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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.

Bangladesh commits more than US$600M to family planning at London summit

by Tareq Salahuddin - Jul 13, 2017

News Hour: leaders from around the world, including Bangladesh, convened at the Family Planning Summit in London, United Kingdom, to make bold commitments that will help expand access to family planning to millions of women and...
Indonesian gay community driven underground after police raids

by Tareq Salahuddin - Jul 1, 2017

When an angry mob of Islamists threatened to burn down a place hosting a gay and lesbian film festival in Jakarta in 2010, Indonesian police came to protect those staging it. A volunteer at the festival,...
Friends of the Global Fight welcomes Mark Dybul to its Board

by Tareq Salahuddin - Jun 30, 2017

News Hour: Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Friends) welcomes Dr. Mark Dybul – former Executive Director of the Global Fund and incoming Professor of Medicine and Faculty Director of the new Center for Global...
How the big number of social protection schemes in Bangladesh are helping the poor communities

by Tareq Salahuddin - Jun 19, 2017

Bangladesh has the highest number of social protection schemes in the world. There are 145 social protection schemes which are thought to be highest in number in the world. The Government of Bangladesh is strongly committed...
Samir Saha got ASM award for research in clinical microbiology

by Tareq Salahuddin - Jun 18, 2017

News Hour: Each year American Society for Microbiology (ASM) recognizes some renowned scientists for their outstanding contribution in microbiology. This year Professor Samir Kumar Saha, Ph.D., Head of the Department of Microbiology of Dhaka Shishu Hospital...
Canada to host 5th Global Conference of Women Deliver in 2019

by Tareq Salahuddin - Jun 14, 2017

Prime Minster Justin Trudeau Announces that Women Deliver has chosen Vancouver, Canada as the site for their next global Women Deliver Conference – the world’s largest gathering on the health, rights, and wellbeing of women and...
Despite substantial global reduction in diarrhoea deaths, half a million children still die from diseases each year

by Tareq Salahuddin - Jun 3, 2017

News Hour: The number of child deaths caused by diarrhoea reduced by a third between 2005-2015, but mortality rates remain highest in some of the world’s poorest countries, with diarrhoea killing almost half a million children...
The integrated global action plan for the prevention and control of pneumonia and diarrhea (GAPPD)

by Tareq Salahuddin - Jun 1, 2017

News Hour: Rotavirus is highly contagious, and every child is at risk. Infants and children under the age of 2 years face the greatest risk of infection. Rotavirus causes gastroenteritis, an inflammation of the stomach and intestines. It...
Simple treatment for severe bleeding could save lives of mothers

by Tareq Salahuddin - Apr 30, 2017

News Hour: New evidence suggests low-cost drug should become frontline response for major blood loss after childbirth An inexpensive and widely available drug could save the lives of one in three mothers who would otherwise bleed...
Google celebrated Fazlur Rahman Khan’s 88th birthday by a Doodle

by Tareq Salahuddin - Apr 3, 2017

News Hour: Today on April 3, 2017, Google celebrated structural engineer Fazlur R. Khan‘s 88th birthday by a doodle. Structural engineer Fazlur Rahman Khan (1929 — 1982) ushered in a renaissance in skyscraper construction during the second half...