Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) including cardiovascular diseases, cancer, chronic respiratory diseases, and diabetes are the primary and leading causes of death and disability globally. 1,2 One of the most critical targets of sustainable development goals is reducing the burden of NCDs. 3 NCDs accounted for 41 million deaths worldwide with around 34.85 million deaths in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). 4 However, this is projected to increase from 38 to 52 million deaths between 2012 and 2030. 5 The World Economic Forum and Harvard School of Public Health predicted the cumulative output loss of NCDs would cross almost

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ObjectivesBangladesh has made remarkable progress in improving the population’s health, but maternal health and healthcare facilities are still in a vulnerable situation. This study aims to investigate the prevalence and determinants of awareness and visitation of community clinics (CCs) in Bangladesh.DesignA population-based cross-sectional study.SettingThe data were collected from the most recent Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey conducted in 2017–2018.ParticipantsThis study’s participants are 18 893 women aged 15–49 years throughout all administrative regions.Primary and secondary outcome measuresThe outcomes are awareness and visitation of CCs, defined as if women are aware and visit of CCs.Materials and methodsDescriptive statistics, bivariate and multivariate binary logistics analysis were used to determine the prevalence and associated factors of awareness and visitation of CCs.ResultsThe prevalence of awareness and visitation to CCs were 60.26% and 15.92%, respectively. The result of the multivariate analysis revealed that higher education, division and higher number of children were significantly positively associated, whereas the richest wealth index was significantly negatively associated with both awareness and visitation to CCs. Furthermore, the urban residence was negatively and respondent involvement in currently working was positively significantly related to awareness of CCs. Moreover, male household heads and exposure to media were significantly positively related to visitation to CCs.ConclusionThe study result highlights that more than half of the women were aware of CCs however, the CCs’ visit rates were comparatively low. Priority-based public health programmes for women through community health workers are urgently needed to increase the awareness and visitation of CCs.

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