Tobacco Control Research Findings Dissemination Conference Held
Bangladesh Center for Communication Programs (BCCP) and the Institute for Global Tobacco Control based at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (JHSPH), Baltimore, USA jointly organized a Research Findings Dissemination Conference on Tobacco Control in Bangladesh. The conference was held on January 22, 2018, at Lakeshore Hotel, Gulshan-2, Dhaka.
The findings of the ten research projects of the previous year’s ten research grant programs were presented in the conference through three scientific sessions. Among the 10 research projects, five were undertaken by five student researchers of different public and private universities and institutions while the other five were conducted by five experienced researchers of different public and private universities and organizations.
In the opening session of the conference, national Professor Dr. Brig. (Rtd.) Abdul Malik, President, National Heart Foundation of Bangladesh chaired the inaugural program while Mr. Saber Hossain Chowdhury, MP and Honorary President, Inter Parliamentary Union was present as the Chief Guest. In addition, Dr. AM Parvez Rahim, Coordinator, National Tobacco Control Cell, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare; Prof. Dr. M. Shamsher Ali, Founder Vice Chancellor, Bangladesh Open University and Southeast University, Dr. Bardan Jung Rana, WHO Representative a.i. to Bangladesh and Dr. Naseeb Kibria, Research Program Manager, Institute for Global Tobacco Control attended in the opening session of the conference as Guests of Honor.
Along with the other guests, Prof. Dr. A.H.M. Enayet Hussain, Additional Director General (Planning & Development) and Line Director, Non-Communicable Diseases Control, Directorate General of Health Services; and Dr. Sohel Reza Choudhury, President, Bangladesh Tobacco Control Research Network attended were attended as the Guests of Honor in the closing program. Mr. Mohammad Shahjahan, Director and CEO, BCCP presided over the program.