Providing quality healthcare services to rural people underscored
BSS
GAIBANDHA: Speakers at a function underscored the need for providing quality health services to the rural people to build a healthy nation and ensuring safe pregnancy to prevent mother and child deaths, reports BSS. They made the comments while addressing an advocacy meeting on Community Clinic Activity in the district at the conference room of civil surgeon (CS) here on Sunday.
With the financial support of CARE Bangladesh, district health department organized the function under Strengthening the Community Support System to Improve Maternal and Infant Health project.
Chief coordinator of Community Base Health Care (CBHC) Dr. Makhduma Nargis addressed the workshop as the chief guest and deputy commissioner M. Abdus Samad was present at the event as special guest.
With CS Dr Nirmlendu Chowdhury in the chair, the function was also addressed among others by superintendent of district hospital Dr. Bidhan Chandra Majumder, Phulchhari UNO Abdul Halim Tolstoy, Sadar upazila health and family planning officer (UHFPO) Dr. Ayub Ali, district nutrition support officer of UNICEF M. Kamruzzaman, health education officer Abdul Hannan and journalist Sarker M. Shahiduzzaman while Phulchhari UHFPO Dr. ABM Abu Hanif was the
moderator.
