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CHORUS Annual Partners’ Meeting

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The CHORUS Partners’ Meeting officially commenced on 26 January 2026 (Monday) in Accra, Ghana, bringing together partners from Bangladesh, Ghana, Nigeria, and Nepal. The meeting provides a valuable platform for reflection, cross-country learning, and collaboration to strengthen community-led urban health systems. ARK Foundation is participating in the meeting as part of the CHORUS Urban Health
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আসন্ন নির্বাচনে রাজনৈতিক দলগুলোর কাছে স্বাস্থ্যখাতে প্রত্যাশা

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আসন্ন নির্বাচনে রাজনৈতিক দলগুলোর কাছে স্বাস্থ্যখাতে প্রত্যাশাআগামী ত্রয়োদশ জাতীয় সংসদ নির্বাচনকে সামনে রেখে আর্ক ফাউন্ডেশন এবং চ্যানেল ২৪ আয়োজন করেছে একটি বিশেষ আলোচনা অনুষ্ঠান। যেখানে বাংলাদেশের স্বাস্থ্যখাতের প্রত্যাশা ও চ্যালেঞ্জ নিয়ে নাগরিকদের কী মতামত তা নিয়ে সরাসরি আলোচনা করবেন দেশের শীর্ষ জনস্বাস্থ্য বিশেষজ্ঞ ও নীতিনির্ধারকগণ। তাদের আলোচনায় থাকবে দেশের স্বাস্থ্যব্যবস্থার কাঠামোগত সংস্কার, সেবার মানোন্নয়ন, জরুরি
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Bangladesh’s first national EQ-5D health value set unveiled

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ARK Foundation organized a dissemination event on 17 December 2025 in Dhaka titled ‘EQ-5D Valuation Study for Bangladesh,’ bringing together health economists, policymakers, researchers, and development partners. EQ-5D (EuroQol 5-Dimension) is a tool that measures people’s health-related quality of life, capturing how health problems affect people’s daily activities and overall well-being. The event presented findings
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Webinar: Who Gets Left Behind? Addressing Health Vulnerability and Inequity in Urban Contexts

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Thursday 11 December 2025  04.00 – 05.00 PM (BD Time) REGISTER FOR THE EVENT BY CLICKING HERE To mark Universal Health Coverage Day 2025, the CHORUS research consortium is bringing together experts from Bangladesh, Nepal, Nigeria and Ghana to share findings, lessons and insights on health vulnerabilities in urban contexts, and recommendations for health system interventions
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𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐄𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 (𝐀𝐌𝐑)

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On 24th November, 2025, ARK Foundation arranged a special webinar for ‘World AMR Awareness Week 2025’, which highlighted the critical gap between national policies and local action in the fight against Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). Our expert speakers revealed major problems, including a lack of integrated data and low stakeholder motivation, stressing the need to translate
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Webinar: Strengthening Urban Health Systems to Respond to the Increasing Prevalence of NCDs

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Register here To mark World Diabetes Day 2025, the CHORUS urban health research consortium is bringing together researchers, stakeholders and policymakers from Bangladesh, Nepal and Ghana to share findings, lessons and insights on strengthening urban health systems to respond to the rising crisis in Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs).  Urbanisation is associated with an increased prevalence of
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Webinar: From Fragmentation to Harmonisation: Strengthening Urban Health Systems through Provider Partnerships and Collaboration

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On October 30th, CHORUS successfully hosted the webinar and panel discussion titled “From Fragmentation to Harmonisation: Strengthening Urban Health Systems through Provider Partnerships and Collaboration.”  The session explored how cities can build stronger and fairer health systems, particularly for underserved urban communities. Chaired by Prof. Helen Elsey, CHORUS Co-Director from the University of York, the
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𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐡: 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐚𝐩𝐬

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Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is essential to ensure health equity and the right to healthcare in Bangladesh. Alongside rapid urbanization, the burden of non-communicable diseases is increasing, and the number of urban-poor is rising. Although community clinics and upazila health complexes exist to serve rural populations, people still do not receive adequate and necessary services.
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Dissemination Workshop of Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) Pilot Project

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Recently, adissemination event was held at MIS conference room, Directorate General of Health Services to share findings from the Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) Pilot Project, implemented in 6 public hospitals across Cumilla and Dinajpur. The initiative, led by CDC, DGHS with support from World Health Organization (WHO) Bangladesh and ARK Foundation, tested practical approaches including a
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Policy Dialogue on Aligning Outsourcing with Strategic Purchasing in Urban Health Care

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Strategic purchasing holds immense potential to bridge service gaps in Bangladesh’s urban primary health care. To explore this pathway, ARK Foundation, in collaboration with the Planning and Research wing of Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, hosted a two-day Policy Dialogue on ‘Aligning Outsourcing with Strategic Purchasing in Urban Health
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