The World Bank Institute in collaboration with the School of Public Health and ICDDR, B jointly offered a course on 'Equity in Health'. This course was tailoreHealth Equity Workshopd particularly for Bangladesh. The four-day course took place from 4th to 7th June, 07 at BRAC Centre. Mr. Ehsan-ul-Fattah, Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Bangladesh attended the inaugural ceremony as chief guest. Abdo Yezbeck, lead economist from World Bank Institute and Davidson R. Gwatkin facilitated the workshop. This course aimed to share knowledge and policy experience on how health systems can mitigate the effects of poverty and improve equity in the financing and delivery of health care services. The target groups of participants were health sector managers, government officials and public health experts involved in health sector reform.