News Wrap: Bangladesh, Myanmar brace for powerful Cyclone Mocha
In our news wrap Saturday, a massive tropical cyclone barrels toward Myanmar and Bangladesh, Egypt says it brokered a new cease-fire between Israel and Palestinian militants, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy met with Pope Francis, North Carolina’s governor vetoed a state ban on nearly all abortions…#myanmar #egypt #israel #palestinian #popefrancis #northcarolinas #brittneygriner (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Romania ’s hot economy is attracting foreign workers
A Romanians queued for food. Today in Bucharest the queues are back, but those standing in them are not Romanian. In one street Ukrainian refugees line up in front of an aid-distribution centre. In another Nepalis, Bangladeshis and others wait outside an immigration office to renew work and…#romanians #romanian #romania #bucharests #nikky #nigerian #nico #srilanka #hidrosalt #srilankans (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
In coastal Bangladesh, climate change devastates women ’s reproductive health
SATKHIRA, Bangladesh — On a cloudy Friday morning, Asma Akhter took a break from fishing for minnows. Her clothes still wet, she sat outside her two-room home, gazing out at the waters that are both her salvation and her doom. Like most people who live in this part of southwestern Bangladesh,…#satkhira #asmaakhter #akhter #bengali #bangladeshi #bayofbengal #gitanjalisingh #unwomen #unitednations #singh (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
IMF Team Flags Risks to Bangladesh as Reserves Fall Further
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Source: Reuters: Health - May 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Bombay High Court appoints arbitrator in Max Healthcare vs Care Hospitals dispute
The Bombay High Court has appointed retired Justice SJ Kathawalla as a sole arbitrator for a dispute between Max Healthcare Institute and Care Hospitals. The move came after Max Healthcare cited a breach of term sheet clauses and a commercial agreement, as well as contractual rights. Max Healthcare had given a non-binding offer to TPG. The Max offer valued Care Hospitals at INR37bn ($496m), excluding Bangladesh assets. However, Blackstone is believed to have signed a binding agreement with TPG. (Source: The Economic Times)
Source: The Economic Times - May 4, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Trauma care scenarios following road traffic crashes in Bangladesh: a scoping review - Islam BZ, Tune SNBK, Naher N, Ahmed SM.
INTRODUCTION: We conducted a scoping review of the trauma care situation following road traffic crashes (RTCs) in Bangladesh to inform the design of a comprehensive program for mitigating associated morbidity and mortality. METHODS: We used the Pre... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - May 3, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
The State Of Global Workers' Rights
The State Of Global Workers' Rights It’s been 10 years since the Rana Plaza factory collapse in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka, where more than 1,100 people died and over 2,600 were injured. Known as the clothing industry’s deadliest disaster, the event triggered a global response with pressure…#ranaplaza #bangladeshi #dhaka #internationalaccord #annafleck #cleanclothescampaign #amazon #ikea #walmart #belarus (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Bangladesh journalists living in fear after PM ’s ‘enemy of the people’ remark
Four weeks ago, a reporter in Bangladesh was hauled from his office, badly beaten - and then thrown from the roof of his building, leaving him with fractures in his back, three broken ribs and a machete wound on his head. The journalist, Ayub Meahzi, believes he was targeted for reporting on…#ayubmeahzi #chattogram #southeast #sansfrontières #prothomalo #shamsuzzamanshams #digitalsecurityact #bangladeshi #awamileagueparty #shams (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
‘I Feel No Peace’ Review: The Persecution of the Rohingya
In July 2019 a community leader called Mohibullah visited the White House, one of a group of 16 people who represented victims of religious persecution in different parts of the world. He’d flown in from Bangladesh, a spokesman for the one million Rohingya Muslims who’d taken refuge in that…#rohingyamuslims #myanmar #burma #donaldtrump #uyghur #rohingya #cuban (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The Most Dangerous Countries To Work In
In many regions of the world, workplace safety has drastically increased over the last couple of decades, ensuring healthy working environments for many employees. As the collapse of Rana Plaza, a nine-story building in Bangladesh housing several garment workshops connected in large part to the…#ranaplaza #ilo #costarica #intel #proctergamble #costarican #mexico #turkey #pakistan #portugal (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Roundup: AI cardiac solutions startup Tricog scores $9M funding and more briefs
Also, online pharmacy MedEasy has acquired its competitor in Bangladesh. (Source: mobihealthnews)
Source: mobihealthnews - April 28, 2023 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Rising to the Challenge: The UN Road Safety Fund in a Polycrises World
An aerial photograph of a busy roundabout in Lusaka Zambia. Credit: UNRSF.By Nneka HenryGENEVA, Apr 27 2023 (IPS) Crises may be a centuries-old phenomenon, but so too is human resilience.
The high number of road deaths and life-changing injuries in the global south is a crisis that affects millions of people every year. In 2018 alone – the year that the UN Road Safety Fund was established – 1.3 million people died on the world’s roads, and another 50 million were injured or disabled.
Recognizing the world’s state of increasing complexities, the Fund has been meeting the global road safety challenge head-on. It has ...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - April 27, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Nneka Henry Tags: Development & Aid Global Headlines Health Poverty & SDGs Source Type: news
How Floating Farms Are Helping Bangladesh Adapt to Climate Change
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Source: Reuters: Health - April 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Mercury Project Puts Great UNEP Treaty at Risk
The World Alliance for Mercury-Free Dentistry delegates at Minamata COP-4, on 23 March, 2022, Bali, Indonesia. Credit: Kiara Worth, IISD/ENB (Earth Negotiation Bulletin)
By Charlie BrownLOME, Togo, Apr 26 2023 (IPS) The Minamata Convention on Mercury, a stellar success story to date, has been favorably compared to the prototype success story for a treaty on toxins: the Montreal Protocol. Both had a single focused mission; both gained universal support across the globe; both matched technological innovation with environmental science to discard old polluting methods.
But emerging after hidden negotiations with the mercury...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - April 26, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Charlie Brown Tags: Environment Featured Global Global Governance Headlines Health Inequity IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse Population TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news
The State of Global Workers ’ Rights
It’s been 10 years since the Rana Plaza factory collapse in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka, where more than 1,100 people died and over 2,600 were injured. Known as the clothing industry’s deadliest disaster, the event triggered a global response with pressure from the international community to…#ranaplaza #bangladeshi #dhaka #internationalaccord #cleanclothescampaign #amazon #ikea #walmart #belarus #brazil (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
