Tag Archives: Mursaleena Islam

Engaging the Media and Journalists to Progress the Universal Health Coverage Agenda in Bangladesh, 2016-2018

Publications, Universal Health Coverage, Where We Work

Resource Type: Brief Authors: Mursaleena Islam and Tanver Hossain Published: June 2018 Resource Description: The USAID-funded global Health Finance and Governance (HFG) project worked in Bangladesh to help transform health care financing and achieve the objective of universal health coverage (UHC). HFG has successfully supported various strategic communication activities focused on raising awareness about and driving momentum […]

Resource Gap for Public Sector Provision of the Expanded Programme on Immunization in Bangladesh, 2017-2022

Publications, Where We Work

Resource Type: Publication Authors: Katie Shepard, Shamima Akhter, Afroja Yesmin, Nathan Blanchet and Mursaleena Islam Published: June 2018 Resource Description: This brief provides an overview of the resource gap analysis for the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) in Bangladesh, based on the distribution of domestic and external resources allocated to the EPI and the estimated costs for […]

Resource Gap for Public Sector Provision of the Essential Service Package in Bangladesh, 2017-2022

Publications, Where We Work

Resource Type: Publication Authors: Katie Shepard, Shamima Akhter, Afroja Yesmin, Nathan Blanchet and Mursaleena Islam Published: June 2018 Resource Description: This brief provides an overview of the resource gap analysis for the ESP, including data estimates for the Government of Bangladesh and donors, and presents the calculated resource gap for public sector provision of the Essential Service Package […]

Health Financing in Bangladesh: Why Changes in Public Financial Management Rules Will Be Important

Journal Publications

Resource Type: Journal Publication Authors:  Md. Ashadul Islam, Shamima Akhter & Mursaleena Islam Published: February 21, 2018 Resource Description: Bangladesh has achieved remarkable improvement in health indicators since its independence in 1971, despite poor economic conditions. It achieved Millennium Development Goal 4 on child mortality and progressed substantially toward Goal 5 on maternal mortality, even with health […]

Targeting the poor for universal health coverage (UHC) program inclusion: Exploring a more effective pro-poor targeting strategy for Bangladesh

Universal Health Coverage, Where We Work

Photo: from left, Mursaleena Islam, Country Manager, USAID’s HFG Project, Bangladesh; Sukumar Sarker, Senior Technical and Policy Advisor, Office of Population, Health, Nutrition & Education, USAID/ Bangladesh; Akhter Ahmed, Country Director, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); Hossain Zillur Rahman, Executive Chairman, Power and Participation Research Centre (PPRC); Professor Shamsul Alam, Senior Secretary, General Economic […]

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