Download RICKSHAW DRIVER

A PROJECT ON ICT INTERGRATION IN THE CLASSROOM
Goal
Understanding health issues of rickshaw
Riders in Banani, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Objectives
-To analyze the evolution of human powered
cycle rickshaws in Dhaka
-To study the effects of this job on health of the
rider
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Health issues on Rickshaw Driver-Riders view
Health issues on Rickshaw Driver-DOCTORS VIEW
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Diarrhea
Rickshaw riding has an effect on the
Chronic Backache
health of the rider. This information is very
Prone to accidents
Availability important
of free medicine
to theinusers of this facility, the
Hospitals riders and the authorities. The users should
Long queues in the hospital
and support the riders fully. The
taking muchacknowledge
of their working
time
riders should seek medical facilities on time.
Lack of medicine
The authorities should avail medical facilities
Expensive medical
for the tests
riders. This is a wonderful service
Chest problems
bound by culture with economical gains. It is
Tuberculosis
time for all of us to act and sustain the
Respiratory infection
pneumonia rickshaw and its rider.
Cold cough
Appendicitis
Some treatment require a lot of
money e.g. plaster and surgical
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Anwer, H. (2006. July, 17). Personal Interview, Rickshaw Rider, Uttara, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Dr. Shakeel (2006. July, 18). Personal interview. Tangi Gazipur Hospital, Junior Specialist.
Life begins awareness programs on drug, AIDS. (2006, January 28). The Bangladesh
Observer. Retrieved 13th July 2006 from http://www.id21.org/health/index.html
Planet Ark (March 16, 2005). Bangladesh Rickshaw Drivers in Cycle of Despair. Dhaka,
Bangladesh: Ahmed, A. Retrieved 13th July 2006 from
www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/29951/newsDate/16-Mar- 2005/story.htm
Sharifa, B. and Binayak, S. (2004). ‘Unsustainable livelihoods, health shocks and urban
chronic poverty: Rickshaw pullers as a case study’, Programmed for Research on
Chronic Poverty in Bangladesh, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies.
Retrieved 13th July 2006 from www.chronicpoverty.org/pdfs/46Begum_Sen.pdf
Rickshaw, Retrieved 13th July 2006 from http://www.wikipedia,the free encyclopedia.htm
Welcome do Dhaka City Corporation, Retrieved on 13th July 2006, from http://www.welcome to
dhaka city corporation.html
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