Acknowledging 57000 deaths and 372000 paralyzed only for tobacco-related diseases a year in Bangladesh (WHO data of 2004), SERAC-Bangladesh has been working on tobacco control and noncommunicable disease prevention since 2008. With the youth force and continuous advocacy works, SERAC-Bangladesh earned recognitions and representations at local, national and global levels.

Major achievements include, the nomination of SERAC-Bangladesh’s Executive Director S M Shaikat as the only youth leader to represent Bangladesh at the 15th World Conference on Tobacco or Health in Singapore, 2012, elected as the Asia Regional Representative of the Global Youth Action on Tobacco (GYAT), joined the 10th APACT Conference in Japan, 2013 and being nominated as the Convener of the APACT Youth Action Network (AYAN). Further, SERAC-Bangladesh also serves the Youth Forum against NCDs (YFAN) as its secretariat. We are also a member of the NCD Alliance.