public health

Droughts brought on by climate change are making Bangladesh’s groundwater situation worse, putting the country’s food and health security at risk, and raising arsenic poisoning to dangerous levels in several regions. According to a recent study,...

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and Yale School of Public Health (YSPH) are teaming up to publish a series of articles capturing best ethical, technical, and contextual data responsibility practices in humanitarian response, human development,...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved a $100 million loan to help Bangladesh in its efforts to address the immediate public health requirements of combating the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. “ADB stands with Bangladesh in this...

Scotland introduced minimum unit pricing on alcohol on Tuesday as it tries to improve public health by raising the cost of cheap, strong drinks favored by young people and binge-drinkers. A unit of alcohol, defined as...

Dr. Santosham has been a pioneer of the Hib scientific field through his instrumental role in a 30-year campaign to understand the global burden and epidemiology of the disease in various populations. Mathuram Santosham, MD, MPH,...

News Hour The ‘Institutional and Regulatory Framework for Faecal Sludge Management (FSM)’ was officially launched at an event held at the capital’s Department of Public Health Engineering recently. Nasrin Akter, Additional Secretary, Local Government Division formally...

Although, it is still a new concept and not many scientists are proactively considering terrorism as a public health threat, does not mean it has not attracted the attention of some thought-provoking genre of scientific arena....Read More

News Hour: Micronutrient deficiency is a major public health problem in Bangladesh. Among all micronutrients, vitamin A deficiency affects an alarming percentage, despite ongoing supplementation programs. To address this problem, the USAID-AIN (Aquaculture for Income and...

News Hour: IOM Ghana’s Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) programme is helping Kotoka International Airport (KIA) to develop a Public Health Emergency Contingency Plan (PHECP) tailored for the operations and capacity of the airport. The formulation...

News Hour: A new toolkit designed for public health professionals to assess compliance with smoke-free laws in hospitality venues has been developed – and made publicly available – by the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung...