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Nov 2009: Technology and Business Solutions Ltd (TBS) has been awarded to develop a Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting system (MER) by UNICEF for the Bureau of Non-formal Education at the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education MoPME (GOB). UNICEF has been engaged in the field of education for urban working children since many years with a flagship project named Basic Education for Hard to Reach Urban Working Children (BEHTRUWC) which aims at providing 200,000 working children (60% girls), aged 10-14 yrs with life skills based basic education in 6 divisional cites of Bangladesh. Currently the project is running 6,646 learning centers (LC) attended by 166,150 Learners. The Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting system (MER) will be developed under the provision of the capacity building component for the BEHTRUWC project. The MER system will provide stakeholders and partners, key information on the outputs outcome, progress and performance of the project. The compilation of the data (learning centers, teachers, learners, supplies and equpment) will enable the Project Implementation Unit (PIU) to do quantitative and qualitative analysis on the progress of the project to take the relevant corrective measures and actions. In addition to the BPI, design and development of the new system, TBS will provide data entry, capacitybuilding/training and maintenance service

Nov 2009: Technology and Business Solutions (TBS) wins contract from UNICEF to develop a National Management Information System (MIS) for HIV/AIDS Targeted Intervention for the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (GOB) The new system will be a national database and web application (content management system) taking into account key project indicators; 32 national HIV/AIDS related indicators , monitoring and reporting framework, record keeping and documentation of HIV/AIDS service inputs and other information Data will be collected from the DIC (Drop in Center, currently 319 and could go up to 1000) offices nationwide. The application will be a centralized application which will be hosted in the web, and the DIC will access the application via internet thru wireless technology. For the new system, TBS will additionally provide, capacity building/training (TOT), facilitate web hosting and maintenance and support service

e-IQC (Industrial Quality Control) is an information management system for the recording, storage, retrieval, manipulation and analysis of laboratory data. This system allows the management of samples (packaging material, finished product and stability product), laboratory instruments, human resources etc. The main functionality of e-IQC is to track a sample’s lifecycle in the laboratory from sampling and data entry through the final result of the tests made on the sample and its approval. The system enables the printing of reports (in-house control, certificate of analysis, annual product review etc.) Stability Data (new product, marketed product and validation product) Benefits: -Enhance Productivity -Faster data analysis -Faster product to market -Assurance of secured test approval process -Manual work will be reduced significantly

Daily Star Nov 4, 2009: Most pharmaceutical companies in Bangladesh fail to maintain the Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMPs) set by WHO, according to a Unicef audit report. A Unicef-expert team conducted the audit on 17 units of manufacturing plants of its enlisted and potential supplier companies in the country. According to the inspection on cGMPS, these companies failed to show necessary documents of their organograms, job descriptions, qualifications, experiences, skills and training of people.The World Health Organisation (WHO) version of cGMPs is used by pharmaceuticals, medical device and food manufacturers, as they produce and test products that people use.“Lax sampling and dispensing labelling, specification were found in the report,” DDA Assistant Director AA Salim Barami told a seminar in a joint presentation with ABM Anwarul Hussain, director (industrial quality and compliance) of Sanofi Aventis Ltd. The Directorate of Drug Administration (DDA) organised the seminar titled \"Lessons Learned from Unicef Inspection on cGMP,\" at the CIRDAP auditorium with support from WHO.Bangladesh Association of Pharmaceutical Industries (BAPI) Adviser Nazmul Hassan said the government should set a minimum standard for local pharmaceutical companies in line with the international drug testing organisations so that they can ensure quality products.Novartis Bangladesh Director (technical operation) Munshi Siraj Uddin said it is important to have a commitment to maintain the quality of products. State Minister for Health Mozibur Rahman urged the leading manufacturers to build a combined strategy to develop a world-class central drug-testing laboratory to maintain the quality of products. “The government can\'t afford it without cooperation of the private sector,” he said.Health Minister AFM Ruhal Haque also spoke. According to officials, there are 246 allopathic, 201 ayurvedic, 268 Unani, 79 homeopathic and four herbal medicine companies in the country.