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ARK Foundation implements data-driven solutions spanning health, nutrition, education, gender, and environmental sectors. Our initiatives are designed to empower communities and tackle critical challenges, fostering comprehensive development.

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Community-led Responsive and Effective Urban Health Systems (CHORUS)

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Developing a Psycho-Social Support (PSS) Intervention for People with Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and Com-Morbid Depression in Bangladesh: A Feasibility Study
This study aimed to develop an acceptable and feasible psycho-social support (PSS) package that...

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Children Learning About Second-Hand Smoke (CLASS-III): A Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial of a School-Based Smoke-Free Intervention
Children Learning About Second-hand Smoke (CLASS-III) is an ongoing multinational cRCT project ...

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Improving Outcomes in Mental and Physical Multimorbidity and Developing Research Capacity (IMPACT) in South Asia at the University of York
People with severe mental illness (SMI; i.e. schizophrenia, bipolar affective disorder and seve...

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Community Engagement for Tackling Anti-microbial Resistance (CE4AMR)
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global health concern that requires a multidisciplinary app...

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A Multicomponent Intervention to Reduce Home-Exposure to Second-Hand Smoke (SHS) During Pregnancy and Postnatal Period (IMPRESS)
The IMPRESS was a pilot trial of a multi-component intervention which aimed to culturally adapt...

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Fiscal and Regulatory Mechanisms for Promoting Healthy Diets in Bangladesh
Diet-related non-communicable diseases (NCDs) continue to rise in Bangladesh, disproportionatel...

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Community-led Responsive and Effective Urban Health Systems (CHORUS)
CHORUS is a Research Programme Consortium that brings together health researchers from South As...

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Understanding the ‘Overlapping’ Risks of Climate Change and Urbanisation
In the era of climate change, growing inequality, rapid urbanisation, humanity is dealing with ...

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Utilisation and Effectiveness of Women Friendly Hospital Initiative: Problems, Prospects and Way Forward
The Women Friendly Hospital Initiative (WFHI) was launched in Bangladesh in 1998 with the goal ...

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ARK’s SIMPLE Solution to the Urban Data Dearth
By Abdullah Muhammad Rafi On December of 2022, the Government of Bangladesh declared its next major initiative – the Smart Bangladesh Initiative – with a view to building a Smart Nation by 2041. Government’s Aspire to Innovate (a2i) program defines a ‘smart nation’ as “harnessing emerging tec...

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