Every day, Yasmin Nahar visits about six households with her 11-month-old son Abdullah in the Jessore district of Bangladesh.
Yasmin works as a “community service promoter,” going door-to-door bringing essential health care items like oral rehydration salts, pain relievers and feminine napkins to households in the area. She also provides information on available health care services -- such as the dates when a satellite clinic will be set up nearby for child care, maternal health and postnatal consultations.
She is one of thousands of community service promoters across the country. Their work bringing easy-to-access health services and satellite clinics (usually a room in someone’s home that is used as a health service delivery point) to people’s doorsteps have changed women’s and children’s lives dramatically in this South Asian country.
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