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Authors

  • Humaun Kabir Talukder Director, Research and Curriculum Development & Evaluation, Directorate of Medical Education, Bangladesh
  • MD Abdus Shakoor PhD, FCPS, MBBS. Chairman, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Bangladesh Medical University (BMU); Chair, ERC, Bangladesh Bioethics Society
  • Arif Hossain PhD, MPH, MA. Professor of International Studies and Human Rights, Etrat University, Founding Chairman and Vice President, Bangladesh Bioethics Society.
  • Taslima Monsoor Postdoc., PhD, LL.M, LL.B (Hons). Professor, Department of Law, University of Dhaka (Rtd) and Professor and Advisor, Department of Law, AIUB; President, Bangladesh Bioethics Society
  • Shamima Parvin Lasker PhD, MPH, MPhil, EMMB, MSc. Professor of Anatomy; Founding Chairman and Secretary General, Bangladesh Bioethics Society https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3484-9526

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.62865/bjbio.v11i1.189

Abstract

Asian Bioethics Conference (ABC20) was held on 22-25 Nov. 2019 at DGHS (Directorate General of Health Services) auditorium, Mohakhali and NEC (National Election Commission) Auditorium, Agargoan, Dhaka. Conference was organized by Bangladesh Bioethics Society (BBS) in cooperation with DGHS, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare,; Social Science Research Council Bangladesh, the Ministry of Planning; Bangladesh Medical Research Council, Mohakhali Dhaka; Asian Bioethics Association (ABA) and Eubios Ethics Institute, Thailand, New Zealand’s and Japan.

Mr MA Mannan MP, Honorable Planning Minister, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh was the Chief Guest.

Dr. Md. Murad Hassan MP, Honorable State Minister, Ministry of Information, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh was present as Special Guest.

Md. Nurul Amin, Secretary, Planning Division, Ministry of Planning and Dr Iqbal Kabir, Director, Planning, Monitoring, & Research and Coordinator, DGHS were also present as Special Guests.

Acknowledgement: We acknowledge our gratitude to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), Ministry of Health and Family  Welfare, Government of People Republic of Bangladesh to publish the news of 20 Asian Bioethics Conference in the Policy Brief.  We also express our thanks to DGHS for their cooperation and collaboration during the Conference.

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Published

2020-03-01

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Vol. 11 No. 1 (2020): Policy Ethics

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Society News

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Talukder HK, Shakoor MA, Hossain A, Monsoor T, Lasker SP. BBS News. BJBio [Internet]. 2020 Mar. 1 [cited 2025 Oct. 25];11(1):41. Available from: http://bjbio.bioethics.org.bd/index.php/BJBio/article/view/189