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Strengthening primary healthcare to achieve universal health coverage

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By Rumana Huque The World Health Organisation (WHO) strongly promotes the primary care principles enshrined in the 1978 Alma Ata declaration which emphasises equity, inter-sectoral collaboration, access to essential drugs, appropriate health technology, and comprehensive care. A Primary Health Care (PHC) approach from a services delivery perspective can be characterised as primary care: the continuum
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Cigarette Demand Analysis: Bangladesh

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This Report was written by Advancement Through Research and Knowledge (ARK) Foundation in Bangladesh. The researchers estimate that the total price elasticity of demand for cigarettes is -0.71. A 10% increase in the price of cigarettes would reduce smoking by 7.1 percent, meaning that cigarette demand is inelastic. The elasticity of smoking prevalence and intensity
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Policy Priorities for Strengthening Smokeless Tobacco Control in Bangladesh: A Mixed-Methods Analysis

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ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Smokeless tobacco (ST) remains poorly regulated in Bangladesh. This study describes the prevalence and trends of ST use in Bangladesh, presents ST-related disease burden, identifies relevant policy gaps, and highlights key implications for future policy and practice for effective ST control in Bangladesh. METHODS: We analyzed secondary data from the two rounds (2009
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CLASS III awareness-raising animation video on Second-Hand Smoke (SHS) exposure

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This animation video is intended to create awareness of the harms caused by Second-Hand Smoke (SHS) exposure among the smoking population in Bangladesh. This video is a part of the activities planned in the CLASS III (Children’s Learning About Second-hand Smoke) randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) study. This trial aims to prevent respiratory and other smoking-related
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COSTAR Team at ARK Foundation

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CLASS III awareness-raising animation video on Second-Hand Smoke (SHS) exposure

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We are excited to launch the awareness video on the harmful impact of secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure intended to educate and sensitize tobacco users, policymakers, and local law regulators in Bangladesh, as part of the CLASS III (Children’s Learning About Second-hand Smoke) cluster randomized controlled trial (cRCT). This trial aims to prevent respiratory and other smoking-related illnesses in
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যক্ষ্ণা রোগির জন্য প্রশ্ন, পরামর্শ এবং পদক্ষেপ – Ask, Advise and Act on Patients’ Tobacco Use

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আমরা জানি যে যক্ষ্ণা একটি সংক্রামক ব্যাধি অর্থ্যাৎ এটি একজন থেকে আরেকজনে খুব সহজে ছড়ায়। যদিও এটি চিকিৎসায় ভালো হয়, তবুও সারা বিশ্বে যক্ষা এখনো একটি গুরুতর স্বাস্থ্য সমস্যা। যক্ষায় আক্রান্ত হয়ে এখনো অনেক মানুষ মৃত্যুবরণ করে। তার উপর, একজন যক্ষা রোগী যদি তামাক গ্রহণ করে তাহলে তার মৃত্যু ঝুঁকি আরো বেড়ে যায়। তাই, যক্ষা
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Using Community Dialogue to tackle antibiotic resistance in Bangladesh

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যক্ষ্ণা ও তামাকের সম্পর্ক – The Links between TB & Tobacco

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  যে সকল যক্ষ্ণা রোগি তামাক পাতা ব্যবহার করে কিংবা ধূমপান করে, তাদের ক্ষেত্রে ফুসফুসের যক্ষায় আক্রান্ত হয়ে রোগ বেড়ে যাওয়ার সম্ভাবনা বেশি। তামাক ব্যবহারকারী ও ধূমপায়ী রোগিদেরই যক্ষ্ণা থেকে ফুসফুসে ক্ষত হওয়া এবং হাসপাতালে ভর্তি হবার সম্ভাবনা বেশি থাকে। তামাকের অভ্যাস যক্ষা রোগিদের সেরে ওঠার ক্ষেত্রে একটি বড় বাধা। একজন সাধারণ যক্ষ্ণা রোগির চেয়ে
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Community Dialogue to Address Antibiotic Resistance in Bangladesh

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  • Engaging rural communities in Bangladesh to address antimicrobial resistance via the community dialogue approach: a protocol for a cluster-randomized controlled trial

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  • Associations between sociodemographic characteristics and knowledge about antibiotics and antibiotic resistance and usage of antibiotics from a One Health perspective in rural Bangladesh: a descriptive cross-sectional study

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  • COVID-19 and Tobacco

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  • Taxation on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages (SSBs) in Bangladesh: What should we do?

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