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  • Title: Bangladesh indicators improving.
    Journal: Popul Headl; 1996; (251):2. PubMed ID: 12291137.
    Abstract:
    In April 1996, at the 52nd Session of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), the delegate from Bangladesh reported improvements in various demographic indicators for Bangladesh. Infant mortality and maternal mortality have fallen to 84/1000 and 4.5/1000, respectively, while life expectancy at birth has risen to 58 years. The Expanded Programme of Immunization and expanded use of oral rehydration therapy have played key roles in improving child survival. The contraceptive prevalence rate is at about 45%. The total fertility rate has decreased from 4.3 to 3.4. The Government of Bangladesh has an action plan to improve the status of women by developing or redirecting political, economic, and social processes and institutions to enable women to participate in decision making at the family, community, national, and international levels. The number of elderly is rising and is rather large in absolute terms; so the Ministry of Social Welfare is addressing problems the elderly encounter. The government's social development policies are geared to minimizing poverty, improving living standards, and developing human resources.
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