Bushra Zarin Islam Archives

Who is absent and why? Factors affecting doctor absenteeism in Bangladesh

Authors: Mir Raihanul Islam, Blake Angell, Nahitun Naher, Bushra Zarin Islam, Mushtaq Khan, Martin McKee, Eleanor Hutchinson, Dina Balabanova, Syed Masud Ahmed

Publication date: April 2024

Absenteeism by doctors in public healthcare facilities in rural Bangladesh is a form of chronic rule-breaking and is recognised as a critical problem by the ...

Do social accountability approaches work? A review of the literature from selected low- and middle-income countries in the WHO South-East Asia region

Authors: Nahitun Naher, Dina Balabanova, Eleanor Hutchinson, Robert Marten, Roksana Hoque, Samiun Nazrin Bente Kamal Tune, Bushra Zarin Islam, Syed Masud Ahmed

Publication date: November 2020

Governance failures undermine efforts to achieve universal health coverage and improve health in low- and middle-income countries by decreasing efficiency and equity. Punitive measures to ...