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BRAC started providing public healthcare in 1972 with an initial focus on curative care through paramedics and a self-financing health insurance scheme. The programme went on to provide integrated healthcare services to around 30 million people. [27] A BRAC community health worker conducting a survey in the Korail slum, Bangladesh
To ensure equitable healthcare for every resident in Bangladesh, an extensive network of health services has been established. Infrastructure of healthcare facilities can be divided into three levels: medical universities, medical college hospitals, and specialty hospitals exist at the tertiary level.
Medical and health organisations based in Bangladesh (5 C, 19 P) Pages in category "Healthcare in Bangladesh" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
It is also responsible for all government programs relating to family planning in Bangladesh. The present adviser is Nurjahan Begum. [3] The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare contains two divisions: [4] [5] Health Services Division and Medical Education And Family Welfare Division.
The Bangladesh health policy document was published in 2011 and adheres to the following : Health is defined as "A state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." [1] Every citizen has the basic right to adequate health care.
Grameen Bank (Bengali: গ্রামীণ ব্যাংক) is a microfinance, specialized community development bank founded in Bangladesh. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] It provides small loans (known as microcredit or "grameencredit") [ 7 ] to the impoverished without requiring collateral .
Zafrullah Chowdhury (27 December 1941 – 11 April 2023) was a Bangladeshi public health activist. He was the founder of Gonoshasthaya Kendra, a rural healthcare organisation. He was known more for his work in formulating the Bangladesh National Drug Policy in 1982.
The Institute of Bankers was registered on the 6 February 1973 as an association under the Societies Registration Act, 1660 (Act No. XXI of 1660). [2] Before that some eminent bankers and other professionals decided, in a meeting held on 26 July 1972, to establish the institute as a professional body of banks and financial institutions in Bangladesh.