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Bangladesh
Population: 164.7m (2020)
Area: 148,460 sqkm
Diarrhoea deaths: 1,735 (2019)
ORS coverage: 72% (2019)
ORS + Zinc coverage: 35% (2019)
National Drug Policy (Bangladesh’s National Essential Medicines List):
✅ ORS+Zinc in National Clinical Guidelines
✅ ORS included in the National Essential Medicines List
✅ Zinc included in the National Essential Medicines List
❌ Co-packaged ORS & Zinc included in the National Essential Medicines List (as of Feb-2022)
✅ Zinc available “over the counter”
✅ Any retailer can sell Zinc (no licence required)
Outlets for Zinc tablets:
✅ Pharmacies
✅ Drug stores/shops
❌ Supermarkets
✅ General retail outlets
✅ Community Health Workers
❌ Door-to-door sales people
✅ Government hospitals/clinics
✅ Private hospitals/clinics
❌ Child Health Days/Special Campaigns
❌ Other
❌ Co-packaged ORS and Zinc available
✅ Discussions underway about introducing co-packaged ORS and Zinc
Co-packaged ORS and Zinc brands (may not be exhaustive)
None
Co-packaged ORS and Zinc manufacturers (may not be exhaustive)
Renata Ltd (supplies co-packs to UNICEF) [needs verification]
Typical cost of a ORS/Zinc co-pack in the PUBLIC sector
N/A
Typical cost of a ORS/Zinc co-pack in the PRIVATE sector
N/A
✅ Diarrhoea programmes currently on-going
| Name | Organisation | Funder | Diarrhoea specific? | Target area |
| IMCI | Government | WHO & UNICEF | No | Hospital-based |
| SUZY | icddr,b, MoH & FW | BMGF | Yes | Nationwide` |
| Essential Health Programme | BRAC | BRAC, GAC, USAID | No | 61 districts out of 64 |
Additional information
None
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