CSOs revitalised in Dhaka on immunisation
The Gavi CSO constituency arranged a collaborative meeting of the Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in the Asia Pacific Region recently in Dhaka. The meeting on empowerment of civil society in Asia: Boosting collaboration and involvement in immunisation and health programmes was hosted by BRAC in Dhaka, Bangladesh during February 27-28, 2017 with the support of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.
The workshop was inaugurated by Dr. Md. Jahangir Alam Sarker, Director, Primary Health Care (PHC) of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) in Bangladesh while Dr. Dorothy Esangbedo, Chair, Gavi CSO Steering Committee and Mr. Hamzah Mangal Zekrya, CSO Advocacy Senior Specialist, Public Policy Engagement delivered presentation in the inaugural session. Dr. Kaosar Afsana, Director, Health Nutrition and Population Programme (HNPP) delivered the welcome note while Anuradha Gupta, Deputy CEO of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance sent a video message as the opening remarks on this occasion.
Dr. Naveen Thacker, CSO Representative on Gavi Board was present among other distinguished participants. Dr. Faruque Ahmed, Executive Director of BRAC International, delivered concluding speech of the inaugural session.
CSO representatives from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, and Sri Lanka attended the meeting. They urged on increasing regional collaboration on immunisation works.
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