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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