2011
DOI: 10.2471/blt.11.087429
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Trends in sociodemographic and health-related indicators in Bangladesh, 1993–2007: will inequities persist?

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“…Moreover, Bangladesh has authorized most international agreements and declarations like Alma-Ata Declaration, Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), etc. 1 Great achievements have also been made across many health indicators; all health indicators show steady gains and the health status of the population has improved. Infant mortality has decreased from 97.5 per 1000 live births in 1991 to 33 per 1000 live births in 2012 and mortality in children under 5 years of age has declined sharply from 151 per 1000 in 1991 to 41 per 1000 in 2012.…”
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confidence: 99%
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“…Moreover, Bangladesh has authorized most international agreements and declarations like Alma-Ata Declaration, Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), etc. 1 Great achievements have also been made across many health indicators; all health indicators show steady gains and the health status of the population has improved. Infant mortality has decreased from 97.5 per 1000 live births in 1991 to 33 per 1000 live births in 2012 and mortality in children under 5 years of age has declined sharply from 151 per 1000 in 1991 to 41 per 1000 in 2012.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…4 In fact, Bangladesh has already achieved MDG 3 5 and is well on its way to achieving MDGs 1, 2, and 4 by 2015. 1 Despite such progress, however, there are still social health inequalities that continue to persist in Bangladesh. Poverty is higher in rural areas than in urban areas and the healthcare system caters to the rich, urban elite.…”
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“…Every year between 8 and 11 million children die worldwide before reaching their fifth birthday [3]. The underlying cause for 60% of the deaths of children under the age five in Bangladesh is malnutrition [3,4].The primary objective of the current study is to identify socioeconomic and demographic risk factors/ predictors of the number of children's death for women aged 12-49 from the Bangladesh Health and Demographic Survey (BDHS) administered in 2011. It is useful for the policymakers to have a set of risk factors of the number of children's death in order to develop guidelines and address these risk factors with proper intervention.…”
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“…It is useful for the policymakers to have a set of risk factors of the number of children's death in order to develop guidelines and address these risk factors with proper intervention. Framing proper guidelines and policies to reduce child mortality will insure the sustainability of achieving the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) [4] relating child mortality.…”
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confidence: 99%