The DGDA started piloting its automated drug licensing and renewal system (ADLRS), which BHB helped develop, in the Gulshan and Mirpur areas of Dhaka city on September 1, 2021. The pilot will test the system’s usability and user-friendliness in a real-world situation.
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Orientation on the PCB automation system The PCB held an orientation on its automation system for BCDS leaders on September 27, 2021. The Director General of the DGDA was the chief guest. BHB provided technical assistance to develop the system, and BHB’s Mominur Rahman demonstrated it during the orientation. Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians use the
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Assessing the national disease surveillance system: The COVID-19 pandemic illustrated to countries the urgency to revisit their national disease surveillance systems. In this context, the Line Director of Communicable Disease Control at the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) asked BHB to review Bangladesh’s disease surveillance system and provide recommendations to strengthen it with an
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One of BHB’s responsibilities is to help the MOHFW Program Management and Monitoring Unit to organize different events to implement of the 4th Health, Population, and Nutrition Sector Program. In September and October 2021, BHB facilitated 26 of these events, including a technical assistance committee meeting held on October 24, 2021.
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The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare’s (MOHFW) Directorate General of Medical Education (DGME) asked BHB to help facilitate an assessment and development of recommendations to develop a competency-based allied health workforce; BHB hired a local firm, ARK Foundation, through competitive bidding for this work. On September 29, 2021, a dissemination workshop was held with
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BHB observed World Pharmacists Day 2021 by organizing a webinar on September 26, 2021. The Director General of Drug Administration, Major General Mahbubur Rahman, was the chief guest and the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Health Specialist, Dr. Shehlina Ahmed, was the special guest. The 280+ participants included officials from DGDA and the Pharmacy
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In a special event on October 21, 2021, the Director General of Drug Administration presented accreditation certificates to 192 private drug shops and one pharmacy that met the criteria in the Chattogram city corporation area. The outlets will now be designated as Model Medicine Shops and Model Pharmacy. The Director General’s four-day visit to Chattogram
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In July 2021, BHB completed pre-assessing 10,697 private drug shops, which exceeded its 2021 target of 10,000. The pre-assessment is the first step of the Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA) drug shop accreditation program that BHB supports. The accreditation process has six steps as shown below: Six steps of accreditation of private drug shops
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BHB supports the Directorate General of Medical Education to develop a competency-based training program the allied health workforce—paraclinical medical technologists, pharmacy technicians, radiotherapists, dental technologists, etc. BHB recruited the ARK Foundation to develop a situational analysis of the educational system that they presented on 9 August 2021 in a meeting chaired by Director General Professor
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BHB routinely supports the MOHFW of Bangladesh by hiring consultants for specific assignments and by organizing meetings, workshops, and events. BHB is now recruiting a consultant to conduct a situation analysis of the country’s disease surveillance system and to make recommendations to strengthen the system, so that actions can be taken earlier to prepare for
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The BHB Technical Management Committee had their fifth meeting on 8 August 2021 online. Nine participants represented the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW), DGDA, Pharmacy Council of Bangladesh, BCDS, UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, United States Agency for International Development, World Health Organization, United States Pharmacopeia-Promoting the Quality of Medicines, BHB, and
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The DGDA wants to streamline retail drug outlet licensing and renewal to better track licensing status and to make the process easier for license applicants. BHB hired an IT firm and worked with DGDA to develop the Automated Drug Licensing and Renewal System. As the largest body representing retail outlet owners, the BCDS received a
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Grade C pharmacy technicians dominate the dispenser profession in retail medicine outlets. To prepare retail medicine outlets for accreditation, BHB has trained 5,059 Grade C pharmacy technicians. To determine the training’s effectiveness, icddr,b compared the dispensing practices of 220 trained and 220 untrained Grade C pharmacy technicians from 11 districts using direct observation and
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An icdrb’b study finds that the Model Pharmacy initiative is a unique idea to ensure better pharmacy practice in Bangladesh [Photos of the member of the study team are shown on top]. BHB engaged an icddr,b research team to explore the factors related to retaining Grade A pharmacists employed in Model Pharmacies and the suitability
Better Health in Bangladesh, in consultation with its donor Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) of UKAID, continues to assist the Government of Bangladesh in combating COVID-19. BHB is raising awareness of the pandemic through print, electronic, and social media, emphasizing the important role that retail medicine dispensers play in preventing COVID-19. As part of
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The Muslim community of Bangladesh is waiting to celebrate the Eid-ul-Azha 2021 on 21 July. This special occasion is celebrated with a festive mood across all walks of life and all religious communities in Bangladesh. Although people understand the need to be extremely cautious due to the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, they will
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BHB supported the Management and Monitoring Unit of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare’s Planning Wing to organize training on “Project and Office Management”. BHB is also providing technical assistance to the Directorate General of Medical Education on the development of a competency-based health workforce. Expert consultants from the ARK Foundation, who are consulting
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BHB is conducting an online survey of pharmacy technicians to learn about the public’s health-seeking behaviour, dispensing practices, and the effects of COVID-19 on retail dispensers. A link to the survey questionnaire is on BHB’s e-learning platform. More than 500 retail medicine dispensers already completed the survey. BHB expects to publish the survey results in
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BHB has developed an online learning system on Good Pharmacy Practices. Anybody can enrol in any of the online courses free of charge. Courses on adverse drug reactions, antimicrobial resistance, pharmacovigilance, inspection, and monitoring and accreditation of Model Pharmacy and Model Medicine Shop are presently available on the e-learning platform. The course uses text, audio,
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The Daily Ittefaq published an article on 13 June 2021 on the automation of functions at the Pharmacy Council of Bangladesh (PCB) that BHB has been supporting. The author of the article, Muhammad Mahbubul Haq, Secretary of PCB describes how the automation has improved PCB’s performance and outcomes, such as now an applicant can apply
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