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BRAC JPGSPH SIGNS MOU WITH THE INSTITUTE OF HEALTH ECONOMICS, DU

BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health (BRAC JPGSPH), BRAC University signed Memorandum of Understanding with Institute of Health Economics (IHE), Dhaka University on May 19, 2019 at IHE.
The objective is to build collaboration between the institutions with respect to expanding and institutionalizing the growing learning and research collaboration program in health economics and health systems education, research and scholarly services.
The MoU will allow both institutes to collaborate on research and relevant educational/capacity building grants to improve pedagogy, teaching and course content in graduate public health program and jointly hold, whenever appropriate and as funding permits, dissemination seminars, workshops, scientific conferences, etc., to further enhance public health training.
Professor & Dean, Sabina Faiz Rashid, on behalf of BRAC JPGSPH and Professor & Director, Dr Syed Abdul Hamid on behalf of IHE signed the MoU. Dr Zahidul Quayyum, Professor, BRAC JPGSPH who facilitated the collaboration between these two institutes, was also present during the ceremony. Md Koushik Ahmed, Deputy Director, MPH Program, BRAC JPGSPH; Dr. Nasrin Sultana, Associate Professor and Dr. Sharmeen Mobin Bhuiyan, Associate Professor and other faculty members of IHE were also present at the ceremony.

BRAC UNIVERSITY VICE CHANCELLOR VISITS BRAC JPGSPH

Professor Sabina F Rashid, Dean, welcomed Professor Vincent Chang, the Vice Chancellor (VC) of BRAC University, to BRAC JPGSPH on Monday, May 20, 2019. The VC met with the faculty, staff and senior management of the School, and shared his vision for the University. He also met with 27 students from 8 countries of the current (15th cohort) in the Master of Public Health (MPH) program.
After the Vice Chancellor’s speech; Professor Sabina Rashid, Dean and Professor Malabika Sarker, Associate Dean of BRAC JPGSPH, gave a brief presentation of the School’s achievements in the four core areas: Education, Training, Research and Advocacy efforts over the last few years, and the future vision of the School. Dr Ahmed Mushtaque Raza Chowdhury, Adviser to the Developing Midwives Project at the School shared a few thoughts on how the School was already an internationally recognized institution and was looking forward to the leadership of the VC to take the University forward.

The session was followed by a short Question and Answer session.

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DISSEMINATION SEMINAR ON HEALTH CARE FOR FORCIBLY DISPLACED MYANMAR NATIONALS (FDMNS) –ACCESS, BEHAVIOUR AND THE CHALLENGES

BRAC JPG School of Public Health, BRAC University hosted a dissemination event on the 15th of April, 2019 at the Sayeman Hotel in Cox’s Bazar. Findings from two implementation research projects on the various health aspects of the Rohingya community were shared with academics, researchers and programme staff of organizations. The first study focused on the morbidity pattern of the displaced Rohingya population, their health seeking behaviour and facility utilization. The second study concerned with the needs assessment and a situation analysis of sexual and reproductive health care. The projects were funded by BRAC and the World Health Organization (WHO) respectively.
The event also featured a panel discussion with experts from the fields of humanitarian aid and public health. The Chief Guest for the event was Mr. Mohammed Abul Kalam, Commissioner of the Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commission (RRRC); with Special Guest Dr. Mohammad Abdul Matin, Civil Surgeon at the Directorate of General Health Services (DGHS), Ministry of Health and Welfare (MoHFW). They provided a review of the Rohingya refugee situation, highlighting key areas of concern, expressing the need for sustainable economic support to set demand based services and facilities in the camps. Professor Zahidul Quayyum ended the ceremony by thanking the participants and the researchers from the two projects.

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