Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio & Communication (BNNRC), has implemented Promoting Health Governance through Broadcasting and Dialogue. The aim of the project is to strengthen the health sector in Bangladesh.

The objective of this program is to increase the capacity of Broadcasters and multi-stakeholders to improve the health sector by creating and disseminating objective and science-based reports using information and communication technology to prevent health information pandemics, and epidemics, and make life and livelihood easier.

Encouraging journalists with the knowledge, skills and practice of modern techniques to produce objective, unbiased and balanced health reporting for promoting health governance in Bangladesh. To contribute to the good health and well-being of the people at the local and national levels by organizing a dialogue between the concerned stakeholders and supporting the government. In this context, BNNRC organized a total of local and national-level seminars in Dhaka and outside of Dhaka.

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• Bangladesh

• Remote and rural communities
• The programs will be benefitted all community people as a whole by promoting health governance in Bangladesh for ensuring quality health services for all.

The activities are to be implemented across the country in achieving goals SDG-3, Health and well-being. The country particularly broadcasters and multi-stakeholders involved in working with the identification to gear up the governance process in implementing government initiatives. Concerned Service Providers who are positive for providing their services, will be carried out through a series of programs, which is replicable in any community.

As community leaders have always inspired the marginalized to share opinions to address political and social action. Besides, it would be used as a tool for both active and passive communication and outreach worldwide. Civil society organizations can play a vital role in replicating the program. This approach can be replicated in other countries of the world.

The ability of the Broadcasters, journalists and multi-stakeholders can play a very significant role in making the program sustainable which have enhanced through the intervention’s community, local and national levels. The journalists and broadcasters understand how harm and falsity are ways of thinking about ‘information disorder’.

Engage and invite multi-level stakeholders in the dialogues and round tables including the Minister, Secretary, Director General of Health Services Journalists, Policy Makers, Parliamentary Standing Committee Members, Chairman, Anti-Corruption Commission, National Editors, Senior Journalists, Health Journalist Forum members, Representatives from CSOs to increase interest for taking effective steps to establish governance in the health sector for promoting quality health services for all.

The project aims to provide capacity-building for journalists and multi-stakeholders promoting health governance issues in Bangladesh which is very essential for promoting health governance and achieving the SDGs.