Acknowledgement
I am grateful to Hon’ble Prime Minister, People’s Republic of Bangladesh, Begum Khaleda Zia for her patronization for publication of this book and also to Dr. David A. Sack, Executive Director, ICDDR’B- Centre for Health and Population Research for deploring fund for publishing this book. I am pleased to express my heartiest thanks to Dr. Khandaker Mosh
arraf Hossain, Hon’ble Minister, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, GOB, for inspiring me to write this book. I owe special debt of gratitude to Dr. Kamal Siddique, Principal Secretary to Hon’ble Prime Minister for his keen interest in publishing the book. I am deeply indebted to Mr. A. F. M. Sarwar Kamal, Respected Health Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, GOB, for his keen interest for deploring fund for publishing the book. I also offer my heartiest thanks to Mrs.
Roshne Kamal for her keen interest in publication of the book. I am also grateful to Mrs. Jeane Sack (Mrs. David Sack) for her interest for publication of the book. I am delighted to express my thanks to Mr. M. A. Harris Chowdhury , Political Secretary to Hon’ble Prime Minister, GOB, for his encouragement in preparation of the volume. I am grateful to Professor S. M. A. Faiz, Ph.D, Vice Chancellor, Dhaka University, who has kindly written the “Foreword” of the b
ook. I am thankful to Mr. Manirul Islam, Private Secretary to Hon’be Prime Minister, for his ungrudging help in the preparation of the manuscript of this volume. I am indebted to Dr. N. Islam, the National Professor and Founder Vice Chancellor of USTC. Professor Mahmudur Rahman, Director, IEDCR. Prof. Muhammad Amzad Hossain, Chairman, Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR), Professor Dr. Md. Zaforullah Chowdhury, Direct
or, NIPSOM, Md. Shah Alam Bhuiyan, Associate Professor, Health Promotion and Health Education for their critical evaluation and comments on the manuscript. I offer my heartiest thanks to Md. Mahbubul Alam, Controller , Procurement and Materials. ICDDR’B for his painstaking effort for publishing of the book. I also acknowledge the help of Mr. Abdur Rouf, Manager, Padma Printers and Color in publishing the book. I am thankful to Mrs. Anwara Begum, my wife, Prof. Shameem Ahmed, my eldest son and his wife Dr. Selina Parveen for their encouragement in writin
g this book. I am pleased to thank Prof. Md. Mahfuzur Rahman, Head of Department of Community Medicine, Prof. Md. Abdul Huq, Head of Department of Epidemiology, Prof. Sheik Akhter Ahmed, Head of Department of OEH, and Prof. Abdur Rahman, Head of the Department of RCH and Prof. Bara Bhuia of NIPSOM for their inspiration rendered to me in writing the book. I also express my thanks to Dr. Nazir Ahmed Chowdury.
I acknowledge the services of Arifa Akhter Juthi of Chandpur, Mrs. Shamima Sultana of Chapai Nawabgonj, Nurun Nahar Khanom of Luximipur, Miss Afroza of Guibandha, Nahid Sultana of Bogra, Amina Aktery of Dhaka, Monira Akter of Narayanganj, Muksuda Sillat of Brahmanbaria, Md. Abul Basher Azad of Dhaka, jahed Iqbal of Dhaka and Shahjahan S. S. Khan of Dhaka as Research Associates.
I am pleased to thank my daughter Mrs. Eden Akhter working in EPI, who helped me with a computer for the purpose of composing the manuscript. I also deeply appreciate the services rendered by my daughters Hasin Jahan, Tanjin Jahan (Secretary cum IT Assistant, WHO, Bangladesh), Taslim Jahan, Shammi Akhter (Scientific Officer,DGHS), and Minhaj Hasnin (Accounts Officer, NIDCH), Mrs Shahnaz Begum, and Mr. Salauddin, Engineer my youngest son in the preparation of the manuscript.
