Health and Nutrition in Urban Bangladesh : Social Determinants and Health Sector Governance
Urbanization is occurring at a rapid pace in Bangladesh, accompanied by the proliferation of slum settlements, whose residents have special health needs given the adverse social, economic, and public environmental conditions they face. Over the past 45 years, the country’s health and nutrition polic...
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okr-10986-290912021-04-23T14:04:51Z Health and Nutrition in Urban Bangladesh : Social Determinants and Health Sector Governance Govindaraj, Ramesh Raju, Dhushyanth Secci, Federica Chowdhury, Sadia Frere, Jean-Jacques HEALTH CARE URBAN QUALITY HEALTH SLUMS NUTRITION SOCIAL DETERMINANTS POLICY SLUBS POOR PEOPLE Urbanization is occurring at a rapid pace in Bangladesh, accompanied by the proliferation of slum settlements, whose residents have special health needs given the adverse social, economic, and public environmental conditions they face. Over the past 45 years, the country’s health and nutrition policies and programs have focused largely on rural health services. Consequently, equitable access of urban populations—particularly the urban poor—to quality health and nutrition services has emerged as a major development issue. However, the knowledge base on urban health and nutrition in Bangladesh remains weak. To address the knowledge gap, Health and Nutrition in Urban Bangladesh: Social Determinants and Health Sector Governance examines the health and nutrition challenges in urban Bangladesh—looking at socioeconomic determinants in general and at health sector governance in particular. Using a mixed methods approach, the study identifies critical areas such as financing, regulation, service delivery, and public environmental health, among others that require policy attention. The study also proposes specific actions within and outside the health sector to address the issues, providing guidance on their sequencing and the specific responsibilities of government agencies and other actors. This study should be useful to policy makers and practitioners working on urban health and nutrition issues in Bangladesh and in other low- and middle-income countries. 2017-12-28T17:38:40Z 2017-12-28T17:38:40Z 2018 Book 978-1-4648-1199-9 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29091 English Directions in Development—Human Development; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Publication South Asia Bangladesh |
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Urbanization is occurring at a rapid pace in Bangladesh, accompanied by the proliferation of slum settlements, whose residents have special health needs given the adverse social, economic, and public environmental conditions they face. Over the past 45 years, the country’s health and nutrition policies and programs have focused largely on rural health services. Consequently, equitable access of urban populations—particularly the urban poor—to quality health and nutrition services has emerged as a major development issue. However, the knowledge base on urban health and nutrition in Bangladesh remains weak.
To address the knowledge gap, Health and Nutrition in Urban Bangladesh: Social Determinants and Health Sector Governance examines the health and nutrition challenges in urban Bangladesh—looking at socioeconomic determinants in general and at health sector governance in particular. Using a mixed methods approach, the study identifies critical areas such as financing, regulation, service delivery, and public environmental health, among others that require policy attention. The study also proposes specific actions within and outside the health sector to address the issues, providing guidance on their sequencing and the specific responsibilities of government agencies and other actors.
This study should be useful to policy makers and practitioners working on urban health and nutrition issues in Bangladesh and in other low- and middle-income countries. |
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Govindaraj, Ramesh Raju, Dhushyanth Secci, Federica Chowdhury, Sadia Frere, Jean-Jacques |
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Govindaraj, Ramesh Raju, Dhushyanth Secci, Federica Chowdhury, Sadia Frere, Jean-Jacques |
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Health and Nutrition in Urban Bangladesh : Social Determinants and Health Sector Governance |
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Health and Nutrition in Urban Bangladesh : Social Determinants and Health Sector Governance |
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Health and Nutrition in Urban Bangladesh : Social Determinants and Health Sector Governance |
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Health and Nutrition in Urban Bangladesh : Social Determinants and Health Sector Governance |
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Health and Nutrition in Urban Bangladesh : Social Determinants and Health Sector Governance |
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health and nutrition in urban bangladesh : social determinants and health sector governance |
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Washington, DC: World Bank |
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