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BSS, Dhaka

A comprehensive emergency obstetric care (C-EmOC) unit was launched at Raipura upazila health complex (UHC) in Narsingdi district to check maternal and neonatal deaths among the poor.

The initiative was taken under the safe motherhood promotion project (SMPP), which is being implemented by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare together with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), said a press release here on Monday.

Under the SMPP, the C-EmOC was equipped with an operation theatre and necessary apparatus. The project also supports CARE Bangladesh to facilitate community mobilization, a major component of the programme.

Raipura upazila, biggest upazila in the country, consists of 24 unions with more than five-lakh population. EmOC had been the long demand of the local people.

The C-EmOC was formally inaugurated on June 14 at a simple Ceremony in Narsingdi.

Director General of Health Services Prof MA Faiz, Divisional Director of Health Services of Dhaka Division Dr. Lutfor Rahman and JICA representatives were present on the occasion.