With an office in Dhaka, HLSP has a strong regional presence on the Asia sub-continent HLSP has been active in Southern Asia for some 15 years. With a firm commitment to developing local capacity, HLSP has established an international network of regional offices. The HLSP Asia Sub-continent regional office is based in Dhaka.

In Bangladesh, and regionally, HLSP is at the forefront in practical application of innovative funding methodologies in the health sector. In Bangladesh we are providing technical assistance to a Sector Wide Approach to health sector reform as part of a US$1000 million sector package combining a World Bank loan and large bilateral donor contributions. HLSP consultants assisted both the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW) and the Local Government Engineering Division to develop national gender equity strategies to guide their work.

In Bangladesh HLSP provides long-term technical support to the financial management reform components of the government’s sector wide funding approach in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare through the MOHFW Financial Management Unit. This has been part of a significant government-wide financial reforms programme supported by DFID. As part of this support HLSP is assisting the MOHFW in preparation of a national financial management reform strategy and assisting in advising on and implementing the financial reforms necessary to implement government policies on decentralisation of financial authorities and accountability. The HLSP team is involved in establishing and refining the cost centre mechanisms and in providing training in financial management and accounting to line staff involved in financial management.

HLSP is committed to the development of the skills of national consultants and is designing a continuing professional development programme for its national consultants which will be supported from our world-wide experience and operations. We are increasingly using national consultants in our operations in Bangladesh.