Save the Children has opened the first hospital dedicated to maternal and newborn care inside the world’s largest refugee camp, bringing round-the-clock emergency obstetric services to more than one million Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.
A combination of information, vaccination and timely treatment brought a post-monsoon outbreak of the potentially deadly zoonotic infection under control. From Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.
Breast and cervical cancers account for nearly a third of all cancer diagnoses in Bangladeshi women – and mortality rates have been way higher than Dr Habibullah Talukder Ruskin is willing to accept. From Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.
As a third-year Resident at McGill University, Dr. Pundir brings expertise in ophthalmology to underserved communities through Orbis’s Flying Eye Hospital, combining research excellence with a deep commitment to global eye health education.
Dr. Firdausi Qadri, head of the “Cholera Hospital” in Bangladesh, has dedicated her career to fighting a disease that continues to threaten millions worldwide, by conducting vaccine research and advocacy.