Asiful Haidar Chowdhury
Biographic Data
| ID | 6712216 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Asiful Haidar Chowdhury |
| GIVEN NAMES | Asiful Haidar |
| FAMILY NAME | Chowdhury |
| SIGNATURE | CHOWDHURY A H |
| AFFILIATIONS | ARK Foundation |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9015-4414 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Core outcome sets for trials of interventions to prevent and to treat multimorbidity in adults in low and middle-income countries
INTRODUCTION: The burden of multimorbidity is recognised increasingly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), creating a strong emphasis on the need for effective evidence-based interventions. Core outcome sets (COS) appropriate for the study of multimorbidity in LMICs do not presently exist. These are required to standardise reporting and contribute to a consistent and cohesive evidence-base to inform policy and practice. We describe the de…
Is the maternal health voucher scheme associated with increasing routine immunization coverage? Experience from Bangladesh
Bangladesh initiated the Maternal Health Voucher Scheme (MHVS) in 2007 to improve maternal and child health practices and bring equity to the mainstream of health systems by reducing financial and institutional barriers. In this study, we investigated whether the MHVS has an association with immunization coverage in a rural area of Bangladesh. Between 30 October 2016 and 15 June 2017, we carried out a cross-sectional survey in two low performing …
Knowledge and Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic in People With Severe Mental Illness in Bangladesh and Pakistan
Our paper adds to the literature on people living with SMIs and their knowledge and practices relevant to COVID-19 prevention. Our results emphasize the importance of access to mass and social media for the dissemination of advice and that the likely gendered uptake of both knowledge and practice requires further attention
Feasibility, acceptability and initial outcome of implementing community scorecard to monitor community level public health facilities
The findings suggest that CSC is a feasible and acceptable tool to engage community and healthcare providers in monitoring and managing health facilities. For countries with health systems faced with challenges around accountability, quality and coverage, CSC has the potential to improve community level health-service delivery. The findings are intended to inform program implementers, donors and other stakeholders about context, mechanisms, outco…
Do community scorecards improve utilisation of health services in community clinics
CSC is an effective tool to increase the service utilization provided by CCs by ensuring community awareness and participation, and service providers' accountability. Policy makers and concerned authorities may take necessary steps to integrate community scorecard in the health system by incorporating it in CCs
Social determinants of under-five mortality in urban Bangladesh
Does healthcare voucher provision improve utilisation in the continuum of maternal care for poor pregnant women? Experience from Bangladesh
Background: Improving maternal health is a major development goal, with ambitious targets set for high-mortality countries like Bangladesh. Following a steep decline in the maternal mortality ratio over the past decade in Bangladesh, progress has plateaued at 196/100,000 live births. A voucher scheme was initiated in 2007 to reduce financial, geographical and institutional barriers to access for the poorest.Objective: The current paper reports th…
Who enrols in voluntary micro health insurance schemes in low-resource settings? Experience from a rural area in Bangladesh
BACKGROUND: Micro health insurance (MHI) has proved to be a potential health-financing tool for many developing countries. Bangladesh also included MHI in its current health-financing strategy which aims to achieve universal health coverage. However, low uptake, low renewal and high dropouts have historically challenged financial sustainability of these schemes. OBJECTIVE: This study aims to identify factors influencing people from low-resource s…
Socioeconomic and programmatic determinants of renewal of membership in a voluntary micro health insurance scheme
BACKGROUND: Out-of-pocket (OOP) healthcare expenditure is a major obstacle for achieving universal health coverage in low-income countries including Bangladesh. Sixty-three percent of the USD 27 annual per-capita healthcare expenditure in Bangladesh comes from individuals' pockets. Although health insurance is a financial tool for reducing OOP, use of such tools in Bangladesh has been limited to some small-scale voluntary micro health insurance (…
Socioeconomic inequalities in under-five mortality in rural Bangladesh
The socioeconomic inequality in under-five mortality is showing resistance against further reduction. An assessment of the adequacy of the existing programmes taking the proximate determinants of child survival into consideration will be useful for further improvement
Socioeconomic and programmatic determinants of renewal of membership in a voluntary micro health insurance scheme
BACKGROUND: Out-of-pocket (OOP) healthcare expenditure is a major obstacle for achieving universal health coverage in low-income countries including Bangladesh. Sixty-three percent of the USD 27 annual per-capita healthcare expenditure in Bangladesh comes from individuals' pockets. Although health insurance is a financial tool for reducing OOP, use of such tools in Bangladesh has been limited to some small-scale voluntary micro health insurance (…
Socioeconomic inequalities in under-five mortality in rural Bangladesh
The socioeconomic inequality in under-five mortality is showing resistance against further reduction. An assessment of the adequacy of the existing programmes taking the proximate determinants of child survival into consideration will be useful for further improvement
Who enrols in voluntary micro health insurance schemes in low-resource settings? Experience from a rural area in Bangladesh
BACKGROUND: Micro health insurance (MHI) has proved to be a potential health-financing tool for many developing countries. Bangladesh also included MHI in its current health-financing strategy which aims to achieve universal health coverage. However, low uptake, low renewal and high dropouts have historically challenged financial sustainability of these schemes. OBJECTIVE: This study aims to identify factors influencing people from low-resource s…
Does healthcare voucher provision improve utilisation in the continuum of maternal care for poor pregnant women? Experience from Bangladesh
Background: Improving maternal health is a major development goal, with ambitious targets set for high-mortality countries like Bangladesh. Following a steep decline in the maternal mortality ratio over the past decade in Bangladesh, progress has plateaued at 196/100,000 live births. A voucher scheme was initiated in 2007 to reduce financial, geographical and institutional barriers to access for the poorest.Objective: The current paper reports th…
Feasibility, acceptability and initial outcome of implementing community scorecard to monitor community level public health facilities
The findings suggest that CSC is a feasible and acceptable tool to engage community and healthcare providers in monitoring and managing health facilities. For countries with health systems faced with challenges around accountability, quality and coverage, CSC has the potential to improve community level health-service delivery. The findings are intended to inform program implementers, donors and other stakeholders about context, mechanisms, outco…
Do community scorecards improve utilisation of health services in community clinics
CSC is an effective tool to increase the service utilization provided by CCs by ensuring community awareness and participation, and service providers' accountability. Policy makers and concerned authorities may take necessary steps to integrate community scorecard in the health system by incorporating it in CCs
Social determinants of under-five mortality in urban Bangladesh
Knowledge and Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic in People With Severe Mental Illness in Bangladesh and Pakistan
Our paper adds to the literature on people living with SMIs and their knowledge and practices relevant to COVID-19 prevention. Our results emphasize the importance of access to mass and social media for the dissemination of advice and that the likely gendered uptake of both knowledge and practice requires further attention
Is the maternal health voucher scheme associated with increasing routine immunization coverage? Experience from Bangladesh
Bangladesh initiated the Maternal Health Voucher Scheme (MHVS) in 2007 to improve maternal and child health practices and bring equity to the mainstream of health systems by reducing financial and institutional barriers. In this study, we investigated whether the MHVS has an association with immunization coverage in a rural area of Bangladesh. Between 30 October 2016 and 15 June 2017, we carried out a cross-sectional survey in two low performing …
Core outcome sets for trials of interventions to prevent and to treat multimorbidity in adults in low and middle-income countries
INTRODUCTION: The burden of multimorbidity is recognised increasingly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), creating a strong emphasis on the need for effective evidence-based interventions. Core outcome sets (COS) appropriate for the study of multimorbidity in LMICs do not presently exist. These are required to standardise reporting and contribute to a consistent and cohesive evidence-base to inform policy and practice. We describe the de…
Environmental health (9 works) · Medicine (9 works) · Global Maternal and Child Health (8 works) · Population (8 works) · Economic growth (7 works) · Business (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · Health care (5 works) · Healthcare Systems and Reforms (5 works) · Demography (4 works)