Ohno, NaokoEl-Saharty, SamehSarker, IntissarAlam, Bushra BinteSecci, Federica2015-01-202015-01-202014-11https://hdl.handle.net/10986/21294Bangladesh is among the most densely populated countries in the world. Poverty remains high at 43 percent of the population subsist on less than United States (U.S.) $1.25 per day (2010). Bangladesh achieved several millennium development goal (MDG) targets in education, health, and poverty reduction. Gender equality and women's empowerment are important determinants of reproductive health. While fertility and contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR) are evenly distributed, wide gaps in access to maternal health services remain. Bangladesh will need to focus on increasing political commitment to adolescent health; focusing interventions on high-fertility and high maternal mortality ratio (MMR) areas; addressing human resources constraints; and harnessing the use of technology.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO FOODADOLESCENTADOLESCENT HEALTHADOLESCENT HEALTH PROGRAMSADOLESCENTSAGE AT MARRIAGEANTENATAL CAREBIRTH SPACINGBIRTH WEIGHTCHILD BIRTHCHILD MARRIAGECHILD MORTALITYCONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCECONTRACEPTIVESCURRENT POPULATIONDELIVERY COMPLICATIONSEARLY CHILDBEARINGECONOMIC GROWTHEMPOWERING WOMENFAMILY PLANNINGFAMILY PLANNING PROGRAMFEMALEFEMALE EDUCATIONFEMALE STERILIZATIONFERTILITYFERTILITY DECLINEFERTILITY RATEFERTILITY RATESFIRST BIRTHFIRST CHILDFIRST MARRIAGEGENDERGENDER EQUALITYGENDER INEQUALITYGENDER INEQUITYGENDER PARITYGIRLSHEALTH CAREHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN RESOURCESLIVE BIRTHSMALE CONDOMSMARRIED WOMENMATERNAL DEATHMATERNAL DEATHSMATERNAL HEALTHMATERNAL HEALTH OUTCOMESMATERNAL HEALTH SERVICESMATERNAL MORTALITYMOTHERMOTHERSNURSESNUTRITIONNUTRITIONAL STATUSPACE OF DECLINEPILLPOPULATION POLICYPOPULATION RESEARCHPOSTNATAL CAREPREGNANCYPREGNANCY OUTCOMESPROGRESSREMITTANCESREPRODUCTIVE HEALTHREPRODUCTIVE HEALTH OUTCOMESRURAL WOMENSANITATIONSECONDARY EDUCATIONSKILLED BIRTH ATTENDANCESOCIAL NORMSSOCIAL SECTORSSOCIAL WELFARETETANUSUNDPUNFPAUNICEFURBAN AREASURBAN WOMENVACCINATIONWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATIONYOUTH10.1596/21294