10 Facts About Zafrullah Chowdhury

Zafrullah Chowdhury was a Bangladeshi public health activist.

Zafrullah Chowdhury was the founder of Gonoshasthaya Kendra, a rural healthcare organisation.

Zafrullah Chowdhury was known more for his work in formulating the Bangladesh National Drug Policy in 1982.

Zafrullah Chowdhury spent his early childhood in Kolkata and later his family settled in East Pakistan.

Zafrullah Chowdhury was one of ten children born to his parents.

Zafrullah Chowdhury studied medicine at Dhaka Medical College, where he got involved with leftist political ideologies.

Zafrullah Chowdhury and Khaled Mosharraf were involved in setting up the Bangladesh Field Hospital a 480-bed Bangladesh Hospital for freedom fighters and the refugees.

However, Zafrullah Chowdhury believed that public health is a state matter, it can never be left to the private sector.

Zafrullah Chowdhury gained prominence by being the driving force in formulating the Bangladesh National Drug Policy in 1982.

Zafrullah Chowdhury suffered from kidney disease, septicaemia and liver problems after he was infected by COVID-19.