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The target of opportunity (TOO) in Bangladesh sought to strengthen women’s reproductive health using an innovative approach—repositioning family planning as a key component of safe motherhood programs. Family planning in the postpartum period not only allows couples to prevent unintended pregnancies, it enables women to plan and space births, which helps the mothers’ bodies recover before having another child. This limits the total number of pregnancies per woman and reduces the potential for higher-risk pregnancies. Promoting family planning in the postpartum is a critical strategy for Bangladesh because it has an estimated maternal mortality rate of 380—and, given the country’s population size, this places Bangladesh among the 10 countries with the highest number of maternal deaths in the world. Other priority action areas included promotion of safe motherhood practices for young couples, especially given early marriages in Bangladesh, and implementation of the Ministry of Health (MOH) draft National Maternal Health Strategy.
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BangladeshTOO 12-19-06 FINAL.pdf