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Initiatives Taken by Bangladesh |
Implementing Agencies |
| One of the
major program of the GoB in health sector is development of physical
infrastructures like thana (now upazila) health complexes (THC), district
hospitals, medical college hospitals and other specialized institutes and
hospitals throughout the country |
LGED
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| Primary health
care services has been recognized as a key approach to attain �Health for
All� by the year 2000 (HFA/2000 A.D.)
Bangladesh has accepted the goal and
reiterated firm political and social commitment to achieve is based on the
Primary Health Care Strategy declared in Alama-Ata in 1978
Health and Population Sector Program (HPSP)
is being implemented to ensure universal access to primary health care
services |
DGHS under MHFW |
| HPSP - One of the main objective of the HPSP is to strengthen
intersectoral population activities through other ministries and ensure
women�s participation, improvement of GO-NGO and private sector
relationship. |
DGHS under MHFW
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| A few initiatives
have been taken to modernize the public hospitals |
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| Social service
support i.e. Behavior change communication (BCC) is being provided under
Essential Service Package (ESP) Program |
Directorate General of Family Planning (DGFP)
|
| Ministry of
health and Family welfare will buildup its capacity strategic planning,
programming and budgeting toward sector wide management
Sector wide approach will be implemented through annual
operational programmes, budgets and reviews of performance and resources |
MOHFW
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| Health education
has been included in the curriculum of the school |
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| Development of
indigenous system of medicine is being encouraged under public and private
sectors, so that the system can play a complementary role to the modern
system of medicine |
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| Under ESP
necessary logistics for outreached activities especially in the rural area
will be prioritized |
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| A number of
environmental health research is being conducted |
NIPSOM |
| A number of
research has been conducted on traditional knowledge of preventive and
curative health practices |
Institute of
Indigenous practice of Medicine |
| The government
has accepted Primary Health Care (PHC) approaches to provide PHC services in
community level-through community health workers, |
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