Bangladesh has made significant progress to reduce maternal mortality in recent years. The Bangladesh Maternal Mortality and Health Care Survey reports that maternal mortality has declined from 322/100,000 live births in 2001 to 194/100,000 live births in 2010 and that Bangladesh is on track to achieve Millennium Development Goal 5..
The aim of MiH2 is to reduce maternal and newborn mortality and morbidity by ensuring the availability of Emergency Obstetric Care (EOC) and Newborn care at facility level by skilled health professionals by training at least 80% of all EOC health care providers in its programme areas.
