Health sector improvement BNP's success
Claims Dab
The significant reduction in child and maternal mortality occurred gradually since 1990, not as per the government claim that it occurred during its present tenure, said Doctors Association of Bangladesh (Dab) yesterday.
Reading out a written statement at a press conference in the city's Jatiya Press Club, Dab Secretary General Prof Dr AZM Zahid Hossain presented statistics it claims to be from national census.
Maternal deaths stood at 547 per lakh in 1990, reducing to 320 in 2001 and finally to 194 in 2010. Moreover, child mortality reduced from 94 per 1,000 in 1990, recorded 65 in 2004 and 52 in 2007 and finally to 42 in 2008, read the statement.
“Large part of the credit in achieving the MDG goes to the BNP-led government. But the present government is spreading that winning the UN Millennium Development Goal award is their achievement,” it read.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel.
Comments