Success Story Details

Bangladesh has made significant progress in the field of childcare, surpassing the Millennium Development Goal set by the U.N. in 2010 and consistently reducing infant mortality rates over the past decade. This achievement can be largely attributed to the increased number of midwives in Bangladesh who have received excellent education through the National Midwifery Programme. This program has effectively trained and deployed more midwives in Bangladesh than ever before, providing safe and trustworthy maternal care while simultaneously creating new career opportunities for young women in Bangladesh. The child mortality rate has dropped by almost 50% since 2012. In the last decade, 8,646 midwives have graduated from the program. Nearly 3,000 Bangladeshi midwives are employed in the public health system. 403 public health complexes, known as Upazila Health Complexes (UzHCs), employ midwives trained by this program. Midwives now conduct 87% of the deliveries in these complexes, compared to 24% in 2018. Around 400 midwives trained by this program are working in the Rohingya camps. Community trust in public sector midwives has significantly increased, with people now choosing to have a midwife present rather than a traditional birth attendant during delivery.