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BUHN Convenes National Roundtable on Disaster, Climate ...
The Bangladesh Urban Health Network (BUHN), in partnership with UNICEF Bangladesh and with support from the Embassy of Sweden, organized a high-level Roundtable Discussion on "Disaster, Climate Change and Urban Health" on 15 June 2026 at Hotel Sarina...
BUHN Holds 17th Knowledge Sharing Virtual Seminar on Sc...
The Bangladesh Urban Health Network (BUHN), supported by UNICEF Bangladesh, successfully organized its 17th Knowledge Sharing Virtual Seminar on 29 June 2026 on the theme, "From Awareness to Action: Scaling Up Mental Health Interventions in Urban Com...
BUHN Hosts 16th Knowledge Sharing Seminar on Building R...
The Bangladesh Urban Health Network (BUHN), with support from UNICEF Bangladesh, successfully organized its 16th Knowledge Sharing Virtual Seminar on 13 May 2026, bringing together senior government officials, development partners, urban health exper...
Bangladesh: Situation Report - Measles Outbreak
Bangladesh has reported more than 95,760 suspected and 11,390 confirmed measles cases and 596 suspected and 93 confirmed deaths across all 64 districts as of 25 June, with children under five accounting for 81 per cent of reported cases. Recent repor...
Bangladesh unveils $77 billion budget, eyes 6.5% growth
Bangladesh unveiled a 9.38 trillion taka ($77 billion) national budget on Thursday, targeting 6.5% economic growth and 7.5% inflation as the government seeks to revive an economy strained by high prices, weak investment and financial sector fragilit...
Climate-health budget share falls despite rising climat...
Ahead of the FY2026-27 national budget, policymakers, researchers and public health experts today called for urgent reforms to Bangladesh's climate-health financing system, warning that budget allocations for the sector have declined despite growing ...
Measles Outbreak Spreads Across Bangladesh, Exposing Cr...
Bangladesh is facing a large-scale measles outbreak affecting 58 of 64 districts, raising serious public health concerns and exposing critical weaknesses in routine immunization coverage and urban health system resilience. According to a Disease Outb...
Bangladesh Launches Farmers’ Card to Strengthen Rural R...
Bangladesh has launched a landmark “Farmers’ Card” programme aimed at transforming agricultural support systems by directly reaching millions of farmers with integrated subsidies, financial services, and digital agriculture support....
Public–Private Partnerships Emerge as Critical Lever fo...
With rapid urbanization reshaping Bangladesh’s demographic and health landscape, leading policymakers, development partners, and health experts have underscored the urgent need to reposition Public–Private Partnerships (PPPs) as a central...
Bangladesh launches emergency measles-rubella campaign ...
The Government of Bangladesh, with support from UNICEF, WHO and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, is launching an emergency measles-rubella vaccination campaign to protect more than 1.2 million children aged 6 months to 5 years across 30 upazilas in 18 hig...
Measles outbreak: What you need to know - How to keep y...
Children across the country are being infected with measles. Although this disease is preventable, infection can lead to various complications, even death. Vaccination can protect children from measles. Former head of the Department of Paediatrics a...
Bangladesh Urban Health Network Hosts 14th Knowledge Sh...
The Bangladesh Urban Health Network (BUHN) successfully convened its 14th Knowledge Sharing Virtual Seminar titled “Innovations in Urban Health Service Delivery: Digital Tools & Community Platforms” on Wednesday, 25 February 2026, fro...
