USAID-DFID NGO HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY PROJECT Monthly Statistical Report

The project is implemented by Pathfinder International and is funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Department of International Development (DFID). In May 2016, the program's key activities included providing technical assistance to SH clinics/NGOs on organizing health fairs, conducting mystery client visits, and planning and preparing presentations for BCC & CM training on integrated approach of BCC & CM. The BCC team also developed and prepared presentations and handbooks for integrated approach on BCC & CM orientation, and conducted two batches of orientation. The program's maternal health activities in May 2016 included training 30 paramedics on safe delivery, ensuring safe delivery with trained paramedics in facility and in home, and ensuring partograph in all delivery. Additionally, 60 participants, including paramedics and doctors, were trained on one-day TOT on Misoprostol, which will provide cascade training in their NGO clinics to prevent PPH in the community after delivery. Infection prevention training was also conducted on May 30-31, 2016, in Chittagong for 26 participants, including 22 paramedics, 2 monitoring officers, and 2 FP/environmental officers of NHSDP, with the support from Engender Health. Integrated training for Service Promoters (SPs) was organized by Swanirvar, VFWA, PSF, and JTS in Gazipur, Tangail, Shirajganj, and Dhaka, with a total of 100 Service Promoters receiving the training. Capacity building of clinic-level staff on the new MIS system was conducted by two NGOs, Tilottama and CRC, on May 10-11 and May 17-18, 2016, respectively. The NHSDP M&E team conducted full sessions on understanding and implementing the new MIS system, practical knowledge of data entry, data management, data analysis, and producing various clinic/NGO reports. The program also conducted coordination with the Government of Bangladesh, including joint field visits with Dr. ABM Muzharul Islam, Line Director-NNS of DGHS, and Mr. Pijush Kanti Datta, Scientific Officer (Planning) of DGFP, in B.Baria-Hobigonj and Rangamati, respectively. The government officials visited SH clinics and appreciated the MNCAH-FP services and contribution to the total health sector of Bangladesh. The program's monthly statistical report for May 2016 contains indicators from Intermediate Result one (IR-1), which focuses on expanding the client base, especially for the poor, for quality ESP. The report shows that the total number of couple years of protection (CYP) has increased by 3% in May 2016 from that of April 2016, with 127,004 CYP achieved in May 2016, of which 81,486 (64%) were from rural areas and 45,518 (36%) from urban areas. The report also shows that the total number of service contacts has increased by 1% in May 2016 than that of April 2016, with 3,358,037 service contacts in May 2016, of which 1,906,528 (57%) were from rural areas and 1,451,509 (43%) from urban areas. The proportion of poor service contacts was 41.75% of all service contacts, with 37.3% from rural areas and 47.7% from urban areas. The report also highlights the increase in facility deliveries in May 2016 by 4% than that of April 2016, with 3,222 deliveries in May 2016, of which 563 were home births and 2,659 were facility births. The total number of ANC visits was 151,813 in May 2016, with 54,404 first visits and 26,950 fourth visits, of which 68,959 were from rural areas and 82,854 were from urban areas.