August 18, 2020

If not now, when? COVID-19, lived experience, and a moment for real change (The Lancet)

The Lancet Date: 18 August, 2020 Nev Jones, Louise Byrne and Sarah Carr In a Position Paper published in The Lancet Psychiatry, Carmen Moreno and colleagues […]
August 17, 2020

Youth volunteers bust COVID-19 myths and combat misinformation (UNICEF)

UNICEF Bangladesh 17 August, 2020 Trained by UNICEF on spotting social media misinformation, young volunteers save online users from misleading COVID-19 information During a pandemic, rumours, […]
August 17, 2020

Country-Specific Information: Bangladesh (US Embassy in Bangladesh)

COVID-19 Information 17 August, 2020 Country-Specific Information: Please check the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) webpage at https://iedcr.gov.bd/for the most updated statistics on COVID-19 […]
August 17, 2020

Serology testing in the COVID-19 pandemic response (The Lancet)

The Lancet Date: 17 August, 2020 Prof Rosanna W Peeling, PhD, Catherine J Wedderburn, MBChB, Prof Patricia J Garcia, MD, Debrah Boeras, PhD, Noah Fongwen, MD, […]
August 14, 2020

Covid-19 vaccine will be free for Americans: officials

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 14 August, 2020 AFP, Washington If a COVID-19 vaccine is proven effective, the US will ensure it’s distributed for free […]
August 14, 2020

Vaccine nationalism’s politics

American Association for the Advancement of Science David P. Fidler 14 August, 2020 Before coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) struck, cooperation on global health—especially for pandemic preparedness […]
August 14, 2020

Four lessons from Covid-19 pandemic for tackling climate change

International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) Prof. Saleemul Huq 14 August, 2020 The global Covid-19 pandemic is now just over half a year old […]
August 13, 2020

Biomedical waste amid COVID-19: perspectives from Bangladesh (The Lancet)

The Lancet Md Mostafizur Rahman, Md Bodrud-Doza, Mark D Griffiths, Mohammed A Mamun 13 August, 2020 Biomedical waste is a threat to global public environmental health, […]
August 12, 2020

Home education project reaches children in remote parts of Bangladesh (UNICEF)

UNICEF Bangladesh 12 August, 2020 UNICEF delivers pioneering initiative to provide home education in a remote part of Bangladesh A UNICEF-supported home learning initiative in the […]