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Latest Edition of ARK Foundation’s Newsletter

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We are pleased to announce the release of the latest edition of ARK Foundation Bangladesh’s newsletter. This edition covers the key highlights and activities from the past six months, showcasing our collective achievements and the progress made across various initiatives. The newsletter includes success stories, a summary of our team’s efforts, and highlights of key
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ARK’s SIMPLE Solution to the Urban Data Dearth

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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 technologies, networks, and data to create tech-enabled solutions that contribute
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Core Outcome Sets for Trials of Interventions to Prevent and to Treat Multimorbidity in Adults in Low and Middle-Income Countries: The COSMOS Study

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The burden of multimorbidity is recognised increasingly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), creating a strong emphasis on the need for effective evidence-based interventions. Core outcome sets (COS) appropriate for the study of multimorbidity in LMICs do not presently exist. These are required to standardise reporting and contribute to a consistent and cohesive evidence-base to
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জনস্বাস্থ্য সঙ্কট এবং আসন্ন বাজেটে কোমলপানীয়’র উপর উচ্চহারে কর আরোপের গুরুত্ব

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Why is it important to rethink taxation on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages (SSBs)?

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Did you know that in Bangladesh, the number of adults living with diabetes was 8.4 million in 2019, a figure projected to nearly double to 15 million by 2045? One of the significant contributors to this health issue is the consumption of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages (SSBs). The ARK Foundation recently published a pioneering study addressing the
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Own Price Elasticities of The Demand for Sugar-Sweetened Beverages In Bangladesh

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Consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) is a major global public health problem. Increasing the price of SSBs through taxation is an effective tool to reduce SSB consumption. Price-elasticity estimates are useful in measuring the effect of taxation on consumption. We estimated the own price elasticities of demand for SSBs in Bangladesh, which will inform how
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Is Smokeless Tobacco Use Associated with Lower Health-Related Quality of Life? A Cross-Sectional Survey Among Women in Bangladesh

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Bangladesh has 22 million adult users of smokeless tobacco (ST). The prevalence among women is higher (24.8%). Health-related quality of life outcome (HRQoL) for ST use is little known. We investigated the association between HRQoL and daily ST use among adult women in Bangladesh. PDF Version | HTML Version
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The Transgender Community and Disparities of Urban Health Care System: The Untold Stories

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A transgender named Sumaiya (pseudonym) became sick while collecting money for a long time under the scorching heat of summer. She went to buy medicine from a road side drug store. While buying medicine, she heard many witticisms saying, ‘You also get sick!’ the drug sellers generally compel the transgenders to leave quickly as the
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Perspectives on reforming the tobacco tax administration system in Bangladesh to enhance public health

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Taxation is the most cost-effective instrument to regulate the consumption of tobacco products. However, weak tax administration can compromise the effectiveness of taxation. This paper aimed to understand the process of the current tobacco tax administration system in Bangladesh, identify gaps and outline the policy priorities to strengthen the tobacco tax administration process in Bangladesh.
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Addressing the ‘Overlapping’ Risks of Climate Change and Urbanization and Building a Response to Gendered Well-Being in Dhaka, Bangladesh

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According to the 2022 population census, 31.5% of the population in Bangladesh lives in urban areas and majority of this urban population is concentrated in some of the primary cities of the country (such as Dhaka and Chittagong), while secondary cities (such as Khulna and Rajshahi) are growing rapidly. Dhaka is one of the fastest
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