Bangladesh Health Sector Profile 2010

This health sector profile is a description of the health sector in Bangladesh, including its structure, resources, services, performance and dynamics. This document provides an overview of the sector, based on publicly available reports and data. The document intends to help the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW) and its partners to agree on the way forward and its respective roles in the process. It is neither an evaluation nor a programme review, rather it draws and extracts from these key documents to describe how the system works. Chapters one and two provide an overview on the health status of the people of Bangladesh and the determinants of health. Chapters three to eight summarise relevant aspects of the six health systems building blocks: the overall organisation of the health sector including governance and leadership; health services; human resources; information; financing; and medicines. Chapter nine summarises system reform aspects in the Health, Nutrition and Population Sector Programme (HNPSP) and work leading to the new draft national health policy. The annex provides a list of people consulted. The focus of the health sector profile is to describe how the sector works rather than how it should, or what has not happened in the past. The document offers no recommendations of its own in an attempt to leave open space for dialogue. To best serve this purpose, the profile describes all building blocks rather than only those areas where data and information are available. The expectation is that the profile will be updated periodically to fill existing gaps and reflect changes in the sector over time.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2010-01
Subjects:	ABORTION, ACCESS TO FAMILY PLANNING, ADOLESCENT GIRLS, ADULT LITERACY, AGE OF MARRIAGE, AGED, ANTENATAL CARE, APPROPRIATE INCENTIVES, BASIC EDUCATION, BASIC NEEDS, BEHAVIOUR CHANGE, BIRTH ATTENDANTS, BLINDNESS, BREAST-FEEDING, BULLETIN, CANCER, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, CHILD HEALTH, CHILD HEALTH CARE, CHILD MORTALITY, CITIZEN, CITIZENS, CLIMATE CHANGE, CLINICS, COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, COMMUNITY HEALTH, COMPREHENSIVE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, COMPREHENSIVE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE, CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE, CONTRACEPTIVES, COUNSELLING, DEATH REGISTER, DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS, DIABETES, DISABILITY, DISASTERS, DISSEMINATION, DROWNING, DRUG ABUSE, DRUGS, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC TRENDS, ELDERLY, EMERGENCY OBSTETRIC CARE, EPIDEMIC, EPIDEMIOLOGY, ESSENTIAL DRUGS, EXERCISES, FAMILIES, FAMILY PLANNING, FAMILY WELFARE, FEMALE CHILDREN, FERTILITY, FERTILITY RATE, FERTILITY RATES, FIRST CHILD, GENDER DIFFERENTIALS, GENDER DISPARITIES, GENDER EQUALITY, GENDER EQUITY, GENDER MAINSTREAMING, GENERIC DRUGS, GROSS NATIONAL INCOME, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS, HEALTH CARE REFORM, HEALTH CARE SERVICES, HEALTH EDUCATION, HEALTH FACILITIES, HEALTH INDICATORS, HEALTH INSURANCE, HEALTH MANAGEMENT, HEALTH OF WOMEN, HEALTH OUTCOMES, HEALTH POLICY, HEALTH RESEARCH, HEALTH SECTOR, HEALTH SECTOR REFORM, HEALTH SERVICES, HEALTH SYSTEM, HEALTH SYSTEMS, HEALTH WORKERS, HEALTHY LIFE, HIV, HOME AFFAIRS, HOMEOPATHY, HOSPITAL, HOSPITALS, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN POVERTY, HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, ILLNESS, ILLNESSES, INCOME INEQUALITY, INDOOR AIR POLLUTION, INEQUITIES, INFANT, INFANT HEALTH, INFANT MORTALITY, INFANT MORTALITY RATE, INFANT MORTALITY RATES, INFORMATION SYSTEM, INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INJURIES, INSTRUMENT OF DEVELOPMENT, INSURANCE SCHEMES, LABOUR FORCE, LAWS, LEADING CAUSES, LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH, LEADING CAUSES OF MORTALITY, LEGAL STATUS, LEPROSY, LIFE EXPECTANCY, LIVE BIRTHS, LOCAL COMMUNITIES, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT, LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES, MALARIA, MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, MARKETING, MARRIED WOMEN, MATERNAL HEALTH, MATERNAL MORTALITY, MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIO, MATERNAL NUTRITION, MEDICAL COLLEGE, MEDICAL EDUCATION, MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, MEDICAL RESEARCH, MEDICINES, MIGRANTS, MIGRATION, MINISTRY OF HEALTH, MORBIDITY, MORTALITY, MOTHER, MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE, NATIONAL CAPACITY, NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, NATIONAL DRUG, NATIONAL HEALTH POLICY, NATIONAL LEVEL, NATIONAL PLAN, NATIONAL POPULATION, NATIONAL POPULATION POLICY, NATIONAL PROJECT, NATIONAL STRATEGY, NATURAL DISASTERS, NEED FOR FAMILY PLANNING, NEONATAL MORTALITY, NUMBER OF CHILDREN, NURSE, NURSES, NURSING, NUTRITION, PATIENT, PATIENTS, PHARMACIES, PHARMACISTS, PHYSICIANS, POLICY DEVELOPMENT, POLICY FRAMEWORK, POLLUTION, POPULATION DENSITY, POPULATION RESEARCH, POPULATION SECTOR, POPULATION STRATEGY, POST-ABORTION, POST-ABORTION CARE, PRACTITIONERS, PRIMARY HEALTH CARE, PROGRESS, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN, PUBLIC SERVICE, PUBLIC SERVICES, PURCHASING POWER, PURCHASING POWER PARITY, QUALITY ASSURANCE, QUALITY CONTROL, QUALITY OF CARE, QUALITY OF EDUCATION, RAPID POPULATION GROWTH, REFERRAL SYSTEM, REPRODUCTIVE AGE, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE, RESOURCE ALLOCATION, RESOURCE NEEDS, RESPECT, RESPIRATORY DISEASES, RISK FACTORS, RURAL AREAS, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, SAFE MOTHERHOOD, SAFETY NETS, SELF-RELIANCE, SERVICE DELIVERY, SERVICE PROVIDERS, SERVICE PROVISION, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS, SIZEABLE POPULATION, SKILLED ATTENDANCE, SUICIDE, TECHNICAL CAPACITY, TECHNICAL RESOURCES, TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANTS, TRADITIONAL HEALERS, TRANSPORTATION, TUBERCULOSIS, UNIONS, URBAN AREAS, URBAN POPULATION, URBAN POPULATION GROWTH, URBAN POPULATION GROWTH RATES, URBAN SLUMS, VACCINATION, VIOLENCE, WAR, WASTE, WORKERS, WORKFORCE, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/01/16270661/bangladesh-health-sector-profile-2010 https://hdl.handle.net/10986/12452
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