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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.

A commitment to improving primary health care

by Tareq Salahuddin - Oct 25, 2018

New Vital Signs Profiles provide country-by-country snapshot of primary health care, enabling leaders to identify problem areas and make improvements over time On the sidelines of the Global Conference on Primary Health Care, countries from around the world joined the Primary Health Care Performance Initiative to launch...
Bangladesh ranks 161st among nations investing in education and healthcare, study says

by Tareq Salahuddin - Sep 28, 2018

Bangladesh ranks 161st in the world for its investments in education and healthcare as measurements of its commitment to economic growth, according to the first-ever scientific study ranking countries for their levels of human capital. The...
Nobo Jatra project revealed the ground realities of South West Bangladesh

by Tareq Salahuddin - Aug 11, 2018

About half of the people in the coastal southwestern districts of Khulna and Satkhira of Bangladesh have no access to safe drinking water and 58% lack sanitation facilities, water, and sanitation experts said at a dialogue Thursday. They said...
Searching for solutions to deaths and hospitalization from serious childhood diseases like Rotavirus diarrhea

by Tareq Salahuddin - Aug 4, 2018

Rotavirus is one of the several viruses known to cause a self-limited gastroenteritis, better known as diarrhea. Fluid stool losses may be dramatic, and death from dehydration is not uncommon, particularly in developing countries like Bangladesh....
1.45 million children’s lives saved by Hib and Pneumococcal vaccines since 2000

by Tareq Salahuddin - Jun 13, 2018

Child mortality from Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) bacterial infections in high-burden countries is estimated to have fallen by 51 percent and 90 percent, respectively, from 2000 to 2015. Childhood deaths from two...
Registration launched for Women Deliver 2019 Conference as youth-led events kick off a year of global gender equality advocacy

by Tareq Salahuddin - Jun 6, 2018

First set of speakers announced for the world’s largest global conference on gender equality and the health, rights, and wellbeing of girls and women. The global advocacy organization Women Deliver announced the first set of speakers...
Guttmacher-Lancet Commission proposes a bold, new agenda for sexual and reproductive health and rights

by Tareq Salahuddin - May 16, 2018

the Guttmacher-Lancet Commission on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights—a collaboration of global health, development and human rights experts from around the world—called on national governments, international agencies, donors, civil society groups and other key stakeholders...
Nearly 5 million Syrian children accessing education despite over seven years of war

by Tareq Salahuddin - Apr 24, 2018

Against all odds, 4.9 million Syrian children continue to have access to education despite more than seven long years of war, violence and displacement. “Massive funding from donors, unprecedented generosity from host governments and communities; relentless...
Turkey to set up camps for 170,000 people near Syria’s Idlib

by Tareq Salahuddin - Mar 6, 2018

Turkey is working to set up camps in nine locations to settle 170,000 displaced people near Syria’s Idlib city and in areas Ankara controls further east in northern Syria, Turkish diplomatic sources said. Turkey and its...
Women Deliver announces largest, most diverse class of young leaders in program’s history

by Tareq Salahuddin - Feb 28, 2018

Women Deliver has announced its newest, largest and most diverse class of Young Leaders to date: 300 changemakers who have dedicated their lives to advancing gender equality. This was the program’s most competitive application process yet, with...

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Tareq Salahuddin

A commitment to improving primary health care

Bangladesh ranks 161st among nations investing in education and healthcare, study says

Nobo Jatra project revealed the ground realities of South West Bangladesh

Searching for solutions to deaths and hospitalization from serious childhood diseases like Rotavirus diarrhea

1.45 million children’s lives saved by Hib and Pneumococcal vaccines since 2000

Registration launched for Women Deliver 2019 Conference as youth-led events kick off a year of global gender equality advocacy

Guttmacher-Lancet Commission proposes a bold, new agenda for sexual and reproductive health and rights

Nearly 5 million Syrian children accessing education despite over seven years of war

Turkey to set up camps for 170,000 people near Syria’s Idlib

Women Deliver announces largest, most diverse class of young leaders in program’s history

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