It was truly exciting to see the development of the First Regional Population Health Informatics Hub at the BRAC School of Public Health. The meeting was held in Dhaka on March1 and 2, 2023, with representation of esteemed colleagues from countries including Bangladesh, India, Bhutan, Myanmar, Indonesia, Nepal, Singapore and Malaysia. It was also a great occasion to see the first cohort of students graduate from the first batch of executive program in population health informatics.