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DISCUSSION-UBR
Discussion on adolescent, youth friendly health services held
DHAKA, June 24, 2019 (BSS) – A discussion on adolescent and youth friendly
health services was held yesterday in the capital, with an aim to take the
services closer and make it easier to the people in need.
Organized by Unity for Body Rights (UBR) Bangladesh Alliance, the
programme was addressed by Medical Education and Family Welfare Division
Secretary M Saleh Uddin as the chief guest.
Executive Director, RHSTEP and UBR2 Programme leader Quazi Suraiya Sultana
gave vote of thanks in the function and UBR Steering Committee chair Dr
Dibalok Singha gave introductory remarks.
Medical Education and Family Welfare secretary in his speech assured all
about including the positive outcome and experience of UBR’a youth-friendly
services from last nine years into Health Ministry’s programme.
Netherlands Embassy representative Mashfika Zaman Satiyar emphasized on
mainstreaming UBR learning lessons, asking those to be shared with the
ministry.
The organizers at the function said they are providing advices to
establish youth-friendly corner in all the upazila public health service
centers with the help of local administrations from 2016.
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