Malaria was once prevalent across the world and it wasn’t until the mid-20th century that the disease was eliminated in the rich countries of Europe and North America. Sadly, it remains a major problem across the Global South. According to the WHO, there were 212 million cases of malaria worldwide in 2015. Even though the
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What is the financial toll of common childhood illness?
In Bangladesh, training experts to determine what a bout of diarrhoea, measles, or pneumonia truly costs – and better evaluate investments in vaccines By Md. Jasim Uddin While vaccines are widely regarded as one of the most cost-effective public health interventions we still lack evidence on the broader economic impact of vaccines, including the costs
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New evidence might help Kala-azar elimination in Indian subcontinent
Visceral leishmaniasis, or kala-azar, is a neglected tropical disease that is transmitted by a single species of insect vector – the sandfly. In 2005, India, Bangladesh and Nepal embarked on an initiative to eliminate the disease from endemic rural regions. The elimination programme took advantage of the fact that the disease can only be transmitted
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icddr,b signs MOU with International Centre for Climate Change and Development
icddr,b’s Initiative for Climate Change and Health has teamed up with the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) to facilitate collaborative research and interactive learning platform on climate change and relevant health issues. Through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed on 23 July 2017, the two centres will work to raise awareness on
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Access to scientific information via Hinari: Enabling research in Bangladesh?
Scientific publishers often charge extremely prohibitive fees for access to scientific research. A handful of publishers monopolise access to the bulk of the world’s scientific information through paywalls and subscriptions. Subscription costs have reached such great levels that even wealthy institutions like Harvard University have asked their faculty to resign from publications that hide their articles
