Shakti Foundation has been providing affordable primary healthcare to low-income people in vulnerable communities of Bangladesh through its innovative mobile health clinics (MHCs) since 2022. Building on the sustainable nature of this initiative supported by Opportunity International Australia, Rahman Development Foundation has joined this growing platform. As part of this partnership, Kasba and Akhaura upazilas of Brahmanbaria will now be part of Shakti’s mobile health clinic network.
The two mobile health clinics were launched on 28th October at the Kasba Upazila Parishad Complex. The Honorable Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Mr. Sardar Md. Sakhawat Hossain, attended as chief guest. The Honorable Minister and Mr. Mushfiqur Rahman, Honorable Member of Parliament for Brahmanbaria-4 and chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Finance, formally inaugurated the mobile health clinics.
Under this program, the two mobile health clinics will bring affordable primary healthcare to the doorsteps of remote and underserved communities in Kasba and Akhaura upazilas. Marginalised people, especially women, children, persons with disabilities and older people, will receive primary healthcare, maternal and child health support, diabetes and hypertension screening, and health education. Working in coordination with government health services, the clinics will aim to make care more accessible, enable early detection of illness, and ensure appropriate treatment.
Also present at the ceremony were Mr. Imran Ahmed, Deputy Executive Director of Shakti Foundation; from Rahman Development Foundation, Ms. Mehvin Rahman, Chairperson; Mr. Syed Haider, First Secretary and Head of Development Cooperation at the Australian High Commission in Bangladesh; Mr. Md. Abu Saeed, Deputy Commissioner of Brahmanbaria, Md. Jalal Uddin Fahim, Superintendent of Police, and Dr. Md. Mizaur Rahman, Civil Surgeon; Mr. Md. Samiul Islam, Upazila Nirbahi Officer of Kasba; and officials of the local administration.
