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Data Quality Assessment of Specific Reproductive Health Indicators in Selected Public Health Facilities in Bangladesh
We acknowledge the support of “Data Driven Policy Initiatives to Improve Women’s Health” program of Vital Strategies for funding this project. The authors are thankful to theManagement Information System(MIS) units of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) and the Directorate General of Family Planning (DGFP) under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoH&FW) for their continuous support at different stages of the study and for sharing their dataset to assess its quality. We are also thankful to all of the Health Facility Managers and the Reporting Focal Persons for their cooperation during field data collection. The authors are also indebted to Sharon Kim-Gibbons, Onikepe Owolabi, Kristy Friesen, Farhana Habib, Foyaz Ahmed, and Badsha Shekander from Vital Strategies for their support and cooperation during conducting the study, and providing with invaluable feedback throughout the development of the report. icddr,b is thankful to the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh and the Government of Canada for their on-going support as core donors of the organization. -
Humanitarian Response Program on Sexual and Reproductive Health for the Rohingyas in Bangladesh
The Ipas Bangladesh humanitarian response program evaluation was commissioned by the Maternal and Child Health Division (MCHD) of icddr,b (International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh), Dhaka, Bangladesh. The icddr,b team would like to thank Ipas Bangladesh country office colleagues for their continuous support and cooperation to conduct the evaluation within the limited timeframe. This work would not have been possible without active participation of the stakeholders (program head, service providers, facility managers, program managers) from Ipas Bangladesh, BAPSA, UNFPA, IOM, Hope Field Hospital for Women, BDRCS Field Hospital, IOM Primary Healthcare Centre, and Friendship Maternity Hospital. We are thankful to them for providing us with necessary information and important documents relevant to the program. We are also grateful to the FDMN women and girls for participating in the study and sharing their experiences with the study team. -
Expanding Access to Integrated Family Planning Intervention Packages for Married Adolescent Girls in Urban Slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh
We acknowledge support from the STEP UP (Strengthening Evidence for Programming on Unintended Pregnancy) Research Programme Consortium under which this research protocol was implemented. STEP UP was funded by UKaid from the Department for International Development (DFID), grant number SR1111D-6. icddr,b acknowledges with gratitude the commitment of UKaid to its research efforts. icddr,b is also grateful to the Governments of Bangladesh, Canada, Sweden and the UK for providing core/unrestricted support. -
Analysis of Health Needs and Health System Response in the Coastal Districts of Bangladesh
This research project was supported by South Asia Research Hub, Department for International Development, Government of UK. icddr,b acknowledges with gratitude the commitment of DFID to its research efforts. icddr,b is also grateful to the Governments of Bangladesh, Canada, Sweden and the UK for providing unrestricted support -
Introduction and Approval of Menstrual Regulation with Medication in Bangladesh: A Stakeholder Analysis
We acknowledge support from the STEP UP (Strengthening Evidence for Programming on Unintended Pregnancy) Research Programme Consortium under which this research protocol was implemented. STEP UP was funded by UKaid from the Department for International Development (DFID), grant number SR1111D-6. icddr,b acknowledges with gratitude the commitment of UKaid to its research efforts. -
Postpartum Family Planning in Bangladesh: A Situation Analysis and Way Forward
We thank the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for its support of this work. We would like to thank several individuals who made important contributions to this report. We would like to thank Dr. Shams El Arifeen from icddr,b, who provided support and guidance throughout the process of researching and writing this report. We must also thank Ms. Tasnova Wahed and Dr. Hassan Rushekh Mahmood of icddr,b, who provided important research assistance and helped to identify many of the documents and articles cited in this report. We thank Dr. Sian Curtis for her guidance provided to the Bangladesh MEASURE Evaluation team involved in this work. We would like to thank Dr. Md. Moinuddin Ahmed, Line Director – CCSDP, Dr. Nurun Nahar Begum Deputy Director – CCSDP, Mr. Pranab Kumar Neogi, Line Director FSD – FPP, Mr. Md. Mahbub-Ul-Alam, Program Manager (Quality Assurance) – FSD-FPP, who all provided their valuable time to meet with the researchers. In so doing, they provided important insights, ideas, and documents on the postpartum family planning program in Bangladesh. We would like to thank Dr. Abu-Jamil M. Faisal, EngenderHealth, and Dr. Mizanur Rahman, EngenderHealth who sat with the researchers, provided their insights and experiences of working on PPFP in Bangladesh, and identified important documents for the researchers’ further reading. Dr. Faisal also helped to review the early draft versions of this report, providing important insights into the history of the PPFP program and its current status. Finally, we are grateful to the USAID/Bangladesh team members who reviewed this report and provided important insights and documents. In particular, we would like to thank Dr. Kanta Jamil, Dr. Samina Chowdhury, Ms. Brenda Doe, and Mr. Azmal Hossain for the time they took to review the report, the additional documents that they were able to identify for this report, and their suggestions and guidance on the PPFP program in Bangladesh. -
A feasibility study on sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and family planning (FP) information pocketbook for use of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
We acknowledge with gratitude the commitment of Grand Challenges Canada (GCC) to its research efforts, since our project was funded by Grand Challenges Canada (GCC), grant number GR-01848. icddr,b is also grateful to the Governments of Bangladesh, Canada, Sweden and the UK for providing the core/unrestricted support. -
Prevalence of unintended pregnancy and needs for family planning among married adolescent girls living in urban slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh
We acknowledge support from the STEP UP (Strengthening Evidence for Programming on Unintended Pregnancy) Research Programme Consortium. STEP UP was funded by UKaid from the Department for International Development (DFID), grant number SR1111D-6. The authors are indebted to STEP UP partners, Population Council, Kenya, African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) Kenya, and Population Council, Ghana, who offered their invaluable advice during the data analysis workshop in Mombasa, Kenya during February 17-21, 2014. The authors are especially grateful to Dr. Harriet Birungi, Dr. Francis Onyango and Dr. Ian Askew of the Population Council, Kenya for their guidance throughout the development of this report. -
Understanding Unintended Pregnancy in Bangladesh: Country Profile Report
We acknowledge support from the STEP UP (Strengthening Evidence for Programming on Unintended Pregnancy) Research Programme Consortium. STEP UP was funded by UKaid from the Department for International Development (DFID), grant number SR1111D-6. icddr,b acknowledges with gratitude the commitment of UKaid to its research efforts. The authors would like to express their gratitude to all of the participants at the National Task Force meeting held on September 20, 2012 and stakeholders‘ consultation held from June 22-23, 2013 for their valuable input and recommendations, particularly senior government officials from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) and the Directorate General of Family Planning (DGFP). The authors would also like to thank Partners in Population and Development (PPD) for their role in engaging government officials in the full process of the study and their extensive and continued support in disseminating the report and uptake of the findings at the national level.
