Mohammad Al Amin

Bangladesh is gunning for zero malaria deaths by 2027

Both cases and fatalities are in decline. But are the current deadlines feasible? Mohammad Al Amin reports.

23 Jul 2024

4 min read

Located near the Indian and Burmese border, the Chittagong Hill Tracts is the only hilly area in Bangladesh. Though scarcely populated compared to the rest of the country, it is particularly poor, partly because of the lack of arable land. Credit: Pierre Prakash, EU/ECHO, September 2012

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Infectious Diseases Hospital, Mohakhali, Dhaka. Credit: Mohammad Al Amin

How Bangladesh eliminated its “kala-azar” public health problem

29 May 2024

7 min read

Snejuti Saha working at CHRF lab. Credit: CHRF

In Bangladesh, a new way to map typhoid promises to aid vaccination strategy design

15 Apr 2024

6 min read

Typhoid Research summary

Infectious Diseases Hospital at Mohakhali in Dhaka. Credit: Mohammad Al Amin

In Bangladesh, Nipah virus keeps the health system on its toes

14 Mar 2024

6 min read

DNCC Covid-19 Dedicated Hospital, turned into dengue hospital in Mohakhali of Dhaka city. Credit: Mohammad Al Amin

As Bangladesh’s dengue burden soars, a promising vaccine candidate clears phase 2 trials

19 Jan 2024

5 min read

Prof Nazmul Islam, Director of Disease Control at the Directorate General of Health Services providing cholera vaccine in Chattogram city

Vaccines roll out in Bangladesh hotspots to keep cholera under control

15 Dec 2023

4 min read

Cholera Vaccine campaigns

A recipient of the HPV vaccine holds up her vaccination card. Credit: Gavi/Ashraful Arefin

Bangladesh’s first public HPV vaccine roll-out gathers momentum

27 Oct 2023

4 min read

HPV

A syringe getting prepared with COVID-19 vaccine. Credit: Gavi/2022/Saydul Fateheen Murad

In Bangladesh, COVID-19 vaccines were a ticket back to independence for underprivileged ‘third gender’ people

10 Oct 2023

5 min read

Gender equality COVID-19 LGBTQI+

A vaccinator takes a child’s fingerprint ahead of vaccination. Credit: Ashraful Arefin

Unique and universal: how fingerprint tech is helping get kids protected in Bangladesh

5 Oct 2023

7 min read

Dengue patients admitted to the male ward, Block D at DNCC Dedicated Dengue Hospital in Mohakhali. Credit: Mohammad Al Amin

Climate change spurs dengue crisis in Bangladesh

9 Aug 2023

6 min read

Dengue Climate change

The children's home and shelter at Daulatdia brothel. Credit: Mohammad Al Amin

"It was my dream": Urmi was born in a brothel, now she provides healthcare to its workers

27 Jun 2023

6 min read

Gender equality

Gonoshasthaya Kendra medical centre just in front of Daulatdia brothel. Credit: Mohammad Al Amin

“World’s largest brothel” pushed into crisis by COVID-19 lockdowns, bounces back with vaccination

22 Jun 2023

6 min read

Vaccine campaigns COVID-19

Sabrina Akhter, Counselor and Administrator at the Anti-retroviral therapy centre at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University. Credit: Mohammad Al Amin

95% of Bangladeshi mothers in treatment for HIV give birth to HIV-negative babies

30 Mar 2023

5 min read

HIV Routine immunisation

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