The document summarizes Bangladesh's national health policy. It outlines the key parts of the health policy including the introduction, background context, objectives, principles and strategies. The policy aims to improve health indicators like reducing maternal and child mortality, and achieving nutrition and Millennium Development goals. It acknowledges achievements in reducing health issues but also current issues like low doctor to population ratios. The strategies adopted to achieve the goals include strengthening primary healthcare, developing human resources, integrating community participation, and encouraging roles of NGOs and private sectors.

1. Health policy of
Bangladesh
Presented By
Dr. Md. Jahid Hasan
jahidjpg61@gmail.com

2. Parts of Health Policy
 প্রস্তাবনা
 প্রপ্রক্ষাপট
 রুপকল্প
 সুনননদিষ্ট উদ্দেশ্য
 জাতীয় স্বাস্থ্যনীনতর মুল লক্ষয
 মুলনীনত
 চ্যাদ্দলঞ্জ সমুহ
 কমিদ্দকৌশ্ল

3. প্রস্তাবনা
 Every citizen has the basic right to adequate health care
which is reserved in the constitution of Bangladesh by
Article 15 (Ka)
 And develop the health and nutrition status of the people as
per Section 18(A) of the Bangladesh Constitution.
 Promised to match the Millenium Development Goal and
 also determined to Achieved the Goal of VISION 2021
 2111 kcal/day
 Mean age 70 yrs
 Child mortality upto 15
 Maternal mortality upto 1.5%
reduction
 Contraceptive use upto 80%

4. প্রপ্রক্ষাপট
Achievements: we achieve significant progress in
reduction of maternal mortality rate , child mortality rate, low
birth weight baby , and increase use of immunization and
contraceptive use, reduction in malaria, leprosy and HIV and also
eradication of Polio
Crisis :
 Doctor Nurse ratio 1 : 0.48 (1:3)
 Doctor –Nurse-other Associated staff ratio 1:3:5
 per capita expenditure is about 5 USD (34 USD)

5. প্রপ্রক্ষাপট

6. সুনননদিষ্টউদ্দেশ্য

7. জাতীয় স্বাস্থ্যনীনতরমুল লক্ষয

8. জাতীয় স্বাস্থ্যনীনতরমুল লক্ষয

9. মুলনীনত

10. মুলনীনত

11. চ্যাদ্দলঞ্জসমুহ

12. চ্যাদ্দলঞ্জসমুহ
Moreover:
1. Maternal and newborn mortality
2. Child mortality
3. Communicable disease control
4. Non communicable disease
5. Emerging and new disease
6. Environment change and natural calamity
7. Food and nutrition
8. Urban Health system
9. Rural health system
10. Trend and change in lifestyle of population
11. quality assurance
12. Central management system
13. Health research
14. Communication and IT
15. Health equity
16. Health ethics
17. Knowledge about life of people

13. কমিদ্দকৌশ্ল
In keeping with the goals, objectives and principles, the following strategies
were adopted:
1.Obtain mass-scale consensus and commitment to socio-economic, social and political
development to facilitate appropriate implementation of the Health Policy.
2.Prevent diseases and promote health to achieve the basic objective of “Health for All”.
3.Adopt PHC as the major component of the National Health Policy to ensure delivery of
cost-effective health services..
4.Liberalise and improve the Drug
5.Form a Health Services Reforms Body based aiming to meeting the current demand.
6. Design an appropriate and need-based approach to develop HRD.
7. Integrate the community and the local government at all levels.
8. Install an integrated Management Information System (MIS) and a computerised
communication system countrywide, to facilitate implementation, action planning and
monitoring

14. কমিদ্দকৌশ্ল
9. strengthen the BMDC and the BNC to ensure quality of skills.
10.Restructure and organize education and training of the pharmacists, medical
technologists and other paramedics etc.
11.Integrate professional organisations such as BMA, BPMPA, BNA, unani etc
12. Provide need-based, people-oriented, updated medical education and training.
13.Institutionalise management and administrative training for improving doctors
management capabilities.
14. Establish a National Training Institute to provide regular training
15.Emphasise nutrition and health education
16.Disseminate information on health education
17. Charge minimum user fees at public hospitals and clinics and provide free care for
the poor and disabled.

15. কমিদ্দকৌশ্ল
18.Encourage NGOs and Private Sectors to perform a complementary role to the public
sector.
19. Develop infrastructure and transport systems to minimise the disparity in access to
health services between rural and urban areas.
20. Pay non-practicing allowances to those doctors/trainee doctors who act as full-time and
resident doctors thus refrain from private medical practices.
21. Provide clear policies governing those want to practice within public facilities.
22.Ensure accountability of all concerned in the health system.
23.Form a National Health and Population Council to monitor health activities in their
respective areas.
24. Intersect oral co-ordination and utilising resources of the concerned sectors to
strengthen linkages..
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16. Thank you all