Directorate General of Family Planning

The biggest issue facing the Directorate General of Family Planning is a persistent, long-term shortage of essential contraceptives caused by stalled procurement processes.

Established August 1975 as Directorate of Family Planning under the Division of Population Control and Family Planning; confirmed by DGFP official history page (dgfp.gov.bd) and dgfpbd.org historical background. Current Director General Dr Ashrafi Ahmad, NDC confirmed by DGFP official website ([email protected] contact), UNFPA Bangladesh FP Strategy 2025-2030 launch report, and TBS procurement reporting; head_since left null as appointment date not found in available primary sources. Staff count of 50,648 sanctioned posts with 25 percent (approximately 12,720) vacant is sourced from Prothom Alo and TBS reporting cross-verified against the MEFWD parent record. Annual budget not separately broken out for DGFP in the Finance Division budget portal; figure omitted rather than estimated. National Family Planning Strategy 2025-2030 launch date is 28 October 2025 per UNFPA primary source -- the MEFWD sibling record incorrectly dates this event as March 2026. Contraceptive crisis figures (1/3 of 487 upazilas on red alert as of 20 April 2026; 1.795 million condoms, 2.963 million oral pills, zero implants, IUDs exhausted in 395 upazilas) cross-verified across BD Pratidin, Daily Star, TBS, Japan Times, Dawn, and Pakistan Today. CPR 58.2 percent (vs 62.7 percent in 2019) and TFR 2.4 sourced from MICS 2025 (Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics/UNICEF) as reported by Daily Star and TBS. The 5th HPNSP procurement stall since July 2024 confirmed as root cause by TBS and Dawn.