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JICA in the News
- Expansion of Narsindi Model (SMPP) to reduce maternal & neonatal mortality in Bangladesh
(Bengali Times, July 7, 2011 (PDF/70KB)) - JICA's technical cooperation "Safe Motherhood Promotion Project (SMPP)", which aims to improve maternal and neonatal health services in Bangladesh was implemented in Narshingdi district as a pilot. Through the development of Community Support System (Cmss) for pregnant women and newborn during obstetric emergencies, the percentage of pregnant women who attended antenatal care and the deliveries attended by skilled birth attendants have significantly increased, while mortality rate of pregnant women has declined.
- JICA to provide DCC 100 vehicles for waste management
(The Independent, January 31, 2010) - Bangladesh will soon get a fleet of vehicles for collecting solid waste and some compactors from Japan to improve city's solid waste management system, said officials of JICA which launched a four-year technical cooperation project in 2007 for strengthening of solid waste management in Dhaka city.
- JICA celebrates Dhaka-Tokyo historical ties
(The News Today, October 15, 2009) - Over 300 spectators were spellbound as some vibrant Japanese young boys and girls attired in sharees and Panjubi making presentation of their development activities in Bangladesh astoundingly in fluent Bangla like the local people, reports BSS.
- JICA move to reduce poverty by resource recycling
(The Independent, September 12, 2009) - A unique project funded by JICA shows a new path of producing fertilizer which could help reduce country's dependence on chemical fertilizer, says Kunio Takashi, a Japanese Expert who is playing the key role in promoting this project in Bangladesh.
- Phones and farmers
(The Daily Star, June 28, 2009 (PDF/65KB)) - This "luxury" item of the early 1990s translated into a "necessity" just within the span of one decade. Mobile phones are now an essential instrument to reducing "rural penalty" not only in Bangladesh but also in other rural areas.
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