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Disaster Risk Management
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Disaster Risk Management

by Dr. Huong Ha, Dr. R. S. Fernando, Sanjeev Kumar Mahajan
January 2019
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
220 pages
5h 36m
English
Business Expert Press
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CHAPTER 6

Impact of Climate Change on Women’s Health in Bangladesh

Mst Marzina Begum

Department of Public Administration, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh

 

Introduction

The total population of Bangladesh is approximately 161 million as of 2015 (Global Partnership 2016), and the United Nations Population Division (UNPD) projected that this would reach around 218 million by 2050 (Peter and Zunaid 2008). There is no doubt that the current population size itself is a burden given the geographical territory. No doubt that it is very hard to ensure a proper balance between the size of the population and actual requirement of health services. In 2015, the Bureau of Statistics (BBS) of the Government of Bangladesh (GoB) pointed out that ...

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ISBN: 9781949443073