The Ebola epidemic has taught the world a valuable lesson in how weak health systems and deadly viruses can combine to devastating effect. As international generosity funds a rapid response and our staff are being deployed in an effort to end the crisis, the whole world has been given a shot in the arm — and a reason to mobilize around comprehensive, reliable and integrated health systems.
Health crises like Ebola demonstrate the need for strong health systems but more than that, they highlight the links between health care and a child’s broader right to a happy and healthy life. Beyond the impact on health, there has been a devastating knock-on effect on education, for instance, with schools remaining closed in an effort to stem the spread of the disease. Child protection programs h...
Discomfort often begets laughter. But there was more than a nervous chuckle at Thursday night’s annual Fail Festival in Washington, D.C.
The global development community has a somewhat uneasy relationship with admitting failure, but professionals gathered at the event sponsored by FHI 360, Plan International and TechChange to hear stories of failure and poke fun at the challenges involved in being honest about mistakes — both large and small.
FHI 360 CEO Patrick Fine performed an original song about “breakthrough innovation” “technology” and “...
Social media and anti-corruption efforts may sound like strange bedfellows, but as communication technology continues to evolve and as mobile devices are increasingly dominant platforms for accessing information, social media is ever more connected to attempts to thwart corruption.
“Voice of Corruption Hunters in Social Media”, a panel discussion at the International Corruption Hunters Alliance (ICHA) Conference hosted by The World Bank Group, provided a nice summary of the...
Bangladesh must ensure high-quality education, plug infrastructure deficit and establish good governance to be an Asian economic powerhouse, US Ambassador Dan W Mozena said yesterday.
He also said apparel, shoes and finished leather goods, generic pharmaceuticals, and IT products are the four areas that will make the country's economy more vibrant.
“A tiger, of course, needs more than just legs. My vision of the Bangladesh economic tiger includes frozen shrimp, small freighters, flowers, bone china, jute products, silk products and so m...
The rate of implementation of the Annual Development Programme (ADP) in the first five months of the current fiscal year (FY’15) was as low as 21 per cent.
Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal, who did not hide his worries, while speaking at a ‘press meat’ Sunday, listed a number of reasons for the slow execution of the ADP, the problem of land acquisition being at the top of the list.
Mr. Mustafa Kamal, however, speaking at another function in Dhaka on the same day, expressed the hope that the economy would post a 7.0 per cent growth this fiscal, reports the Financial EXpress.
Mahtabuddin Ahmed, Chief Operating Officer (COO), Robi Axiata Limited has handed over iPhone 6 to Nazmul Hasan, Managing
Director, Beximco Pharmaceuticals as its corporate client recently.
Md. Adil Hossain, Executive Vice President, Md. Enayetul Karim, General Manager and Taskina Islam, from Robi were present in the occasion.
