Organizer and The Event

Ayat Skill Development Centre (ASDC) envisions a society where every person has the right to a dignified life. Dignifying Life through education, empowerment, employment and healthcare. Ayat’s initiatives have included market driven skill development and employment generation of high school dropout youths, skill development and job placement of persons with disabilities, psychosocial counselling on safe migration and human trafficking and advocacy tours to rural high schools with SREDA (Sustainable and Renewable Energy Development Authority) on sustainable and renewable energy. Ayat’s awareness and capacity building initiative of healthcare professionals is a follow on to its commitment to the society of ensuring better healthcare for the general population as a basic human right. The United Nations Committee on Economic, social and Cultural Rights states the need for Palliative Care as “Attention and care for chronically and terminally ill persons, sparing them avoidable pain and enabling them to die with dignity”. Ayat Skill Development Centre has organized a comprehensive program that includes the advocacy of the need for palliative care through community engagement, policy inclusion, awareness and capacity building initiatives. The program also includes the international certification by ELNEC (End-of-Life-Nursing-Education-Consortium) on Palliative care in collaboration with esteemed faculty and trainers from Simmons College of Nursing and Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA. USA.

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Event schedule

Day 01 full schedule

January 5, 2018

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Walkathon
For A Cause


07:00 AM

Dignifying Life Thru Palliative Care

Venue: Niketon Park - Hatirjheel

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Dignifying Life, understanding Palliative Care : RTV Live Talk Show


11:00 AM

Dignifying Life - Right to Information and Knowledge

Venue: RTV

Day 02 full schedule

January 6, 2018

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Round Table discussions: Dignifying Life, a call for public awareness


09:30 AM

A Call for Public Awareness and Policy Inclusion

Chief Guest, honorable Dy. Speaker of the National Parliament of Bangladesh Advocate Fazle Rabbi Mia, MP and other key govt. and non government stake holders of national health care system and who are involved with the subject of Palliative Care . The Round Table discussion aims to create general awareness and also to draw attention of the state party on the purpose of policy inclusion on this special health care services termed as 'Palliative Care' in the areas of our institutional, family and community health care services.
Reception Dinner
Westin, Dhaka.
Chief Guest: Mr. Tofail Ahmed, MP
Hon'ble Commerce Minister, Government Of Bangladesh.
Time: 6.30 PM.

Venue: The Daily Star, Azimur Rahman Conf. Hall

Day 03 full schedule

January 7, 2018

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Inauguration of ELNEC and Physicians training program


10:00 AM

Dignifying Life - Roles of Physicians in Relieving Suffering

Inaugurated by Mr. Abul Maal A Muhith, Honorable Finance Minister, Government of Bangladesh.

Venue: Dhaka Club (Padma Hall)

Day 04 to Day 08

January 8, 2018- January 12, 2018

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ELNEC training program for the nurses.


10:00 AM

Honorable State Minister, Health and Family Welfare as Chief Guest to inaugurate the program and also Honorable Dr. A.F.M. Ruhal Haque, MP and Honorable Member, Standing Committee on Ministry of Health and Family Planning, Bangladesh Parliament as the Special Guest/Guest of Honor. The purpose of the five day long workshop cum training program is to up- skilling the capacity of about 100 of our public sector health service providers and hospitals nurses who are actively engaged in the critical care of patients enduring in different phases of their ailment. The nurses will be specially trained by a group of international professionals of nursing and care from the Massachusetts General Hospitals (MGH) and Simmons College of Nursing, Boston, USA and also to be joined by our national experts from the Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), Bangabondhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) and National Institute for Cancer Research and Hospital (NICRH) who already are engaged with the issue of Palliative Care in their respective work areas.

Venue: Dhaka Club, Sinha Hall, Dhaka

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