International Women’s Day 2025: Challenges & Opportunities for Women Researchers

From balancing family responsibilities to navigating systemic barriers, the road to success is not always easy for the women researchers, especially in low and middle income (LMI) countries. In the third of our 3-part video series for International Women’s Day, our CHORUS Urban Health Research Consortium researchers highlight these challenges and the opportunities for change.
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International Women’s Day 2025: Making Research Meaningful for Communities

Involving communities in research ensures that research findings do not just stay on paper- they become part of real lives. A project may end, but when the information continues to resonate and create change, we know the research has made its mark. The goal is to make the data speak, sustain, and change lives. In
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International Women’s Day 2025: Importance of Gender in Research

Gender is not just a category, it is a lens that helps us understand the world more deeply. Researchers today are increasingly aware of their responsibility to prioritize gender at every stage, from designing studies to analyzing data. By doing so, they create research that is not only more meaningful but also more inclusive, ensuring
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The Cloud Of Depression

Depression is more than just feeling sad- it is a persistent cloud that can affect every aspect of life, from daily activities to interpersonal relationships. It is important to recognize that seeking help is not a weakness but a courageous step towards healing. Effective approaches, including professional support, emotional expression, physical activity, and mindfulness, can
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World Tuberculosis Day: Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of an mHealth intervention (mTB-Tobacco) for smoking cessation in people with tuberculosis (Quit4TB Trial)

By Ai Keow Lim, Fahmidur Rahman & Maham Zahid  What is TB and how smoking impacts TB Tuberculosis (TB) is a bacterial infection spread through respiratory droplets dispersed into the air, when someone with TB coughs and sneezes. Smoking increases the chances of contracting TB infection and TB disease. TB patients who smoke are more
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দেশের ৪২.৭ শতাংশ জনগোষ্ঠী পরোক্ষ ধুমাপানের শিকার

Originally published in The Daily Kaler Kantho on February 07, 2025. Read the full report here.
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Experts urge policy reforms to strengthen urban health systems in Bangladesh

  Health policymakers, researchers, and development partners gathered in Dhaka to discuss challenges and prospects for urban health in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The policy dialogue, titled Strengthening Urban Health Systems: Prospects & Challenges, was organized by ARK Foundation Bangladesh and BRAC James P. Grant School of Public Health on Thursday (30 January 2025).
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Policy Dialogue on Strengthening Urban Health Systems: Prospects & Challenges

  The Community-led Responsive and Effective Urban Health System (CHORUS) is a Research Programme Consortium that brings together health researchers from Africa, South Asia, and the UK. CHORUS collaborates with communities, health professionals, and city-level decision makers to develop and test strategies for improving the health of the poorest urban residents. As part of its
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ARK Hosts CHORUS Partners Meeting in Dhaka

The CHORUS Partners Meeting, hosted by ARK, took place from January 26th to 29th at Hotel Lake Castle in Dhaka, bringing together researchers, policymakers, and experts from Bangladesh, Nepal, Ghana, Nigeria, and the UK. The event focused on sharing insights and strategies for strengthening urban health systems across the participating countries. Discussions explored early findings,
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Fighting TB on the Frontlines: Voices from the Ground

Abdullah M. Rafi Read the PDF Version Mr. Mahmud (pseudonym), 59, the Tuberculosis & Leprosy Controller Assistant (TLCA) at one of the TB centers on the outskirts – a 70-kilometer drive from the capital Dhaka – reflecting on his journey in combating TB, asserted that if people stopped using tobacco products, the number of TB
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