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Tareq Salahuddin

Dr. Tareq Salahuddin is an award-winning journalist and a Special Correspondent of News Hour. He is a Public Health Professional working in the development sector. Dr. Tareq, a medical graduate, is a member of Public Health Association of Bangladesh and a former member of the Governing Council and Policy Committee of the World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA), a J2J Fellow on HIV/AIDS and a member of the International AIDS Society. To know more about Dr. Tareq, please visit his personal website (www.tareqsalahuddin.net) or simply Google his name.

Supporting socially inclusive development for better livelihood through Rupsha 800 MW Combined Cycle Power Plant Project

by Tareq Salahuddin - Jun 15, 2023

The Government of Bangladesh (GoB) has attached great importance to the power sector to propel and sustain the economic momentum of the country. As a part of this effort, the GoB is increasing the national power...
In quest of collaborative improvement of the quality of health care services in Bangladesh

by Tareq Salahuddin - Jan 17, 2023

To achieve improved health outcomes, public, private, and non-governmental (NGO) health care providers must join forces to collaboratively improve the quality of health care services and build resilient health systems. A learning event, Integrated Community Development...
Dhaka Flow set an example of next level Yoga movement in Bangladesh

by Tareq Salahuddin - Jan 13, 2023

Shazia Omar hosted Bangladesh’s first-ever yoga and wellness festival, Dhaka Flow, on Friday, January 13, 2023, from 11 am to 5 pm, at Gulshan Society Lake Park, Dhaka. The event saw 60 private sector companies, 20...
Genome sequencing of Coronavirus from Bangladesh and its future prospects

by Tareq Salahuddin - May 16, 2020

A team of Bangladeshi scientists at the Child Health Research Foundation (CHRF) has successfully managed to complete the genome sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 i.e. Coronavirus in Bangladesh very recently (May 12, 2020). The team of genetic sequencing...
Exploring the COVID-19 landscape in the context of Bangladesh

by Tareq Salahuddin - Apr 11, 2020

In the current global pandemic scenario of coronavirus disease, better known as COVID-19, Professor Samir Kumar Saha, Head of the Department of Microbiology at Dhaka Shishu Hospital and Executive Director of Child Health Research Foundation (CHRF)...
Study suggests a second patient cured of HIV

by Tareq Salahuddin - Mar 14, 2020

A study of the second HIV patient to undergo successful stem cell transplantation from donors with a HIV-resistant gene, finds that there was no active viral infection in the patient’s blood 30 months after they stopped...
Scientists call for government action to control and treat unprecedented outbreak of childhood HIV in Pakistan

by Tareq Salahuddin - Dec 20, 2019

The HIV outbreak in Pakistan is unprecedented in terms of the proportion of young children affected, mostly under 5-years-old. It represents a 54% increase in paediatric diagnoses over the past 13 years, according to an observational...
Over 300 children and adolescents die every day from AIDS-related causes

by Tareq Salahuddin - Nov 28, 2019

Some 320 children and adolescents died every day from AIDS-related causes in 2018, or 13 every hour, according to a global snapshot on children, HIV and AIDS released by UNICEF. Low access to antiretroviral treatment, in...
FDA approves Gilead Sciences Inc’s Descovy to reduce the risk of HIV infection

by Tareq Salahuddin - Oct 4, 2019

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved Gilead Sciences Inc’s Descovy to reduce the risk of sexually acquired HIV infection in men and transgender women who have sex with men. The approval does not include...
Tenfold increase in number of adolescents on HIV treatment in South Africa since 2010

by Tareq Salahuddin - Oct 3, 2019

A new study of more than 700,000 one to 19-year olds being treated for HIV infection suggests a ten-fold increase in the number of adolescents aged 15 to 19 receiving HIV treatment in South Africa, according...