Virtual journalists workshop held

Sylhet Bureau :

The government has recently taken a decision to include the medicine for hypertension in the drug list of Community Clinic.

Speedy implementation of this decision is essential to control the growing prevalence and death from hypertension and hypertension-related non-communicable diseases.

At the same time, necessary budget must be allocated to ensure an uninterrupted supply of the medicine at Community Clinic and Upazila Health Complex.

These information and recommendations were highlighted at a virtual workshop for journalists titled “Hypertension Control in Bangladesh” on 14 September 2023.

The workshop was organized by research and advocacy organization PROGGA (Knowledge for Progress) with support from Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI).

Twenty-five journalists working in Sylhet metropolis heralding from print, electronic, and online media houses participated in the workshop.