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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817202003321

Autore

White Howard <1960->

Titolo

Maintaining momentum to 2015? : an impact evaluation of interventions to improve maternal and child health and nutrition in Bangladesh / / [prepared by Howard White]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , 2005

ISBN

1-280-24514-X

9786610245147

0-8213-6377-8

Descrizione fisica

xxiv, 224 pages : illustrations ; ; 28 cm

Collana

World Bank operations evaluation

Disciplina

362.198/92/00095492

Soggetti

Children - Health and hygiene - Bangladesh

Mothers - Health and hygiene - Bangladesh

Child health services - Bangladesh

Maternal health services - Bangladesh

Nutrition policy - Bangladesh - Evaluation

Medical policy - Bangladesh - Evaluation

Fertility, Human - Bangladesh

Health status indicators - Bangladesh

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Executive Summary; Résumé analytique; Resumen; Acronyms and Abbreviations; 1. Maternal and Child Health in Bangladesh: A Record of Success; Boxes; Figures; 2. Health, Family Planning, and Nutrition Services in Bangladesh: An Overview; Tables; 3. Trends in Under-Five Mortality, Nutrition, and Fertility; 4. Impact of Specific Interventions on Child Health and Fertility; 5. A Closer Look at Nutrition:The Bangladesh Integrated Nutrition Project; 6. Lessons Learned; Annexes; Endnotes; References

Sommario/riassunto

This report addresses the issue of what publicly-supported programs and external assistance from the Bank and other agencies can do to accelerate attainment of targets such as reducing infant mortality by two-thirds. The evidence presented here relates to Bangladesh, a



country which has made spectacular progress but needs to maintain momentum in order to achieve its own poverty reduction goals. The report addresses the following issues:(1) What has happened to child health and nutrition outcomes and fertility in Bangladesh since 1990? Are the poor sharing in the progress which is being made? (