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http://en.prothom-alo.com/bangladesh/news/152299/Bangladesh-brings-down-open-defacation-to-1pc
Bangladesh brings down open defecation to 1pc
Prothom Alo English | Update: 17:24, Jun 28, 2017
Bangladesh has made remarkable progress in water, sanitation and hygiene since 2003, says a UNICEF study.
The country is found to have brought the rates of open defecation down from 42 per cent in 2003 to just 1 per cent in 2015.
Between 1990 and 2015, Bangladesh reduced the under-five mortality by almost 74 per cent, from 144 deaths per 1,000 live births in 1990 to 38 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2015, the UNICEF said.
"The government and its partners have set up community clinics at the village level to provide routine services free of charge," noted the report "Narrowing the Gaps: The power of investing in the poorest children".
It mentioned that since the early 2000s, Bangladesh has developed new policies designed specifically to improve the accessibility and affordability of high-impact, community-based health interventions to treat the major causes of child mortality: birth complications, pneumonia and diarrhoea.
The UNICEF study lists Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Malawi as some of the countries with high rates of under-five mortality where focus on the most deprived has made a difference for children.
The report warned that unless the world makes faster progress on reducing child mortality, by 2030 almost 70 million children will die before reaching their fifth birthday.
UNICEF observed that the higher cost of reaching the poorest children with life-saving, high-impact health interventions would be outweighed by greater results.
“The evidence is compelling: Investing in the poorest children is not only right in principle, it is also right in practice - saving more lives for every dollar spent,” said UNICEF executive director Anthony Lake.
“This is critical news for governments working to end all preventable child deaths at a time when every dollar counts. Investing equitably in children’s health also saves futures and helps break intergenerational cycles of poverty. A healthy child has a better chance of learning more in school and earning more as an adult.”
Drawing on new data from the 51 countries where around 80 per cent of all new-born and under-five deaths occur, the study shows that improvements in coverage of life-saving interventions among poor groups helped decrease child mortality in these countries nearly three times faster than among non-poor groups.
Bangladesh brings down open defecation to 1pc
Prothom Alo English | Update: 17:24, Jun 28, 2017
Bangladesh has made remarkable progress in water, sanitation and hygiene since 2003, says a UNICEF study.
The country is found to have brought the rates of open defecation down from 42 per cent in 2003 to just 1 per cent in 2015.
Between 1990 and 2015, Bangladesh reduced the under-five mortality by almost 74 per cent, from 144 deaths per 1,000 live births in 1990 to 38 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2015, the UNICEF said.
"The government and its partners have set up community clinics at the village level to provide routine services free of charge," noted the report "Narrowing the Gaps: The power of investing in the poorest children".
It mentioned that since the early 2000s, Bangladesh has developed new policies designed specifically to improve the accessibility and affordability of high-impact, community-based health interventions to treat the major causes of child mortality: birth complications, pneumonia and diarrhoea.
The UNICEF study lists Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Malawi as some of the countries with high rates of under-five mortality where focus on the most deprived has made a difference for children.
The report warned that unless the world makes faster progress on reducing child mortality, by 2030 almost 70 million children will die before reaching their fifth birthday.
UNICEF observed that the higher cost of reaching the poorest children with life-saving, high-impact health interventions would be outweighed by greater results.
“The evidence is compelling: Investing in the poorest children is not only right in principle, it is also right in practice - saving more lives for every dollar spent,” said UNICEF executive director Anthony Lake.
“This is critical news for governments working to end all preventable child deaths at a time when every dollar counts. Investing equitably in children’s health also saves futures and helps break intergenerational cycles of poverty. A healthy child has a better chance of learning more in school and earning more as an adult.”
Drawing on new data from the 51 countries where around 80 per cent of all new-born and under-five deaths occur, the study shows that improvements in coverage of life-saving interventions among poor groups helped decrease child mortality in these countries nearly three times faster than among non-poor groups.
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