Pro-people policies

U5MR is the organization which gives country-wise figures about under 5 mortalities for every 1000 births. In this list Pakistan, India and Bangladesh's rate is 86, 56 and 41. These figures invites many questions in our minds? Does climate has anything to do with less mortalities in Bangladesh. Does per-capita income adds up-to this situation or pro-people policies are the reason. Lets examine the questions:

a) Maybe in the past the ratio was somewhat the same?
In 1990 Bangladesh was scoring low as compared to Pakistan. 138,126 and 144 respectively in same order i.e Pakistan, India and Bangladesh.

b) Maybe Bangladesh is richer than Other 2 and spends more on health?
Gross national income per-capita is 1260,1530 and 840 in the same order i,e Pakistan, India and Bangladesh.

c) Toilet facility and repercussions if not available?
People defecate in open with ratio of 21, 50 and 1. These figures are accounted for all the imprecision which seems staggering. In 2002, corresponding percentage for Bangladesh was as high as 42 percent.

Problem found:
Open air defecation results in diseases like diarrhea which leads to weakness of nutrition retention by the body and results in a fatality.

There is abundance of hospitals which is growing at alarming rate along-with hospital based physicians.
It is imperative to kick start pro-people policies like providing clean drinking water and sanitation facilities to its citizens in order to show to public that the government cares for them. Bangladesh has shown that it is very much possible.


Source: http://www.dawn.com/news/1258390/pro-people-policies