While I was visiting a hospital in Dhaka city recently, I saw women, men and children there to get treatment for the diabetes and hypertension. I talked to a divorced, poor woman of 45 years. She came to the hospital from a remote village in Bangladesh with her daughter. She was facing diabetes for more than ...
Climate change has been wreaking havoc unpredictably in our only the fragile earth for a long time. For many other reasons renewable energy is indispensable because it provides an endless supply of clean energy, reduces greenhouse gas emissions to combat climate change.In addition, it enhances energy security by decreasing reliance on finite fossil fuels, stimulates ...
Climate change negatively affects women's health by increasing their vulnerability to climate-sensitive diseases, disrupting access to healthcare and reproductive services, intensifying caregiving burdens, and exacerbating existing health inequalities, particularly for women in low- and middle-income countries. Impacts include higher rates of heat-related illnesses, adverse pregnancy outcomes, food insecurity, and mental health challenges. In addition, women's reproductive ...
Do you know that we ingest plastic? May be or may not?Ok, let us explore how do people consume plastic. For example, at a high level, there are many different vectors for us to ingest microplastics through our diet. Those include fish and shellfish, salt, honey, sugar, beer, and drinking water -- both tap and ...
Global Economic Forum mentioned that plastic pollution has reached even the most remote corners of the planet, from the Mariana Trench to Mount Everest. 460 million tonnes of plastic are produced annually. Only 9 (Nine) percent is recycled; the rest leaks into the environment. By 2060, plastic waste is projected to triple, without intervention. The ...
Plastic pollution is a threat to biodiversity and human health. Diverse and effective solutions to this issue are required. It should include source-reduction, improved and more sustainable waste management, and cleanup. Plastic pollution has globally doubled in the last two decades. At this rate, it would be triple by 2060, according to the Organization for Economic ...
Just leave breathe and then keep your nose closed; what do you feel? Air is life; yes, I repeat, air is life. We cannot live but air. Clean air helps us alive, and polluted air pushes us to death silently, directly and indirectly through many ways. So, air is one of the most precious components ...
This year's (2025) World Health Day (April 7)theme was: Healthy beginnings, hopeful futures. The date of 7 April marks the anniversary of the founding of World Health Organization (WHO) in 1948. This Day kicked off a year-long campaign on maternal and newborn health. The campaignurged governments and the health community to ramp up efforts to ...
The unemployment rate and the rate of hunger in Bangladesh alarmingly increased. Within a few months into 2025, many men and women are unemployed due to political instability, shutdown of hundreds of garments, different small, middle and large industries and closure of other businesses. As a result, problems of unemployment and a long term food ...
March 8, 2025, marked the celebration of International Women's Day, a day dedicated to honoring the achievements of women across the globe and advocating for gender equality, empowerment, and the rights of all women and girls. This year's theme-For ALL Women and Girls: Rights. Equality. Empowerment-highlights the urgent need for global action to unlock equal ...