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Bangladesh Family Planning Program has made remarkable progress
over the last thirty years due to continuous political commitment,
innovative program approach, government and non-government collaboration,
strong IEC program, method-mix cafeteria approach and commitment of the
field-level functionaries. Bangladesh played an extremely important role
in the formulation of International Conference on Population and
Development ’94 (ICPD’94) Program of Action. Over the last ten years
following the ICPD, Bangladesh has achieved commendable success in
improving the reproductive health status of the people. Reproductive
health including family planning services is accessible to the population.
However, despite progress Bangladesh is facing challenges like, high
maternal and child mortality and morbidity, inadequate adolescent health
care, threat of HIV/AIDS, migration towards cities, aging, drug abuse,
inadequate nutrition intake, poverty, less accessibility of health
facilities, low quality health care, violence against women and unplanned
urbanization. On the other hand, the government of Bangladesh has already
taken necessary steps to overcome the problem and trying hard to translate
its dream into a reality. Government in cooperation with civil society is
working hard to ensure a rapid decline in population growth and open the
greater freedom of choice.
The government is determined to maintain the
momentum of efforts to lower fertility, to reduce maternal and child
mortality and morbidity, burden of communicable diseases and to improve
quality of life.
I hope Bangladesh Family Planning Program would be able to achieve the target of our Health, Nutrition & Population Sector Program (HNPSP). I expect that this spirit of promptness and initiative will continue.
Director General
Directorate General of Family Planning
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