[GlobalHealth] November 2, 12:30p, Brown bag lunch with Dr. Dibalok Singha, Executive Director, DSK, Bangladesh, MGH Room 258

[Ashlee J. Choi]

Greetings!

On Tuesday, November 2 from 12:30-1:30 p.m., we will be welcoming Dr. Dibalok Singha, the founder of Dushtha Shasthya Kendra (DSK) in Bangladesh. He will be giving a brown bag lecture in Mary Gates Hall room 258 for those interested in meeting him and hearing about his work on water and sanitation, as well as other topics.  A Seattle NGO, Water 1st International is sponsoring Dr. Singha's visit to our city.

We hope to see you there!
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Dr. Dibalok Singha's bio.

Dibalok Singha, M.D. is the founder of Dushtha Shasthya Kendra (DSK) in Bangladesh and has served as its Executive Director since 1996.  In addition, he is the Vice President of the National Sanitation Task Force and the National Coordinator for the Geneva-based water and sanitation collaborative, WSS. Dr. Singha is a member of the Rotary Club of Dhaka Buriganga.

DSK is a development NGO in Bangladesh. DSK started out by initiating a health program, undertaken after the devastating Bangladeshi floods of 1988 and was formally established in 1989. Its purpose was to develop a self-sustaining health delivery system for the poor.  Since its founding, DSK has developed and implemented model programs addressing social and economic problems of the impoverished and vulnerable groups in both urban and rural areas of Bangladesh. Women are particularly at risk and so are specifically targeted by DSK's programs. Empowerment of communities is a central focus of all DSK's development initiatives. Over the years, the organization has extended its geographical, beneficiary and programmatic coverage to include education, health, microfinance, agriculture, water supply and sanitation, benefiting more than 100,000 people.

Photo: Dibalok is on the left, signing an agreement with the government to permit slum communities legal connections to the public water supply




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Ashlee Choi
Program Coordinator | Global Health Resource Center

Mary Gates 274C | Box 352800 | (t) 206.685.7362
GHRC on the web<http://globalhealth.washington.edu/resource_center/ghrc.php>



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