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A book titled, 50 Years of Bangladesh: Advances in Health by Bangladesh Health Watch was launched on Saturday at the capital’s International Mother Language Institute Auditorium in Shegun Bagicha.
The book was published by The University Press Limited (UPL) which is a documentation of the success and the challenges of the health sector, said a press release.
This book documents the measurable progress that took place in the health sector since the country’s Liberation in 1971. Contributed by 103 renowned and reputed health experts, researchers, academics, and journalists, it comprises 20 chapters.
On that occasion, Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen was present as the chief guest. Alexandra Berg von Linde, ambassador of Sweden to Bangladesh and Kazi Faisal Bin Seraj, country representative of The Asia Foundation, Bangladesh attended the event as special guests.
Dr Ahmed Mushtaque Raza Chowdhury through his welcome speech thanked distinguished guests and the participants for attending the programme.
A keynote speech was delivered by the Senior Associate of the Department of International Health at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, in Maryland, USA, Dr Henry Perry. Dr Henry started by thanking, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Sir Fazle Hasan Abed and Dr Zafarullah Chowdhury for their amazing contribution to the health sector in his keynote speech.
Dr Perry said that Bangladesh has achieved so much in the last 50 years in the health sector. He highlighted the improvement in life expectancy; reduction in child mortality; reduction in fertility rate; expansion in coverage of immunizations; development of a strong community-based primary health care system. Lastly, he has made some recommendations for the future advancement of the health sector like a major expansion of funding for the health sector, with priority given to the expansion of coverage at the lower levels of the health system; development of a strong primary health care system with outreach to every home and provision of catastrophic health insurance to all citizens.
