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^__ Policy Document^__

�	Government Policy
�	Five Year Plan
�	Agenda21-Bangladesh
�	The Jakarta Declaration on Leading Health Promotion into the 21st Century
^__ Present Situation^__
�	General Database on Health Situation in Bangladesh
�	World Bank's View
�	RIO+5 Assessment
^__ Achievements ^__
�	Progress in Health Sector
�	Statistics
^__ Projects/ Research^__
�	Govt. Organization
�	World Bank
�	WHO
�	UNDP
�	Others
^__ Immerging Issues^__
�	AIDS & Bangladesh
�	Arsenic Calamity
�	Dengue Fever
^__ Health Yellowpage^__
�	Major Hospitals & Clinics
�	List of Doctors
�	24 Hours Pharmacy
�	Ambulance Service
�	Disease FAQ

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PROJECTS / RESEARCH (Other)

(i) Health and Population Sector Programme, HPSP (1998-2003)

HPSP is the large internationally financed (World Bank, UNDP, UNICEF, UNFPA, WHO and UNAIDS) program, which is aimed to reduce infant and maternal mortality and morbidity, improvements in nutritional status and reductions in fertility so that replacement-level fertility will be reached by the year 2005. The purpose of the programme is to "achieve client-centred provision and client utilization of an Essential 'Service Package, plus selected services". The Essential Service Package (ESP) includes prioritized reproductive and child health services, communicable disease control and limited curative care. In addition, a new component Behavioural Change Communication (BCC) has been initiated to empower people to demand services and expect quality of life and health care. To achieve the overall goal of the programme over the next five to seven years, the government will pursue at least five strategies: 1) design and implement the ESP; 2) reorganize public sector service provision; 3) improve financial sustainability; 4) build a greater role for the private sector and NGOs; and 5) review, revise and update the National Drug Policy, particularly for the purpose of increasing the availability and affordability of essential drugs and promoting the rational use of drugs. The program will address the issues of gender in human resource development activities of the MOHFW, enhancing opportunities for women at the policy and planning level, improve working conditions and guarantee career structures for women.

(ii) National Integrated Population and Health Programme, NIPHP (1997-2004)

NIPHP is funded by USAID and implementing by MOHFW, along with two service delivery partners, RSDP (Rural Service Delivery Partnership) and the USDP (Urban Service Delivery Partnership), and five other supporting entities. The primary purpose of the NPHP is to enhance the quality of life of poor and underprivileged members of the society by helping to reduce fertility and improve family health. The partners currently operate through 45 NGOs within Bangladesh's national population and health programme and cover approximately 25 million people. The programme emphasizes the delivery of a high quality high impact ESP (lesser version) 'in a clinic-based one-stop setting, targeted to the whole family. The services are provided through both static clinics and satellite clinics. These clinics are supposed to be readily accessible to the poorer and socially disadvantaged segments of the population, particularly in the under-served and poor-performing areas of the country. The NIPHP has a stronger focus on child survival activities and on maternal and reproductive health activities. The RSDP supports 20 NGOs working in 171 of the 460 thanas of rural Bangladesh. There are 159 Static Clinics and 595 Satellite Clinics functioning in these locations. The USDP supports 25 NGOs in the four City Corporations of Bangladesh and in 67 other smaller municipalities. There are now a total of 117 Static Clinics and 244 Satellite Clinics functioning in these locations.