Tomorrow (31 May 2023, Wednesday) is the World No Tobacco Day (WNTD). The theme of WNTD 2023 is “Grow Food, Not Tobacco” which aims at raising awareness about alternative crop production and marketing opportunities for existing tobacco farmers to encourage them into growing sustainable and nutritious crops. It will also aim to expose the tobacco Read More…»
Tomorrow (31 May 2023, Wednesday) is the World No Tobacco Day (WNTD). The theme of WNTD 2023 is “Grow Food, Not Tobacco” which aims at raising awareness about alternative crop production and marketing opportunities for existing tobacco farmers to encourage them into growing sustainable and nutritious crops. It will also aim to expose the tobacco Read More…»
To promote the use of vape and e-cigarettes and to thwart the ongoing amendment of tobacco control law, Voice of Vapers (VoV) and Asia Harm Reduction Alliance recently organized a summit and roundtable in Dhaka on Saturday (27 May 2023). A number of grantees and representatives of the Foundation for Smoke-free World (FSFW), a front Read More…»
To promote the use of vape and e-cigarettes and to thwart the ongoing amendment of tobacco control law, Voice of Vapers (VoV) and Asia Harm Reduction Alliance recently organized a summit and roundtable in Dhaka on Saturday (27 May 2023). A number of grantees and representatives of the Foundation for Smoke-free World (FSFW), a front Read More…»
Hundreds of youth leaders from the educational institutions in Chapai Nawabganj district gathered in the ‘Youth Leaders Conference, Chapai Nawabganj-2023’ to take a solemn oath to build a tobacco-free Bangladesh. The youth leaders called upon Dr. Samil Uddin Ahmed Shimul MP, representing Chapainawabganj-1 Constituency, to take proactive measures in tobacco control. The event was organized Read More…»
Hundreds of youth leaders from the educational institutions in Chapai Nawabganj district gathered in the ‘Youth Leaders Conference, Chapai Nawabganj-2023’ to take a solemn oath to build a tobacco-free Bangladesh. The youth leaders called upon Dr. Samil Uddin Ahmed Shimul MP, representing Chapainawabganj-1 Constituency, to take proactive measures in tobacco control. The event was organized Read More…»
With funds from multinational tobacco companies, a vested quarter is promoting e-cigarettes and vaping products in the name of research on smoking alternatives. Association for Community Empowerment (ACE) Bangladesh, UK-based Centre for Substance Use Research (CSUR), and Enam Medical College are promoting a so-called research protocol on tobacco harm reduction among Bangladeshi diabetic patients, a Read More…»
With funds from multinational tobacco companies, a vested quarter is promoting e-cigarettes and vaping products in the name of research on smoking alternatives. Association for Community Empowerment (ACE) Bangladesh, UK-based Centre for Substance Use Research (CSUR), and Enam Medical College are promoting a so-called research protocol on tobacco harm reduction among Bangladeshi diabetic patients, a Read More…»
By ASHOK RAMSARUP :: South Africa and Kenya have set the tone for an international clinical trial to evaluate much-needed new anti-biotic combinations for newborn babies with sepsis. The pre-trials are underway in three public hospitals on the African continent. The trial is sponsored by the Global Anti-biotic Research and Development Partnership (GARDP) in collaboration Read More…»
By ASHOK RAMSARUP :: South Africa and Kenya have set the tone for an international clinical trial to evaluate much-needed new anti-biotic combinations for newborn babies with sepsis. The pre-trials are underway in three public hospitals on the African continent. The trial is sponsored by the Global Anti-biotic Research and Development Partnership (GARDP) in collaboration Read More…»
By Ashok Ramsarup :: A total of 2 354 international runners from 84 countries have entered the prestigious 96th Comrades Marathon prestigious in South Africa. The 87.701 kilometre-Comrades Marathon is a down run starting in Pietermaritzburg, the capital city of Kwazulu-Natal, and ends in the port city of Durban on the 11th of June. Comrades Marathon Association Read More…»
By Ashok Ramsarup :: A total of 2 354 international runners from 84 countries have entered the prestigious 96th Comrades Marathon prestigious in South Africa. The 87.701 kilometre-Comrades Marathon is a down run starting in Pietermaritzburg, the capital city of Kwazulu-Natal, and ends in the port city of Durban on the 11th of June. Comrades Marathon Association Read More…»