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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.

Women Deliver and Bayer support young leaders on contraception access projects

by Tareq Salahuddin - Aug 12, 2016

Women Deliver, a global advocacy organization, awarded seed grants of US$5,000 each to 10 Young Leaders to support digital storytelling projects raising awareness and supporting positive communications in communities about access to contraception and young people’s...
Aids survivors of sexual violence in Nepal

by Tareq Salahuddin - Aug 8, 2016

News Hour: The decade-long conflict which wracked Nepal from 1996 to 2006 was marked by gross human rights violations including killings, enforced disappearances, torture, rape and other types of sexual violence. There are countless stories that...
“Bangladesh should introduce rotavirus vaccine in national immunisation”

by Tareq Salahuddin - Aug 6, 2016

Dr. Mathu Santhosham, ROTA Council Co-chair - through an exclusive interview - broke the complex issues to care-givers, government and people at large on this critical issue of rotavirus and what we all can do to...
Global leaders, Olympians, and celebrity chefs vow to fight malnutrition

by Tareq Salahuddin - Aug 5, 2016

On August 4, leaders around the globe came to the Olympic host city of Rio de Janeiro to “go for the gold” and bring an end to malnutrition by 2030....Read More
New vigour in HIV vaccine research evident at AIDS 2016

by Tareq Salahuddin - Jul 20, 2016

News Hour: Current and forthcoming studies of vaccines to prevent HIV infection have created a new optimism that the long and challenging road to the development of such a vaccine has begun to take some promising...
New campaign urges Bangladeshis to support smoke-free laws

by Tareq Salahuddin - Jul 12, 2016

A powerful national mass media campaign and an info-sign campaign to urge Bangladeshis to support and comply with the country’s smoke-free laws were launched....Read More
IAS releases new strategy to guide global HIV cure research

by Tareq Salahuddin - Jul 12, 2016

A comprehensive new strategy presents key priorities for research to develop what experts consider to be one of the most important global health goals of our time – a cure for HIV....Read More
Women Deliver awards grants to 20 emerging young leaders again to implement projects in their communities

by Tareq Salahuddin - Jun 24, 2016

News Hour: Women Deliver, a global advocacy organization, awarded seed grants of US$5,000 each to 20 Young Leaders to support six-month projects aimed at advancing girls’ and women’s health, rights and wellbeing in their communities. Like...
Hillary Clinton, Jessica Biel close women deliver 2016 conference

by Tareq Salahuddin - Jun 22, 2016

News Hour: The fourth Women Deliver Conference came to a close with a focus on solutions to make sure girls and women are at the center of efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) globally...