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

Click here to read the full article Introduction: To effectively tackle antibiotic resistance (ABR) a One Health approach is required, focusing on the human, animal and environmental sectors together, and that public education and engagement programs must be part of the overall approach. However, there has been limited research on such programs in low−/middle-income countries (LMICs).
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Trapped by Tobacco: The Industry’s Grip and Our Responsibility

Fahmida Farzana PDF Version Tobacco kills more than 8 million people each year. To make up these “lost consumers”, the industry goes after the youth as their next target. Today’s young people are the next generation of “lifelong customers”, and most tobacco users start smoking before they become adults. Over time, tobacco companies’ tactics to
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Gender and Intersectionality Checklist for AMR Community Engagement Operational Researchers

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a significant threat to global public health, with increasing treatment failures and related mortality exacerbated by complex socio-economic, cultural, and gender dynamics. Recognising the critical role of gender and related inequalities in shaping health behaviours and outcomes, this guidance document aims to provide AMR community engagement operational researchers and practitioners with
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Preparedness of Urban Primary Healthcare Centres of Bangladesh in Managing Diabetes Mellitus and Hypertension

This policy brief is based on a study titled “Strengthening the Urban Primary Health Care System to Deliver Essential Non-Communicable Disease Care to the Urban Poor” conducted by ARK Foundation, Bangladesh under the project titled “Community-Led Responsive and Effective Urban Health Systems (CHORUS)” funded by the UK Aid from the UK Government.
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What do we need in a new health budget?

This was initially published in the Daily Star – a leading Newspaper in Bangladesh. Main Article The spread of Covid-19 has critically exposed the long-standing weaknesses of Bangladesh’s health system. This is not surprising, as the health sector had always remained neglected in the government’s priorities. In the fiscal year 2019/20, the Ministry of Health
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Workshop on ‘Creating Responsive Health System’ at Health Economics Unit, MoHFW

A workshop on our new study on ‘Creating a Responsive Health System: improving the use of feedback from service users in quality assurance and human resource management in Bangladesh’ was held at 2:00 PM today at Health Economics unit of Ministry of Health & Family Welfare. It was a step towards working together to help
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A project review meeting on our TB-Tobacco

A project review meeting on our TB-Tobacco Project was held at the Conference room of National Tuberculosis Program office in 10th of this month. ARK Team presented their materials developed for the project to the Govt. team.
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