The impact of COVID-19 on Bangladeshi readymade garment (RMG) workers

H Kabir, M Maple, K Usher - Journal of Public Health, 2021 - academic.oup.com
This paper describes the potential impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
pandemic on the readymade garment (RMG) workers of Bangladesh. It articulates the RMG …

An extensive review of patient health-care service satisfaction in Bangladesh

AK Mohiuddin - Adesh University Journal of Medical Sciences & …, 2020 - aujmsr.com
Patient satisfaction is a useful measure for providing quality indicators in health-care
services. Concern over the quality of health-care services in Bangladesh has resulted in a …

Influential factors for access to and participation in rehabilitation for people with lower limb amputation in East, South, and Southeast Asian developing countries: a …

MSI Sayeed, J Oakman, MP Dillon… - Disability and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose To explore factors impacting access to and participation in rehabilitation for people
with lower limb amputation (LLA) in East, South, and Southeast Asian developing countries …

The paradoxical impacts of the minimum wage implementation on ready-made garment (RMG) workers: a qualitative study

H Kabir, M Maple, MS Islam, K Usher - The Indian Journal of Labour …, 2022 - Springer
There is no regular mandated increase in minimum wages for workers employed in the
Bangladesh ready-made garment (RMG) industry. Workers in the past have relied on …

Physical and mental health status of women in disaster-affected areas in Bangladesh

SR Fatema, K Rice, A Rock, MS Islam, L East, K Usher - Natural Hazards, 2023 - Springer
Despite the increased risk of disasters in the Bangladesh, there is a dearth of research about
women's physical and mental health vulnerability following disasters. This study aimed to …

Mental health effects of the Gangwon wildfires

JS Hong, SY Hyun, JH Lee, M Sim - BMC public health, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background The April 2019 wildfires in Gangwon Province, South Korea forced the
evacuation of 1500 individuals and cost more than $100 million in damages, making it the …

The effects of international scrutiny on manufacturing workers: Evidence from the Rana Plaza collapse in Bangladesh

L Bossavie, Y Cho, R Heath - Journal of Development Economics, 2023 - Elsevier
After the tragic factory collapse of Rana Plaza in 2013, both the direct reforms and indirect
responses of retailers have plausibly affected workers in the Ready Made Garment (RMG) …

Slowly but surely: Exposure of communities and infrastructure to subsidence on the US east coast

LO Ohenhen, M Shirzaei, PL Barnard - PNAS nexus, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Coastal communities are vulnerable to multihazards, which are exacerbated by land
subsidence. On the US east coast, the high density of population and assets amplifies the …

Prevalence of suicide thoughts and behaviours among female garment workers who survived the Rana Plaza collapse: an in-depth inquiry

H Kabir, M Maple, MS Islam, K Usher - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The Rana Plaza building collapse occurred on 24 April 2013 in Savar, near the capital city of
Bangladesh, killing more than 1130 garment workers and injured about 2500, mostly …

Land subsidence hazard and building collapse risk in the coastal city of Lagos, West Africa

LO Ohenhen, M Shirzaei - Earth's Future, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Every year incidents of building collapse claim many lives and cause enormous financial
losses around the world, which are often blamed on low‐quality materials, non‐compliance …