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Health Centre

Project Overview
IR's health centre in Rangpur provides health services for deprived rural communities. A mobile outdoor health centre also reaches out to communities in remote areas.

The service is provided by a registered medical doctor and is available to all sectors of society, although poor and extremely poor patients are provided medicine at subsidised prices and sometimes free of charge.       

Photo: Baby with stethascope on chest

Project Background
Bangladesh is among the world's poorest nations and child mortality is high. As many as half of all children die during the first year of life or in infancy.

Many of those who survive early childhood are plagued with disability, debility, and temporary incapacity. It is estimated that about one-tenth of the life of an average person is seriously disrupted by ill-health.

The northern district is the poorest region in Bangladesh and is the most severely affected by health problems. Basic health facilities are lacking in northern Bangladesh.

In 1993, Islamic Relief established a Health Centre in Mithapukur Upazila, Rangpur District in northern Bangladesh to serve the needs of its rural population.

Project Objectives

  • Improving the health provision in Rangpur by establishing a reliable health care system
  • Raising awareness among the general population of hygiene, water sanitation and environment
  • Reducing incidents of mortality and morbidity among the target community
  • Providing diagnostic facilities at minimum cost

Project Activities

  • Providing outdoor health service to people in remote parts of Rangpur.
  • Providing low cost pathological services.
  • Raising health awareness.
  • building the capacity of traditional health service providers.
  • Integrating the services provided by the Health Centre with the existing Mother and Child Healthcare project.

Beneficiaries
This project serves 99,467 people from all sectors of society. Patients from outside the target area also attend the Health Centre and they are also considered as Health centre beneficiaries. People who are not classed as poor also come here for treatment.