Maternal mortality rate reduces by 40pc
Says Unicef
Maternal mortality rate in Bangladesh has reduced by 40 percent during the last 10 years for better health service and dissemination of proper information, said a Unicef official.
Deputy Representative of Unicef Bangladesh, Michel Saint-Lot, revealed the data at a function, organised by Unicef at Jatiya Press club in the city yesterday.
Facts For Life 2010 Bangladesh edition, a publication designed to create awareness about children's safety and well being, was unveiled at the ceremony.
Saint-Lot said infant mortality rate has come down by 65 percent and under-five mortality by 60 percent in Bangladesh during the last 20 years.
Information Minister Abul Kalam Azad and Unicef Representative Patricia Portela de Souza also spoke at the programme.
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