Towards a ‘Healthy Bangladesh’

To promote social and policy accountability on women and adolescent health, Healthy Bangladesh SRH Network (HBSN) was launched on Tuesday.

Organisations and networks working on sexual and reproductive health (SRH) joined hands to launch the network through an MoU signing event in Dhaka, said a press release.

The network brings together a set of organisational capacities, including service delivery, awareness raising, research and documentation, capacity building and influencing policies. It will focus on building a collective voice in the areas of SRH rights specifically, and in the areas of adolescent and women’s health broadly.

The initial set of activities will be supported by Options Consultancy Services under DFID’s WISH2ACTION programme.

The founding members include Power and Participation Research Centre (PPRC); Options Consulting Services; Brac; Naripokkho; Family Planning Association of Bangladesh; Population Services and Training Centre; IPAS-Bangladesh; SERAC-Bangladesh; Society for Environment and Human development; RH-STEP; Mirror Institute of Arts and Justice; Kotha; Handicap International and Ghashful.

PPRC Executive Chairman Hossain Zillur Rahman will be convener of the network, and PPRC will act as its secretariat.