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Correlation between Fitness and Fatness in 6-14-year Old Serbian School Children
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Centre for Health and Population Research, Bangladesh ,
2011
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Lack of physical activity and/or physical fitness are some reasons epidemiologists suggest for increase in childhood obesity in the last 20 years, with clear correlation between body composition and p...
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Posting of trained birthing attendants: a comparison of home- and facility based obstetric care
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Centre for Health and Population Research, Bangladesh ,
2005
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This article, published in Health and Science Bulletin, reports on a study conducted between 1987 and 2001 in Matlab, Bangladesh, where both home- and facility-based obstetric care approaches have ...
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Barriers to immunization among women and children living in Slums of Zone 3 of Dhaka city, Bangladesh: a qualitative assessment
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H. Perry;S. Nurani;M. A. Quaiyum
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Centre for Health and Population Research, Bangladesh ,
2007
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This study, published by the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, attempts to understand the reasons why extremely poor people do not obtain immunisations in Bangladesh, e...
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Potential impact of adjustment policies on vulnerability of women and children to HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa
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R. De Vogli; G.L. Birbeck
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Centre for Health and Population Research, Bangladesh ,
2005
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This article evaluates the potential impact of the IMF and WB adjustment policies on women's and children’s vulnerability to HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa through connecting changes at the macro leve...
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An evaluation of post-campaign knowledge and practices of exclusive breastfeeding in Uganda
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N. Gupta; C. Katende; R. Bessinger
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Centre for Health and Population Research, Bangladesh ,
2004
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Published by ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research, this research article assesses the influence of exposure to behaviour change communication (BCC) messages via the mass media on exclusi...
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Costs of illness due to typhoid fever in an Indian urban slum community: implications for vaccine policy
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R. Bahl; A. Sinha; D. Poulos
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Centre for Health and Population Research, Bangladesh ,
2004
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Typhoid fever is common in India and other developing countries, but the available vaccines are not being widely used. Information is lacking on the cost of illness and the cost-effectiveness of diff...
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Unmet reproductive and child-health needs and use of essential services package in urban NGO clinics of Bangladesh
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J. Khatun; N.C. Roy; T. Azim
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Centre for Health and Population Research, Bangladesh ,
2003
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An important aim of two major health programmes in Bangladesh – the government’s 1998 Health and Population Sector Programme and the USAID-supported 1997 National Integrated Population and Health Prog...
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Surveillance for multidrug resistant mycobacterium tuberculosis, 2001–2002
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Centre for Health and Population Research, Bangladesh ,
2002
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This paper, produced by the Centre for Health and Population Research, Bangladesh, reports on a project conducting surveillance for tuberculosis (TB) in urban Dhaka and rural Matlab. The main aims of...
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Factors associated with reported diarrhoea episodes and treatment-seeking in an urban slum of Kolkata, India
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D. Sur; B. Manna; A. K. Deb; J. L. Deen; M. C. Danovaro-Holliday; L. Von Seidlein; J. D. Clemens; S. K. Bhattacharya
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Centre for Health and Population Research, Bangladesh ,
2004
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This article, published by ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research, reports on a diarrhoea surveillance project in an urban slum in eastern Kolkata, India. This involved studying reported d...
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The health belief model and factors relating to potential use of a vaccine for shigellosis in Kaeng Koi District, Saraburi Province, Thailand
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Piyarat Butraporn; Alfred Pach; R. P. Pack; R. Masngarmmeung; T. Maton; P. Sri-aroon; A. Nyamete; W. Chaicumpa
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Centre for Health and Population Research, Bangladesh ,
2004
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Published by ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research, this article looks at the possible use of a vaccine for shigellosis (bloody dysentery), based on research conducted in Kaeng Koi Distri...
