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Bangladesh

©UNICEF/Paul. A nurse provides essential newborn care right after delivery in the operating room at Thakurgaon District Hospital, Bangladesh, in  September 2014.

Every Woman Every Newborn in Bangladesh

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National mortality targets

Maternal
mortality ratio

70 per 100,000 live births
by 2030

Stillbirth
rate

12 PER 1,000 total births
by 2030

Neonatal mortality rate

12 per 1,000 live births
by 2030

Progress to meet the national maternal, newborn mortality and stillbirth reduction targets

©UNICEF/WHO.Attribution needed

Progress to meet Every Woman Every Newborn Everywhere coverage targets

MNH Acceleration Plan highlights

In 2024, the priorities in Bangladesh’s MNH Acceleration Plan include:  

  • Establish inpatient care for small and sick newborns in primary and secondary level facilities, and upgrade the existing special care newborn units care with machines providing respiratory support (continuous positive airway pressure – CPAP).
  • Engage communities in the provision and utilization of essential maternal and newborn care irrespective of economic, gender, ethnicity, disability and other disparities. Conduct special communication campaign in hard-to-reach areas to reach the population.
  • Develop social protection and financing schemes to ensure universal coverage of priority maternal and new born health care services.

©UNICEF/Quarmyne. Pregnant women attending an antenatal clinic at a Reproductive and Child Health facility in Savelugu, in the Northern Region of Ghana, in 26 May 2015.  

Quality of care in Bangladesh

Bangladesh  is one of the 11 countries that set-up the Network for Improving Quality of Care for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (Quality of Care Network). Bangladesh’s successes in improving quality of care for maternal, newborn and child health are essential to help reduce maternal and newborn mortality and stillbirths. These include:

  • Bangladesh National Health Care Quality Strategy has been approved by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in July 2022.
  • The World Health Organization’s (WHO) standards for improving quality of maternal and newborn care in health facilities were adapted and adopted.
  • Quality of Care has been incorporated into the national joint ENAP/EPMM action plan (now Every Woman Every Newborn Everywhere).
  • The WHO Labour Care Guide was introduced. It is a tool that aims to support good-quality, evidence-based, respectful care during labour and childbirth, irrespective of the setting or level of health care.

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Resources

Compendium on respectful maternal and newborn care

August 7, 2025

The compendium supports efforts to end mistreatment and achieve respectful maternal and newborn care. It is published by WHO together with UNFPA, UNICEF and the United Nations’ Special Programme on Human Reproduction (HRP), with support from Jhpiego and the MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership programme. 

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