Policy Breakfast on Urban Primary Health Care

European Union (EU) supported ”SHARE”  (Strengthening Health,  Applying Research Evidence) project in collaboration with  Institute of Informatics and Development (IID)organized a  Policy Breakfast on Urban Primary Health Care  on Thursday the 28th July 2016, from 8:30 am to 11:00 am at the Red shift Café in Gulshan, Dhaka.  Objective of the Policy Breakfast event was to promote evidence-informed and solution-focused debate on urban and primary health.

By 2030, 50% of Dhaka’s population is set to reside in slum settlements. The rapid growth rate of urbanization in Bangladesh has overwhelmed the government’s capacity to regulate, plan

and provide primary health care (PHC) services in urban areas. The poorest in these urban areas have taken the brunt for this, leading to growing disparities in health care access and outcomes.

 Recent research indicates that the private sector dominates the urban healthcare landscape, and that pharmacies represent the first source of care for the urban poor. Mr. Anisul Haque, Mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation attended the policy breakfast as the Special Guest.  Dr. Alayne Adams,  Senior Social Scientist of icddr,b moderated the event.

Representatives from different stakeholders and sector experts shared their own views and solutions to key challenges in policy implementation on urban health care.

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