Data Quality Assessment of Specific Reproductive Health Indicators in Selected Public Health Facilities in Bangladesh

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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.