Don’t let a ‘good crisis’ go to waste
The year 2020 was like no other in recent history. It saw, in the words of WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom, a “once-in-a-century health crisis”, referring to the Covid-19 pandemic, which continues to rage across the world.
3y ago
World Population Day 2020: Stalled progress, Covid-19 and the road to SDG
In 1989, the United Nations decided to observe July 11 as World Population Day every year in the wake of the world population reaching five billion.
4y ago
More money, thanks. But what’s next?
Never in the history of budget placement in this country has there been so much of excitement and interest.
4y ago
Covid-19 silver lining: Prime Minister’s Suborna Sheba for all?
The coronavirus rage is showing early signs of slowdown in most parts of Europe and South East Asia. Strict regimes of social distancing are being eased with reopening of schools and selected businesses, not without controversy though. But it is still advancing in the rest of the world and until an effective vaccine is universally available, it remains a threat to us all.
4y ago
Covid-19 and the missing data conundrum
The recent outbreak of Covid-19 is unprecedented. Given the novelty and the rapidly evolving contexts, data gathered from the field is the only path to attaining the true picture of the disease’s progress.
4y ago
Time to push online learning in higher education
We have come a long way in teaching and learning using technology. Whatever we call it—online learning, virtual learning, or e-learning—it has made education independent of time and place.
4y ago
Homebound: The first eight days
The country, and the world at large, has changed at an unprecedented pace over the last eight days.
4y ago
Midwifery education in the private sector: The hurdles along the way
Among many bold initiatives taken by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government, introducing midwifery in Bangladesh’s health system is one of the most significant ones. The country did well in terms of reducing maternal mortality during the MDG era, but latest research reports of a stall in its further progress.
5y ago
December 31, 2020
Don’t let a ‘good crisis’ go to waste
The year 2020 was like no other in recent history. It saw, in the words of WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom, a “once-in-a-century health crisis”, referring to the Covid-19 pandemic, which continues to rage across the world.
July 11, 2020
World Population Day 2020: Stalled progress, Covid-19 and the road to SDG
In 1989, the United Nations decided to observe July 11 as World Population Day every year in the wake of the world population reaching five billion.
June 14, 2020
More money, thanks. But what’s next?
Never in the history of budget placement in this country has there been so much of excitement and interest.
May 22, 2020
Covid-19 silver lining: Prime Minister’s Suborna Sheba for all?
The coronavirus rage is showing early signs of slowdown in most parts of Europe and South East Asia. Strict regimes of social distancing are being eased with reopening of schools and selected businesses, not without controversy though. But it is still advancing in the rest of the world and until an effective vaccine is universally available, it remains a threat to us all.
May 19, 2020
Covid-19 and the missing data conundrum
The recent outbreak of Covid-19 is unprecedented. Given the novelty and the rapidly evolving contexts, data gathered from the field is the only path to attaining the true picture of the disease’s progress.
May 14, 2020
Time to push online learning in higher education
We have come a long way in teaching and learning using technology. Whatever we call it—online learning, virtual learning, or e-learning—it has made education independent of time and place.
April 1, 2020
Homebound: The first eight days
The country, and the world at large, has changed at an unprecedented pace over the last eight days.
July 29, 2019
Midwifery education in the private sector: The hurdles along the way
Among many bold initiatives taken by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government, introducing midwifery in Bangladesh’s health system is one of the most significant ones. The country did well in terms of reducing maternal mortality during the MDG era, but latest research reports of a stall in its further progress.
November 4, 2018
The passing of another friend
I wasn't ready for this. Zahin Ahmed, the executive director of Friends in Village Development, Bangladesh, popularly known as FIVDB, breathed his last in a Dhaka hospital on October 27. A cancer survivor, he unfortunately couldn't fend off the virulent infections that kept him in hospital for the previous ten days.
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