Our work in Bangladesh

International Day of the Midwife and World Hand Hygiene Day 5 May 2020

13 April 2020

Bangladesh achieves international recognition in quality testing for medicines

7 April 2020

World Health Day 2020

5 March 2020

Bangladesh makes consistent progress achieving SDGs health indicators

13 February 2020

Emergency Health Cluster Meeting on Novel Corona Virus, COVID-19

9 February 2020

Training of Trainers (ToT) on WHO Bangladesh Package of Essential Noncommunicable Disease (PEN) Interventions in Primary Health Care Settings

The Tobacco Body

Readiness is the key to detect, combat spread of the new coronavirus

12 January 2020

Media release

Measles and Rubella vaccination campaign launched to protect 315,000 Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar

31 December 2019

Multisectoral approach needed for achieving Universal Health Coverage

19 December 2019

Bangladesh disseminates multisectoral action plan for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases

15 December 2019

Strengthening the Sadar District Hospital in Cox’s Bazar

10 December 2019

The revenue and employment outcome of biri taxation in Bangladesh

9 December 2019

Media release

Cholera vaccination campaign launched to protect 635,000 people in Cox’s Bazar

World AIDS Day 2019

Minister of Health releases first findings of National Mental Health Survey

25 November 2019

Bangladesh employs digital health for monitoring access to essential medicines

21 November 2019

Bangladesh advances to implement SCORE, a technical package to strengthen the country’s health data systems

19 November 2019

World Toilet Day 2019 - “Leaving No One Behind”

18 November 2019

Adopt and implement high-impact interventions to secure the future of antibiotics and rollback the global AMR crisis

14 November 2019

World Diabetes Day - Enhancing prevention, early detection and treatment of Non-Communicable Diseases in Cox’s Bazar

24 October 2019

Bangladesh presents results of Independent Evaluation of Community Based Health Services

17 October 2019

1 January – 31 December 2020

Bangladesh initiates Digital Health Strategy

World Food Day

World Mental Health Day 2019: 40 seconds of action for suicide prevention

Highlights

Hand Hygiene Day

World Immunization Week 2020

The Health for All Film Festival

Dengue: a mosquito-borne disease

WHO Representative to Bangladesh

Dr Bardan Jung Rana

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World Health Day 2020

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6 February 2020

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Vaccine, the road from storage to protecting 10 000 lives per day

31 December 2019

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Rangpur City Corporation Model of urban immunization

Events

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2020 - Year of the Nurse and the Midwife

Campaign

World No Tobacco Day – 31 May 2020

31 May 2020

More News from WHO

4 May 2020

Compendium of research projects at the interface of tuberculosis and COVID-19

Billions worldwide living with herpes

Statement on the third meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19)

WHO and European Investment Bank strengthen efforts to combat COVID-19 and build resilient health systems to face future pandemics

Massive proportion of world’s population are living with herpes infection

29 April 2020

Indonesia firmly committed to eliminating lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem

29 April 2020

New estimates highlight need to step up the response to hepatitis D

28 April 2020

New FAQs address healthcare workers questions on breastfeeding and COVID-19

28 April 2020

New GDO country profiles available

28 April 2020

WHO calls for healthy, safe and decent working conditions for all health workers, amidst COVID-19 pandemic

27 April 2020

WHO Timeline - COVID-19

27 April 2020

Maternal infections in health facilities

24 April 2020

Commitment and call to action: Global collaboration to accelerate new COVID-19 health technologies

24 April 2020

Global leaders unite to ensure everyone everywhere can access new vaccines, tests and treatments for COVID-19

WHO reports fivefold increase in cyber attacks, urges vigilance

WHO urges countries to move quickly to save lives from malaria in sub-Saharan Africa

INFOSAN Quarterly Summary, 2020 #1

Hard fought gains in immunization coverage at risk without critical health services, warns WHO

22 April 2020

What matters to women in the postnatal period?

WHO guidance helps detect iron deficiency and protect brain development

ITU-WHO Joint Statement: Unleashing information technology to defeat COVID-19

Joint statement by WTO Director-General Roberto Azevêdo and WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

WHO advisory body releases malaria eradication report

UN agencies issue urgent call to fund the global emergency supply system to fight COVID-19

17 April 2020

Eradicating dracunculiasis: Ethiopia investigates six suspected human cases in Gambella region

WHO Director-General’s Statement on IHR Emergency Committee on Ebola Virus Disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Statement on the 5th meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee for Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on 14 April 2020

Joint News Release

First UN solidarity flight departs Addis Ababa carrying vital COVID-19 medical supplies to all African nations

World Chagas Disease Day: bringing a forgotten disease to the fore of global attention

13 April 2020