Health

A total of 25 lakh doses of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccination arrived at 4:30 am in the early hours of the morning at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka from the USA under COVAX facilities. “Officials...

In Rangamati, Bangladesh Nari Progati Sangha (BNPS) has organized a five-day Training of Trainers (TOT) on Reusable Sanitary Pad Making and SRHR – GBV (AAAQ) training for service providers and Gender Focal Points from 19th -23th...

Children under the age of 2 are not getting the food or nutrients they need to thrive and grow well, leading to irreversible developmental harm, according to a new report released by UNICEF. Fed to Fail?...

In her 76th UN General Assembly (UNGA) address, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina advocated sufficient global action for “universal and cheap” vaccine access to all for a COVID-free world, warning that the existing “vaccine-divides” tendency would only...

UN Women, the global champion for gender equality, has recently commenced a COVID-19 vaccination awareness campaign for women and girls living in the rural and semi-urban areas of the country with a view to eliminating myth...

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was nominated for a second term as head of the World Health Organization by nearly 20 European Union countries just before the deadline on Thursday. Member states had until 1600 GMT to suggest...

The European Medicines Agency said on Thursday that it expects to make a decision on boosters of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccination for those over the age of 16 in early October. The European Medicines Agency (EMA)...

At a time when the United States has approved COVID-19 booster shots, just 3.5 percent of Africans are vaccinated, The Hindu reported on Sunday. Quoting World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Indian newspaper...

Even though different countries adopt different measures to combat the epidemic, the primary coronavirus indicators are improving across Europe. In its most recent weekly report, which ended Sept. 17, the European Center for Disease Prevention and...

University Grants Commission (UGC) has created a new website for university students to register for the Covid-19 vaccine in a bid to get all the students vaccinated. Using birth certificates, students who do not have the...