Health Services Division Explained

Health Services Division
Formation:2017
Headquarters:Dhaka, Bangladesh
Region Served:Bangladesh
Language:Bengali
Website:Health Services Division

Health Services Division is a Bangladesh government division under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare responsible for healthcare in Bangladesh.[1] Jahangir Alam is the Secretary of the division.[2]

History

In the 1970s the ministry had two divisions but they were combined in 1985. Health Services Division was established on 16 March 2017 through the bifurcation of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.[3] [4]

On 17 April 2021, Rozina Islam, a journalist of Prothom Alo, went to the Health Ministry office in the Bangladesh Secretariat for reporting.[5] [6] She was confined in the ministry for five hours and her cell phones were seized. She was then arrested from the Ministry.[7] Sibbir Ahmed Osmani, Deputy Secretary of the Health Services Division, filed a case against her around midnight of 17 April 2021 with Shahbagh police station under the Official Secrets Act.[8]

Notes and References

  1. News: Barishal most vulnerable region . 19 July 2019 . The Daily Star . 19 March 2019 . en.
  2. News: Country to produce TB vaccine soon: Health minister . 19 July 2019 . The Daily Star . 5 April 2019 . en.
  3. News: Nath . Dhiraj Kumar . Health sector reformation and challenges of implementation . 19 July 2019 . The Daily Star . 2 April 2017 . en.
  4. News: Health sector reformation and challenges of implementation . 19 July 2019 . The Daily Star . 2 April 2017 . en.
  5. Web site: 2021-05-17. Prothom Alo journalist Rozina taken to police station after 5 hours' confinement at Secretariat. 2021-05-18. The Daily Star. en.
  6. Web site: Staff Correspondent. Journalist Rozina Islam taken to police station after 5-hour confinement at the secretariat. 2021-05-18. Prothomalo. 17 May 2021 . en.
  7. Web site: 2021-05-17. Prothom Alo journo Rozina Islam arrested in Official Secrets Act case. 2021-05-18. Dhaka Tribune.
  8. Web site: 2021-05-18. Court rejects remand plea, sends Rozina Islam to jail. 2021-05-18. The Business Standard. en.

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