Health and Demographic Surveillance System–Matlab, v. 55. Registration of health and demographic events 2020

Abstract

This report presents the vital registration and maternal and child health statistics assembled from the Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) site, Matlab, a rural area in Bangladesh, in 2020. The surveillance area is divided into two service areas – 1) Government service area and 2) icddr,b service area and The Matlab HDSS is maintained by icddr,b. Usual government health and family planning services are available in the Government service area. The icddr,b service area is sub-divided into four blocks, where family planning, immunization and limited curative services are provided to children under two years of age and women of reproductive age with the collaboration of the Government Health and Family Planning department in addition to usual Government services ...