Bangladesh - The DHS Program

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Bangladesh

Demographic and Health Survey

POLICY BRIEFS

2014

The 2014 Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (2014 BDHS) was conducted under the authority of the National Institute of Population Research and Training (NIPORT) of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW). Designed to provide national and divisional data on fertility, family planning, child mortality, child health, maternal health, nutrition of children and women, HIV, and women’s empowerment, the 2014 BDHS collected information from more than 17,000 households and more than 17,800 ever-married women. The survey results provide information to evaluate existing health and social programs and to design new strategies for improving the health status of the country’s women and children. The four policy briefs in this publication are based largely on the results of the Bangladesh DHS as well as on other international, regional, national and divisional sources of data. Each brief provides critical policy and program recommendations to the Government of Bangladesh (GOB), program managers, NGOs, and international donors with the goal of improving the health status for all citizens of Bangladesh. Additional information about the 2014 BDHS may be obtained from the National Institute of Population Research and Training (NIPORT), 13/1 Sheikh Shaheb Bazar Road, Azimpur, Dhaka - 1205, Bangladesh. Telephone: 88-02-5861-1206; Internet: http://www.niport.gov.bd Information about The DHS Program may be obtained from The DHS Program, ICF International, 530 Gaither Road, Rockville, MD 20850 U.S.A. Telephone: 1-301-407-6500; Fax: 1-301-407-6501; email: [email protected]; Internet: http://www.DHSprogram.com. These policy briefs are based on 2014 BDHS and this survey was carried out with support provided by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through The DHS Program (#AIDOAA-C-13-00095). The views expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government. Recommended Citation National Institute of Population Research and Training (NIPORT) and ICF International, 2016. Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2014: Policy Briefs. Dhaka, Bangladesh and Rockville, Maryland, USA: NIPORT and ICF International.

2014 BDHS Policy Briefs

Fertility and Family Planning

Fertility and Family Planning: Differential Approach is Needed National commitments on fertility and family planning • A current Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) is to ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health care services, including family planning (FP), by 2030.1 Bangladesh, as a signatory to the global partnership on Family Planning 2020 (FP 2020), pledged to increase the quality of FP services and reduce the total fertility rate (TFR) to 1.7 children per woman by 2021. This has to be done by equitably increasing the coverage of effective contraceptives and reducing unmet need.2 In line with its global commitments, Bangladesh targets a reduction in the TFR to 1.7 and an increase in the contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR) to 75% by 2021 under the fourth health sector program.3

Figure 1. Geographical distribution of unwanted fertility, 2014

Red - High unwanted fer�lity (1 child or more) Gold - Moderate level of unwanted fer�lity (>0.5 to