Status of Branding at BCO

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GoJ-UNICEF Collaboration in Health Nutrition,
Bangladesh
For every child Health, Education, Equality,
Protection ADVANCE HUMANITY
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Past collaboration

• Immunization
• US 40 million for polio eradication.
• US 2.83 million for measles, cold chain
  equipment and MNT campaign.
• Technical support through JOCV experts
• GoJ is active member of Immunization ICC.
• Universal Salt Iodization
• US 2.5 million for procurement of potassium
  iodate (163 MT, 2000-3)
• Cost recovery (revolving) fund established for
  financial sustainability of salt iodization in
  Bangladesh

UNICEF Bangladesh 14/06/2004
Japan-UNICEF Consultation
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Past collaboration

• Emergency Obstetric Care
• Technical collaboration with JICA
• Coordination between UNICEF and GoJ in providing
  equipment to EOC facilities

UNICEF Bangladesh 14/06/2004
Japan-UNICEF Consultation
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Proposal for Post-polio Cooperation

• Post-polio cooperation is required for emergency
  preparedness and response (EPR) following
  importation of poliovirus.
• Diversify the current support to include control
  of measles and elimination of MNT.
• Proposal for current support includes polio EPR,
  piloting the measles campaign in 2 districts and
  MNT campaign in 15 high risk districts.
• Total support requested from GoJ US 3.6 million.

UNICEF Bangladesh 14/06/2004
Japan-UNICEF Consultation
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Proposal for Anaemia Prevention and Control
Anaemia is a serious public health problem in
children lt5 years and pregnant women, and
moderate problem in school children, adolescents
and non-pregnant women.

• Priority needs
• Iron-folate supplements for children, adolescent
  girls and pregnant/lactating women
• Albendazole for children, adolescent girls and
  pregnant women
• Simple kits for diagnosis of anaemia

UNICEF Bangladesh 14/06/2004
Japan-UNICEF Consultation
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Proposal for Safe Blood Supply in EOC facilities

• No data available on the magnitude of the
  mother-to-child transmission in Bangladesh
• Emergency Obstetric care facilities good entry
  point for HIV primary prevention
• Priority needs
• Increase blood safety through provision of rapid
  testing kits
• Access to VCCT
• Access to ARV for prophylaxis
• Access to protective equipment and post
  exposition prophylaxis for staff

UNICEF Bangladesh 14/06/2004
Japan-UNICEF Consultation
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Comparative Advantages / Strengths of GoJ-UNICEF
Collaboration

• An established tri-partite mechanism of
  channelling GoJ support that was found to be
  effective by a joint learning mission in 2001.
• UNICEF leadership role in health and nutrition in
  Bangladesh and expertise in the design,
  implementation and monitoring of health/nutrition
  interventions, and in the procurement of quality
  supplies.
• UNICEFs involvement in multiple sectoral
  programmes (e.g. health, nutrition,
  water/sanitation) allows multiple causes of
  malnutrition and child mortality to be addressed
  simultaneously.
• UNICEFs network of field based staff for closely
  monitoring the use of GoJ-funded resources.

UNICEF Bangladesh 14/06/2004
Japan-UNICEF Consultation