US Embassy Chargé d'Affaires (CDA) Helen LaFave met with Health and Family Welfare Adviser Nurjahan Begum today. The meeting took place at 10:00 AM at the Health Adviser’s office in Dhaka.
During the meeting, the Health Adviser expressed her hope for US assistance in providing medical treatment and rehabilitation for those injured in the anti-discrimination movement. Helen LaFave stated that the United States is interested in working on medical treatment, rehabilitation, and mental health support for the injured. She also mentioned that USAID is willing to work on dengue prevention and improve public health at the grassroots level.
The US government agency CDC briefed the Health Adviser on its efforts in Bangladesh, including reducing lead and arsenic pollution, emergency preparedness during epidemics, and public health initiatives.
The meeting was attended by Mohammad Mamunur Rashid, Joint Secretary of the Health Services Division of the Ministry of Health; Carrie Rasmussen, USAID Bangladesh Deputy Mission Director; James Gardiner, Economic Officer of the US Embassy; and Nelly Kadosh Daniel, Country Director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).