Term of References (ToR)

Conduct survey to measure anemia among Pregnant and Lactating women and adolescent girls.

Background

Max Foundation (MF) is a Dutch-based international organization has been working in Bangladesh since 2005, aims to prevent child mortality most efficiently and effectively. In 2012, Max Foundation has established a country office in Bangladesh. From 2012 to 2016, Max Foundation has implemented a program title, “Max-WASH”, a large integrated program financed by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and Max Foundation jointly. Following the successful implementation of the Max-WASH program, Max Foundation awarded Max-WASH II after adding nutrition component name after Max Nutri-WASH programme by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands which is being implemented from November 2016 to October 2021.

Max Foundation has been implementing Healthy Village Campaign Program (HVCP) in Max Nutri-WASH Program areas in 62 Unions of five districts — Patuakhali, Barguna, Khulna, Jessore, and Satkhira — on water supply, sanitation, hygiene, nutrition, Adolescent and Women Reproductive Health (AWRH), Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), and stunting prevention. One of the key outcomes of HVCP is assisting health promotion agents (HPA), Community Clinic Support Groups (CCSG), and Water Management Groups (WMGs) to work collectively to assist Union Parishads (UPs) to ensure minimizing stunting as far as possible.

The mission of the Max Foundation is to save as many children's lives in the most efficient and effective way. Its integral approach of WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) and health, stunting components like safe motherhood, nutrition is very effective in preventing child mortality. According to the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2014, 36 percent of children under 5 are short for their age or stunted, while 12 percent are severely stunted (below -3 SD). Rural children are more likely to be stunted than urban children (38 percent compared with 31 percent). Stunting is most prevalent in Sylhet (50 percent) and lowest in Khulna (28 percent).

Due to our integrated programme to reduce the child stunting, pregnant and lactating mother and adolescent girls are the important beneficiaries. Within this survey it will focus anemia reduction among those beneficiaries after implementing the Max Nutr-WASH Programme fine years in the mentioned 62 of Bangladesh.

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