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1. Challenges of meeting MDG4 and MDG 5 in Bangladesh Prof. Kishwar Azad
Project Director
DAB-Perinatal Care Project
4. Trends in Newborn Infant and Under-5 Mortality Rates by Year, Bangladesh 1993 - 2007 Data from community-based registers
Data from community-based registers
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Challenges of meeting MDG4 and MDG5 in Bangladesh Causes of Under-5 mortality
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Challenges of meeting MDG4 and MDG5 in Bangladesh Interventions to achieve MDG-4
7. Causes of Neonatal Deaths
9. Interventions to achieve MDG-5
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Challenges of meeting MDG4 and MDG5 in Bangladesh Existing neonatal and child health programmes Essential newborn care
Special care for LBW babies
Exclusive and breastfeeding
Management of birth asphyxia and neonatal sepsis in the facility and community
Immunization
IMNCI/Community-IMNCI
Routine Vitamin-A supplementation
Infant and young child feeding (National Nutrition Programme)
National Neonatal Health Strategy (under development)
13. Opportunities to overcome challenges-1
STRENGTHEN and EXPAND EXISTING PROGRAMMES
Political commitment is critical
- Strong government commitment present
Governments, donors, partners, professionals and civil society need to work in concert
Strategic focus for mother and child
Care during delivery is the priority
All women should ideally be able to deliver in health centres, with skilled birth attendants/midwives working in teams
Target the women in greatest need: e.g., poor rural women
Breastfeeding, EPI, NNP, IMNCI at facility and community
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Greater financial resources
Protect poorest from catastrophic payments, ensure equitable coverage
by demand side financing eg voucher scheme
More investment
Continued
Investment in family planning and safe menstrual regulation
Strengthening of emergency obstetric care in hospitals
Additional policies, such as those that bring about expansion of female education, reduction of maternal malnutrition, better financial access for the poor, and poverty reduction, are essential