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A Brief History of Us
PHeaRTs was set up in the Araihazar upozila, Narayanganj district of Bangladesh, in 2010 and registered as a joint stock company under Society Act XX1 of 1860, No. S-12551/2017. After its inception, the Population Health Research and Training Society (PHeaRTs) has been significantly playing a vital role in implementing environmental research, improving rural health care services, and providing life skill training for the development of digital Bangladesh.
Araihazar upazilla of Narayanganj district is a bit different from other upazillas in the country, having its own distinguished geo-environmental characteristics like higher arsenic concentrations in water, air pollution from different types of industry, and various natural calamities. Therefore, the people of this region essentially suffer from both types of environmental pollution. Again, being situated on the bank of the river Meghna, there are some remote areas and islands that are far away from the upazilla parishad. People in this area can find it hard to communicate with touches of government development.
Despite this challenge, to reduce the burden of diseases and focus on risk factors, Society has started a comprehensive health care program, including a health care clinic and mobile medical team, to provide primary and secondary health care services to the community through a registered non-government organization, Uchicago Research Bangladesh (URB). These clinics often offer services such as general and specialized consultation, hospital admission, all sorts of investigations, and preventive care like health education, health camps, online health care services, etc. This organization also implemented various government and non-government programs, including awareness and training of key community members and community health workers on NCDs, dengue, chikungunya, COVID-19, vaccination awareness, etc.
Our Mission
To enjoy the highest attainable status of health, well-being and quality of life at every age, free of preventable NCDs, avoidable disability and premature death for all people of Araihazar Upazilla and beyond
Our Vision
To reduce preventable morbidity, avoidable disability, premature mortality and establish a healthy society in Araihazar and beyond.
Objectives
- To work in the public and community health sectors with the aim of contributing to the development of this sector.
- To establish, run, and operate health clinics of all types for community health promotion and services, and for that purpose, to obtain the permissions and approvals of all relevant authorities.
- To support, disseminate, and translate research and creative activity to advance knowledge and health nationwide and to inform, educate, and empower people about health issues.