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Dr. Hossain Zillur Rahman
Executive Chairman
“Since its inception, PPRC has been at the forefront of research and policy advocacy on poverty, social protection, land, inclusive growth, governance, local governance, political development, quality, basic education and sustainable urbanization. Its core themes reflect current and emerging priorities of Bangladesh. The Centre maintains a strong interest in regional and international discourses on democracy and development.”
Health
PPRC’s interest in the health agenda arose from the twin realization that health is a poverty driver and that health can also be a growth driver through a holistic agenda of healthcare leading to a healthier population. PPRC’s research and advocacy work on Health has been focused on the interface of health with economics and governance. In 2015, PPRC organized the first international conference on universal health coverage (UHC) in Bangladesh. In 2017, PPRC facilitated the formation of a cross-sectoral civic platform “Healthy Bangladesh” with leading health professionals and service providers, economists, fitness advocates and civic and policy activists. PPRC most recently launched a research initiative on UHC progress indicators.
Project
Project Name: PRERONA
A pioneering effort under PPRC’s Healthy Bangladesh platform, PRERONA (meaning “inspiration” in Bangla) is a series of regional dialogues and TV talk shows on Universal Health Coverage (UHC) advocacy. The four inter-linked priorities of Healthy Bangladesh…
Event
“Realising Universal Health Goals” 2015
In 2015, PPRC in partnership with Rockefeller Foundation organized a three-day international health conference on “Realising Universal Health Goals”. Public health experts from home and abroad including…
Publications
Realizing Uhc Goals
Bangladesh Challenges And Opportunites
Editor: Hossain Zillur Rahman , Year: January 2016
A volume on the rationale for the strategic conversation and where to focus next on the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) agenda in Bangladesh.
Urban
PPRC has emerged as one of the key players in addressing critical knowledge gaps and advocating for a holistic perspective on urban challenges – migration and labor markets, urban finance, access to services and urban poverty. Through a series of studies, PPRC has been contributing to building a multi-dimensional urban data-base and discourse in Bangladesh. The Centre organized two international conferences in 2012 and 2016 on urban dynamics and urban poverty respectively and has been working to build a meso-level urban agenda in partnership with mayors of secondary cities.
Project
Project Name: Bangladesh Urban Strategy Studies 2009-2016
Funded by: World Bank and DFID
A three-phase urban study to address the limitations in Bangladesh urban agenda and foster a scaled-up engagement on urban issues and enhancing the capacity of urban poverty statistics.
Event
An international conference on Urban Poverty: Challenges of Perspective and Action. June 2016
Professor of Architecture, Adnan Morshed speaks on the need for a more multidimensional approach to understanding poverty in one of the conference planary sessions.
Publications
Title: The Urban Spectrum: Metropolitan to Mofussil
Editor: Hossain Zillur Rahman, Year: September 2016
A volume on the rationale for the strategic conversation and where to focus next on the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) agenda in Bangladesh.
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