Dhaka, Bangladesh — The Executive Director of Partners in Population and Development (PPD), Professor Dr. Joseph Akinkugbe Adelegan, paid a courtesy visit to H.E. Mr. Sardar Md. Shakhawat Hossain, the Honourable Minister of Health and Family Welfare of the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, who also serves as a Board and Executive Committee Member of PPD on 15th June 2026.
During the meeting, Professor Adelegan formally introduced himself to the Honourable Minister and provided a comprehensive briefing on the mandate, strategic role, and ongoing programmes of PPD as a leading intergovernmental organisation promoting South-South and Triangular Cooperation in the fields of population, reproductive health, and sustainable development.
Professor Adelegan took the opportunity to express his profound appreciation to the Honourable Minister and to the Government of Bangladesh for the country’s steadfast and longstanding support to PPD. He paid particular tribute to Bangladesh’s generous commitment in hosting the PPD Secretariat in Dhaka and for allocating land in the prominent administrative precinct of Agargaon, a gesture that has been instrumental in anchoring the organisation’s institutional presence in the region. He underscored that Bangladesh’s unwavering support has remained central to PPD’s institutional growth and its continued service to Member Countries across the Global South.
The Executive Director also warmly congratulated H.E. Mr. Sardar Md. Shakhawat Hossain on his appointment as Minister of Health and Family Welfare, expressing full confidence in his leadership in driving Bangladesh’s national health and population priorities forward.
The meeting served as an important platform to reaffirm the enduring and productive partnership between PPD and the Government of Bangladesh, and to exchange views on future avenues of cooperation in pursuit of shared goals in population, health, and sustainable development.
Also present at the meeting was Ms. Jobaida Begum, Partner Country Coordinator (PCC) for Bangladesh and Additional Secretary (Population, Family Welfare and Law), Medical Education and Family Welfare Division, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, whose participation further underlined the depth of institutional engagement between the two sides.
The courtesy visit reflects PPD’s enduring commitment to strengthening engagement with its Member Countries and to working in close collaboration with national leadership to advance collective priorities, reinforcing the organisation’s role as a trusted platform for South-South Cooperation across the developing world.
