Fighting a war against tuberculosis
This blog was originally published in chwcentral.org/blog on 13 March 2014. BRAC has been recruiting and training shasthya shebikas, frontline community health promoters, in Bangladesh since 1972....
View ArticleMobile money improves incentive schemes for health workers
This was originally posted on the CHW Central Blog. BRAC’s health programme has a cadre of 106,000 frontline community health workers in Bangladesh. Often community health workers (CHWs) are promised...
View ArticleUnplanned urbanisation: a road block in eradicating poverty in Bangladesh
Bangladesh has experienced an average economic growth of 5.58 percent over the last 18 years leading to a persistent increase in the Human Development Index (HDI) reported by United Nations’...
View ArticleBringing healthcare to the urban slums
As the world moves rapidly towards a new policy agenda for the post-Millennium Development Goal (MDG) era, emerging priority themes include universal health coverage, sustainable cities, and the...
View ArticleHealthcare for the world’s poor, from the world’s poor
A group of women attend a Heath Forum in Shapaisree village in Kapasia. Bangladesh. (Photo: BRAC/Shehzad Noorani) This post first appeared on HuffingtonPost.com. Whenever we think about health...
View ArticleThe role of WASH in scaling up nutrition in Bangladesh
The following blog post was originally posted on WASH Advocates. It is part of their October 2013 series, “WASH & Nutrition: Partnering for a Healthier Future”, produced in partnership with 1,000...
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