The Local Government Division under the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Rural Development and Cooperatives is implementing the “Urban Public and Environmental Health Sector Development Project.

Project Goal:

To improve the public and environmental health conditions in the urban area of Bangladesh, particularly in the six city corporations(Dhaka, Chittagong, Rajshahi, Barisal, Khulna and Sylhet), by strengthening institution; improving financial sustainability; promoting environmental health services like solid waste, medical waste, food and water safety, municipal financial reformation and by enabling PPPs, citizens participation, gender responsiveness and pro-poor targeting.

Project Objectives:

The overall objectives of the Project are:
(i)    to reduce child mortality and morbidity by reducing the prevalence of water and food borne diseases in urban areas;
(ii)    to increase productivity by reducing overall morbidity; and improve quality of life of urban citizens;
(iii)    to improve the health status of the poor in urban areas; and
(iv)    to make progress in achieving Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) relating to child and maternal health care and communicable diseases ( MDGs 4, 5 and 6); and improve urban sanitation (MDG 7)
Bangladesh is one the most densely populated country in the world with a density of population 964 per square kilometer (Population Census 2011 preliminary result). The annual average growth rate of urban  population is about 5% as against the overall national growth of 1.34 percent.  Country's urban population increased from total of 20.8   (Read more)