Dr. Shahaduz Zaman, Coordinator, MPH program attended the inception meeting of a Research Programme Consortium (RPC) on Communicable Diseases during May 15-22, 2006, at Leeds University, U.K. This is a multiple country project involving government and non-government organizations from Nepal, Pakistan, China, Ghana, Uganda, and the United Kingdom. The School of Public Health, BRAC University, will work as one of the Partners in this Research Consortium.