Health and demographic profile of the urban population of Bangladesh: an analysis of selected indicators

Abstract

The MCH-FP Extension Project (Urban)is funded by the United States Agency for International Development(USAID) under the Cooperative Agreement No. 388-A-00-97-00032-00 to the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B). ICDDR,B is supported by the aid agencies of the governments of Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, the United Kingdom and the United States; International organizations, including the Arab Gulf Fund, Asian Development Bank, European Union, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), World Health Organization(WHO); private foundations, including Aga Khan Foundation, Child Health Foundation, Ford Foundation, Population Council, Rockfeller Foundation, and the Sasakawa Foundation; and private organizations, including American Express Bank, Bayer A.G., CARE, Family Health International, Helen Keller International, the Johns Hopkins University, Marco International, New England Medical Centre, Procter Gamble, RAND Corporation, SANDOZ, Swiss Red Cross, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, the University of Iowa, Wander A.G., and others.