Concern Worldwide

Bangladesh is considered a success story because of its achievements towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), however progress towards some health indicators relating to reducing maternal, infant, and neonatal mortality, has stagnated. Bangladesh has established health infrastructures in some parts of the country, however for the most part in the coastal-belt, especially the offshore islands, […]

Bangladesh is considered a success story because of its achievements towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), however progress towards some health indicators relating to reducing maternal, infant, and neonatal mortality, has stagnated.

Bangladesh has established health infrastructures in some parts of the country, however for the most part in the coastal-belt, especially the offshore islands, communities are disconnected. In many remote areas, there is an absence of skilled service providers to manage health facilities. Bangladesh has approximately five physicians and two nurses per 10,000 population and the ratio of midwives, the most important service provider for pregnancy care, is negligible. As a result, people who live in the remotest areas, who are invariably in the greatest need of health care, remain excluded from services.

In this project, Concern Worldwide seeks to provide primary health care to the residents of two islands in Bangladesh, with special attention given to pregnant and lactating woman and newborns, children under five, men and women of reproductive age, and elderly people and those at high risk including people with disabilities.

The project is supported with SEK 2 580 000.