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Initiative to invest in environment and social business launched

An initiative to increase investment in the country’s environment and social business sectors has been launched.Three organizations jointly launched the programme titled ‘Biniyog Briddhi (B-Briddhi), Scaling Impact Enterprises of Bangladesh’ from their respective offices through vi...

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Students vow to stay healthy by changing food habit

Students at a programme pledged to take nutritious foods to build themselves as healthy citizens of the country.They vowed to ‘eat well and live well’ at the programme titled ‘Bhalo Khabo Bhalo Thakbo’ held on Muslin Cotton Mills High School premises in Kaliganj upazila of Ga...

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Mass awareness vital to prevent COVID–19

To prevent the recent emergence of deadly Coronavirus, people awareness from all spare of the society is very much important. Proper campaigning about the virus outbreak can also prevent the rumor that is spreading through social media. Professor Dr. Meerjady Sabrina Flora, Director, Institute ...

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Pledge to end TB in Bangladesh campaign held

Over thousands of people joined hands in Dhaka on Sunday to end tuberculosis (TB) as part of launching the ‘Pledge to End TB in Bangladesh’ campaign supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the US Government’s lead development agency, and Banglad...

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Better execution of IFC framework urged

A national workshop on “Working with individuals, families and communities (IFC) to improve maternal and newborn health” took place today on Thursday (6 February) at BRAC Centre in Dhaka city. The event was jointly hosted by BRAC Health, Nutrition and Population Programme (HNPP) and Comm...

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Call to ensure primary health care for all

Experts in a meeting called to consider universal health care as a strategic agenda. They also urged to convey universal health care’s benefits to the public by ensuring primary health care.They came up with the call at a roundtable discussion titled ‘Universal Health Coverage for A...

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Triage test for tuberculosis spots infections within an hour

Tuberculosis (TB) can be cured and yet it kills more people worldwide than any other infectious disease. As many as a third of patients with active TB in Africa and Asia aren’t diagnosed and treated, furthering the spread of the disease and underscoring the need for better and simpler diagnost...