President, PM for ensuring safe motherhood
Friday, 28 May 2010
President M Zillur Rahman and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Thursday urged the doctors and others concerned to play their due role in ensuring 'safe motherhood' for all would-be mothers.
In separate messages on the occasion of the National Safe Motherhood Day-2010, they reiterated the government commitment to reduce mother and child mortality rate in the country through ensuring their better health, reports BSS.
The President in his message said, "Reduction of maternal mortality rate to 143 from 290 in every 0.1 million and cutting child mortality rate to 21 from 37 in every thousand is a challenge for Bangladesh on the way to achieving millennium development goals (MDGs)."
Terming this year's theme of the day 'Ensure Maternity Service for New Mothers as Every Pregnancy is Risky" is very time-befitting, the President said the government was ready to overcome the challenge.
He expressed his hope that the observance of the National Safe Motherhood Day would help to create awareness among people about the importance of mother health and everybody would work sincerely to deliver necessary service to mothers.
PM Sheikh Hasina in her message said the government was making its efforts to reduce maternal mortality rate to 143 from 290 in every 0.1 million.
In view of this, she said, the government had taken initiative for providing training to doctors, nurses, paramedics and other health and family welfare assistants.
Hasina said an epoch making process had been launched to reach the healthcare services to the doorsteps of people and ensure quality of health services.
"One community clinic for every 6,000 people is being constructed where mother and child health would be given top priority", she added.
Besides, she said 'voucher scheme' had been introduced and special healthcare services for women at upazila level were strengthened to ensure their safe motherhood.
President Zillur Rahman and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina wished every success of the programmes of the National Safe Motherhood Day.
In separate messages on the occasion of the National Safe Motherhood Day-2010, they reiterated the government commitment to reduce mother and child mortality rate in the country through ensuring their better health, reports BSS.
The President in his message said, "Reduction of maternal mortality rate to 143 from 290 in every 0.1 million and cutting child mortality rate to 21 from 37 in every thousand is a challenge for Bangladesh on the way to achieving millennium development goals (MDGs)."
Terming this year's theme of the day 'Ensure Maternity Service for New Mothers as Every Pregnancy is Risky" is very time-befitting, the President said the government was ready to overcome the challenge.
He expressed his hope that the observance of the National Safe Motherhood Day would help to create awareness among people about the importance of mother health and everybody would work sincerely to deliver necessary service to mothers.
PM Sheikh Hasina in her message said the government was making its efforts to reduce maternal mortality rate to 143 from 290 in every 0.1 million.
In view of this, she said, the government had taken initiative for providing training to doctors, nurses, paramedics and other health and family welfare assistants.
Hasina said an epoch making process had been launched to reach the healthcare services to the doorsteps of people and ensure quality of health services.
"One community clinic for every 6,000 people is being constructed where mother and child health would be given top priority", she added.
Besides, she said 'voucher scheme' had been introduced and special healthcare services for women at upazila level were strengthened to ensure their safe motherhood.
President Zillur Rahman and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina wished every success of the programmes of the National Safe Motherhood Day.