Hypertension and Diabetes in Bangladesh: Findings from the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS) 2017-18 and Policy Implications

Hypertension and Diabetes in Bangladesh: Findings from the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS) 2017-18 and Policy Implications
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Citation: Data for Impact (D4I), Research for Decision Makers (RDM), and International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b). (2021). Policy Brief: Hypertension and Diabetes in Bangladesh: Findings from the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS) 2017-18 and Policy Implications. Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA and Dhaka, Bangladesh: D4I, RDM, and icddr,b.
Abstract: In Bangladesh, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) now account for two out of three deaths annually, up from one in ten several decades ago. The reasons for this increase include, among others, that deaths due to communicable diseases have decreased and the decline in fertility and improving life expectancy have shifted the population age structure to older age groups where NCDs are more prominent.

This policy brief shares Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey findings for two of the major NCDs in Bangladesh, hypertension and diabetes, and discusses policy implications.
Shortname: wp-21-247-d4i
Author(s): Peter Kim Streatfield, Karar Zunaid Ahsan, Afrin Iqbal, Kanta Jamil, M. Moinuddin Haider, Shusmita Khan
Year: 2021
Language: English
Region(s): BANGLADESH
Filed under: Bangladesh, Brief, DHS, Policy, Survey