SMC organises Regional Conference of Blue Star Providers in Sylhet

Director General, Directorate-General of Family Planning Visits SMC Head Office

Director General, Directorate-General of Family Planning Mr. M. M. Neaz Uddin along with some of his colleagues visited SMC Head Office on May 15, 2011. The purpose of the visit was to share SMC’s programmes with him and get his ideas and feedback about future collaboration in different programme areas. Mr. Ashfaq Rahman, Managing Director, SMC, made a presentation on SMC programmes during the visit. While commenting on the Visitors’ Book, the DG wrote that SMC was doing very good in the field of family planning and health and he wished SMC’s overall success in future.

New Managing Director of Social Marketing Company

Mr. Ashfaq Rahman has joined SMC as its Managing Director with effect from February 14, 2011. Mr. Rahman has long 20 years of experience in Social Marketing covering areas of Reproductive Health, Family Planning, Child Health and HIV/AIDS prevention. .. more

Government Officials Visited Activities of SMC Central Ware House

A 13-member government delegation led by Mr. Md. Saiful Islam, Additional Director (Drugs & Stores), Central Ware House, DGFP, Mohakhali, Dhaka, paid a day-long visit to the SMC Central Ware House (CWH) and its adjacent ORSaline Factory in Bhaluka, Mymensingh on December 08, 2010. On arrival at the CWH premises, they were received by SMC Factory in-Charge Mr. Pranab Majumder and other high officials.  The delegation included officials from the Central Warehouse, Dhaka; Regional Ware House (RWH), Chittagong; RWH Noakhali, RWH, Sylhet, RWH Mymensingh, RWH Jamalpur and L&S Unit, DGFP, Dhaka. .. more

SMC Receives the “International Quality Crown Award" in the Diamond Category for Leadership, Quality, Innovation and Excellence

Social Marketing Company has recently been awarded the “International Quality Crown Award" from the Business Initiative Directions (B.I.D.), which is a Madrid-based business organisation which recognizes the achievement of organisations committed to building better business reputation worldwide through their commitment to quality and excellence. .. more

SMC Receives the New Era Award for Technology, Innovation and Quality

Social Marketing Company has recently been awarded the “New Era Award for Technology, Innovation and Quality” by the selection Committee of ‘OMAC’ (Other Ways Management and Consulting Association) in recognition of its achievement in quality, excellence and total customer satisfaction. more...

SMC Signs MOU with Save the Children USA

Social Marketing Company (SMC) and Save the Children USA (SC) has signed an MOU on April 20, 2010 to pilot a partnership where Community Health Volunteers (CHVs) of Jibon-O-Jibika (JOJ) project have been incorporated into sustainable social marketing efforts. more....

Director General, Directorate of Family Planning Visits SMC Factory Complex

Mr. Mohammad Abdul Qayyum, Director General, Directorate of Family Planning, Government of Bangladesh along with his associates visited SMC Factory Complex and Central Ware House in Bhaluka, Mymensingh on December 30, 2009. more......

SMC Participates in the ICPD – 15 Symposium in Dhaka

SMC has participated  in the Bangladesh ICPD -15 Symposium followed by a fair to commemorate the 15 years of International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) held in Cairo in 1994 at Bangabandhu International Conference Center on November 10, 2009. The event was organized by Ministry of Health & Family Planning & UNFPA, Bangladesh. SMC’s stall in the fair was highly appreciated by the Special Envoy to UN Secretary General Dr. Nafis Sadik and other visitors.

SMC Observes Global Hand Washing Day

Social Marketing Company (SMC) organized an event to celebrate the Global Hand Washing Day on October 15, 2009. It was held at the Shabuj Shongho field of Tejgaon, Dhaka and in Kepri cinema hall of Tongi, Gazipur with hundreds of kids and their parents participating in these day-long activities. more.....

SMC a significant contributor to the National Family Planning Programme

The Final Report Dissemination on Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS) was held in March 2009. According to BDHS, Social Marketing Company has made a major contribution in the National Contraceptive Prevalence Rate (CPR). As per report, the total CPR of the country is 55.8 percent with modern methods at 47.5 percent. SMC contributed 45 percent CPR of pills, 57 percent CPR of condoms and 20 percent of injectables. In other words, seven out of every twenty modern contraceptive users are now using SMC brand contraceptives.

Over the years, there has been a substantial increase of users obtaining methods from SMC source. In BDHS, 2007, 35 percent of the modern contraceptive users reported that they use SMC brand contraceptives, compared to 23 percent in BDHS, 2000 and 30 percent in BDHS, 2004.

SMC Adds fourth ORS Production Line at its Factory and inaugurates its Central Warehouse in Mymensingh

Social Marketing Company, the largest supplier of packaged Oral Rehydration Salt in the country, commissioned the fourth line for “ORSaline” at its factory located in Bhaluka, Mymensingh on April 28, 2008. more....