Located at Western part of Dhaka city, Mohammadpur is one of the crowded areas of Dhaka. There are many slums in Mohammadpur area name as Sunibir, Shekhertek, Adabor, Nobodoy, and Nabinagar.
Mohammadpur is located immediately adjacent to the affluent areas of Dhanmondi and beside the embankment of the Turag River. BRAC is working in Mohammadpur area to improvise dwellers financial security by microfinance programme, Education programme and health condition of slum dwellers, particularly in terms of improving Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health hazards by Manoshi project. BRAC began its activities in Mohammadpur in 1997 through microfinance programme and has now extended.
m-Health (mobile health) intervention is being piloted to improve quality maternal, newborn and child health services in Mohammadpur. The innovative m-Health platform aims to improve data efficiency, patient care, and emergency management support to ensure quality monitoring and evidence-based decision making.
Mohammadpur, Dhaka
At a glance As of December, 2015
Microfinance
Dabi
Village Organisations 79Members 3,793Borrowers 1,936Loan outstanding 40,395,926Average loan size 38,358Loan disbursement 67,856,000
Health, nutrition and population
Manoshi (Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health project)
Health volunteers(shasthya shebika) 64 Health workers(shasthya kormi) 11Urban birth attendants 4BRAC maternity centre 1BRAC delivery centre 1Pregnant women identified 16,943Antenatal care provided 10,922Postnatal care provided 10,467
Babies delivered• Total babies delivered 11,302• Delivery centre 4,220• At home 2,238• Hospital (BRAC referred) 4,844
Education Primary schools 122 Students 3,050Pre-primary schools 17Students 510ADP centres 11ADP centre member 370
Targeting the ultra poor
Number of slums 5Specially targeted ultra poor (STUP) members 386Other targeted ultra poor (OTUP) members 600Women received asset 986Women received subsistence allowance 586Women receiving weekly hands on training 986
Although every effort has been made to include and verify the accuracy of relevant information in this fact sheet, users are urged to check independently on matters of specific interest. Report any discrepancies/suggestions to [email protected]. This document was last updated on 31 December 2015, is revised yearly and made available on www.brac.net/visitors.
A shasthya shebika (health volunteer) attending to a client at her doorstep.
General informationPopulation 77,266Household 22,076
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