#WHO
With the motto -"Better health for everyone, everywhere", the journey of WHO was started as a specialized agency of UN by the constitution on 7 April 1948 which is commemorated as World Health Day. WHO’s headquarters is in Geneva, Switzerland, and Tedros Adhanom is the current director-general.
Working with 194 Member States, across six regions, and from more than 150 offices, WHO staff are united in a shared commitment to combating communicable and non-communicable diseases.
WHO’s main functions can be summed up as follows:
1.To act as a directing and coordinating authority on international health work
2. To ensure valid and productive technical cooperation
3. To promote research
4. Implementation of health law globally
5. Easily accessible and strengthening of health purchasing
6. To ensure universal health, it is also dedicated to 8 MDGs emphasizing on hunger and poverty especially.
Having played a leading role in several public health achievements,like eradication of smallpox, the near-eradication of polio, and the development of an Ebola vaccine, it has gained some controversy too in some cases including the current covid-19 pandemic. WHO has spread fear instead of taking precautionary steps as previous pandemics in global history.
#IEDCR
Previously being incorporated with the Malaria Institute of East Pakistan before the partition, the IEDCR was established in 1976 through a bill approved in the Parliament which called for the establishment of an institute for epidemiological and communicable disease research.
The goal of IEDCR can be summed up like-
1. Conducting disease surveillance, outbreak investigation, disease control.
2. Prevention of epidemic and identification of the root of it.
3.Conducting research on both communicable and non-communicable diseases
Future steps for further modification:
4. Seeking newer alliances and partnerships within the governmental set-up and donor agencies
5.Negotiations for funding with International organizations like UNICEF, UNDP, etc.
5.Dedicated working on infectious disease surveillance.
6.Arrangement of training on modern theories and technologies for making world-class experts of our own.
The institute was the first Covid-19 testing site during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh.
#Australia Bush-fires
An important fact is that many states of Australia experiences such fires every
year while this year it has exceeded the record. This year, the eastern and
southern coast has been blazed, an area where the density of population is one
of the highest.
basically, this fire takes place for different reasons including lightning strike,
accidentally by a spark or by means of some deliberate measures. Indian Ocean
Dipole, a common phenomenon of whether, contributes to this fire also.
Another fact is the impacts of climate change, a fact that has been making
Australia dry and hot in recent years at a higher rate.
This year, the conflagration has caused the death of over 30 people, over 100
million animals and has destroyed 10.3 million hector land, a territory which
is the same as South Korea.
Govt took measures to prevent it but failed ; experts have predicted it may
continue for 3 / 4 months and before march, a required amount of rainfall is
uncertain.
Given the geographical location of Australia, if climate change takes place at
the current rate, more severe and brutal impacts are imminent. Moreover, the
submersion of lower land will also threaten the species that are already facing
the possibility of extinction.
The world conscience should wake up before it's too late if we want to keep
our world livable for our progeny.
#Green Banking
After the industrial revolution, the major impact was found on environment.
Degradation has taken place very quick and response by the environment was
really devastating, resulting in a rise of global temperature, water level which
is threatening the coastal countries as experts have already predicted that
these countries will be submerged very soon.
So, the actions taken by global leaders included a set of various activities
ranging from lowering carbon emission to increasing pubic consciousness One
of the major actions was green banking system. With the development of
banking system, facilitating the way of conducting business, banking system
has been very complex and keeping accounts of different transaction requires
vast amount of paper, a factor indicating the destruction of forest areas.
In 2011, Bangladesh bank updated the principles of green banking, after which
many banking organizations have come forward with their own ideas and
policies. At present, 569 branches of different banks are being operated by
utilizing solar power and over 95 ATM booths are using the same source of
power for operation.
Basically, green banking has been a part of globalized policy to ensure a
sustaining future for our imminent generation. Accordingly, we also should
adopt this polices to ensure sustainability of our environment and to restrict
the excessive emission of carbon and other harmful particles in air.
Under this policy, at present, 35% of our banking activities are conducted on
online basis and it is expected that very soon this percentage will exceed 50%.
Finally, green banking has become a burning issue that can restructure our
banking system while contributing to our environment by making it more
sustaining which is also a part of attaining SDGs. So more adoptive polices and
engagement in this field is expected.
#The culture of Bangladesh
Since the ancient period of Bengali civilization, our culture has moved forward
keeping the tradition unscathed many poets and artists have found the true
meaning of their works by means of our culture. So enrich is our culture that
even it has charmed many foreign authors also. Its exotic representation with
which many philosophers have been enamored has always been an
indispensable part of peace and nourishment.
Our culture primarily relies on two factors including six seasons and natural
beauty, a picturesque one that varies from one to another season. Sometimes
the scorching heat of summer makes us thirsty while rain drenches us in rainy
season. Spring blooms the new leaf that was sleeping the foggy winter. Taking
new crops at house in autumn is one indispensable part of our tradition of
thousand years.
Geographically our country is riverine and it has seen a significant impact of
river on its culture. Many songs – part of our culture – including vatiali songs
are basically dependent on river. While rowing a boat, boatman sings these
songs, a scene that one can perhaps never imagine unless he comes in
Bangladesh.
Love has never been more romantic than found in literary works on Bengali
culture found in the work of Jasim Uddin, Jibonanodo Das etc. They actually
showed the culture of Bangladesh while publishing their literary works.
Finally, it is difficult to express the culture of Bangladesh blossomed with
boishaki mela, nouka baich, pitha utsob etc that have always been a part of
our life. I am blessed as born in this land and want to die here.
#Social_Safety_Net
Social Safety Net (SSN) refers to the programs mainly undertaken by the state to assist the poor and the disadvantaged of the community. The Government of Bangladesh with the support of the World Bank allocates significant resources to implement a wide spectrum of social programs.
Under four broad categories like:
(i) employment generation programs;
(ii) programs to cope with natural disasters and other shocks
(iii) incentives provided to parents for their children’s education
(iv) incentives provided to families
the country is working on the following both conditional and unconditional cash transfer SSN programs –
• Allowance for old aged and financially insolvent people
• Employment generation program for the poorest
• Food by dint of work program
• Investment for the development of children
Microcredit, the most popular SSN program, is no panacea for poverty reduction so there is a need for a strong and expanded social protection program alongside the microcredit program in the country.In the outgoing 2020-2021 fiscal year ,the govt. allocated tk 95,574 crore for this program,which was 3.01% of the total GDP.
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