Despite Bangladesh’s significant progress advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights and family planning, urgent challenges remain for communities prone to extreme natural disasters. Disaster-induced crises often exacerbate pre-existing high rates of unintended pregnancy, unsafe abortion, and maternal morbidity and mortality. A pre-designed workplan is pivotal for ensuring the availability, accessibility, and affordability of sexual and reproductive health and rights and family planning services during and after disasters.
The USAID-funded Shukhi Jibon project identifies strategic policy actions to develop preventative and adaptive activities that support Bangladesh’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare’s strategic goals, strengthen communities and health systems to become resilient to future disaster-induced shocks, and ensure no woman or girl is left behind.
