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Dhaka Community Hospital Rural Health Program

last updated Jan 20, 2012

Overview

Implementing organization: 
Dhaka Community Hospital
Legal Status: 
Private (for-profit)
Year Launched: 
1988
Stage: 
Existing/expansion stage
Income Level of Target Population: 
Bottom 20%, 20-60% (lower to lower-middle)

Funding

Primary Source of Funding: 
Out-of-pocket payments
Additional Source(s) of Funding: 
Donor
Funders: 
Oxfam

Scale

Number of Facilities Operated/Networked: 
24 Rural Health Facilities
Replication: 
It replicated it service provisions and facilities to 24 rural health centers at 24 districts of Bangladesh
Summary: 

Dhaka Community Hospital (DCH) is trust owned private, non-profit making and self financed organization providing health care for low-income underprivileged people.

Program goals/rationale: 

Dhaka Community Hospital works to improve the conditions and contexts of women’s lives and the benefits that will accumulate when men and women are able to participate in working environment including support to achieve sustainable development between men and women.

Key program components: 

Since its inception in 1988, Dhaka Community Hospital has been experimenting an integrated and sustainable health care delivery system at an affordable cost both in the urban and rural area of Bangladesh.The idea is to bring modern health care facilities to the less affluent section of the population at a cost which they can afford. It has successfully introduced health insurance scheme in its project areas. DCH also operates 24 primary health care centers across Bangladesh. Primary and secondary level of health care is given at these centers.

Dhaka Community Hospital has four objectives:

  • To ensure women’s participation with men as a ‘Decision Maker’

  • To support women regarding their human rights

  • To ensure the reflection of positive social value (Working culture, Social Class etc.) in a woman’s contribution to society.

  • To improve responsibilities and sharing attitude between men and women in working place and their household.

DCH has a well-equipped training division with highly qualified and trained staff. It regularly provides training to doctors, nurses, paramedics, community health and development workers, as well as informal providers such as traditional birth attendants and village doctors. It has also been organizing a series of training program for the paramedics of both rural and urban area on child survival component of the Essential Services Packages, the core of the Health and Population Sector Program. Each training program is designed before its commencement through a panel of trainers discussion and a curriculum is prepared. It has a training venue with all other necessary training materials. Headed by a co-ordinator, the division is having a number of quality trainers of different disciplines. Consultants of different discipline also acts as faculty when necessary.

Program history: 

Dhaka Community Hospital (DCH) is trust owned private, non-profit making and self financed organization providing health care for low-income underprivileged people. It was established in 1988. Since its inception in 1988, Dhaka Community Hospital has been experimenting an integrated and sustainable health care delivery system at an affordable cost both in the urban and rural area of Bangladesh. It has successfully introduced health insurance scheme in its project areas.

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