MANAS President awarded WHO South East Asia Regional Director General’s Special Recognition Award 2024 for his outstanding contribution to tobacco control in Bangladesh. He received the award on 31 May at the national program from Health Minister & WHO Representative.Press Conference on the occasion of World no Tobacco Day held on 30th May 2024. Link: 1) Bangla TV 2) Jamuna TelevisionA discussion meeting on WNTD held on 31 May. MANAS and Udayan School jointly organized the event where over 200 students including teachers participated. Students were sensitize about TAPS, TII. They also committed to ensure their home 100% smoke free. This year MANAS given the “WNTD smoke free personality award” to media personality Mr. Mukit Majumder Babu and Hasan Ahmed Chowdhury Kiron Hasan.Students were sensitize about TAPS, TII. They also committed to ensure their home 100% smoke free.Talk show on WNTD 2024 aired in NTV.Talk show on WNTD 2024. State Minister of Health were present as discussant.Channel i talk show on WNTD 2024.BTV talk show on 3rd June 2024On 28 May 2024 MANAS President presented a keynote on WNTD at BIRDEM General Hospital auditorium. Directors, Department Head and over 150 staff of BIRDEM was present at the seminar. After the seminar a short distance rally was organized around the hospital.MANAS participated the National Rally on WNTD 2024 organized by Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.MANAS published a WNTD souvenir with speech from Hon’ble President, Hon’ble Prime Minister, Home Minister, Health minister and state minister and other relevant articles and information.An article on WNTD 2024 written by MANAS president was published in 6 most popular newspapers. These articles reached 1,615,971 people. MANAS got total 42 media coverage including articles, talk show, and news on the occasion of WNTD 2024.
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