The BRAC Manoshi Urban Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health Project in

Dhaka, BangladeshHenry Perry, MD, PhD, MPH

Senior Associate, Department of International Healthand Kate Katzman, MPH Student

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health29 March 2011

Children Everywhere!

Washing and Bathing in an Urban Slum

Manoshi Project

• Ma Mother• Nobajatak Newborn• Shishu Child• Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Project• $25 million grant from the Gates Foundation• Duration 2007 – 2011 • Total anticipated coverage: 8 million people

Goal of Manoshi

Decrease illness and deaths in mothers,

newborns, and children in urban slums of Bangladesh through the development and

delivery of an integrated, community-based package of essential health services

Shasthya Shebika (on the left) with Senior Program Specialist in the Home of a Client

Medicines Carried by the Shasthya Shebikas

Form Hanging on Client’s Wall which CHW Completes during Home Visit

Piggy Bank Kept by Pregnant Mother and Prenatal Form Completed by CHW Supervisor

Manoshi Delivery Centers

Mother and Newborn at Delivery Center with Urban Birth Attendant

Project Features (cont.)

Key Project ResultsManoshi Annual Report 2008-2009Percentage of mothers receiving 3+ ANC visits in 2008 and 4+ in 2009

Key Project ResultsManoshi Annual Report 2008-2009

Key Project ResultsManoshi Annual Report 2008-2009

Key Project ResultsManoshi Annual Report 2008-2009