City Desk :
Despite bearing the challenge of accelerating the mechanism to reduce child deaths, Bangladesh can boast of lessening the death rate of children. The child death rate has been reduced 63 percent in the last 20 years in the country, showing a sign of gradual improvement in the health sector as well as the social arena.
The rate of child death has been reduced in almost all countries around the globe. Bangladesh is one of the South Asian countries where the death rate of child has been reduced significantly, indicative of overcoming a number of challenges by the government in reducing child mortality.
UNICEF has already recognized the success of Bangladesh in reduction of death rate of children between the age of zero and five years. The success underlines the fact that universal coverage of scientifically-proven cost-effective interventions is one of the health programmes being implemented by the government. There is no denying the fact that a deterioration in caring capacities among caregivers exists if poverty levels and food insecurity increase.
According to a report, Bangladesh has exceeded the key indicator of the death rate of children compared to India and Pakistan. The Bangladesh government is working to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by reducing the death rate of child by 2030, it said.
As per the report of the Save the Children titled ‘Annual Global Childhood Report 2019’, the death rate of the children has been reduced in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal among the South Asian countries. Among the four countries, the death rate has been reduced 63 percent in Bangladesh while the rate is 60 percent in Bhutan, 59 percent in Nepal and 57 percent in India.
The low coverage and poor performance of the health system contribute to a high mortality rate of otherwise preventable deaths, including neonatal conditions, pneumonia, and diarrhoea.
Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Malek said the
government has increased all facilities and is providing health care services to reduce the death rate of mother and children.
Despite bearing the challenge of accelerating the mechanism to reduce child deaths, Bangladesh can boast of lessening the death rate of children. The child death rate has been reduced 63 percent in the last 20 years in the country, showing a sign of gradual improvement in the health sector as well as the social arena.
The rate of child death has been reduced in almost all countries around the globe. Bangladesh is one of the South Asian countries where the death rate of child has been reduced significantly, indicative of overcoming a number of challenges by the government in reducing child mortality.
UNICEF has already recognized the success of Bangladesh in reduction of death rate of children between the age of zero and five years. The success underlines the fact that universal coverage of scientifically-proven cost-effective interventions is one of the health programmes being implemented by the government. There is no denying the fact that a deterioration in caring capacities among caregivers exists if poverty levels and food insecurity increase.
According to a report, Bangladesh has exceeded the key indicator of the death rate of children compared to India and Pakistan. The Bangladesh government is working to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by reducing the death rate of child by 2030, it said.
As per the report of the Save the Children titled ‘Annual Global Childhood Report 2019’, the death rate of the children has been reduced in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal among the South Asian countries. Among the four countries, the death rate has been reduced 63 percent in Bangladesh while the rate is 60 percent in Bhutan, 59 percent in Nepal and 57 percent in India.
The low coverage and poor performance of the health system contribute to a high mortality rate of otherwise preventable deaths, including neonatal conditions, pneumonia, and diarrhoea.
Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Malek said the
government has increased all facilities and is providing health care services to reduce the death rate of mother and children.
