<p>The project on ‘Safe Motherhood in Rural Communities’ in 23 districts in north-west Bangladesh was implemented by Lamb Health Care Foundation (United Kingdom) and Lamb Project (Bangladesh). The project started on 1 April 2006 and finished on 30 June 2009.</p><p>The project implemented a heath care and development system benefitting approximately 600,000 people in 23 districts including:</p><p>450 home/community Village Health Volunteers trained;</p><p>Support to 21 local clinics, including 16 Safe Child Delivery Units, with 180 Community Health Workers in all 23 districts;</p><p>family planning counselling to hospitals;</p><p>a subsidy for 1,400 poor patients to be treated at the hospital without fees over three years;</p><p>better community-based care for disabled children reaching 369 children (201 boys, 168 girls) during the project period;</p><p>a reduction in maternal mortality in the project areas of 40% and a reduction in peri-natal mortality by 11%;</p><p>Lamb (United Kingdom) made contributions to a Word Health Organisation (WHO) manual on Perinatal and Maternal Death Audit.</p><p>The project evaluation undertaken in December 2009 concluded that the project had fully achieved its objectives and that the work undertaken should be sustained after the project end-date. The project partner is continuing to work with the Government of Bangladesh to ensure this.</p>