Country Profile on Universal Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health: Bangladesh
Naripokkho with the support of EU, SIDA, and Arrow, has brought out the country profile on sexual reproductive health status, providing insights and data, a resource book for SRHR activists and … Read More »
Why society needs gender equality
An evidence has been provided by global research that, the critical linkage of educational status and it is being one of the key factors that deters from equal participation in socioeconomic … Read More »
The Pathway to Women’s Empowerment
Every year, about 6 million women go missing in the sense that they were never born or died because unequal gender condition. Women, who live, have to face discrimination, home and … Read More »
How Abortion Law is Contributing to Unsafe Abortion
Unsafe abortion is highly prevalent in Bangladesh. Despite international concerns unplanned pregnancy is still dealt with Menstrual Regulation (MR) other unsafe methods of foetal termination since abortion is illegal in Bangladesh. This paper … Read More »
Communication Policy for Youth’s Sexual and Reproductive Health
In many parts of the world, Adolescent Reproductive and Sexual Health issues is yet to be seen with proper concern because of existing misconceptions. In Bangladesh, changing the rigid attitude of people is still … Read More »
Strategies for Maternal and Child Healthcare
The 2011 Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS) was conducted at national level to gain insight into the demographic state of maternal and child health in Bangladesh. It focused on accumulating … Read More »
Break the silence!
Menstruation is a natural process that occurs monthly in healthy adolescent girls and pre-menopausal adult women. Girls begin to menstruate usually between the ages of 9 and 12. The majority of … Read More »
Reproductive and maternal health care of Bangladesh
The Bangladesh government has provided considerable health and family planning services in the years since the country’s independence. As for example, the national infant mortality rate declined from 150 per 1000 … Read More »
Boosting Maternal Health Care Performance through Incentives
Bangladesh is rapidly progressing towards achieving 8 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The targets include Reducing Child Mortality and Improving Maternal Health. However, one of the barriers to achieving these targets is … Read More »
Lack of access to commodities
Every year in Bangladesh, more than 5,000 mothers and thousands of children die due to lack of access and appropriate use of 13 life-saving commodities, one of the findings of the … Read More »