The BBS report did not indicate where users obtained most contraceptives. But according to the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2022 of the National Institute of Population Research and Training (NIPORT), another body of the government, 55 percent use modern methods and 9 percent use traditional methods of contraception. And 60 percent of the people […]
Speaking about the matter, Upazila Family Planning Directorate head Abdullah Al Mamun said that Koira is a densely populated upazila. Although there are 33 units of the Directorate of Family Planning in this upazila, there is a shortage of manpower to run them. Although there are all types of birth control medicines in supply, these […]
Field workers of the Directorate of Family Planning distribute free birth control contraceptives to eligible couples. These contraceptives can also be obtained from government centres. These contraceptives include Implanon, condoms, oral birth control pills, emergency contraceptive pills (ECP), IUDs, injections, and implants. Five colors are used on the website to indicate the stock of contraceptives […]
Delay in exam results, job conditions hinder motherhood
Bikash Roy, manager of S Rahman Pharmacy in Banani Road No. 2, said that SMC has stopped the supply of products for two weeks till the end of January. When it resumed supplies in the second week of February, it was charging a higher price. “When customers ask us why the prices went up, we […]
Relying on humanitarian aid to survive, Begum said she lacked the resources to adequately feed and shelter a second child. She said, “God willing, I will try permanent birth control after my third child.” Family planning has a horrific history for the Rohingya, some 750,000 of whom fled their homes five years ago after a […]
A parliamentary standing committee on government organizations has proposed that the government should export condoms manufactured in government owned Essential Latex Plant at Khulna. The committee say, quality of Bangladeshi condoms are better than condoms imported from Malaysia. The government owned factory is capable of manufacturing more condoms than the demand of local market. These […]
