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Creating a model PHC service delivery system that complies with Essential Service Package (ESP) criteria and guidelines for scaling up in four city corporations. It is funded by the Swedish government, with technical assistance from UNICEF, and the consortium led by Partners in Health and Development (PHD) under the leadership of DGHS.

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Urban Primary Health Care Services Delivery Project II

Since 1998, Bangladesh has been implementing Urban Primary Health Care Project. After three phases, the current project started in August 2019. The project aims to improve the health of urban residents, especially the poor, through enhancing Primary Health Care Services. At least 30% of project services are free of cost for the poor. The project is funded by GoB grant and ADB loan.

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Teenage pregnancy, motherhood increased in urban areas

Because so many girls are married off between the ages of 15 and 19, the percentage of teenage pregnancies and teenaged moms has grown in urban areas. In slum areas, 22.1% of women under the age of 19 had already started having children, according to the Urban Health Survey 2021

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Our low health literacy needs to be fixed

By increasing people's ability to take charge of their own health, health literacy aids in narrowing the gap between rich and poor in terms of wellness. Mature patients with chronic health disorders, individuals with little education who are not necessarily from a lower socioeconomic group, and those who have myths

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Can Dengue be eradicated in Bangladesh?

Bangladesh has been inching closer to having an endemic level of dengue fever during the past decade. Maybe things have taken a truly horrible turn this time. Several hundred individuals are taken to hospitals every day complaining of dengue symptoms, and forty people have died from the disease in the previous week.

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Adolescent mental health requires more attention

Adolescence is a special and formative time in our lives, when we go through many changes in our bodies, our emotions, and our relationships with others. During this time, children and adolescents develop physically and socially, laying the groundwork for a lifetime of psychological health.

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