A scientific seminar on ‘Dengue: Country Overview and Clinical Management’ was held in the Daffodil Smart City, Ashulia on 23 June 2022, which was organized by the Department of Public Heath, Daffodil International University (DIU) and supported by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟. 𝐃𝐫. 𝐌. 𝐋𝐮𝐭𝐟𝐚𝐫 𝐑𝐚𝐡𝐦𝐚𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐞-𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐫 of the Daffodil International University was present as the Chief Guest and the 𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨-𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫 𝐃𝐫. 𝐒. 𝐌. 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐛𝐮𝐛 𝐔𝐥 𝐇𝐚𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐣𝐮𝐦𝐝𝐞𝐫 and the 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫 𝐃𝐫. 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐫. 𝐀. 𝐊. 𝐌. 𝐅𝐚𝐳𝐥𝐮𝐥 𝐇𝐨𝐪𝐮𝐞 of the DIU were also present in the seminar as special guests. The seminar was presided by 𝐃𝐫. 𝐀𝐁𝐌 𝐀𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐝𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐲, the Head, Department of Public Heath, DIU. The Honorable Vice-Chancellor of DIU candidly cited this type of awareness program timely which he hoped to be continued in future as part of the social responsibility. Both the Hon’ble special guests requested to the Department of Public Health and the DGHS to organize the Dengue Sources Destruction Program as follow-up program.

Seminar’s 𝐤𝐞𝐲𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟. 𝐃𝐫. 𝐊𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐮𝐥 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫, country’s renowned entomologist and Professor of Jahangirnagar University, emphasized on covering, emptying and cleaning of domestic water storage containers on regular basis to combat the dengue bearing aedes mosquito. Representatives from National Malaria Elimination & Aedes Transmitted Control Program, DGHS 𝐃𝐫. 𝐒. 𝐌 𝐇𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐦𝐮𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐫. 𝐌𝐝. 𝐓𝐨𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐥 𝐇𝐨𝐪𝐮𝐞 explored the recent scenarios of dengue cases and its deaths experienced in Dhaka city and across the country as well. After the seminar, a Dengue Awareness Rally was proceeded around the campus.