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20 August 2026
Statement

“Protect yourself. Protect your family. Protect your community”: Bangladesh launches preventive cholera vaccination campaign
19 August 2026
Joint News Release

Bangladesh launches WHO SPECS 2030 to expand access to quality eye care
10 August 2026
Joint News Release

WHO and UNICEF call for strengthened action to protect, promote and support breastfeeding
28 July 2026
News release

WHO calls for urgent action to break down barriers to hepatitis prevention, testing and treatment

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19 August 2026
Joint News Release

Bangladesh launches WHO SPECS 2030 to expand access to quality eye care

Bangladesh today formally launched the WHO SPECS 2030 Initiative, taking an important step towards making quality and affordable refractive error services more accessible and stren ...

10 August 2026
Joint News Release

WHO and UNICEF call for strengthened action to protect, promote and support breastfeeding

Joint statement by WHO Representative to Bangladesh, Dr Ahmed Jamsheed Mohamed and UNICEF Representative ad interim to Bangladesh, Gillian Mellsop: On and beyond World Breastfeedin ...

28 March 2024
Media release

Regional Director Ms Saima Wazed visits Bangladesh, reaffirms commitment to support strengthening health sector resilience to climate change and universal health coverage

Regional Director WHO South-East Asia Ms. Saima Wazed reiterated the World Health Organization's commitment to supporting and strengthening the resilience of Bangladesh’s health se ...

15 December 2021
Media release

Working collaboratively to strengthen the health system in Bangladesh: Sweden provides four-year funding to WHO Bangladesh