MEASURE Evaluation in Bangladesh
Bangladesh is known for its commitment to translating knowledge gained from research into policy, including knowledge gained through rigorous evaluation of innovative and experimental programs of health care delivery.
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Update - Bangladesh 2006 Urban Health Survey Available for Public Release
The 2006 Urban Health Survey (UHS06) was designed to obtain a broad health profile of the urban population of Bangladesh. In particular, the survey collected samples representative of the slum and non-slum populations of the six* City Corporations as well as a sample representative of overall District Municipality populations. The survey instrument covered many channels of health and health behaviors, and also solicited a great deal of information about the contextual (household, community, etc.) setting of respondents. The survey is now available for public release. To apply for the data please click the link below. For more information, email measure_bangladesh@unc.edu
*At the time of the UHS06 there was no distinct Rangpur division.
Population
158,570,535
Population Growth
Rate
1.566%
Age Structure
34.3% (0–14 years)
61.1% (15–64 years)
4.7% (65 years and over)
Death Rate
5.75 deaths/1,000 population
OTHER RELEVANT DATA
Infant Mortality Rate
41 infant deaths/1,000 live births
Total Fertility Rate
2.3 children born/woman
Maternal Mortality Ratio
194 maternal deaths/100,000 live births
Maternal Mortality and Health Care Survey
During Phase III of the project, MEASURE Evaluation, in conjunction with the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research (ICDDR,B) and USAID/Bangladesh, provided technical assistance in the design and analysis of the 2010 Bangladesh Maternal Mortality and Health Care Survey. The Bangladeshi government sponsored the survey to determine the maternal mortality rate as well its causes.
One of the survey’s key features is its very large sample size. The survey was designed to detect a statistically significant change in the country’s maternal mortality rate, which is rare because detecting this type of change typically requires an enormous sample size. MEASURE Evaluation constructed a sampling frame for the survey, from which a nationally representative sample of 175,000 Bangladeshi households was drawn.
Field work for the survey finished in August 2010 and, at a preliminary dissemination of results in Dhaka in February 2011, survey researchers revealed that the maternal mortality has dropped by 40 percent since 2001.
Smiling Sun Franchise Program Evaluation
In 2007-2008, MEASURE Evaluation provided extensive technical assistance for a baseline evaluation survey of USAID/Bangladesh’s Smiling Sun Franchise Program. The Smiling Sun program is the most recent iteration of an NGO-based approach aimed at replacement of the government’s long-standing door-to-door model of contraceptive delivery with a clinic-based approach that integrated the delivery of family planning services with a suite of key mother and child health services. Smiling Sun added an emphasis on financial sustainability and franchising, and the baseline evaluation survey included instruments to measure willingness to pay and brand recognition. The baseline survey provided decision-makers with information critical for planning and implementing the program, and MEASURE Evaluation is conducting an end line monitoring and evaluation survey for the program in 2011.
Exanding Evaluation Capacity
MEASURE Evaluation also launched an effort to expand evaluation capacity in Bangladesh by starting a partnership with ICDDR,B and premiering a training program for local fellows interested in monitoring and evaluation.
