CHORUS Policy Brief: Preparedness of Urban Primary Healthcare Centres of Bangladesh in Managing Diabetes Mellitus and Hypertension

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CHORUS Policy Briefs
NCDs
Urban Health Systems

As part of the CHORUS Project in Bangladesh looking at ‘Strengthening the Urban Primary Health Care System to Deliver Essential Non-Communicable Disease Care to the Urban Poor’, ARK Foundation have produced a Policy Brief to share the key findings:

  1. Service Delivery: Primary health care centers in urban areas are mainly focused on maternal and child health, and sexual and reproductive health.
  2. Health Workforce: Primary health care centres in urban areas lacked dedicated personnel for NCD service delivery
  3. Drugs and Equipment: NCD medications were seldom seen at primary health care centres in urban areas
  4. Health Financing: No funds are allocated separately for NCD management or medications
  5. Health Information System: Absence of a separate NCD record-keeping mechanism
  6. Leadership and Governance: Lack of coordination between MoHFW and MoLGRDC

Read the full Policy Brief and Recommendations.