Educating the community to understanding and take simple precaution along with well motivated and trained public health personnel can prevent most of the global health threats. In the past, vaccination for polio, hepatitis B, tetanus, small pox etc. guaranteed safety of health.
The scientist will bring similar preventing measures against some of the recent virus causing serious threat globally. Specialists and researchers expressed their opinion on the global health threats and prevention in a seminar held in Dhaka Community Hospital on Monday. It was organized by Asia Pacific Alliance for Disaster Management Bangladesh, Boston Children Hospital and Dhaka Community Hospital Trust. Papers and discussions were placed on different topics related to Global threats.
Main paper of the seminar on “Capacity building for Research in developing countries in action of global health risk” placed by Prof. Maitreyi Mazumdar, Assistant Prof. Neurology and Assistant Prof. Environmental Health, Harvard Medical School, Boston Children Hospital, USA.
She said about her experience of a research-work on the impact of arsenic on Neuro-development of Bangladeshi children. She stressed on the importance of building capacity of research of the developing countries to know the roots of health risks and to prevent them.
Other topics were “Global impact of Swine flu virus disease: control and prevention”, “The role of public health in preventing Sexual Transmission Disease (STD) and AIDS approach”, ” Zika virus management globally : Symptoms, diagnosis & treatment”, “Health issues of garment workers and migrants people”, “Possible preventions of global health issues” etc. The presenters, discussants and facilitators were Prof. Zahidul Hasan, Consultant Microbiology and Head of Infection Control , Square Hospital; Dr. Jamil Ahmed, Medicine & Cancer Specialist, DCH Trust; Ali Ahmed Zia Uddin, Researcher & Activist in Bangladesh; Dr. Md. Ahsan Kabir, Lecturer, Dept. of Anatomy, DCMC; Dr. M. A. Malek, Registrar Medicine, DCH Trust; Dr. Shayela Farah, Asst. Prof. Community Medicine, DCMC and Dr. Farzana Mahejabin, Associate Prof. Community Medicine, DCMC; Dr. Fuadul Islam, Physician Industrial Health, Community Initiative Society (CIS); Dr. Salamat Khandker, Daffodil University and Taslima Akter, Co-Ordinator, Bangladesh Garment Workers Solidarity (BGWS).
In the opening of the seminar Prof. Mahmuder Rahman, Co-Ordinator, DCH Trust, presented welcome address and Prof. Quazi Quamruzzaman, Chairman, DCH Trust, gave the votes of thanks at the end of the program.
