Bangladesh

Date established	1988
Contact details	Marie Stopes Clinic Society House 6/2 Block F Lalmatia Housing Estate Dhaka 1207 Bangladesh Telephone: + 88 028 11 4392 / 4394 Email: yasmin@mariestopesbd.org Website: www.mariestopes-bd.org
Services offered	Family planning; health screening; HIV/STIs; maternal health; post abortion care; primary health care; young people; advocacy
Number of clinics	122
Outreach / mobile services	Yes
Major partners	Government of Bangladesh City Corporation; numerous garment factory owners
Major donors	UK Department for International Development (DFID); European Community; Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA); Direct Relief International; Family Health International; Plan

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Highlights

largest programme in the Marie Stopes International global partnership – 122 clinics, multiple outreach sites and mobile services covering over a third of the country (23 districts)
10 clinics have recently received ISO 9001:2000 certification and 3 won the Bangladesh 2006 World Population Day Award for their outstanding performance
new premium clinic opened – this provides a full range of reproductive healthcare including maternity/obstetric services – this clinic will help subsidise services in slums and other low income areas
recently completed the successful Dhara Advocacy Project funded by DFID Civil Society Challenge Fund. This project has helped to empower the poor and vulnerable to use their rights as health consumers

Future plans

expand the clinic, outreach and mobile network into12 new districts bringing the number of districts worked in to 35 out of the 64 districts in Bangladesh; a 55% coverage of the country

Research

Key statistics for Bangladesh
Source: UNFPA State of world population 2007
Total population (millions) (2007)	147.1
Average population growth rate (%) (2005 - 2010)	1.8
Projected population (millions) (2050)	242.9
Life expectancy (M / F)	63.7 / 65.6
Total fertility rate (2007)	2.98
% contraceptive prevalence: any method	58
% contraceptive prevalence: modern methods	47
Births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	108
% births with skills attendants	13
Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births)	380
Infant mortality total per 1,000 live births	50
Under 5 mortality (M / F)	65 / 64
HIV prevalence rate (%) (15-49) M / F	<0.1 / <0.1
Health expenditure public (% of GNP)	1.1

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