One Health Bangladesh’s National Coordinator, Prof Nitish Debnath, has been appointed as one of the 26 international experts to serve at One Health High-Level Expert Panel (OHHLEP) to combat zoonotic diseases, e.g. COVID-19, Avian influenza, Nipah. The panel was selected from over 700 applications with a range of technical knowledge, skills, and experience relevant to One Health. OHHLEP is a joint initiative of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Health Organization (WHO) by ..read more

One Health Bangladesh, a multidisciplinary platform dealing with health threats at the human-animal – environmental interface, has been organizing a series of webinars in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The set of webinars is being organized in partnership with Global Health Development (GHD). The COVID-19 pandemic is continuing to spread across the world and claim life. South Asian countries, including Bangladesh, are facing tremendous challenges to tackle health threats. In many ways, the COVID-19 pandemic has proven to be a moving target. One Health approach recognizes the interconnected ..read more

In the wake of COVID-19, One Health Poultry hub partners call for a new global approach to zoonoses – one that recognises, among other things, a diversity of voices and people’s livelihoods.  Nitish Debnath, David Heymann, Hayley MacGregor, Dirk Pfeiffer wrote an excellent piece of article on the current situation  Full article Press release ..read more

KEY POINTS The coronavirus can survive on surfaces for up to 17 days, a study published Monday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. The study examines two public health responses to COVID-19 outbreaks on the Carnival-owned Diamond Princess ship in Japan and the Grand Princess ship in California. The virus “was identified on a variety of surfaces in cabins of both symptomatic and asymptomatic infected passengers up to 17 days after cabins were vacated…” the researchers wrote. The coronavirus survived for up to 17 days aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship ..read more

Due to Coronavirus disease (#COVID19) Pandemic, SEAOHUN 2020 Fellowship Program will be extended! til 30 April 2020. The deadline will be closed on 30 April 2020 and our placement announcement will be in July 2020. The Southeast Asia One Health University Network (#SEAOHUN) Fellowship Program places young professionals in academic and research institutions, government, international organizations, and non-governmental organizations, to gain practical experience working on One Health issues in Southeast Asia. SEAOHUN encourages young professionals who passion for #OneHealth with at le ..read more

All government and private offices will be closed from March 26 to April 4 to prevent the spread of coronavirus, Cabinet Secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam said today. Government offices, except those involved in emergency services such as law enforcement and hospitals, have been declared shut. Bangladesh Government will also deploy the armed forces from Tuesday to work in coordination with the district administration. Kitchen markets will stay open during this time period. The COVID-19 outbreak caused 33 confirmed cases and 3 deaths in Bangladesh so far ..read more

The country, which has 24 cases to date, has introduced restrictions on arrivals and home quarantine strategy to halt the COVID-19 outbreak Bangladesh on Saturday (March 21) confirmed the second death from COVID-19 and four more cases pushing the number of confirmed coronavirus cases to 24. Health Minister Zahid Maleque revealed the matter in a press briefing. Earlier on March 18, Bangladesh recorded its first death from Covid-19. On March 8, the IEDCR announced for the first time the detection of three Covid-19 patients in Bangladesh. The first three Bangladeshis infected with coronavirus w ..read more

In an interview that could cause considerable apprehension and even possibly fear, the director of the Washington-based Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy and lecturer at Princeton University Ramanan Laxminarayan has said that India could be the next coronavirus hotspot. Using the United States estimates for itself that 20%-60% of the population could be infected, Dr Laxminarayan said that means in the worst case scenario, 60% of the Indian population could be infected – which is some 700 or 800 million people. However, Dr Laxminarayan added that the vast majority would only ..read more

SEAOHUN Fellowship Program aims to enhance One Health workforce capacity in Southeast Asia by supporting young professionals who will promote and implement One Health principles in their country after the fellowship. The objectives are To provide fellows with practical, trans-disciplinary experience in One Health at leading institutions, To encourage fellows to integrate and apply One Health knowledge, skills, and experience gained during the fellowship into their professional practice after returning to their home country, and To develop and foster an active community of One Health professi ..read more

One person died from coronavirus in Bangladesh, the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) said on Wednesday. IEDCR Director Prof Meerjady Sabrina Flora came up with the shocking disclosure at its regular media briefing. She said four more people have been diagnosed with the coronavirus infection in the country, taking the number of coronavirus-infected patients in the country to 14. On March 8, the IEDCR announced for the first time the detection of three Covid-19 patients in Bangladesh. Of them, two were Italy-returnees while the third one was the wife of one of the ..read more