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. ๐๐ซ๐จ๐. ๐๐ซ. ๐. ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ก๐ฆ๐๐ง, ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐-๐๐ก๐๐ง๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ of the Daffodil International University was present as the Chief Guest and the ๐๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ-๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ซ. ๐. ๐. ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ and the ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ซ. ๐๐ง๐ ๐ซ. ๐. ๐. ๐. ๐ ๐๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ช๐ฎ๐ of the DIU were also present in the seminar as special guests. The seminar was presided by ๐๐ซ. ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ข๐ง ๐๐ก๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฒ, 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 ๐ค๐๐ฒ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ค๐๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐. ๐๐ซ. ๐๐๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ซ, 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 ๐๐ซ. ๐. ๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ก๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ. ๐๐. ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ช๐ฎ๐ 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.
A total of 07 students has got opportunity through the ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก, ๐๐๐๐๐จ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ to work as Field Researchers of the National Monsoon Aedes Project conducted by National Malaria Elimination Program, Directorate General of Health Services. The students successfully completed their assigned tasks like data collection, identification & elimination of sources of Aedes Larva. We congratulate all the students for participating the mentioned national project.
Seminar on the “Resilience through Information on SRHR & Empowerment (RISE) Programme" was held in the Daffodil Smart City, Ashulia on 09 November 2022, which was jointly organized by the Department of Public Health, Daffodil International University and the KIT Tropical Institute, Amsterdam. The seminar was disseminate the findings and experiences of the RISE project and explore future collaborations between KIT and DIU. ๐๐ซ๐จ๐. ๐๐ซ. ๐. ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ก๐ฆ๐๐ง, ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐-๐๐ก๐๐ง๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ of the Daffodil International University was present as the Chief Guest and Anke van der Kwaak, Team leader Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, KIT Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam was also present in the seminar as a special Guest. The seminar was chaired by Dr. ABM Alauddin Chowdhury, Head, Department of Public Health. Internationally renowned public health expert and the Hon’ble Dean of the Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, DIU Professor Dr Abu Naser Zafar Ullah has given the welcome speech and also given overview of SRHR situation in Bangladesh on behalf of the DIU. A total of 75 participants were present in this seminar. Ophelia Chatterjee, SRHR Expert, KIT Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands was given speech about Introduction to RISE training project and the RISE research project. A voluntary medical student organization, Bangladesh Medical Students' Society (BMSS) presented their recent achievements in the field of SRHR. Their coherent presentation with the RISE project was highly praised by the guests.
A round table discussion among the highly distinguished leaders of Public Health in Bangladesh took place on the new years, organised by the Department of Public Health, Daffodil International University. The esteemed guests, along with the faculty members came together to discuss the prospect and opportunities of Bachelor of Public Health (BPH), the new program to be inaugurated by the department from Spring, 2023.
Their views and kind feedback will surely enrich the inaugural program to succeed and serve it's purpose of developing new health leaders. There will be new horizon of opportunities for the students of BPH introduced under their guidance.
โโThe first group of graduates from the Department of Public Health of Daffodil International University have successfully completed their course of Master of Public Health from Birmingham City University, UK where more than 10 students passed with Distinction. The group with such a triumphant result will go to UK in the upcoming july to receive their Convocation from the university.
The Global Health Research Centre (GHRC) with the joint collaboration of Pallirup (PR) organized a day-long workshop on a Hands-on course on essential statistical analyses for clinical research by Prof. Kiyoshi ICHIHHARA, MD, Ph.D.
Congratulations to all the participants who completed the hands-on course on essential statistical analyses for clinical research! It was a pleasure to see everyone engaged in the practical exercises and discussions throughout the program. We hope that the skills and knowledge gained during the course will be invaluable in your future research endeavors. Stay tuned for more professional development opportunities in the future!