Informes

2. Executive summary The community-based disaster risk reduction (CBDRR) programme is conceived and developed to support the disaster risk reduction (DRR) of vulnerable communities in one flood, one cyclone-prone and two water-logged districts of Jamalpur, Bhola, Satkhira…

A new icddr,b study suggests that safe storage and handling practices are sufficient for reducing tubewell water contamination and child diarrhoea, without the need for chlorine A new randomised controlled trial led by icddr,b investigators has shown…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Kutupalong and Nayapara refugee camps are located in Cox’ Bazar in Bangladesh, with more than 32,000 refugees from Myanmar residing in the two camps. The refugees receive basic humanitarian assistance from UNHCR and partners –…

On 29 March 2015, the Government of Japan extended grants to three Bangladeshi NGOs. Ambassador Shiro Sadoshima signed ‘Grant Contracts’ for Grass-roots Human Security Projects at Embassy of Japan with the representatives of these NGOs: Dr. Sk.…

Executive Summary Despite impressive reductions in maternal and child mortality in Bangladesh the prevalence of child and maternal undernutrition has remained persistently high. In the past 20 years there has been a gradual drop in chronic malnutrition,…

Executive Summary Background: Within Bangladesh’s already vulnerable socio-economic environment, Cox’s Bazaar District suffers from some of the lowest social and economic indicators in the country. Moreover the district’s geographical location makes its inhabitants particularly vulnerable to natural disasters.…

STORY HIGHLIGHTS Climate change is likely to increase river salinity leading to shortages of drinking water and irrigation, and significant changes in the aquatic ecosystems in the Southwest coastal areas of Bangladesh during dry season by 2050. Increase…

Summary: Disaster Situation Starting from mid-August 2014, Bangladesh saw several rounds of flooding. Heavy rains in the main river basins and upstream catchments of India, along with continuous rainfall in northwest and north-eastern parts of Bangladesh caused…

Vienna, Austria, February 6, 2015. The OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) has signed new loan agreements totaling over US$140 million to help boost socio-economic development in six partner countries. The agreements were signed by OFID…

One leader learns to mobilize others to create an informational network that can now be activated on any issue of community concern. In the 1990s, the government in Moharjapur, Bangladesh partnered with nonprofits to test the water…