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According to FAO 2015 report the
percentage of population having below
minimumlevel
of
dietary
energy
consumption came down to 16.4% in 2015
from 32.8% in 1990.
According to the United Nations estimate
Bangladesh’s
under-5
mortality
ratedropped to stunning 38 per 1,000 live
births by 2015 from 144 per 1,000
livebirths in 1990. According to the same
estimate, the current infant mortality rate in
Bangladeshis 31 per 1,000 livebirths, and
the neonatalmortality rate is 23 per 1,000
livebirths.
According to the latest estimate by the
UnitedNations (2015), the current maternal
mortalityis 176 per 100,000 livebirths.
According to BangladeshMaternal Mortality
Survey by NIPORTshowed the MMR to be
194 per 100,000 live births which was 574
per 100,000 live births in 1990.
The FAO acknowledged, in its report named
“The state of Food Security in World - 2015”
that, Bangladesh is the most successful in
South Asia in attaining agricultural and food
security in MDG.
The draft of two new medical universities
i.e. Chittagong Medical University Act and
the Rajshahi Medical University is a matter
of hope for us.
The draft of National Health Protection Act,
National Medical Biotechnology Commission
Act, Community Clinic Health Assistance
Trust Act, the Non Government Treatment
Services Act, the Patient Protection Act, the
Addition of Limbs in Human Body
(Amendment) Act and the International
Diarrhea Research Center Bangladesh Act is
completed.
The Government has drafted the National
psycho-social counseling policy 2015. This
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policy aims to increase the efficiency of
parents in mental growth of children,
increase life oriented efficiency like anger
management, social communication, stress
management, mutual respect and good
relation etc., bring positive change in the
marginalized people, persons related with
criminal activities etc. and facilitate cure of
mental situation after accident. The
Formalin Control Act 2015 was framed.
Environment and Human Rights
Bangladesh bagged the Champions of the
Earth award.
The
Honorable
Prime
Minister
of
Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, has accepted
The Champions of the Earth award in the
Policy
Leadership
category
on
27
September
2015
in
recognition
of
Bangladesh's far-reaching initiatives to
address climate change.
The annual Champions of the Earth award is
the United Nations highest environmental
honour recognizing visionary people and
organizations all over the world that
exemplify leadership and advocate action
on sustainable development, climate
change and a life of dignity for all.
The award cites the progressive Bangladesh
Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan of
2009, which made Bangladesh the first
developing country to frame such a
coordinated action plan. Bangladesh is also
the first country to set up its own Climate
Change Trust Fund.
The government currently earmarks 6-7 per
cent of its annual budget on climate change
adaptation. A 'Climate Change Fiscal
Framework' is also in the works to enable
the government to track the demand and
supply of climate change funds. For the first
time, climate change is no longer merely an
additional demand, it is central to the
country's development prospects.
In addition, under the leadership of the
Prime Minister, the Constitution was
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