The New Nation - Internet Edition

UNB, Dhaka

Deputy Executive Director of BRAC Dr. Mushtaque Chowdhury was conferred the PESON Oration Medal for his work in the field of maternal and newborn health.

The medal was formally handed over to him recently by Professor Rita Thapa, President of the Perinatal Society of Nepal (PESON) in the presence of Ms. Surjalekha Yadav, the Deputy Speaker of the Interim Parliament of Nepal, said a press release.

Earlier, Dr. Chowdhury delivered the inaugural lecture at the Opening Session of the biennial meeting of PESON.

PESON is the most prestigious and respected professional association of top health experts in Nepal .

Dr. Chowdhury, who is also the Dean of BRAC University James P. Grant School of Public Health and Professor of Population and Family Health at Columbia University in New York, was awarded the 'Social Innovator of the Year 2006' award by the Marriott School of Business at Brigham Young University of USA for his efforts to make reading glasses available to the poor in Bangladesh for livelihood improvement at affordable prices.