MDG Report 2012 - United Nations in Bangladesh

Indicator 6.7: Proportion of children under 5 sleeping under insecticide-treated bed nets (13high risk malaria districts)Major interventions for malaria control include expanding quality diagnosis and effectivetreatment of 90 percent of malaria cases, promoting use of long lasting nets and insecticidetreatednets in all households in the three CHT districts and 80 percent of the households inthe remaining 10 high incidence districts by 2015, and intensive Information, Education andCommunication (IEC) for increasing mass awareness of the people for prevention and controlof malaria. The MIS data of National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP) show that theproportion of children under 5 sleeping under insecticide-treated bed nets in 13 high riskmalaria districts was 81 percent in 2008 which has increased to 94.40 percent in 2012.Indicator 6.8: Proportion of children under 5 with fever who are treated with appropriateanti-malarial drugsThe base line figure for the proportion of children under 5 with fever who are treated withappropriate anti-malarial drugs was 80 percent for the year 2008. In 2012, it was recorded at89.50 percent and the target is to achieve 90 percent in 2015.Indicator 6.9: Incidence, prevalence and death rates associated with tuberculosisIndicator: 6.9a: Prevalence of tuberculosis per 100,000 populationAccording to the National Tuberculosis (TB) Prevalence Survey (2007-2009) Report ofBangladesh, the overall adjusted prevalence of new smear positive cases among adult(age≥15 years) was estimated at 79.4/100 000 population (95% CI; 47.1-133.8). Under theMycobacterial Disease Control (MBDC) Unit of the Directorate General of Health Services(DGHS), the National Tuberculosis Control Programme (NTP) is working with the missionof eliminating TB from Bangladesh. While the initial short term objectives of the programmewere to achieve and sustain the global targets of achieving at least 70 percent case detectionand 85 percent treatment success among new smear-positive TB cases under DOTS, thepresent objective is to achieve universal access to high quality care for all people with TB.The medium term objectives include reaching the TB related Millennium DevelopmentGoals. The NTP adopted the DOTS strategy and started its field implementation in November1993. High treatment success rates were achieved from the beginning and the target of 85percent treatment success rate of the new smear-positive cases has been met since 2003. Theprogramme has been maintaining over 90 percent treatment success rate since 2006, and hassuccessfully treated 92 percent of the 109,099 new smear-positive cases registered in 2009.77