Digital doctor: Bridging healthcare gaps in remote areas
Popi Akhter’s village is shaped like a bowl. It remains submerged in water for half of the year. During those…
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Data for good: Doing development with digitalisation
BRAC’s Ultra-Poor Graduation programme has been evolving as the needs of the people living in extreme poverty change. In December…
2 years ago
Malaria elimination: Ambitious or achievable?
The clock is ticking away for the world to reach its malaria targets by 2030. The World Health Organisation estimates…
2 years ago
Superheroes on the ground: BRAC’s frontline health workers
Warriors, superheroes, guardians. These words might remind us of tall, muscular characters, perhaps with superpowers. People with a responsibility of…
2 years ago
Tackling water scarcity by harvesting the sky
Lokkhi Mondol is surrounded by water. The sun glitters across the river on the right and ponds are filled with…
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Time for ground-up climate policy
The disappointment of many with COP26 is understandable. Yet again, historical carbon emitters failed to extend the requisite support to…
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Living behind the ‘Made in Bangladesh’ label
Moyna lives in an informal settlement in Gazipur, an industrial area near the capital Dhaka, in Bangladesh. She works in…
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50 years of serving Bangladesh: Community healthcare to pandemic response
BRAC’s health programme began its journey in 1972 with four clinics in Sulla, a remote area in northeastern Bangladesh. The…
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The importance of social empowerment to break the poverty trap
On a warm day in the Bangladeshi district of Rangpur, Shahina and the group of women she sits among take…
2 years ago
Diagnostics on wheels: Combating tuberculosis in the Rohingya camps of Bangladesh
Since August 2017, the influx of one million forcibly displaced Rohingya population has severely strained existing health facilities in Cox’s…
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“We are not just dreaming of a better world – we are building it” Asif Saleh on BRAC’s 50th
It’s been half a century. Of resilience, of hope, of hard work. Of getting up every day with a sense…
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An island in Bangladesh is facing a water crisis. This is how people are taking control.
For the first time, I did not get motion-sick during the 25-minute speedboat ride over the choppy waters of the…
2 years ago