Essential Nutrition Actions: mainstreaming nutrition throughout the life course
Primary health care is the foundation of universal health coverage; it is a whole-of-society approach to health and well-being, centred on the needs and preferences of individuals, families and communities. Nutrition … Read More »
Sexual and Gender based violence in Myanmar and the gendered impact of its ethnic conflicts
In its report to the Human Rights Council in September 2018[1] (hereinafter “the 2018 Report”), the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar (hereinafter “The Mission”) concluded that “rape and other sexual … Read More »
Menstrual Regulation and Post Abortion Care in Bangladesh
Under the Bangladesh Penal Code of 1860, abortion is permissible only to save the life of a woman. In all other circumstances, abortion—self-induced or otherwise—is a criminal offense punishable by imprisonment, … Read More »
Intimate Partner Violence and Unwanted Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Induced Abortion and Stillbirth among a National Sample of Bangladeshi Women
Intimate partner violence (IPV) against women is a pervasive global public health concern, with 15–71% of women experiencing such abuse worldwide.1 Among the numerous negative sexual and reproductive health outcomes associated with … Read More »
Cervical Cancer in Bangladesh: Community Perceptions of Cervical Cancer and Cervical Cancer Screening
We investigated the awareness of, and the attitude towards screening for, cervical cancer in Bangladesh. We performed a qualitative study using focus group discussions (FGD). The framework approach to qualitative analysis … Read More »
Time to Act! Accelerating Effort to End Child, Early and Forced Marriage in Asia
Child, early and forced marriage scourges the lives of millions of girls globally and across Asia, gravely affecting and undermining their integral wellbeing and health, while exposing them to severe violence … Read More »
Suchana: Securing Access to Government Social Protection
Ending the cycle of undernutrition in Bangladesh is a multisectoral nutrition program that aims to achieve a significant reduction in stunting among children under two years of age in Sylhet and … Read More »
SDG Progress: Fragility, Crisis, and Leaving No One Behind
We are now 1,000 days into the SDGs. Unless significant progress is made in reaching the poorest and most marginalised people, including those who live in fragile settings and are affected … Read More »
Addressing the Loopholes of Female Education: A Study on the SSC and HSC Level Students of Rural Bangladesh
Holistic development of a country requires diligent participation from every section of people regardless of race,class or gender. In this respect, female education is considered as a dynamic ladder for human … Read More »
UNFPA State of the World Population 2019
It was 1969. World population reached 3.6 billion,up about 1 billion from only 17 years earlier. Fertility rates worldwide then were about double what they are today. In the least developed … Read More »