Health and demographic surveillance system-Matlab : volume forty nine ; registration of health and demographic events 2014

Abstract

This report presents the vital registration and maternal and child health statistics gathered from Matlab, Bangladesh, in 2014. The data were collected by the Health and Demographic Surveillance System of icddr,b. The surveillance area is divided into an icddr,b service area and a Government service area which receives usual government health and family planning services. The icddr,b service area is sub-divided into four blocks, where family planning, immunization and limited curative services are provided to under-five children and women of reproductive age.