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e-Governance for better healthcare delivery
Young medical professionals propose solutions
A portion of young doctors participated in a half-day long discussion session as a part of series of programmes to set an e-governance vision for the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
A discussion meeting with some young visionary doctors, medical students and sector specialists was arranged last Wednesday in the Chief Advisor's Office as a part of series of programmes to set an e-governance vision for the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of the country. The discussion was arranged by the Access to Information (A2I) Programme technically assisted by UNDP. Engr. Mahabub Sarwar, National Project Director gave the welcome note while Mr Munir Hassan, Programme Implementation Specialist facilitated the session. As part of the e-Governance action plan of the Access to Information (A2I) programme, an e-Governance Vision Document is being prepared. A framework that is forward looking and responsive to the needs of citizen, government officials and all stakeholders will be developed. This document will capture a strategic and systemic understanding about the possible future of e-Governance environment in Bangladesh. The vision document aims to look through the eyes of the citizen, government officials and all stakeholders and overcome current assumptions, established patterns and vested interests. In this regard, the workshop participated by young and visionary doctors of the country was organised. The objective was to know their vision about how they want to see the health sector of the country in near future with a stronger e-Governance. In a half-day workshop, they participated in group discussions and tried to find out the gaps and suggest different solutions. Their experiences were shared how e-Governance could help enhancing the existing capacity in health services planning, delivery and utilisation. The participants pointed out many obstacles and deadlock in the existing healthcare system from healthcare delivery to administrative and planning level where e-Governance could be intervened and helped in providing better services.
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