SQ Group signs LoC with EngenderHealth Bangladesh to further strengthen the initiatives of Family Planning

November 24, 2016

SQ Group has signed a Letter of Collaboration (LoC) with EngenderHealth Bangladesh to further strengthen the initiatives of Family Planning (FP). The ceremony took place on November 24, 2016 at SQ Station.

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With this agreement EngenderHealth Bangladesh will support SQ Group by providing need-based technical support related to BCC/demand generation activities and facilitate access to Information, Education and Communication (IEC)/Behavior Change Communications (BCC) materials for Family Planning focusing on Long Acting Reversible Contraceptives (LARCs) and Permanent Family Planning Methods (PMs). They will also provide technical support to the development of an engagement strategy and relevant IEC/BCC materials on FP for male workers. Also they will help to build capacity of the service providers working at SQ factory clinics, and facilitate the provision of FP commodities and relevant logistics from the public sources.

 

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Among the present were Dr. Abu Jamil Faisel, Project Director, Mayer Hashi-II and Country Representative/ED, Mohammad Azmal Hossain, Program Manager, and Md Sadikur Rahman, Program Officer from EngenderHealth. And from SQ Group were Warisul Abid, Chief People Officer-SQ Group, Manjur Ali, Saad Hussain, Mohammad Mohiuddin Khan, Arfin Reza, Urmi and Naznin from Human Resources, and all the in-house doctors Special thanks was given to Mr Md Shahjahan, representative of the local government FP office, who was also present during the signing ceremony.

 
Both the Government representative and EngenderHealth Bangladesh shared their interest to work closely with SQ Group in order to build a long term partnership. The collaboration will see all the parties continuously exchanging ideas and implementing necessary steps to further strengthen Family Planning initiatives at SQ.