The World Population Day-2019 was observed in Bangladesh like many other countries in the world in a very festive mood on July 11, 2019. The theme of ‘World Population Day-2019’ is ’25 years of ICPD: accelerating the promise’. Numerous activities were taken nationwide to celebrate the day. Among the nationwide initiatives the main attraction of the day was the inaugural session and award giving ceremony at Krishibid Institutions, Khamarbari, Dhaka. Hon’ble Minister Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Mr. Zahid Maleque, MP was present as the Chief Guest and Hon’ble Chairman of the Ministry of  Health & Family Welfare standing [Read more...]

A study was conducted by Department of Population Science, University of Dhaka on Formative Research for Assessing Exposure and effectiveness of IEC/SBCC Interventions Implemented by IEM Unit of DGFP. See the details ppt. presentation [Read more...]

SBCC becomes a steering wheel for the HPN program implementation requires strategic implementation and monitoring Md. Habibur Rahman, Additional Secretary (PH&WH), MoHFW The National Committee for Health, Population and Nutrition (HPN) SBCC Strategy Implementation and Monitoring took its own course to hold its first meeting on October 21, 2018 in the MoHFW conference room. This meeting was Chaired by Mr. Md. Habibur Rahman, Additional Secretary (PH&WH), MoHFW while it was co-chaired by Mr. A K M Mohiul Islam, Additional Secretary, Health Education and Family Welfare Division, MoHFW. A total of 30 members of the National Committee represents the Ministry of [Read more...]

The World Population Day is being celebrated worldwide including Bangladesh on Wednesday to spread awareness and discuss issues related to population growth. In 1989, the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programe recommended that July 11 be observed by the international community as World Population Day, a day to focus attention on the urgency and importance of population issues. The theme of World Population Day 2018 is “Family planning is a human right”, marking the 50th anniversary of the 1968 International Conference on Human Rights, where family planning was, for the first time, globally affirmed to be a human [Read more...]

On Tuesday, April 10, 2018 the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Ujjiban Social and Behavior Change Communication Project launched a national transmedia campaign to raise awareness of critical health issues and to create a conducive environment for sustainable health behavior change. See details [Read more...]