Reminding the health-related commitments of Election 2019
All should work together to realise the health-related commitments of Election 2019 - discussants pointed out at a dialogue organised by Bangladesh Health Watch and Unnayan Shamannay, says a press release.
The commitments related to development of health sector made by the political parties prior to the National Elections of 2018 have become even more relevant because of the pandemic. Over the course of three National Budgets, significant amount of resources have been allocated to attain these goals. Yet there remains a long way to go. All stakeholders must work together to fulfill these commitments.
Speakers at an online National Dialogue organised jointly by Bangladesh Health Watch, BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health and Unnayan Shamannay said these yesterday. The title of the event was "Assessing progress towards realization of health-related commitments of Election 2018."
While presenting the keynote, Dr Atiur Rahman pointed out that just analysing the budgetary allocations would not suffice to understand the extent of realisation of the election manifesto commitments related to healthcare. Rather, he added, stakeholders ought to the check for what goals the administration intends to attain with those allocations.
Ruhal Haque, MP said that ensuring adequate human resources for the healthcare sector should be considered as the topmost priority. The need for decentralisation of public health administration was emphasised by Shamim Haider, MP.
Dhaka University Professor and Working Group Member of Bangladesh Health Watch Dr Ruamana Haque delivered the vote of thanks on behalf of the organisers.
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