Research and Sources

During the summer of 2007 I interned at the Population Council (shown above) in Dhaka, Bangladesh, for a period of six weeks. Along with reviewing extensive amounts of literature related to adolescent health issues and health facility strengthening/capacity building, I conducted several health facility observations in the urban slum areas of Dhaka and the rural Nabigonj upazila in Habigonj district.

I engaged in a series of informal discussions with health service providers, receiving a great deal of Bangla translation assistance from numerous people on the Population Council staff.  I was limited by the time constraints of the internship; however my observations were substantiated by data that has been collected and analyzed by current and former Population Council projects.

For more information about the Population Council in Dhaka or Marie Stopes:

http://www.popcouncil.org/asia/bangla.html

http://www.mariestopes-bd.org/

In addition, I have specifically referred to the following sources for the information compiled on this website:

Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS). 2003. Population Census 2001.  National Report (Provisional). Dhaka: Bangladesh Bureau of Staistics.

National Institute of Population Research Training (NIPORT), Mitra and Associates, and ORC Macro. 2005. Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2004. Dhaka, Bangladesh and Calverton, Maryland (USA): NIPORT, Mitra and Associates, and ORC Macro.

Unless otherwise noted, all photographs were taken by me during the summer of 2007.

Feel free to contact me with questions, comments, or requests for permission.

Dhaka – The Capital City

Habiganj – A Rural Northwestern District

Created on December 19th, 2007, for Politics 116 with Professor Vinnie Ferraro, Mount Holyoke College

by Molly McCue, Class of 2008