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Reproductive Health Indicators:

Total population (millions):	161.3
Life expectancy:	M: 63.4
Life expectancy:	F: 65.3
Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births):	1,800
Infant mortality ratio (per 1,000 lives birth):	156
Contraceptive prevalence rate (Modern methods):	16
Birth per 1,000 women aged 15-19:	113

Reference:
UNFPA, state of the world population, 2008

Community-operated Reproductive Health Project (CORHP)

	Project Objectives
	Overall goal: Reproductive health (RH) status of women improves in project areasProject Purpose: Utilization of Reproductive Health/Family Planning (RH/FP) services increases in line with the government policy of Essential Service Package (ESP)
	Main Funding sources
	Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
	Project Period
	March 16, 2001 – March 15, 2004 (3 years), and one year follow up - until March 31, 2005
	Counterpart
	Family Planning Association of Bangladesh (FPAB)

e-news : March 2005
Bangladesh National Workshop for Sustainability

Activities

The CORHP has been implemented jointly by the Family Planning Association of Bangladesh (FPAB) and JOICFP under the JICA Partnership Program. Final evaluation mission from JICA has found CORHP is a good practice of community-based and integrated RH activities with women’s empowerment. And the project has been sustained by FPAB under the IPPF regular program since April 2005 in cooperation with each local government of Panchdona Union, Narsingdhi District and Dhalia Union, Feni District, covering 50,000 population.