16. What are the health problems’s
of Bangladesh ?
Discuss
Ans: The health problems of Bangladesh
can be conveniently grouped under the
following heads:
(a) Population
problems
(b) Communicable
disease problems
(c) Non- communicable disease
problems
(d) Nutritional problems
(e) Medical care problems
(f) Environmental problems
Population problems: Bangladesh
has a large population with highest density in the third world as well as high
growth rate.
The population size was estimated
at 123.80 million in January 1997, the natural growth rate being 1.75% per
annum. In the census of 2001, the number of population was increased to about
130 million, with a net increase of 6million; while in the long run, say, by
the year 2020 there will be net increase of 42.74 million people. Such on increase
of population will have several adverse implications for our social-economic
development.
(b) Smallpox, malaria and cholera
have been eradicated or are no longer major killers. But communicable diseases
are still the major disease in Bangladesh .
Infectious disease like diarrhea,
Ans: The health problems of Bangladesh
can be conveniently grouped under the
following heads:
(a) Population problems
(b)
Communicable disease problems
(c) Non- communicable disease problems
(d) Nutritional problems
(e) Medical care problems
(f) Environmental problems