Understanding the Cultural Context of Death Among Palliative Care Patients in Bangladesh

Palliative care has recently been acknowledged as a human right and identified as a global health challenge. Over time global …

Let’s Talk about the “S” Word

With the narrowing of the digital divide, people increasingly use the World Wide Web to acquire information on their health …

Masculinity in the Message: Can Understanding Masculinity Improve Intervention Messaging?

In the urban slums of Bangladesh, the lives of adolescent boys and girls are embedded within a framework of uncertainties …

Giving More Importance to Accessing End-of-life Care

Being a development professional in Bangladesh, I am used to visiting urban slums in Dhaka city, like Korail. But it …

Justifying Something Wrong Doesn’t Make It Right: Exploring Attitudes and Perceptions to Child Marriage in Urban Slum Communities

“Early Child Marriage is a criminal offence and does not happen in this area,” said an Imam (person who leads …

The Hidden Problem: Shadows of Mental Stress Over Urban Adolescents

“He had a bottle of poison in his hands and told me he would drink it if I didn’t agree …

Psychodrama as a New Form of Health Education for Young Men in Dhaka’s Urban Slums

Shujon* is a 19-year-old man living with his mother in Bhashantek, an urban slum in Mirpur, Dhaka. His father left …