Medical waste poses serious health risks
Medical waste generated in healthcare facilities poses serious health risks as many hospitals keep discharging untreated waste water into open water bodies and dumping solid wastes in nearby dustbins...
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Gaps in water and sanitation policy should be addressed
A POLICY attention on ensuring access to basic sanitation facilities has left other relevant concerns such as faecal waste management and water and sanitation infrastructure maintenance unattended for decades. Experts, entrepreneurs, academics and development partners at a conference in Dhaka on February 25 called for addressing gaps in sanitation facilities. They have...
Eroding purchasing capacity: Low animal protein intake poses health risks
Intake of animal proteins has fallen significantly in recent times across the country, posing severe public health risks particularly for the poor and vulnerable groups of people.
Substandard surgical gloves flood market
Local markets have been flooded with substandard surgical gloves amid lack of monitoring by the authorities concerned, increasing severe safety risks to patients and healthcare professionals...
Low wages, production pressure hurt Bangladeshi RMG workers: study
Low wages and constant pressure to meet production targets have put significant negative impacts, including reliance on overtime, rising debt, health risks and limited access to essential services, on Bangladeshi garment workers, according to a study...