Objectives
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A pregnant woman is being given a tetanus shot at an outreach site. |
The women’s health project in Bangladesh aims to ensure women’s right to survival with a focus on respect, dignity and self-esteem
The specific objectives are to meet the following targets by 2005:
- Increase antenatal care coverage to 60 per cent and postnatal care coverage to 30 per cent.
- Increase emgergency obstructive care(EmOC) to d 40 per cent
- Increase proportion of deliveries assisted by skilled personnel to 25 per cent
- Establish comprehensive EmOC at all district hospitals and at 30 per cent of sub-district hospitals
- Improve social behaviour of health service staff in their interactions with women.
