Understanding the failure of a behavior change intervention to reduce risk behaviors for avian influenza transmission among backyard poultry raisers in rural Bangladesh: a focused ethnography

• Main Authors: Nadia Ali Rimi (Author), Rebeca Sultana (Author), Kazi Ishtiak-Ahmed (Author), Md Zahidur Rahman (Author), Marufa Hasin (Author), M. Saiful Islam (Author), Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner (Author), Nazmun Nahar (Author), Emily S. Gurley (Author), Stephen P. Luby (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The spread of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus among poultry and humans has raised global concerns and has motivated government and public health organizations to initiate interventions to prevent the transmission of HPAI. In Bangladesh, H5N1 became endemic...