State Minister Rumana Ali emphasised the government's commitment to ensuring transparency throughout the recruitment process
The award, named after Dr Mohammed Ibrahim, a pre-eminent Bangladeshi physician who first thought of diabetic care in the country, is given in recognition of a person’s contribution in a certain field.
Dr Ibrahim realised that diabetes was a disease that not only needed a doctor’s help but a patient’s involvement in the treatment process as well, and founded the Diabetic Association of Bangladesh (then Pakistan) in 1956.
A licensed school psychologist in the US, Saima is the chairperson of the Bangladesh’s National Advisory Committee for Autism & Neurodevelopmental Disorders. She is also a member of WHO’s Expert Advisory Panel on Mental Health.