Staff Reporter
State Minister for Local Government, Rural De-velopment and Coopera-tives Mir Shahe Alam has urged the World Bank delegation to expe-dite implementation of activities under the ‘Im-provement of Urban Public Health Preventive Services Project’.
The state minister made the call while delivering his concluding remarks at a review meeting yes-terday held at the confer-ence room of the Minis-try of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives yesterday.
Detailed discussions were held on the overall progress of the World Bank-funded project between representatives of the World Bank, led by Christophe Lemiere, and consultants of the Local Government Divi-sion and the Project Management Unit.
The meeting highlighted various development activities being imple-mented in Bangladesh with World Bank assis-tance.
The project is being im-plemented with a focus on several important are-as. These include control of mosquito- and vector-borne diseases; manage-ment of medical waste outside hospitals (out-house); addressing the impacts of climate change on public health, including heat waves, air and noise pollution; rais-ing public awareness through behavioral change communication strategies; and creating necessary facilities to reduce non-communicable diseases.
The project covers Dha-ka South City Corpora-tion, Dhaka North City Corporation, Chattogram City Corporation, and the municipalities of Savar and Tarabo adja-cent to Dhaka.
Director General of the Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation and Inspec-tion Wing of the ministry Shibir Bichitra Barua and Local Government Division Joint Secretary Md Robiul Islam, among others, attended the meeting.
