Steering Committee

The Steering Committee of the Improved Health for the Poor project performs the following functions:

1.  Approval of the Annual Work Plan including budget under the Technical Assistance Project Proforma (TAPP) each year. The AWP will provide details of the specific research projects undertaken each year under this TAPP.
2.  Review the collaborations with national institutes and advise ICDDR,B and the national institutions on potential opportunities for future collaborations.
3.  Review the projects and activities being planned that will use funds provided under this grant.
4.  Coordinate the activities under this grant with the needs for operations research and for services under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare programmes.

The committee is chaired by the Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and is comprised of 23 members:

1. Chairman: Secretary of Health and Family Welfare
2. Vice Chairman: Joint Chief, Planning, MoHFW
3. Vice Chairman: Joint Chief, Health Wing, Planning Commission
4. Member secretary: Executive Director, ICDDR,B
5. Joint Chief, Health Economics Unit, MoHFW or designate
6. Deputy Secretary (Hospital), MoHFW
7. Deputy Secretary (Japan Desk), Economic Relations Division, Ministry of Finance
8. Director, IPH or designate
9. Director, Bangladesh Medical Research Council or designate
10. Director, NIPORT or designate
11. Director, IPHN or designate
12. Director, IEDCR or designate
13. Director. NIPSOM or designate
14. Deputy Secretary, Project Implementation Branch, MoHFW
15. Deputy Executive Director, ICDDR,B
16. Director, ICDDR,B Clinical Sciences Division
17. Director, ICDDR,B Laboratory Sciences Division
18. Director, ICDDR,B Health Systems and Infectious Diseases Division
19. Director, ICDDR,B Public Health Sciences Division
20. Director, ICDDR,B Information Sciences Division
21. Director, Planning, DGHS
22. Director, Planning, DGFP
23. Project Director (Head, ER&ID, ICDDR,B),IHP: HNPRP ( DRGA-funded project at ICDDR,B )