Good news for Bangladeshi moms

There is good news for Bangladeshi mothers on the occasion of Mothers’ Day on Sunday. The country is a better place for mothers than neighbouring India and Pakistan. A new Save the Children report on state of mothers’ put Bangladesh at 130th out of 178 countries globally, seven notches up from India and 17 from Pakistan, the toughest place for mother in South Asia. Bangladesh itself climbed six points up than the last year in the report that also focused on the humanitarian crises particularly in disaster and conflict situation when women and children suffer most. Finland is the best place for a mother while Somalia is the worst, according to the report. ‘Bangladesh has been consistently rising on the State of the World’s Mothers index, with dramatic cuts in maternal and child mortality,’ said Michael Foley, Director of Health and Nutrition for Save the Children in Bangladesh, commenting on the report. He said this was a result of ‘strong political will and willingness to invest’ in healthcare for children, according to bdnews24.com.