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Safe drinking water thru’ ‘Drinkable Books’

The next stage is to test the books in larger trials where they are used by local residents A book with pages that can be torn out to filter drinking water has proved effective in its first field trials. In trials at 25 contaminated water sources in Bangladesh, South Africa, and Ghana, the paper successfully removed more than 99% of bacteria. drinkabl-ebook-webThe “drinkable book” combines treated paper with printed information on how and why water should be filtered. Its pages contain nanoparticles of silver or copper, ...

A click on the computer can help moms in Bangladesh

People in Utah County can help moms and babies in Bangladesh without ever having to travel to the country or even donating any money to a cause. Dr. Helen Feltovich is a high-risk obstetrician at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in Provo and has created a new project for equipment to help those in need. The public can help her team get funding for the project by helping them be selected as a “People’s Choice Award” winner. They may log onto https://savinglivesatbirth.net/summaries/2015/414 to cast a vote. [caption id="attachment_18339" align="alignright" width="576"]Women in Bangla... </div><!-- .entry-content --> </article><!-- #post-## --> <div class=

Freshwater crisis intensifies

Waking up before dawn every day, Asma Khatun walks to a water plant five kilometres away to collect fresh drinking water for her 11-member family. It will be midday or even later before she returns home to her village in southwest Bangladesh’s Satkhira district, where all freshwater sources were destroyed after the devastating Cyclone Aila in 2009. Without the 10-kilometre trek through an uneven path to the plant near Ramjannagor Dighi where the pond water is treated, there will be no water for cooking and drinking. Though the walk itself takes two hours, the 25-year-old says she has to queue up for much of the day to get her turn at the tap.

Real-life trial for oral cholera vaccine successful in BD

The first real-life trial of the oral cholera vaccine Shanchol has been deemed safe to use and viable for protection against the disease. Results reveal that severe life-threatening cases of cholera was reduced by nearly 40% among those vaccinated. Cholera a bacterial illness that typically enters the body through contaminated water or food. choleraThe study, published in The Lancet, examined the drug's effectiveness in urban Bangladesh where the disease is endemic. The findings represent a huge step toward controlling outbreaks and developing effect...

Oral cholera vaccines end dreadful disease in BD

It is a sigh of relief for Bangladesh, where oral cholera is an endemic disease, as a vaccine called Shanchol which is given as part of routine health services has been tagged safe and will protect children and adults from severe cholera. The findings lend support to the use of the vaccine in routine mass vaccination programmes to help to control cholera in endemic countries. oral colera vacccineThe study shows that even with moderate vaccination coverage, cases of severe life-threatening cholera were reduced by nearly 40 pe...

Beximco launches generic version of Hepatitis C drug

Leading drug manufacturer Beximco Pharma today announces the launch of generic version of the wonder drug Sofosbuvir for treating Hepatitis C under the brand name ‘ Sofovir C’. Sofosbuvir is a revolutionary drug recently launched by Gilead Sciences Inc, under its brand Sovaldi which is considered to be the most effective medication to treat hepatitis C with a cure rate of 90%. Beximco Pharma This is available as tablet and devoid of side effects that are seen with existing injectable therapies. The breakthrough drug, however, costs $1,000 (T...
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