Health is the major objective of ORCD
Organization for Rural Community Development (ORCD) has conducted community awareness programs on diabetes and eye diseases in rural communities, with a special focus on elderly people and individuals with limited education. Through health education and community engagement activities, ORCD promotes early detection, healthy lifestyles, and timely treatment. The organisation has also arranged awareness sessions in […]
Applicability of smartphone-based fundus imaging (SBFI) for diabetic eye disease (DED) screening by para-medical staff in terms of image quality, compliance with the imaging protocol and diagnostic accuracy in rural areas of a low-income country is being conducted in Kenya, India and Bangladesh led by the University of Bonn, Germany. Aims of the project
This was a PhD project. Dr Mostofa Sarwar has completed his PhD on this model. Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is one of the most common complications of diabetesand a major cause of blindness. Of people with diabetes, abut 35% have some formof DR and 10% can have vision-threatening DR. For the current study, we collected retinal […]
The current project was a PhD project. Dr Nazim Uddin completed his PhD on this investigation. Introduction: A significant proportion of the global burden of disease has been attributed to mental and behavioural disorders. People with mental disorders (MD) have lower levels of health-related quality of life than those without MD. There is a lack […]
blood pressure is an independent risk factor of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and is a major cause of disability and death. We aimed to investigate the effectiveness of a lifestyle modification intervention program for lowering blood pressure in Narail. A total of 300 participants with 150 adults in the intervention and 150 adults in the control arms […]
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to assess the knowledge, attitudes and practice and impact of socioeconomic factors upon the prevalence of pre-diabetes, diabetes, hypertension and disability amongst a large adult population in rural Bangladesh. METHODS/DESIGN: A sample of 3104 adults aged ≥30 years were interviewed from a cluster sample of 18 villages in […]
