, Abbas Bhuiya
- Published Date Tuesday, 14 November 2000
- Country Bangladesh
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In: Zeba Ayesha Sathar and James F Phillips (eds), 'Fertility Transition in South AsiaThis compendium of nineteen chapters, written by South Asia scholars and international authorities in the field of population, provides an overview of a range of issues surrounding fertility change in SOuth Asia over the past decade.In the first section of the book, the latest levels and trends in fertility in individual countries are covered. The quality of data is compared and discussed with the aim .......
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- Writer Name Abdullahel Hadi, Samir R Nath, AMR Chowdhury
- Published Date Wednesday, 20 June 2001
- Country Bangladesh
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About 18 million of Bangladesh's 130 million populations, are in the primary school age (6-10 years) group. Nearly 80 percent of these children are now attending school. Some studies have raised questions about the quality of education imparted in the schools. This report presents results from a new study that looks at the quality aspect more comprehensively. It is done for both formal and non-formal sub-systems by (i) assessing students completing the primary cycle against a set of terminal .......
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- Writer Name AMR Chowdhury, RK Choudhury, Samir Nath, M Ahmed, M Alam (eds)
- Published Date Tuesday, 19 June 2001
- Country Bangladesh
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About 18 million of Bangladesh's 130 million populations, are in the primary school age (6-10 years) group. Nearly 80 percent of these children are now attending school. Some studies have raised questions about the quality of education imparted in the schools. This report presents results from a new study that looks at the quality aspect more comprehensively. It is done for both formal and non-formal sub-systems by (i) assessing students completing the primary cycle against a set of terminal .......
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- Writer Name Samir Nath, AMR Chowdhury (eds)
- Published Date Tuesday, 12 June 2001
- Country Bangladesh
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The Chittagong Hill Tracts is located in the south-eastern part of Bangladesh bordering India's Northeastern region and Arakan province of Myanmar (Burma). Various ethnic groups the most important of which are the Chakmas, the Marmas, the Tripuras and the Mros inhabit it. Together, they constitute approximately one percent of the population of Bangladesh but on account of their distinct language, ethnicity, religion and social structure, they present a challenge to the integration and .......
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- Writer Name M Rafi, AMR Chowdhury (eds)
- Published Date Monday, 11 June 2001
- Country Bangladesh
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Challenging Inequities in Health, was conceived as a response to the following: Concerns about widening “health gaps” both between and within countries; A disproportionate research focus on inequalities in health in the “North” to the relative neglect of the “South”; and Inadequate analytic tools and pragmatic policies to redress health inequities.Through a collective effort of researchers and practitioners called the Global Health Equity Initiative (GHEI), a set of in-depth country .......
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- Writer Name Abbas Bhuiya, AMR Chowdhury, F Ahmed and AM Adams
- Published Date Wednesday, 08 August 2001
- Country Bangladesh
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Published by: Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Sweden and Research and Evaluation Division, BRAC Iron deficiency anaemia is a global public health problem that affects women in all stages of the reproductive cycle. Current iron supplementation strategies in public health settings have met with limited success. Alternatives with intermittent dose frequency have been suggested to reduce side effects, increase compliance and iron .......
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- Writer Name S M Ziauddin Hyder
- Published Date Tuesday, 12 February 2002
- Country Bangladesh
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Water and Sanitation Program- South Asia The World BankLittle effort has been made to understand people's preferences and willingness to pay for arsenic mitigation technologies. The focus has been more on technology and whether it works rather than on what people want. In particular, people's willingness to share the costs of more robust and sustainable solutions, such as a rural piped water supply, has not been explored. The fact that household preferences among arsenic mitigation .......
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- Writer Name A Junaid, BN Goldar, M Smita, M Jakariya
- Published Date Wednesday, 11 December 2002
- Country Bangladesh
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