Millennium Development Goals a people's progress report - NGLS

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People’s Progress Report on Bangladesh MDG 2005 : An Overview ‣ Developed medical science/ better medicine ‣ Increased number of doctors, TBA ‣ Increased awareness (through media, health workers) ‣ Increased mother and childcare. ‣ Free medical services (treatment, Immunization) ‣ Adopting family planning (fewer children reduced the high risk of MMR). ‣ Access to health complex improved for transportation ‣ Quality of treatment improved ‣ Awareness and campaign to go to hospital in pregnancy period ( including anti and neo natal) ‣ health centers increased both in Govt, NGOs and private sectors ‣ NGOs are working on health issues ‣ Mothers are duly immunized through govt. initiatives (e.g., tetanus) ‣ Increased women awareness ‣ Family members timely take initiatives for the pregnant women ‣ Reduced superstition, mistaken ideas Challenges as identified by the people These were identified as follows: • Health workers/assistants do the job of doctors in delivery • Illiteracy and superstitions. • Lack of health education • Malnutrition • Premature pregnancy • Early marriage • Frequent childbirth • Non-cooperation of husbands. • Non-cooperation from the family. • Domestic violence. • Lack of coordination among GO and NGOs • Non-functional community clinics Strategic Recommendations Several recommendations for further improving the situation were made. These were: • Proper training to develop a pull of active health workers • Increasing awareness and knowledge about nutrition at household level. • Strong social and legal steps to stop early marriage • Providing health literacy at the grass root level • Family planning • Combating superstition, unnatural belief • Media campaign on maternal health care. 27
People’s Progress Report on Bangladesh MDG 2005 : An Overview • Raise awareness on pregnant mothers’ care. • Developing trained birth attendant at the community level. • Ensure access to information • Increasing ambulance, mobile hospitals • Increased coordination between GO and NGOs • Increased donor’s assistance in the area • Increase health workers skill, accountability and transparency • Creating employment opportunity. • Create separate unit for maternity health care at the local level hospitals 28
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