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Item A new school of public health in Bangladesh(World Health Organization, 2005) Chowdhury, A.M..R.Item Aging trends-making an invisible population visible: the elderly in Bangladesh(Journal of Cross-cultural Gerontology, 1998) Chowdhury, A.M..R.; Kabir, Zarina NaharItem Anaemia among non-pregnant women in rural Bangladesh(Public Health Nutrition, 2000) Ekstrom, Eva-Charlotte; Hyder, SM Ziauddin; Persson, Lars-Ake; Chowdhury, A.M..R.Item Arsenic crisis in Bangladesh(Scientific American, 2004) Chowdhury, A.M..R.Item Assessing basic competencies: a practical methodology(BRAC University, 1994) Chowdhury, A.M..R.Following the 1990 World Conference on Education for All in Jorntien, Thailand, many developing countries are making efforts to achieve basic education for all by the year 2000. However, when it comes to measuring educational progress, there are few methodologies that can overcome the many problems and controversies in this area. This paper describes a serviceable methodology for measuring basic ,education (competencies in reading, writing and arithmetic, as well as selected life ~kills), which has proven to be simple, inexpensive and rapid. This approach. termed the Assessment of Basic Competencies (ABC), has been tested in Bangladesh on 2,100 children between the ages of 11 and 12. The results are discussed here. This methodology may be of use to education programme managers in other developing countries.Item Bangladesh politics, development and perspectives of the poor(The Journal of Social Studies, 1998) Alam, Aminul M.; Chowdhury, A.M..R.Item Bangladesh: la démocratie contre les pauvres(BRAC, 1999) Alam, Aminul M.; Chowdhury, A.M..R.Item Beliefs and practices regarding delivery and postpartum maternal morbidity in rural Bangladesh(1995) Goodburn, Elizabeth A.; Gazi, Rukhsana; Chowdhury, A.M..R.Item Beneficial effects of a woman-focused development programme on child survival evidence from rural Bangladesh(Social Science & Medicine, 2002) Bhuiya, Abbas; Chowdhury, A.M..R.Item BRAC's poverty alleviation efforts: a quarter century of experiences and learning(BRAC, 1997) Chowdhury, A.M..R.; Alam, M. AminulBRAC was founded in 1972 in response to a humanitarian relief-oriented need. Over the years, it has evolved as a fully-fledged development agency with activities spread all over Bangladesh. The major focus of BRAC is poverty alleviation, which is addressed through a holistic approach. The components of BRAC's poverty alleviation programme include social mobilization, organization development, health care, children's education, and micro-credit. The distinguishing features of BRAC programmes include promotion of women in the development process, infusion of technology and scaling up of successful programmes. BRAC's poverty alleviation programme is one of the largest in the country, reaching nearly two million households. The paper presents information on the impact of the poverty alleviation efforts in substantive areas such as health, education, women's lives, material well-being, and the coping capacity of the participants. A special programme targeted at the 'ultra poor' is also discussed. The paper concludes with a discussion on lessons learned.Item Change in health knowledge of Bangladeshi children five years experience(Public Health, 2001) Nath, S.R.; Chowdhury, A.M..R.Item Chronic energy deficiency in women from rural Bangladesh: some socioeconomic determinants(Cambridge University Press, 1998) Ahmed, Syed Masud; Adams, Alayne; Bhuiya, Abbas; Chowdhury, A.M..R.Item Community health workers role in DOTS(Health Action, 1999) Chowdhury, A.M..R.Item Control of tuberculosis by community health workers in Bangladesh(The Lancet, 1997) Chowdhury, A.M..R.; Vaughen, J Patrick; Chowdhury, Sadia; Islam, Md. Nazrul; Islam, AkramulItem Cultural incorporation of ORT message(The Lancet, 1993) Chowdhury, A.M..R.; Cash, Richard A.Item Demystifying the control of tuberculosis in rural Bangladesh(Imperial College Press, 1999) Chowdhury, A.M..R.; Abed, Fazle Hasan; Vaughen, J Patrick; Chowdhury, SadiaItem Do side-effects reduce compliance to iron supplementation: a study of daily- and weekly-dose regimens in pregnancy(International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B), 2002) Hyder, S.M. Ziauddin; Persson, Lars Ake; Ekstrom, Eva-Charlotte; Chowdhury, A.M..R.Side-effects of iron supplementation lead to poor compliance. A weekly-dose schedule of iron supplementation rather than a daily-dose regimen has been suggested to produce fewer side-effects, thereby achieving a higher compliance. This study compared side-effects of iron supplementation and their impact on compliance among pregnant women in Bangladesh. These women were assigned to receive either weekly doses of 2x60 mg iron (one tablet each Friday morning and evening) or a daily dose of I x60 mg iron. Fifty antenatal care centres were randomly assigned to prescribe either a weekly- or a daily-supplementation regimen (86 women in each group). Side-effects were assessed by recall after one month of supplementation and used for predicting compliance in the second and third months of supplementation. Compliance was monitored using a pill bottle equipped with an electronic counting device that recorded date and time whenever the pill bottle was opened. Of five gastrointestinal side-effects (heartburn, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, or constipation) assessed, vomiting occurred more frequently in the weekly group (21 %) than in the daily group (11 %. p<0.05). Compliance (ratio between observed and recommended tablet intake) was significantly higher in the weekly supplementation regimen (93%) than in the daily-supplementation regimen (61 %, p<0.05). Overall, gastrointestinal side-effects were not significantly associated with compliance. However. the presence of nausea and/or vomiting reduced compliance in both regimens, but only among women from the lower socioeconomic group. In conclusion, weekly supplementation of iron in pregnancy had a higher compliance compared to daily supplementation of iron despite a higher frequency of sideeffects. The findings support the view that gastrointestinal side-effects generally have a limited influence on compliance, at least in the dose ranges studied. Efforts to further reduce side-effects of iron supplementation may not be a successful strategy for improving compliance and effectiveness of antenatal iron supplementation.Item Effectiveness of antenatal risk screening: a preliminary analysis of pregnancy records from BRAC's Women's Health and Development Program(BRAC, 1996) Chowdhury, A.M..R.; Chowdhury, S.A.Item Efficacy and trial effectiveness of weekly and daily iron supplementation among pregnant women in rural Bangladesh(The American journal Of Clinical Nutrition, 2002) Chowdhury, A.M..R.Item Equity gains in Bangladesh primary education(Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003) Chowdhury, A.M..R.; Nath, S.R.; Chowdhury, Rasheda K