The government has appointed Professor Dr Meerjady Sabrina Flora as the additional director general (planning and development) of the Directorate General of Health Services.
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare issued a circular in this regard on Thursday.
The appointment order will come into effect from August 20, the handout said.
Earlier, she was the director of the Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control And Research (IEDCR).
Incumbent ADG (planning and development) of the Health Directorate goes to retirement on August 19.