Sentences with phrase «of brac»

Baltimore also boasts a job market that remains strong and is expected to grow stronger through 2011 as nearly 11,000 new jobs move to the area as part of BRAC (Maryland's Base Realignment and Closure).

Concerns about the impact of the BRAC report are understandable, but «base closures may not be as traumatic as people think,» says Ted Bradshaw, head of the Human and Community Development department at the University of California, Davis.

The Platform of Hope (Ashar Macha) was first proposed in 2007 by landscape architect Khondaker Hasibul Kabir of BRAC University.

She knew as soon as she walked in the doors of BRAC that it was the type of practice she wanted to work in and has been here since 1997.

During this time, their cognitive performance, self - reported estimations of BrAC, ratings of intoxication, and willingness to drive a motor vehicle were recorded.

As discussed above, the RCT on Living Goods» program includes an evaluation of the BRAC program that it has provided technical and financial assistance to.

About one - third of BRAC promoters are also Village Health Team workers (government community health workers).

Not exact matches

When including all five of the previous BRAC rounds since the 1980s, there have been annual savings estimated at more than $ 12 billion — with nearly $ 5 billion alone from the last one in 2005.

Unlike previous BRAC rounds, though, the amendment proposed in the Senate would leave the decision of selecting the actual bases to the Government Accountability Office.

In some cases, the BRAC process could lead to the expansion of military facilities.

The audit includes checking that a branch's stock matches up with BRAC's records of its purchases and sales, checking for drugs» expiration dates and drug shortages, reviewing a branch's financial reports, etc..

In total, Living Goods is seeking funding to support a budget of about $ 9.6 million per year, including costs incurred by BRAC.

Living Goods» estimates of number of children under 5 per CHP only use results from Living Goods» network, rather than incorporating results from BRAC's network.

Living Goods told us that BRAC is largely relying on Living Goods to secure funding for BRAC's portion of the Uganda scale - up.154

«During the first phase of the partnership BRAC and Living Goods experimented with differing variations in the operational model.

We summarize the details of the monitoring system BRAC described to us in this footnote.115

Although all BRAC promoters make a profit from the sale of health commodities, BRAC - LG promoters have additional incentives that BRAC - only promoters do not have (see below).

BRAC plans to gradually expand these additional program components to its other 104 branches as part of the scale - up of the LG - BRAC partnership in Uganda.»

Notes from GiveWell site visit to Living Goods and BRAC, October 2014, see «Conversations with Sharmin Sharif (Program Manager, Health, BRAC Uganda), Rakib Bhuiyan (Manager of Operations, Health, BRAC Uganda), Edgar Bakadde (Manager of Operations, Health, BRAC Uganda), and Nakigudde Anita (Regional Health Coordinator, BRAC Uganda)»

The BRAC country office designed this training based on Uganda Ministry of Health guidelines and internationally approved guidelines and procedures.

We would like to see the same data for the BRAC network: 1) number of households with a child under 5 per village in BRAC villages; 2) number of children under 5 per household in BRAC villages; 3) number of CHPs covering the BRAC villages in the treatment group.

BRAC administers a written test at the end of the training program.

Living Goods told us that it is still in the process of determining how it will monitor BRAC's programs in the future.113

Each month, BRAC shares reports on its key performance indicators (i.e., number of malaria and diarrhea treatments provided, number of pregnancy registrations, etc.) with Living Goods.

«Monitoring reports are collected and summarized at each level of the organization and flow up all the way to the BRAC country office.

Living Goods began, in 2008, as a partnership with BRAC to operate a network of CHPs in Uganda, and in 2009 launched a directly - managed network of CHPs using the same model.42 Living Goods has provided both technical and financial support, totaling over $ 2 million, to BRAC for the CHP program.43 BRAC has 128 branches with active CHPs in Uganda, but only 24 of these branches currently receive significant funding from Living Goods and have additional features, such as incentive payments for CHPs and a higher number of CHPs per branch.44

The program will leverage LG's new fortified food product development, healthy foods from BRAC Uganda's agriculture program, and some of our partners» expert guidance on nutrition strategy.

Having recently completed the RCT, Living Goods is now aiming to rapidly scale up the networks of CHPs directly managed by Living Goods and managed by BRAC, from about 1,000 CHPs (400 Living Goods, 600 BRAC) to 6,500 CHPs (2,500 Living Goods, 4,000 BRAC).138 Living Goods shared a detailed breakdown of its scale - up plan for networks directly managed by Living Goods with us.139

BRAC told us that all monitoring reports are collected and summarized at each level of the organization and flow up all the way to the BRAC country office.

What is the % of households with a child under 5 visited by a CHP in the treatment group vs. the control (in both Living Goods» and BRAC's networks)?

It appears that villages may have been carefully selected for inclusion in the sample (i.e. the list that was then divided into treatment and control) and that only a selection of Living Goods and BRAC branches were considered for the list.

BRAC told us that it invests a significant amount of staff time in verifying the accuracy of its CHPs» reported activities and to evaluate the quality of the care that CHPs provide.114 However, we have not seen any reports on details of these evaluations.

If a BRAC - LG promoter treats more than six diarrhea treatments in a month, she receives 200 UGX for each additional diarrhea treatment over the threshold of 6.

As a result of our limited confidence in how the Living Goods and BRAC programs are monitored, we do not know how much we will be able to learn about the success of the programs in the future.

This adjustment aims to capture both the strength of our belief in the accuracy of the RCT results as well as in the likelihood that Living Goods and BRAC will be able to replicate the results at a greater scale and in somewhat different locations (though still within Uganda).

JPC, LPCI, RAB, BRAC and USATHEMA (a personal favorite) are just a handful of the commonly used combinations of letters.

Scientific editors Dr Katherine Elliott and Dr William Cutting Managing editor Kathy Attawell Executive editor Kate O'Malley Production Katherine Miles Editorial advisory group Professor J Assi Adou (Ivory Coast) Professor A G Billoo (Pakistan) Professor David Candy (UK) Dr Shanti Ghosh (India) Dr Michael Gracey (Australia) Dr Nicole Guérin (France) Dr Norbert Hirschhorn (USA) Dr Sharon Huttly (UK) Dr Claudio Lanata (Peru) Professor Leonardo Mata (Costa Rica) Dr Jon Rohde (USA) Dr Mike Rowland (UK) Ms E O Sullesta (Philippines) Professor Dang Duc Trach (Vietnam) Professor Andrew Tomkins (UK) With support from AID (USA), Charity Projects (UK), Ministry of Development Cooperation (Netherlands), ODA (UK), SIDA (Sweden), UNICEF, WHO Publishing partners BRAC (Bangladesh) CMAI (India) CMU (China) Grupo CID (USA) HLMC (Nepal) lmajics (Pakistan) ORANA (Senegal) RUHSA (India) Consultants at University Eduardo Mondlane (Mozambique)

Scientific editors Dr Katherine Elliott and Dr William Cutting Managing editor Kathy Attawell Executive editor Kate O'Malley Design & production Ingrid Emsden Editorial advisory group Professor A G Billoo (Pakistan) Professor David Candy (UK) Dr Shanti Ghosh (India) Dr Michael Gracey (Australia) Dr Nicole Guérin (France) Dr Norbert Hirschhorn (USA) Dr Sharon Huttly (UK) Dr Claudio Lanata (Peru) Dr Jon Rohde (USA) Dr Mike Rowland (UK) Professor Dang Duc Trach (Vietnam) Professor Andrew Tomkins (UK) With support from AID (USA), Charity Projects (UK), Ministry of Development Cooperation (Netherlands), ODA (UK), SIDA (Sweden), UNICEF, WHO Publishing partners BRAC (Bangladesh) CMAI (India) CMU (China) Grupo CID (USA) HLMC (Nepal) lmajics (Pakistan) ORANA (Senegal) RUHSA (India) Turkish Medical Association (Turkey) Consultants at University Eduardo Mondlane (Mozambique)

However, more than 20 percent of participants with a BrAC of at least 0.08 % (the legal driving limit) thought that their BrAC was below this level.

This study examined bar patrons» self - estimates of their breath alcohol concentrations (BrACs) in natural drinking environments.

yield breath alcohol concentrations (BrACs) as high as 0.105 percent.3 (3Breath alcohol concentrations are another way of quantifying alcohol levels in the body and are approximately the same as blood alcohol concentrations after a given alcohol dose.)

Instead, 20,000 Days takes the form of an imagined day in the life of Cave, as he drives his luxury car to his therapist, has lunch with bandmate Warren Ellis, heads to an archive loaded with bric - à - brac from his past (a scene that includes a hilariously detailed breakdown on an instance when a German concertgoer urinated on Birthday Party bassist Tracey Pew that plays like a deconstruction scene from JFK), and snacks on pizza while watching Scarface with his twin sons.

If you own real estate in the state of Washington and are needing to sell your home due to PCS, BRAC, or for any other reason, call 888-573-4496 (option 2) to speak with a benefits officer.

Broad Ripple Animal Clinic (BRAC) is a progressive, high quality, companion animal veterinary hospital located on the north side of Indianapolis.

«Zoetis is pleased to recognize BRAC as an example of inclusion and devotion to communication and diversity in the workplace,» said Steve Leder, vice president of the U.S. Companion Animal Division.

Madison, N.J., May 7, 2013 — Zoetis Inc., formerly the animal health business unit of Pfizer Inc., today announced that Broad Ripple Animal Clinic & Wellness Center (BRAC) of Indianapolis is the 2013 recipient of the company's Customer Diversity & Inclusion Award.

Brenda Tassava, CVPM, CVJ, director of operations at BRAC, came to the practice 10 years ago and noticed the need for improvement in workplace communication and unity.

From that system, Tassava developed the Principles of Mutual Respect to encourage all colleagues at BRAC to work together in an environment that supports shared values, embraces diversity and emphasizes open communication and addressing issues directly.

In a survey commissioned by a leading veterinary company, BRAC was selected by Arthur Anderson Consulting as one of the top 52 veterinary hospitals in the United States.

Here are a few things you may want to consider here in Dullstroom: Fly - Fishing lessons and rod hire, Horse riding, Clay Pigeon Shooting, Bird of Prey, iCreate - arts and crafts workshops and session, Anvil Ale - local Brewery, Wild about Whisky - offer great whisky tasting and pairing as well as gin tasting and a wide gin selection; Mountain Biking Club, Bric - a brac shopping, Restaurants and deli's, golf — Highlands Gate Golf Estate.