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- Pneumonia with other serious infections, birth asphyxia, prematurity and low-birth-weight are responsible for more than half of all deaths among children under-five years of age. Strengthening the existing maternal, neonatal and child health programmes may be helpful in averting the majority of these preventable deaths.
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Sep 11, 2021 · Around 70% of birth asphyxia, prematurity, and low birth weight-related deaths happen on the day of birth. Approximately 43% of pneumonia-related deaths occur in age 1-11 months, and around 51% of drowning-related deaths happen in age 12-23 months.
- Ahmed Ehsanur Rahman, Ahmed Ehsanur Rahman, Aniqa Tasnim Hossain, Abu Bakkar Siddique, Sabrina Jabee...
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Sep 11, 2021 · Complications related to prematurity and low birth weight cause approximately 15 000 lives per year in Bangladesh, making them the third most significant contributor of deaths among children under five years of age and the second major contributor among all neonatal deaths.
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56 per cent of children have had their birth registered. 44 per cent of children have not had their birth registered (children under five years of age). Source: UNICEF and BBS, 2019, Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) 2019
While there is no reliable recent data, the number of children in street situations (living on the street or spending the majority of their time working on the street) is alarmingly high. Sleeping on the street: 30.1 per cent children live and sleep in public or open spaces (streets, stations, terminals, fields and parks) without the most basic ame...
11.3 per cent of children are engaged in child labour, hazardous work, or both (ages 5-17). 6.8 per cent of children are engaged in child labour as per the definition in the Sustainable Development Goals (8.7.1). This definition focuses on children who are engaged in economic activities or in households chores above a certain number of hours/week a...
Girls married before the age of 18: 51.4 per cent (of women aged 20-24)* 38 million women and girls were married before the age of 18.** Girls married before the age of 15:15.5 per cent (of women aged 20-24)* Girls giving birth before the age of 18:24 per cent (of women aged 20-24)* Bangladesh has the 8thhighest prevalence of child marriage in the ...
Children seriously exposed to climate hazards:20 million* Bangladesh ranks 7 among countries most affected by extreme weather events** Bangladesh ranks 15 of 163 countries where children at most risk of climate change. *** Children’s well-being is at risk due to exposure to climate-related and environmental shocks and hazards such as coastal floodi...
Children living with disability enrolled in formal education: 40.41 per cent (aged 5-17 years). Primary school: 65.25 per cent.Secondary school: 34.75 per cent. Source: BBS, 2022, Report on National Survey on Persons with Disabilities (NSPD) 2021
Primary school net enrolment rate: 97.42 per cent* Primary school completion rate:85.85 percent* Primary school drop-out rate: 14.15 per cent* Secondary net enrolment rate:70.25 per cent** Secondary school completion rate:64.24 per cent** Secondary drop-out rate:35.66 per cent** * Source: Directorate of Primary Education (DPE), 2022, Annual Primary...
Access to basic hand hygiene facilities in households: 58 per cent: Schools: 51 per cent; Health care facilities:38 per cent* Access to appropriate menstrual hygiene materials and place to wash: 94 per cent (women aged 15-49)** Missed participation in social activities/school/work due to menstruation:10 per cent (girls aged 15-19)** * Source:WHO, U...
Full valid coverage:83.9 per cent (by 12 months of age) Diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus (DPT3):93.3 per cent (by 12 months of age) Measles and rubella (MR1):88.6 per cent (by 12 months of age) Haemophilus influenzae type b (HiB1):99.7 per cent (by 12 months of age) Pneumococcal conjugate (PCV1):99.7 per cent (by 12 months of age) Source: Director...
Neonatal mortality rate:20 per 1,000 live births (0-28 days of age) Infant mortality rate:25 per 1,000 live births (0-11 months) Under-five mortality rate:31 per 1,000 live births (0-59 months) Source:USAID and NIPORT, 2023, Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2022: Key Indicators Report
Sep 11, 2021 · Around 70% of birth asphyxia, prematurity, and low birth weight-related deaths happen on the day of birth. Approximately 43% of pneumonia-related deaths occur in age 1-11 months, and around 51% of...
View data. Percentage of children under age 5 left alone or under the supervision of another child younger than 10 years of age for more than 1 hour at least once in the last week. (Per cent) Find out more.
Nov 19, 2014 · In Bangladesh’s rural Matlab area, drowning caused 46% of deaths among children aged 1-4 years, followed by acute respiratory illness, including pneumonia (16%), malnutrition (16%), tuberculosis (3%), meningitis or encephalitis (2%), and diarrhea (2%). Among older children (age 5–14 years), where a third of deaths are owing to injury and ...
Aug 2, 2024 · At least 32 children were killed and many more injured and detained during student protests that erupted in Bangladesh in July, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday.
