Opportunities and challenges of implementing an urban primary healthcare delivery model: Programmatic lessons from Aalo Clinic, Bangladesh

Khadija Islam Tisha; Mohammad Wahid Ahmed; A M Rumayan Hasan; Orin Akter; Md. Golam Rabbani; Chandrasegarar Soloman; Margub Aref Jahangir; Maya Vandenent; Shehrin Shaila Mahmood

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0341924

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Opportunities and challenges of implementing an urban primary healthcare delivery model: Programmatic lessons from Aalo Clinic, Bangladesh

Khadija Islam Tisha ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: khadija.tisha@icddrb.org

Affiliation Health Systems and Population Studies Division, icddr, b, Dhaka, Bangladesh

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2526-4737

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Mohammad Wahid Ahmed,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Health Systems and Population Studies Division, icddr, b, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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A M Rumayan Hasan,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Health Systems and Population Studies Division, icddr, b, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Orin Akter,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Health Systems and Population Studies Division, icddr, b, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Md. Golam Rabbani,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Health Systems and Population Studies Division, icddr, b, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Chandrasegarar Soloman,

Roles Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation UNICEF Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Margub Aref Jahangir,

Roles Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation UNICEF Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Maya Vandenent,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation UNICEF Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Shehrin Shaila Mahmood

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Health Systems and Population Studies Division, icddr, b, Dhaka, Bangladesh

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6546-9120

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Opportunities and challenges of implementing an urban primary healthcare delivery model: Programmatic lessons from Aalo Clinic, Bangladesh

Khadija Islam Tisha,
Mohammad Wahid Ahmed,
A M Rumayan Hasan,
Orin Akter,
Md. Golam Rabbani,
Chandrasegarar Soloman,
Margub Aref Jahangir,
Maya Vandenent,
Shehrin Shaila Mahmood

Published: February 9, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0341924

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