Health Desk- 25 Feb,
2020: Bangladesh has made remarkable success in women and child development
alongside making headway in the areas of health, nutrition, water, sanitation,
hygiene and education, according to the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey
(MICS) 2019.
Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) unveiled the findings
of the survey on Monday.
The survey was jointly conducted by BBS and UNICEF,
Bangladesh.
A major development the country witnessed is sharp decline
in chronic malnutrition among under-five children. Malnutrition came down to 28
percent in 2019 which was as high as 42 percent in 2013.
The number of underweight children also dropped to 22.6
percent from 31.9 percent, say the findings.
Mortality rate of under-five children also fell to 40
percent from 58 percent while infant mortality rate dropped to 34 percent from
46 percent during the last six years.
Literacy rate among women, aged between 15 to 24 years whie
the rate of women attending secondary or
higher education rose to 88.7 percent in 2019 which was 82 percent in 2013.
Primary school completion rate among children improved to
82.6 percent from 79.5 percent .
New indicators — lower secondary school and upper secondary
school completion rates — were found to be 64.7 percent and 29.4 percent
respectively.
Households’ access to electricity rose to as high as 92.2
percent which was 61.5 percent six years ago.
The survey was conducted between January 19 and June 01 2019
with random sampling among 61,242 households in 64 districts.
Statistics and Informatics Division (SID) Secretary
Saurendra Nath Chakrabhartty, BBS Director General Mohammad Tajul Islam and
UNICEF, Bangladesh Officer In-Charge Alain Balandi Domsam, among others, were
present at the report launch.
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