The wild frontier of animal welfare Earth Day 2021: Restore Our Earth Soil degradation: the problems and how to fix them How We Can Put a Halt to Biodiversity Loss Rhino numbers recover, but new threats emerge Govt afforests over 25,000 hectares of land in nearly three years How to stop discarded face masks from polluting the planet How plastics contribute to climate change Unplanned industrialisation killing the Sutang river ‘Covid-19 medical waste disposal neglected’
Category archives for: Health

Consultation with Rohingya Children about COVID-19

Dhaka, 9 July, 2020: Since March 2020, child protection actors in the Rohingya refugee camps together with other sectors have been engaged in COVID-19 risk mitigation activities including the prevention and response to violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of children. All of these areas of concern have been heightened by the pandemic. The modifications to the child […]

‘Pandemic threatens future of 600M kids in South Asia’

Dhaka, 7 July, 2020: The coronavirus pandemic is profoundly impacting the future of 600 million children in South Asia, UNICEF warned in a report. The UN agency called on governments to take immediate action to protect millions of children and families in the region. “The COVID-19 pandemic is unraveling decades of health, education and other […]

Microplastics, microbeads: What you did not know about self-care products

Dhaka, 7 July, 2020: The mass production of plastic has made several sectors dependent on its use for its durable nature and ease of use. But the catch, as we all know, is that plastic gets accumulated in our environment. An offshoot of the problem of such accumulation is the generation of microplastics — caused either […]

Global Environmental Health Day 2020

Dhaka, 1 July, 2020: Global Environmental Health (GEH) Day addresses pressing environmental health problems and aims to improve the lives of the most vulnerable populations around the world. With a view to reducing the risk of the negative impacts and to creating awareness among people about Environment Health, ESDO will continue observing the Global Environmental […]

Healthy At Home – Mental health

Dhaka. 25 June, 2020: Looking after our mental health As countries introduce measures to restrict movement as part of efforts to reduce the number of people infected with COVID-19, more and more of us are making huge changes to our daily routines. The new realities of working from home, temporary unemployment, home-schooling of children, and lack […]

How parents can keep their kids physically fit in lockdown, from a sports teacher

Dhaka, 23 June, 2020: A survey by a market intelligence company in 2019 found that two-third of Indians don’t exercise. This being the case, even those who exercise regularly, are at the risk of falling into a new routine of a sedentary lifestyle in the time of corona scare, with gyms, sports clubs, parks and, in […]

Coronavirus (COVID-19): Kids & Medical Care During the Pandemic

Dhaka, 19 June, 2020: The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has put many doctor visits on hold. So, fewer kids are getting the medical care they need. But kids should see their doctors as needed, for well-child visits and other care. Here's what parents should know about visiting the doctor during this time. Should Healthy Kids Still Go for Checkups? Even […]

Protecting Mental Health During the COVID-19 Outbreak

Dhaka, 17 June, 2020: CBM and our local partner CDD have been providing psychosocial counselling to refugees in the Rohingya camps at Cox's Bazaar, Bangladesh, since 2015. Aid groups have warned of a looming humanitarian disaster after coronavirus was detected for the first time last week in the sprawling camps that host about one million […]

How to support kids’ and teens’ mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic

Dhaka, 10 June, 2020: Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a significant amount of attention on our mental health. While organizations are compiling a wide range of online toolkits and templates, the impact of the pandemic on those with pre-existing mental health challenges seems to be missing from our collective conversation. Although all of us are feeling […]

How Covid-19 is changing the world’s children

Dhaka, 8 June, 2020: When today’s children and adolescents grow up, will they see themselves as a “lost generation”, whose lives will forever fall in the shadow of a global pandemic? The school closures are one of the most visible – and controversial – means by which Covid-19 is affecting young people. According to Unesco, the […]

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