Executive finding
59% of Bangladeshi births had a skilled attendant in 2019, the lowest of the four countries reporting. The physician shortage is ordinary; the nursing and midwifery shortage is a factor of six.
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Cite this publication
BDPolicyLab Research. (2026). The Missing Midwife: The Worker Bangladesh Did Not Hire. Bangladesh Policy Laboratory. https://bdpolicylab.com/publications/the-missing-midwife-the-worker-bangladesh-did-not-hire
Method and source
Consult the references and methods in this publication for sources, observation periods and limitations. The publication date is not the observation date of its underlying data.