May-June 2023

BHB is carrying out its third round of medicine shop pre-assessments to help the Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA) accredit another 3,500 model pharmacies or model medicine shops. To be eligible for accreditation, during the pre-assessment, shops must meet three basic criteria, viz., a valid drug license, a registered medicine dispenser, and minimum shop […]

BHB trains BCDS leaders on ADLRS BHB trained the leaders of the Bangladesh Chemists and Druggists Samity (BCDS) on the Automated Drug Licensing and Renewal System (ADLRS) to orient them on system’s features, benefits, and implementation. BCDS is the retail medicine shop owners’ association in Bangladesh. The training was held on 17 and 18 May

The 11th One Health Bangladesh Conference 2023 was held from 12 to 14 June 2023 in Dhaka. This three-day event was filled with insightful discussions, innovative strategies, and the latest developments in One Health. This year’s theme was “One Health Approach for Tackling Antimicrobial Resistance and Pandemics.” Three BHB senior technical advisers attended to get

BHB’ eLearning platform now has 39 different courses; 13 are available to the public. The other 26 courses are dedicated for medicine dispensers (Grade-A and Grade-B pharmacists and Grade-C pharmacy technicians). So far, 1,077 participants have completed the different courses since the launch in 2021. BHB develops and adds new courses routinely and enhances existing

With funding support from FCDO of British Government, BHB provides technical assistance to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW) to implement its Health, Population and Nutrition Sector Programme (HPNSP). Since BHB launched in September 2018, the project has supported 27 of the Ministry’s different technical assistance projects. Each five-year HPNSP is unique because

The Better Health in Bangladesh (BHB) project runs an eLearning platform that allows medicine dispensers employed in retail medicine shops to update and refresh their knowledge. On 25 May 2023 and 31 May 2023, BHB organised two online experience-sharing events with course participants to collect their feedback. The participants recommended holding one hour-long online live