List of Tables ....................................................................................................................................................................iii

List of Figures .................................................................................................................................................................. iv

List of Acronyms.......................................................................................................................................................... viii

Executive Summary ....................................................................................................................................................... 1

Section-I. Introduction.................................................................................................................................................. 3

1.1. Background .......................................................................................................................................................... 3

1.1.1. Problem statement................................................................................................................................... 3

1.1.2. Significance of maternal and child mortality reduction: human rights perspectives

and intergenerational impacts........................................................................................................................ 4

1.1.3. Ways forward to successfully achieving the Sustainable Development Goals-3 .......... 5

1.2. Study objectives and methodology............................................................................................................ 6

1.3. Conceptual framework.................................................................................................................................... 7

Section-II. Maternal and Child Mortality Situations in OIC Countries....................................................11

2.1. Prospects of achieving SDG-3.1 and 3.2 in OIC Countries..............................................................13

2.2. Challenges of estimating maternal mortality in developing country settings and

implications for tracking and targeting MMR reduction ........................................................................17

2.3

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Trends and differentials in child mortality ..........................................................................................20

2.4. Differentials in maternal and child care utilization..........................................................................24

2.4.1. Differentials in antenatal care utilization in OIC countries ..................................................24

2.4.2. Differentials in the utilization of skilled birth attendance and facility delivery in OIC

countries.................................................................................................................................................................26

2.4.3. Differentials in utilization of cesarean section deliveries in OIC countries...................33

2.4.4. Differentials in postpartum maternal and child care utilization........................................36

2.4.5. Differentials in contraceptive use by socioeconomic and geographical variables .....37

2.4.6. Differentials in satisfied demand for contraceptive use in OIC countries......................43

2.4.7. Differentials in total fertility rates in OIC countries ................................................................45

2.4.8. Differentials in vaccination coverage residence in selected OIC countries where DHS

data are available................................................................................................................................................47

2.4.9. Differentials in receiving treatment for acute respiratory infection in selected OIC

countries.................................................................................................................................................................49

2.4.10. Differentials in receiving treatment for diarrhea...................................................................53

2.4.11. Trends and differentials in women’s educational attainment in selected OIC

countries.................................................................................................................................................................55

Section-III. Country Case-Study ..............................................................................................................................58

3.1. Bangladesh .........................................................................................................................................................58

3.1.1. Maternal and child mortality in Bangladesh...............................................................................59

3.1.2. Progress in MNCH Care Indicators in Bangladesh....................................................................71

3.1.3. Results from key informant interviews ........................................................................................74

3.1.4. Maternal, newborn and child health strategy policy in Bangladesh.................................79

3.1.5. Lessons learned from Bangladesh...................................................................................................82