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Tidings from Myanmar: The Trouser People

THE BANGLADESH-BASED HEALTH AND EDUCATION NETWORK sent its medical doctors on a mission to gain better knowledge of imple-menting programs and development strategies in the health sector. The team of medical doctors came to the Philippines in October 2002 and participated in a study program facilitated by SEAMEO INNOTECH.

The program provided in-depth analysis of Philippine experiences in human resource development issues, reforms and strategies, and identified which of these may be applied in Bangladesh.

The group of Bangladeshi doctors had a dialogue with officials of the HRD Bureau of the Department of Health (DOH) and PhilHealth, a company tasked to administer the Medicare program for government and private sector employees. The visit here provided them with better understanding of HRD concerns in the Philippines, including the programs and strategies employed in dealing with such issues.

At the University of the Philippines in Manila, one of the country’s leading schools for medicine and allied health sciences, they had a chance to talk with officials and key staff of the College of Public Health, College of Nursing, National Teachers Training Center for Health Professions, and School of Health Science.

The study program likewise allowed the Bangladeshi doctors to visit hospitals in the metropolis and to interview their officials regarding experiences in structuring HRD programs and initiatives. These were the Philippine General Hospital, a government-owned hospital, and, the St. Luke’s Medical Center, one of the more prominent private hospitals in the country. Also, dialogues with officials and tour of facilities were arranged during visits to hospitals with specialized operations, including the National Children’s Hospital, Lung Center of the Philippines, and Philippine Heart Center

With learnings gained from these visits and interactions with health officials, the group of medical doctors from Bangladesh are expected be able to generate ways of improving health services in their country through equity of access, effectiveness and efficiency of services, responsiveness to client needs and client satisfaction.

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