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Health insurance for all poor people soon: Selim
Health Minister Sheikh Fa-zlul Karim Selim yesterday said the government is actively considering the Introduction of health Insurance throughout the country to ensure better health for all, reports BSS.
’ We are acutally now working on introduction of health Insurance particularly for those below the poverty line and with that end in view we are currently examining the experiences of the South and South Asian countries," he said adding that those countries had successfully provided Insurance facilities for their peoples.
The minister was inaugurating a three-day international conference on the Health Sector Reform: Equity Efficiency and Sustainability'' at a hotel yesterday morning. Leading health and demographic experts of 14 countries of the world are taking part in the conference.
We have already taken programme-based approach under the Health and Population Sector Programme (HPSP) since 1998 on the basis of three fundamental principals like reducing maternal mortality rate and illness, expanding and
continuing the present reproductive health effort, and reducing the Infections diseases rate," he said.
Referring to the expansion of health service activities and cost-effectiveness, the health minister said construction work ol the community clinics, one each lor 6,000 people at village-level Is going on in lull swing to make available primary health care at the doorsteps of the rural people
Health Secretary Sayed Alamglr Farrouk Chowdhury presided over the inaugural function of the conference while State Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dr M Amanullah. Vice Chancellor of Dhaka University Prof A K Azad Chowdhury. British High Commissioner Dr David Carter, Additional Health Secretary Dhiraj Kumar Nath and Dr Kaemthong Indaratna from Chulalonghorn University ol Thailand spoke on the occasion as special guests.
State Minister for Health and Family Welfare Professor Dr M Amanullah said priority has been given to adequate funding for maternal health service to increase its access ol
poor women for safe child birth.
"We already recognised deadly diseases like HIV/AIDS, arsenic, tuberculosis and leprosy." Amanullah said adding that significant programmes have already been taken io create awarei s among the people to prevent I diseases.
Referring io the subject of Hu- conference and the negative Impact of globalisation Vice (Chancellor Prof Chowdhury said this Is (he propel lime to take significant initiatives to ensure safe health for all.
Referring to lack of education of masses. British envoy Dr David Carter laid emphasis on conducive academic atmosphere in educational Institutions from where people will get proper knowledge whit h in turn will help them understand the health situation.
A total of 350 persons, from home and abroad, arc taking part In the international conference. USA. UK. Nepal. India. Thailand. Singapore. Sri Lanka. Bhutan. South Africa. Hong Kong, the Philippines. Japan. China and Switzerland are taking part.