Family Planning
Birth Control Items: Govt stock nearing exhaustion
The government’s family planning efforts are likely to be seriously hindered as supplies of contraceptives at the field-level offices are running dangerously low.
Is family planning solely women’s responsibility?
Karima Begum found herself in a challenging situation when her husband returned home.
Higher fertility rate in urban areas concerning
Take urgent measures to prevent child marriage, school dropouts
Family Planning: Too important, yet ignored
Shortage of family planning services may aggravate the health problems of Rohingya refugees, especially mothers and children suffering from malnutrition, say government officials and experts. Contraceptives are unpopular among Rohingyas largely for lack of education and awareness about family planning. Every Rohingya couple has six to seven children on average, say NGO officials at the refugee camps in Cox's Bazar.
Editorial / Family planning stuck
There was a time when Bangladesh's national family planning policies were a role model for other countries to emulate. That was then; today the situation is slightly different.
Family Planning in Bangladesh / Progress stagnant for last 4 years
Bangladesh needs to focus on promoting long-term and permanent contraceptive methods to control further growth of population, experts say at an international conference in Bali.
Improving newborn survival
The implementation of Comprehensive Newborn Care Package (CNCP) in Kushtia district has been recently launched in Dhaka by the Directorates of Health Services (DGHS) and Directorates of Family Planning (DGFP) with technical support from Saving Newborn Lives Programme of Save the Children in Bangladesh.
Birth Control Items: Govt stock nearing exhaustion
The government’s family planning efforts are likely to be seriously hindered as supplies of contraceptives at the field-level offices are running dangerously low.
Is family planning solely women’s responsibility?
Karima Begum found herself in a challenging situation when her husband returned home.
Higher fertility rate in urban areas concerning
Take urgent measures to prevent child marriage, school dropouts
Family Planning: Too important, yet ignored
Shortage of family planning services may aggravate the health problems of Rohingya refugees, especially mothers and children suffering from malnutrition, say government officials and experts. Contraceptives are unpopular among Rohingyas largely for lack of education and awareness about family planning. Every Rohingya couple has six to seven children on average, say NGO officials at the refugee camps in Cox's Bazar.
Family planning stuck
There was a time when Bangladesh's national family planning policies were a role model for other countries to emulate. That was then; today the situation is slightly different.
Progress stagnant for last 4 years
Bangladesh needs to focus on promoting long-term and permanent contraceptive methods to control further growth of population, experts say at an international conference in Bali.
Improving newborn survival
The implementation of Comprehensive Newborn Care Package (CNCP) in Kushtia district has been recently launched in Dhaka by the Directorates of Health Services (DGHS) and Directorates of Family Planning (DGFP) with technical support from Saving Newborn Lives Programme of Save the Children in Bangladesh.