Despite significant achievements in the health sector, Bangladesh is still lagging behind its neighbours in terms of the health budget. The country must allocate 10 percent of the budget to put an end to out-of-pocket expenditure for health services, said speakers in a webinar yesterday.
With the aim of building a resilient health system, ARK Foundation has launched the Health Economics Research Network (HERN) in Bangladesh. The launching event of the network, which is being supported by the Centre for Health Economics at the UK University of York, was held on 19 April at the Six Seasons Hotel in Dhaka, reads a press release. The network aims to create a