Strengthening Implementation of Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response (MPDSR): Moving from Data to Action
October 15, 2025
Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response (MPDSR) supplement in the BMC.
Country action
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
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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.
News and events
New guidelines to address postpartum haemorrhage
October 9, 2025
New recommendations on postpartum haemorrhage
Webinar Series: Strengthening product ecosystems for maternal & newborn health
October 8, 2025
A four-part series on increasing access to quality, life-saving maternal and newborn health products.
Resources
Strengthening Implementation of Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response (MPDSR): Moving from Data to Action
October 16, 2025
A new BMC supplement on Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response (MPDSR) looks at what implementation looks like in practice, highlighting research and programmatic
Consolidated guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of postpartum haemorrhage
October 9, 2025
Published by the World Health Organization, the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) and the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM), the guidelines highlight the
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.