Assessing changes in the availability and readiness of health facilities to provide modern family planning services in Bangladesh: Insights from Bangladesh Health Facility Surveys, 2014 and 2017
The findings indicate a significant increase in the availability of health facilities offering modern family planning services in Bangladesh; however, a slight decline has been observed in their overall mean readiness score. Ensuring an adequate provision of equipment and supplies, expanding access to LARCs and PMs, and improving staff capacity through regular training are essential. Furthermore, strengthening quality assurance activities and investing in rural facilities are required for improving the facility readiness and advancing progress toward achieving SDG 3.7 targets of universal access to modern family planning services in Bangladesh.
Authors
- Abu Bakkar Siddique (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1573-8281)
- Sahar Raza
- Rajon Banik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3411-0470)
- Syed Toukir Ahmed Noor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5111-7055)
- Abu Bakkar Siddique (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1484-0823)
- Ema Akter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4772-5431)
- Nondo Saha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6790-9900)
- Md. Zubayer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-1831-7896)
- Abu Sayeed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0745-1755)
- Ashiquzzaman
- Anindita Saha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-8249-1429)
- Anisuddin Ahmed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6030-0468)
- Lubna Hossain (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4494-0833)
- Md. Sabbir Ahmed Mayen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-9011-7323)
Institutions
- Uppsala University (SE)
- Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (BD)
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research (BD)
- Jahangirnagar University (BD)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2025-11-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0334520
- Primary Topic
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh