On November 20, 2023, a delegation from the CLPA team met with Dr. Fazla Ehlahi, Program Manager of the NCDC, at the DGHS office in Mohakhali to discuss ongoing activities under the RECAP project. During the meeting, plans for a collaborative event as part of the RECAP initiative were explored. Dr. Ehlahi expressed appreciation for CLPA’s contributions to non-communicable disease (NCD) control.
Following this, the CLPA team met with Professor Robayet Amin, Line Director of the NCDC, and presented him with publications related to NCDs and relevant policy issues. The team shared key policy findings regarding NCD control in Bangladesh.
Professor Amin thanked CLPA for their work in identifying policy gaps and emphasized that achieving NCD targets would not be possible without legislative reforms. He noted that the Honorable Health Minister had also highlighted the importance of policy and inter-ministerial collaboration during a recent meeting on the NCD operational plan. The CLPA team briefly discussed the roles of various ministries in Bangladesh’s efforts to tackle NCDs.