Bangladesh's success in health remarkable
Bangladesh has made significant strides in healthcare improvement despite low spending and widespread poverty, two Bangladeshi experts stated in a lecture presented at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Wednesday.
Improvements in the survival of infants and under-5 children, life expectancy, immunisation coverage, and tuberculosis control are part of a remarkable success story for health in Bangladesh, they said.
The lecture was part of a series "The Bangladesh paradox: A great mystery in global health" that looks at one of the "great mysteries of global health", investigating a story not only of "unusual success" but also the challenges that lie ahead as Bangladesh moves towards universal health coverage.
Dr Mushtaque Chowdhury, vice chair and interim executive director of Brac, and Dr Abbas Bhuiya, deputy executive director of International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR, B), presented the lecture.
The experts attributed the exceptional performance to a pluralistic health system that has many stakeholders pursuing women-centred, gender-equity-oriented, highly focused health programmes.
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