Health and Nutrition
By improving the health and nutrition of women and children, UNICEF seeks to prevent child death. Bangladesh is one of few developing countries on track to achieve Millennium Development Goal 4: to reduce the under-five mortality rate.
- Maternal and neonatal health
- UNICEF works in public health facilities and with local communities to strengthen maternal and neonatal health services and encourage women to seek treatment.
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- Child survival
- In order to reduce rates of childhood death, UNICEF supports immunization, child illness management and injury-prevention programmes across Bangladesh.
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- Nutrition
- Because maternal and child nutrition are inextricable linked, UNICEF seeks to improve nutrition across the entire lifecycle.
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- HIV/AIDS
- UNICEF integrates issues of HIV/AIDS throughout its programmes, from education for adolescents to training of health workers.
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