Bangladesh Health Watch 2024-2025 Bangladesh Health Watch 2024-2025 Improved sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and reduced maternal and neonatal mortality through strengthening  the midwifery-led continuum of high-quality comprehensive integrated SRHR services with a special focus on the most vulnerable women and girls of Bangladesh, equally in 
development, humanitarian and climate vulnerable settings. 

Outcome 1: Improved professional capacity of midwives to  provide comprehensive and sustainable SRHR services including  quality routine and emergency maternity care services.

Outcome 2: Improved BEmONC  ( Basic Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care) and CEmONC (Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric and Newborn care) services  available in Sida target districts through professional midwives and interdisciplinary teams.

Outcome 3: Improved availability of high-quality, sustainable,  human rights-based comprehensive and integrated SRHR  information and services provided through professional  midwives. Förbättrad sexuell och reproduktiv hälsa och rättigheter (SRHR) och minskad barn- och mödradödlighet genom att stärka det barnmorskeledd vård av kvalitet vilket även omfattande integrerade SRHR-tjänster med särskilt fokus på de mest utsatta kvinnorna och flickorna i Bangladesh, både i  humanitära och klimatkänsliga miljöer.

Resultat 1: Förbättrad professionell kapacitet hos barnmorskor att tillhandahålla heltäckande och hållbara SRHR-tjänster inklusive ordinarie rutin och akut mödravård.

Resultat 2: Förbättrade BEmONC-tjänster (Basic Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care) och CEmONC (Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care) tillgängliga i Sidas måldistrikt genom professionella barnmorskor och tvärvetenskapliga team.

Resultat 3: Förbättrad tillgänglighet av högkvalitativ, hållbar, mänsklig SRHR-information och tjänster som tillhandahålls genom professionella barnmorskor. The vision is that all citizens of Bangladesh enjoy universal health care (UHC) and the mission is to build a functional platform through which citizens and all other relevant stakeholders of the country can get their voices heard and thereby influence policies and programmes impacting citizen's health.

The overall goal is to contribute to increasing the health and productivity of the citizens of Bangladesh. 

The proposed project will have three strategic objectives:

Objective 1: Strengthened local-level accountability   

1.1 Systematise and strengthen public hearing and authority meetings

1.2 Institutionalise facility monitoring by Regional Chapter (RC) members 

1.3 Strengthen RCs including Youth Forums

1.4 Enhance Host Organisation (HO) capacity and interest to support Regional Chapters

1.5 Strengthen ownership of RCs and HOs for sustainability

1.6  Improve attendance of service providers in health centres

Expected outcomes: 

- Stronger RC platform to claim local level accountability from health service delivery system

- Concrete plan for post-project sustainability of initiatives at local level developed

- Improved quality of services at local level

- Increased people's voice

Objective 2: Strengthened media engagement and capacity to promote social accountability in health 

2.1 Expand and strengthen local-level media partnership

2.2 Strengthen national-level media partnership

Expected outcomes:

- Increased participation of local journalists in social accountability activities (public hearings, campaigns, rallies)

- Increased coverage and impact of media reporting on health issues 

Objective 3: Strengthened advocacy work to accelerate the implementation of UHC by the government

3.1 Evidence based advocacy for increased allocation to PHC in health budget

3.2 Use legal provisions for improving quality  of specific areas of health services (Public Interest Litigation)

3.3 Facilitate the work of Anti-Corruption platform working on absenteeism and reducing medicine prices

Expected outcomes:

- Increased allocation for PHC in health sector budget

- High Court directives on selected issues of public health importance operationalized

- Public opinion created and policymakers mobilised to reduce absenteeism in government facilities and reduce medicine prices

The target group

The direct beneficiaries of the project will be the citizens of Bangladesh, especially the catchment's population (approx 15 million) of the eight Regional Chapters. The indirect beneficiaries will the health managers, service providers, and members of the various tiers for Regional Chapters.