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 […]
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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
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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
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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
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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
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DGDA is promoting its initiative to accredit retail medicine outlets as model medicine shops or model pharmacies. To receive accreditation certificates from the DGDA, the retail medicine shops must meet government standards. Till date, DGDA has recognised several thousand retail medicine shops in Bangladesh as model medicine shops (minimum floor space 120 square feet) or
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As the country’s national medicines regulatory authority, the DGDA undertakes and enforces various regulatory measures related to the pharmaceutical sector. DGDA summarises these activities daily on the online dashboard displayed on two large monitors on the wall at its HQ. BHB’s in-house technical adviser on IT recently updated the dashboard, and on 17 April 2023,
BHB is continuing its work with DGDA in a fresh round of accreditation of retail medicine shops in 2023-2024, with a target of 3,500 shops. The first step is the pre-assessment of retail medicine shops in different districts of Bangladesh. BHB’s dedicated field staff, recruited for this purpose, randomly visit the medicine shops to collect
To curb the irrational use of antibiotics, the Bangladesh DGDA now requires pharmaceutical manufactures to label antibiotics packaging with a red-flagged message, “Antibiotics: Use only with prescription by a qualified physician”, before marketing and sale. A study by the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research of Bangladesh found that an average of 31%-67% of
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Since the launch of BHB’s eLearning platform, 19 courses have been uploaded. The number of enrolled participants reached 1,028, many of whom have completed multiple courses. BHB has started new drives to promote the eLearning platform and its new courses—“Basic Principle of Medicine Management” was launched on 12 February 2023 and “Good Dispensing Practice (GDP)”
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A Technical Management Committee (TMC) oversees the Better Health in Bangladesh (BHB) project activities. The committee, chaired by Major General Mohammad Yousuf, the Director General of Drug Administration met on 23 March 2023. In the beginning, the Country Project Director of BHB Prof. Dr Abul Kalam Azad explained the importance of the issues to be
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On January 15, Dr Rashid Zaman and Dr Shafiqul Islam, FCDO Health Advisors, and Professor Dr Abul Kalam Azad, BHB Country Project Director, met with the Director General and senior officials at the Directorate General of Medical Education (DGME) to discuss its management information system, which FCDO is funding BHB to help develop. To illustrate
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To further promote medicine dispensers’ use of its eLearning platform, BHB recently added two eLearning courses—Basic Principles of Medicine Management and Good Dispensing Practice (GDP). In the first month, 84 students had completed the medicine management course, while 25 students completed the second eLearning course, which was launched later. The courses include text, images, videos,
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The BHB staff who attended the accreditation award event in Sylhet took the opportunity to hold an in-person training of medicine dispensers, medicine shop owners, and local DGDA officials on the Automated Drug Licensing and Renewal System (ADLRS). Training participants gained hands-on skills on using the ADLRS and had their questions answered. BHB developed the
BHB began supporting the DGDA’s retail medicine shop accreditation program in 2019, when the first round of 2,193 medicine shops was accredited. The second round was in 2021-2022, when 4,542 medicine shops were accredited. The third accreditation round, targeting 3,500 medicine shops, will take place in 2023-2024. BHB collaborates with local DGDA officials, leaders of
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On February 9, the Director General of Drug Administration, Major General Dr Mohammad Yousuf, awarded accreditation certificates to 477 medicine shops in Sylhet district that passed the government’s Model Medicine Shop standards. BHB had prepared these medicine shops through a structured process of pre-assessment, training, upgradation of medicine shop, and post-assessment to meet the standards.
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Assessing Good Pharmacy Practices in Private Medicine Shops in selected Districts of Bangladesh, a study undertaken by the Better Health in Bangladesh (BHB) project and supported by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO), was completed. The researcher presented the final report in a formal event held online on January 24, 2023. Major General
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The tenure of BHB project of MSH has been extended till December 2024. An amendment memo has been signed on this matter between FCDO and MSH. The team lead of Human Capital of FCDO Ms. Fahmida Shabnam and Senior Contract Officer of MSH Ms. Alexandra Da Silva signed the memo on 11 December 2022 and
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BHB is a member of DGDA’s Coalition of Interested Partners, which is helping it attain maturity level 3 for vaccine regulation based on the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Benchmarking Tool. BHB is an active member of this coalition. The coalition met at DGDA headquarters on 3 October 2022 in collaboration with WHO. WHO will
Pharmacy Management Software (PMS) can be a comprehensive business solution if the retail medicine shop takes advantage of its full functionality. It ensures efficient operations including human resource information management, purchase management, sales invoicing with point-of-sale, sales return, stock management, expiry tracking, revenue management, etc. The latest data show that login credentials have been approved
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