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Central plan and budget required to combat primary health challenges [video]

July 28, 2016

Brigadier General (Dr.) Md Saidur Rahman, Chief Health Officer, Dhaka South City Corporationattended our 9th Policy Breakfast on Urban Primary Health Care held on July 28, 2016. He especially talked…

Successful event to improve the health care system of Dhaka [video]

July 28, 2016

Brigadier General S M M Saleh Bhuiyan, Chief Health Officer, Dhaka North City Corporation attended our 9th Policy Breakfast on Urban Primary Health Care held on July 28, 2016.He thinks…

Policy Breakfast a perfect forum for the activists and policy makers to debate [video]

July 28, 2016

Abdullah Al Kafee, Member, Communist Party of Bangladesh attended our 9th Policy Breakfast on Urban Primary Health Care held on July 28, 2016. He said, Policy Breakfast is a perfect…

Poor women need access to urban health care [video]

July 28, 2016

Dr. KaosarAfsana, Director, Health, Nutrition and Population, BRAC attended our 9th Policy Breakfast on Urban Primary Health Care held on July 28, 2016. She expressed her gratitude for being able…

Mayor Commits to “Healthy Dhaka”

July 28, 2016

IID’s 9th Policy Breakfast was held on Thursday the 28th in Dhaka city. The event was organized in partnership with icddr,b and supported by European Union. The topic was Urban Primary…

Urban health system needs to be re-organize and re-oriented [video]

July 28, 2016

Dr. Zahirul Islam, Program Officer, Health, SIDA attended our 9th Policy Breakfast on Urban Primary Health Care held on July 28, 2016. He pointed out a different dimension of urban…

In the fight against terror, social media is your friend

July 27, 2016

Until recently, “counter-terrorism” was a buzzword we almost exclusively heard in the context of other countries. Now, in the wake of the first ever hostage crisis in Bangladesh that shook…

Mobile money reduces costs

July 23, 2016

IID’s study found that using a cash based transaction system has more than direct costs associated with it. Cash based systems were found to be insecure because transportation and storage…

Education alone is not enough to fix high youth unemployment

July 23, 2016

The Next Generation Report 2015 showed that the youth most commonly identify quality education (85 percent) and job experience (53 percent) as factors for finding a job. However, in terms…

Baseline survey for UC Berkeley completed

June 22, 2016

IID has completed the baseline survey of 4000 of BRAC’s microfinance clients. Earlier, IID signed a contract with the University of California, Berkley to conduct a baseline and an end…

Library landscape assessment report published

June 21, 2016

The full report of the Library Landscape Assessment of Bangladesh has been published. Based on the findings of the study, initiatives will be taken to improve and modernize the libraries…

IID at PAL network’s leadership meeting

June 10, 2016

IID represented Bangladesh at the Leadership Meeting of People’s Action for Learning Network (PAL Network). The Leadership meet focused on planning, conducting, monitoring and communicating the citizen-led assessment process and…