Rare feat for Bangladeshi health expert

A Bangladesh public health expert has achieved a rare feat.
Prof Mahmudur Rahman has been chosen as member of the World Health Organisation's international experts review committee on polio virus, reports bdnews24.com.
He is also a member of such a committee set up to review the Middle East Corona virus (MERS).
That makes him the only one who is on two of the three WHO emergency committees formed under the International Health Regulations (IHR).
The IHR came into force in 2007, after the 2002 SARS outbreak. The other similar committee was set up to monitor pandemic influenza in 2009.
Being member of such committees is prestigious for public health experts because the WHO Chief depends on their advice to take critical decision on global public health issues specially during emergencies.