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Urban Anchal

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  Urban Anchal is a study looking at sustainable day-care for 1-4 year olds in disadvantaged urban communities in Dhaka, Bangladesh It aims to address the lack of safe, stimulating and health-promoting environments for adequate early childhood development (ECD). Urban slums provide a challenging environment for child health. With slum-dwelling women working long hours and
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Understanding and Addressing the Shrinking Civic Space in Bangladesh: A mixed method study

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The aim of this research is to strengthen civil society in Bangladesh by addressing the challenges faced by civil society organizations (CSOs) and promoting an enabling environment for their work. The project is funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) under the Learning for Strengthening Civil Society (L-SCS) program. The research will be
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Tobacco Control Capacity Programme

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The Tobacco Control Capacity Programme is a £3.4 million programme of training and research funded by Research Councils UK as part of the Global Challenges Research Fund. The overall aim of the programme is to improve research capacity in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) to conduct high-quality studies that will generate evidence on how to
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The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on People with Severe Mental Illness and on Mental Health Service Provision in South Asia (Global Efforts on COVID-19) (IMPASS GECO)

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The IMPACT consortium comprises four UK Universities and four partner organizations from Bangladesh, India and Pakistan. Coordinated by the University of York, IMPACT’s UK partners include the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK, University of Keele, UK, University of Dundee, UK, University of York/ Hull York Medical School, UK. Our South Asian partners
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The Bangladesh Asthma Hajj Study

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Background The Hajj is a massive pilgrimage that occurs once a year, involving two to three million individuals from more than 180 countries. Every year, around 120,000 pilgrims from Bangladesh perform the Hajj. One of the top causes of hospitalisation during the Hajj is acute asthma and its complications. One in five pilgrims with previously
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TB & Tobacco

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  The TB and Tobacco project  aims to investigate ways in which interventions designed to encourage people to stop smoking can be integrated into tuberculosis (TB) control programmes. Its ultimate goal is to improve the health and longevity of patients suffering from TB, as well as decreasing the number of people who suffer from tobacco-related
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Surveys for Urban Equity (SUE)

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  For public health services to respond to the growing burden of NCDs among the urban poor, the proper measurement of disease prevalence, risk factors and behaviours is a crucial first step. In low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), household surveys – such as the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) programme and the World Health Organization’s
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Strengthening midwifery in Bangladesh – Lessons learnt

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Project Summary: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) of the UK government has invested in the ‘Strengthening Midwifery in Bangladesh’ program to establish midwifery education. The FCDO is also providing technical assistance to the Government of Bangladesh through UNFPA. The government has demonstrated commitment to midwifery services by creating 2996 midwife posts. Currently, there are
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RESPOND

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  Creating responsive health systems: improving the use of feedback from service users in quality assurance and human resource management in Bangladesh. is a project that aims to assist policymakers in designing a comprehensive health-systems intervention to make  Bangladesh’s health system more responsive. It will do so through assessing the current system of collecting, and
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National Situation Analysis on Policy and Programmes Promoting Physical Activity in Bangladesh

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The main objective of this World Health Organization (WHO) funded project was to identify the barriers and facilitators of physical activities to reach Global Action Plan on the prevention of NCDs in Bangladesh. The situation analysis also attempted to provide an overall view of the current scenario regarding the presence of physical activity as a
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Recent Posts

  • National Situation Analysis on Policy and Programmes Promoting Physical Activity in Bangladesh (SAT)

    The main objective of this project was to ident...
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    In every Community Clinic, there is a Community...
  • CRUCIBLE: A Novel Approach of Engaging with Poor Urban Communities to Talk about Health: a Scoping Study to Understand the Perceptions of the Key Stakeholders in Bangladesh

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

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  • “Power of Learning” Programme & Civil Society Strengthening Initiatives in Bangladesh

    The “Power of Learning” programme i...
  • Health Budget Analysis Case Study from Secondary and Primary level healthcare facilities in Kurigram District, Bangladesh

    Bangladesh’s improving economy offers potential...
  • Identifying barriers and facilitators for a healthy diet, physical activity, and good sleep in people with severe mental illness (SMI) in Bangladesh and Pakistan: information to develop an intervention to support people with SMI to live a healthier life (LIFT).

    People with severe mental illness (SMI) are at ...
  • Public Expenditure Tracking of Urban Health System: A case study of Dhaka

    Despite Bangladesh’s improving economic outlook...
  • Exploring the Potential of Drug Sellers in Shaping the Approach to Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in Urban Health Settings Bangladesh

    As part of CHORUS Innovation Fund Round2, ARK F...
  • CHORUS Innovation Fund Round-2: Understanding How Information and Research Evidence Are Communicated by News Media to Inform Urban Health Policies and Practices: Case Studies of Bangladesh and Nepal.

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  • Establishing value sets for EQ-5D-3L and EQ-5D-5L in Bangladesh

    Different types of tools have been developed to...
  • Co-Development of the Bangla translated version of EQ-5D-Y-5L instrument for Bangladesh

    We are studying the quality of life in children...
  • Piloting Bangla version of EQ-5D-Y instrument as a health-related quality of life measure in Bangladesh

    Currently, various questionnaires/tools have be...
  • National Strategy and Action Plan on Oral Health for Bangladesh (2025-2030)

    This National Oral Health Strategic Action Plan...
  • Initiative to Make Bangladesh Railway Tobacco Free (IMBRTF) (Phase 1 & 2)

    Phase-1 The project is a comprehensive effort b...
  • Arts for Antimicrobial Resistance (ARTS4AMR)

    Partner Organization: Horizons Institute, Unive...
  • Development of a Framework for Establishing Maternity Insurance in Bangladesh

    Download Report Bangladesh is preparing to intr...
  • Report on Roundtable on ‘Health Budget FY2025-26: Expectations & Realities’

    Download PDF Report on Roundtable on ‘Health Bu...
  • Harnessing mHealth to End TB: A Digital Prescription for a Persistent Challenge

    Abdullah Muhammad Rafi, Shakhawat Hossain Rana ...
  • How Active are the Residents of Dhaka? Perceptions and Challenges in Maintaining Physical Activity in Urban Bangladesh

    By Umme Salma Anee, CHORUS Research Assistant, ...

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