Geographical Locations - Bangladesh

• (Statistical) Number of Inhabitants per Doctor: 5,264
• CIA - World Factbook : Bangladesh (by ODCI)

Organisations and Networks

UN and Multinational

• World Bank - Bangladesh
• WHO
  - Oral Health: country profile
  - WHO - Environmental Burden of Disease: Country Profile – Bangladesh
  - Regional Office for South East Asia (SEARO) in New Delhi (India)
• CDC
  - Tobacco Control: Bangladesh country profile
• United Nations - Permanent Mission of Bangladesh
  Provides country information regarding history, political system and economics

Government

• Bangladesh Government
• Bangladesh Medical Research Council
  The mission of the Council is "to create effective and quality health care facilities for the whole population of the country by promoting health research through strengthening of research facilities, training and dissemination of research results"

Non-Government

• ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research
  "ICDDR,B, or "The Centre", was established in 1978 as successor to the Cholera Research Laboratory created in 1960 to study the epidemiology, treatment, and prevention of cholera. The Centre is an independent, international, non-profit organization for research, education, training, clinical services, and information dissemination. Located in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh, the Centre is the only truly international health research institution based in a developing country. The results of research conducted over the years at the Centre provide guidelines for policy makers, implementing agencies, and health professionals in Bangladesh and around the globe"
• Asia Foundation Program : Bangladesh
  The Asia Foundation is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation committed to the development of a peaceful, prosperous and open Asia-Pacific Region.
• Banchte Shekha: Women Helping Women
  An article by Jim Mullins and Alice Boatwright
• Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies
  Offering access to resources on environmental and public health
• Bangladesh Rural Advance Commission (BRAC)
  "The organisation's objectives are now defined as Alleviation of Poverty and Empowerment of the Poor. To attain these objectives, BRAC runs a Rural Development Programme (RDP), a BRAC Education Programme (BEP), Health and Population Programme (HPP) and an Urban Programme together with supporting departments and revenue generating enterprises"
• Children Trust
  "organize strategically important activities related to development, which in turn will facilitate a sustainable and equitable improvement of life specially for children, women and the disadvantaged population of Bangladesh through their increased participation in the socioeconomic, cultural and civic life of the country"
• Dhaka Community Hospital
  "a private non-profit health care organisation. We are dedicated to providing quality medical services that are affordable for most of our poor people. We aim to integrate the delivery of primary, secondary, and tertiary health care services, to achieve the best possible management and use of resources. We emphasize the participation of local communities in the management and self-sustaining financing of the system"
• Marie Stopes Intl. : Bangladesh
• Rangpur Dinajpur Rural Service
  "one of the largest, most respected and long established NGOs operating in Bangladesh. It remains the leading NGO in the northwest, operating an integrated development programme to combat poverty assisting 275,000 landless and marginal families each year directly, and a further 200,000 indirectly"
• SWASTHYALOAK
  "The experts and members of SWASTHYALOAK have been involved with base line research works on health status of the people in this country. A bimonthly popular medical journal has been published for last two years. A number of seminar (as school program) workshop and other motivating program have been conducted by this organization. The aim of SWASTHYALOAK is to make aware the people regarding health care to ensure quality of life"
• West Bengal India and Bangladesh Arsenic Crisis Information Centre
  "Online focal point for the environmental health disaster in Bangladesh and West Bengal, India, where millions of people are drinking ground water heavily contaminated with arsenic. Site includes infobank of news articles, scientific papers, comprehensive links to other relevant sites, online forum, email newsletter, and local site search"

Academic Institutions

• The International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research
  ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research
• Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit - "The Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit (RMMRU), an affiliate of the University of Dhaka, has been functioning as a research, training, and policy advocacy institution since 1996. Its primary focus has been on migration, refugee, displacement, and governance issues. Its primary objectives are to increase understanding of the potential contribution of migration for pro poor growth and poverty reduction in Asia, to be the premier resource centre on migration, refugee and displacement issues in South Asia and to initiate regional collaborative research to understand the links between migration and poverty reduction."
  
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National Policy and Related Documents

Reports, Guidelines, and Projects

• Adolescent and Youth Reproductive Health in Bangladesh : Status, Policies, Programs and Issues (PDF) 34pg, POLICY project, 2003

Educational Resources

• WWW Virtual Library: Bangladesh
• WHO- Country Health Profile - Bangladesh
• CDC - Travel Information : Indian Subcontinent
• Library of Congress, Country Study: Bangladesh
• Grameen Bank - the success story from Bangladesh