MoU to strengthen community clinics signed
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed between Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and USAID here yesterday to facilitate health service through community clinics across the country.
The MoU has been signed under two projects--Revitalisation of Community Health Care Initiative in Bangladesh (RCHCIB) Project under the ministry and Maternal and Child Health Integrated Program (MCHIP) of USAID--at BMRC Bhaban in Mohakhali.
Dr Makhduma Nargis, project director, RCHCIB and Dr Ishtiaq Mannan, chief of party, MCHIP signed the deal. Save the Children is the implementing agency of MCHIP in Bangladesh, said a press release.
The public-private partnership is expected to leverage strengthening of the health system and add value in terms of key strategies in management of the community clinic, said the release.
Support systems like management information systems, quality of care and logistics management will be strengthened under this initiative, it said.
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