Mohammadpur Fertility Services & Training Centre (MFSTC) located at Aurangzeb Road, Mohammadpur, Dhaka, was established as a special project in 1974 with the funding assistance from the 'Pathfinder Fund'. The center was established with the purpose of delivering integrated health and family planning services under one roof. MFSTC provides all types of family planning services including temporary and permanent methods for prospective male and female. In 1999 MFSTC was transferred to the revenue budget. MFSTC plays an important role to achieve the target of the health & family planning activities of Bangladesh.
This centre started its comprehensive EOC services from October, 2004. ANC, PNC and normal delivery services are continuing since then. The complicated cases in which Caesarian Section (C/S) is necessary, MCHTI, Azimpur helps as a referral Hospital.

This centre being a service-cum-training centre has been providing basic and in-service training to health and family planning medical personnel who are disseminating the technique to their respective centres. In accordance with a declaration made by the honorable Prime Minister, a decision was taken to upgrade the hospital to 100 bedded Mother and Child Health Hospital.

Objectives

The objectives are as follows:
To develop specialised and technical manpower through basic and in-service training of all categories of health personnel, specially for MCHFP and essential obstetric service to reduce maternal and infant mortality.

To strengthen both the institutional and service delivery capacity of the MCHFP & HNPS programme through preventive and curative services and health education, for improvement of maternal, neonatal and child health.

To establish training unit at MFSTC & MCH Hospital, Mohammadpur and to provide training to paramedics such as Health Worker, FWVs, Senior FWVs. The training will also be provided to graduate and post-graduate doctors.

Available Services

a. Maternal Health - EOC services (ANC, PNC & normal delivery).

b. Male and female sterilization

c. Intra Uterine Device

d. Contraceptive injection

e. Implant (Norplant - subdermal implant)

f. Menstrual Regulation (MR)

g. Delivery of short term contraceptive methods (oral pill & condoms) and follow-up service

h. Technical advice and family planning motivation

i. Diagnosis and treatment of pelvic inflammatory and sexually transmitted diseases.

j. Mother's welfare and child health care

k. Immunization (EPI)

l. Male and female infertility services associated with or without contraceptive use.

m. Training of doctors on clinical contraception, RTI/STI case management, MR, PAC including Implant (Norplant), infection prevention and midwifery

n. Regular training of paramedics on clinical contraception, RTI/STI case management, counseling, CMT, including Implant (Norplant), MR and midwifery.

o. Refresher training of paramedics on clinical contraception and RTI/STI case management.