DHAKA, May 5, 2025 (BSS) - The Health Sector Reform Commission has submitted 
report highlighting seven pillars to ensure universal healthcare. 

The pillars are-- health service and physical infrastructure; leadership; 
good governance and working culture; health workforce management; health 
workforce education and training; essential medicines, medical technology and 
equipment supply; and health sector financing and health information systems.

The members of the commission, led by its Chairman Professor AK Azad Khan, 
handed over the recommendations to the Chief Adviser Prof Dr. Muhammad Yunus 
at the state guest house "Jamuna" today.

At the beginning of the report, the commission mentioned that this reform 
report is dedicated to the memory of the great Liberation War of 1971 and 
martyred heroes in July-August 2024. 

According to the proposal, despite Bangladesh's significant progress in the 
primary health care sector in the last decades since independence, Bangladesh 
has lagged far behind in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 
and universal health coverage.

The commission has also mentioned the public opinion survey in the report. 

In the survey, 97 percent of the respondents said that primary health care 
should be provided free of cost.