Women s Voice in Business Policy Shaping Spaces in Bangladesh

Shaping Policy Change in Population Health: Policy Entrepreneurs, Ideas, and Institutions

Political realities and institutional structures are often ignored when gathering evidence to influence population health policies. If these policies are to be successful, social science literature on policy change should be integrated into the population health approach. In this contribution, drawing on the work of John W. Kingdon and related scholarship, we set out to examine how key componen...

Shaping the Health Policy Agenda: The Case of Safe Motherhood Policy in Vietnam

Background Maternal health remains a central policy concern in Vietnam. With a commitment to achieving the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 5 target of maternal mortality rate (MMR) of 70/100 000 by 2015, the Ministry of Health (MoH) issued the National Plan for Safe Motherhood (NPSM) 2003-2010. In 2008, reproductive health, including safe motherhood (SM) became a national health target progra...

Retaining Doctors in Rural Bangladesh: A Policy Analysis

Background Retaining doctors in rural areas is a challenge in Bangladesh. In this study, we analyzed three rural retention policies: career development programs, compulsory services, and schools outside major cities – in terms of context, contents, actors, and processes.   Methods Series of group discussions between policy-makers and researchers prompted the selection of policy areas, which wer...

ALMOST S^{*}-COMPACTNESS IN L-TOPOLOGICAL SPACES

In this paper, the notion of almost S^{*}-compactness in L-topologicalspaces is introduced following Shi’s definition of S^{*}-compactness. The propertiesof this notion are studied and the relationship between it and otherdefinitions of almost compactness are discussed. Several characterizations ofalmost S^{*}-compactness are also presented.

Challenges and Barriers to Pregnant Women\'s Nutrition: Policy Recommendations