September-October 2024 (BHB Closing edition)

The MSH’s BHB project was meant for providing technical assistance (TA) to the MOHFW of the Government of Bangladesh for overall health systems strengthening under the umbrella of 4th HPNSP. A Technical Assistance Committee (TAC) of the MOHFW oversaw and coordinated the TA programs. During the BHB project life, 29 TAs were provided, which included: […]

When the COVID-19 pandemic first hit in Bangladesh in 2020, the MOHFW of Bangladesh and in fact the whole world, were drowned in unprecedented uncertainties about the management of the outbreak, prevention, and identification and treatment of the COVID-19 patients. In these initial days, MSH’s BHB project provided critical support to the MOHFW to establish

The MSH’s Better Health in Bangladesh project provided training to 14,129 medicine dispensers of Bangladesh as part of DGDA’s model medicine shop and model pharmacy initiative. Two surveys were conducted among the medicine dispensers who received accreditation. The main intention of both the 2022 and 2024 surveys was to see whether the medicine dispensers of

About the guideline The MSH’s Better Health in Bangladesh project assisted the DGDA in developing a national guideline to sustain the program to accredit model pharmacies and model medicine shops without external assistance. A committee headed by a Director of DGDA led the development process of the guidelines. The guideline has been printed and distributed

What is red labelling of antibiotic packaging? The private medicine shops are one of the largest providers of medicines to the consumers in Bangladesh. Some prescription-only medicines are often sold without prescriptions. In November-December 2021, the DGDA conducted a baseline survey in collaboration with WHO Bangladesh and Fleming Fund. The survey investigated the level of

What are Model Medicine Shops? Before MSH’s BHB project, which was launched in 2018, there were no standards set by the DGDA for licensed retail medicine shops to store and sell medicines. With BHB facilitation, DGDA developed and enforced a standard guideline for this purpose. The accreditation process involved several steps: assessing the medicine shops, training

One of the project’s objectives of the BHB project was to help improve the safety of medicines delivered to the consumers through providing training to the pharmacy professionals working in retail medicine shops. In 2021, BHB launched an eLearning platform to The transformation of a retail medicine shop to either a Model Medicine Shop or

One of the objectives of the BHB project was to help improve the safety of medicines delivered to the consumers through providing training to the pharmacy professionals working in retail medicine shops. In 2021, BHB launched an eLearning platform to address the lack of learning resources for the continuing professional education of these pharmacy professionals.

Background The Directorate General of Medical Education (DGME), the newest entity under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of Bangladesh, has not only focused on essential infrastructural development but also prioritized the creation of a comprehensive Health Management Information System (HMIS). This HMIS aims to closely monitor all medical education institutions and centers, both

What is ADLRS? The Automated Drug Licensing and Renewal System (ADLRS) is a digital platform developed by the Better Health in Bangladesh project of MSH for DGDA. The idea was to transform the manual system of drug license issuance into an online automated system. Following originally developed in 2020, the ADLRS received a massive upgrade

What is the PMS? The Better Health in Bangladesh (BHB) project developed a Pharmacy Management Software (PMS) for the DGDA. It is a cutting-edge solution designed to streamline and optimize pharmacy business management tasks required by a retail medicine shop. Key features Inventory Management Sales and Billing Reporting and Analytics Antibiotics Containment Expiry tracking of

The Better Health in Bangladesh (BHB) project maintained an IT technical person’s presence at the DGDA since 2021. This outsourced IT professional managed and maintained DGDA’s IT resources, including desktop computers, laptops, servers, LAN, routers, switches, firewalls, power supply, and high-speed internet connectivity. He also oversaw the DGDA’s website and server room and provided daily

The Management Sciences for Health (MSH) is implementing a project Better Health in Bangladesh (BHB) from September 2018 and to close in December 2024. Funded by UK International Development, the project provided extensive technical support to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW) of the Government of Bangladesh for its 4th Health, Population, and