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UNICEF GOB Projects (Health, Education and Sanitation)

Children in Bangladesh are now more likely than ever to survive past their fifth birthday. Child mortality has almost halved between 1990 and 2019, which is very encouraging progress and means - millions of children's lives have been saved.


However, neonatal mortality has risen slightly in recent years, with 26 deaths per 1,000 live births now.


Most babies die in the first days or weeks of life. This is due to lack of proper care and services during birth. Neonatal deaths often occur because there are no midwives or skilled workers present at birth. Only 6 out of 10 births in Bangladesh are performed under the supervision of skilled health workers, one of the lowest rates in the world.


As a result, two-thirds of children who die before age 5 die as infants. The leading causes of death among children under five are pneumonia, drowning, respiratory diseases and malnutrition.


All children in Bangladesh do not get equal and maximum chance of survival. Children born in rural areas, poor families and whose mothers are illiterate have a higher risk of dying before the age of 5.


In order to protect children from various diseases, the National Immunization Program in Bangladesh targets 3.8 million children annually. About 84 percent of children are fully immunized by 12 months of age through this program.


However, despite high immunization coverage and coverage in the country, children living in urban and remote areas generally receive less of the immunizations needed to live a healthy life.


Challenges include poor quality of antenatal care, poor antenatal care services; Inadequate health care and lack of capacity of community health care providers, especially in rural areas and urban slums.


solution

UNICEF's mission is to ensure that every child can survive and grow up healthy.


UNICEF is working with the Government of Bangladesh to increase access to quality health care for mothers, newborns and children, especially those living in the most vulnerable situations.


To achieve this goal, UNICEF and its partners are prioritizing three areas:


Universal health care: The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of a health system that is able to cope with any challenge and respond to emergencies. UNICEF is supporting the Government of Bangladesh to achieve universal health care by strengthening health systems at the national and community levels. This includes evidence-based health policy formulation, program planning and budgeting.


Equity-based health services: UNICEF is strengthening the capacity of health systems at the district and upazila levels to ensure equitable and quality health and immunization services for mothers, newborns, children and adolescents, targeting the most marginalized children.


Strengthening primary health care: UNICEF is working to ensure that children and women are better informed about issues that affect their health and overall well-being. This will inculcate healthy habits in them as well as strengthen the goal of bringing health care closer to people in both urban and rural areas.