Int. conference on healthcare for RMG workers held in Dhaka
A conference focusing on the healthcare of the garment workers titled International conference on healthcare delivery system for the garment factory workers: challenges and solutions was held at CIRDAP auditorium, Dhaka on August 28, 2016. The conference was organised by the Brown University Global Health Initiative, USA and Child Health Awareness Foundation, Bangladesh.
The main goal of the conference was to bring all the stakeholders in the RMG sector under one platform to discuss the healthcare scenario of the RMG workers of Bangladesh and seek cooperation and partnership in providing improved healthcare services to them.
State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Meher Afroz Chumki was the Chief Guest of the conference. Faculty of Brown University, USA Dr Ruhul Abid chaired the conference and presented the keynote paper. Former Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni and US Ambassador to Bangladesh Marcia Bernicat also spoke in the conference.
Participants of the conference stressed the need for strengthening health facilities and creating proper awareness in RMG units to reduce risk of diseases saying their women workers in many cases were unwilling to go for health care services which is largely responsible for them to lag behind. They also suggested access to healthcare and affordability of the healthcare for the garment factory workers alongside creating awareness among them about health, nutrition and hygiene.
There are around 5,500 garment factories with around 4 million workers in Bangladesh while 70% of the workers are women of reproductive-age.
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