City Desk :
Health experts at a meeting said the country needs to create skilled midwives to ensure quality delivery to reduce infant and maternal mortality rate in the country.
Although 42 percent of deliveries are attended by skilled birth attendants and 38 percent deliveries occurring at facilities, quality of care is often reported as compromised, they told the meeting on “National Sensitization Meeting on Midwifery Led Care Services in Bangladesh” in the city, a press release said.
The national sensitization meeting was held recently under the project of “Strengthening the National Midwifery Programme(SNMP)with technical support from Save the Children, funded by UNFPA.
The health experts said Bangladesh has made impressive progress in reducing infant mortality and improving maternal health in the last two decades.
At the meeting, Dr. Shamim Jahan, Health Nutrition HIV/AIDS Director, Save the Children Bangladesh reflected the role of Save the Children in strengthening the Midwifery Led reproductive health services to assist the government to achieve 98% facility delivery and provide quality care at government health facilities by 2030.
Additional Secretary for Nursing and Midwife of the Health and Family Welfare Suvash Chandra Sarker reiterated the government’s commitment to the improvement of the health and welfare of mothers and children.
Dr. ABM Muzharul Islam, Director IPHN & Line Director NNS-DGHS, Dr. Md. Sharif, Director MCH & Line Director MCRAH-DGFP, Dr. Md. Jahangir Alam Sarker, Line Director MNC&AH-DGHS, officials, physicians and representatives of different non-government organizations, among others, at the meeting.
Tandra Sikder, Director General, Nursing and Midwifery, who chaired the meeting, said that midwives are the key players given their high capacity to reduce the current maternal and newborn mortality rate in the country by working in an enabling environment and providing quality care.
Health experts at a meeting said the country needs to create skilled midwives to ensure quality delivery to reduce infant and maternal mortality rate in the country.
Although 42 percent of deliveries are attended by skilled birth attendants and 38 percent deliveries occurring at facilities, quality of care is often reported as compromised, they told the meeting on “National Sensitization Meeting on Midwifery Led Care Services in Bangladesh” in the city, a press release said.
The national sensitization meeting was held recently under the project of “Strengthening the National Midwifery Programme(SNMP)with technical support from Save the Children, funded by UNFPA.
The health experts said Bangladesh has made impressive progress in reducing infant mortality and improving maternal health in the last two decades.
At the meeting, Dr. Shamim Jahan, Health Nutrition HIV/AIDS Director, Save the Children Bangladesh reflected the role of Save the Children in strengthening the Midwifery Led reproductive health services to assist the government to achieve 98% facility delivery and provide quality care at government health facilities by 2030.
Additional Secretary for Nursing and Midwife of the Health and Family Welfare Suvash Chandra Sarker reiterated the government’s commitment to the improvement of the health and welfare of mothers and children.
Dr. ABM Muzharul Islam, Director IPHN & Line Director NNS-DGHS, Dr. Md. Sharif, Director MCH & Line Director MCRAH-DGFP, Dr. Md. Jahangir Alam Sarker, Line Director MNC&AH-DGHS, officials, physicians and representatives of different non-government organizations, among others, at the meeting.
Tandra Sikder, Director General, Nursing and Midwifery, who chaired the meeting, said that midwives are the key players given their high capacity to reduce the current maternal and newborn mortality rate in the country by working in an enabling environment and providing quality care.
