Bangladesh : Maternal and Reproductive Health at a Glance

• Tác giả: Naoko Ohno
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 720.95 Asia
• Thông tin xuất bản: World Bank, Washington, DC, 2015
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 329386
• Chủ đề: 1. ACCESS TO FOOD; 2. ADOLESCENT; 3. ADOLESCENT HEALTH; 4. ADOLESCENT HEALTH PROGRAMS; 5. ADOLESCENTS

Tóm tắt

 Bangladesh is among the most densely populated countries in the world. Poverty remains high at 43 percent of the population subsist on less than United States (U.S.) .25 per day (2010). Bangladesh achieved several millennium development goal (MDG) targets in education, health, and poverty reduction. Gender equality and women's empowerment are important determinants of reproductive health. While fertility and contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR) are evenly distributed, wide gaps in access to maternal health services remain. Bangladesh will need to focus on increasing political commitment to adolescent health
  focusing interventions on high-fertility and high maternal mortality ratio (MMR) areas
  addressing human resources constraints
  and harnessing the use of technology.