Family planning program of Bangladesh: Achievements and challenges

Type Journal Article - South East Asia Journal of Public Health
Title Family planning program of Bangladesh: Achievements and challenges
Author(s)
Volume 6
Issue 1
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2016
Page numbers 1-2
URL https://www.banglajol.info/index.php/SEAJPH/article/viewFile/30336/20366
Abstract
Bangladesh has made remarkable and rapid progress in
many family planning and other health indicators.1 Two
distinguish approaches of this program that contributed
to rapid progress are the involvement of private sector
and change in care seeking behavior of the people more
towards facility. According to BDHS 2014, Bangladesh
has achieved substantial success to increase in CPR to
62% and reduction of TFR to 2.2 per woman in last 10
years.2 Despite this progress, unmet need for family
planning is still 12% among currently married woman
and all method discontinuation rates is 30% within 12
month of starting.

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