Rumana Huque
Dr Rumana Huque is professor in the Department of Economics at Dhaka University and executive director at ARK Foundation.
A new chance to fix urban primary healthcare in Bangladesh
13 August 2026
More than 40 percent Bangladeshis live in urban areas, 35 percent of whom reside in slums, according to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics’ 2022 census.
13 August 2026
Why are we still struggling to make health insurance work?
26 July 2026
Bangladesh has committed itself to achieving universal health coverage (UHC).
26 July 2026
Rethinking Bangladesh's health sector reform after SWAp
22 July 2026
The introduction of SWAp transformed Bangladesh’s health sector from a fragmented collection of donor-funded projects into a coordinated, government-led programme.
22 July 2026
What hinders the proper execution of Bangladesh's health budget?
5 July 2026
Bangladesh’s health budgeting system remains centralised and input-driven. Budgets are prepared and approved according to detailed expenditure codes, leaving managers with little flexibility to respond to changing needs during implementation.
5 July 2026
Covid-19 And Budget 2020/21 / What do we need in a new health budget?
9 June 2020
The spread of Covid-19 has critically exposed the long-standing weaknesses of Bangladesh’s health system.
9 June 2020