Staff Reporter :
The US government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is providing more than $173 million in new funding to complement the government of Bangladesh’s ongoing efforts to respond to the spread of the novel coronavirus. It includes a new food assistance programme for 100,000 urban poor living in low-income areas of Dhaka, and to strengthen development activities and post-Covid-19 recovery in Bangladesh.
US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl Miller made the new funding announcement at a virtual event on Monday.
Since the outbreak of Covid-19, the US government has committed more than $1 billion in U.S. Department of State and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) emergency health, humanitarian, economic, and development assistance specifically aimed at helping governments, international organizations, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) fight the pandemic. This funding will save lives by improving public health education; protecting healthcare facilities; and increasing laboratory, disease-surveillance, and rapid-response capacity in more than 120 countries, according to US Embassy.
The US government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is providing more than $173 million in new funding to complement the government of Bangladesh’s ongoing efforts to respond to the spread of the novel coronavirus. It includes a new food assistance programme for 100,000 urban poor living in low-income areas of Dhaka, and to strengthen development activities and post-Covid-19 recovery in Bangladesh.
US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl Miller made the new funding announcement at a virtual event on Monday.
Since the outbreak of Covid-19, the US government has committed more than $1 billion in U.S. Department of State and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) emergency health, humanitarian, economic, and development assistance specifically aimed at helping governments, international organizations, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) fight the pandemic. This funding will save lives by improving public health education; protecting healthcare facilities; and increasing laboratory, disease-surveillance, and rapid-response capacity in more than 120 countries, according to US Embassy.
In Bangladesh, the US government, through USAID alone, has provided nearly $37 million to support Covid-19 response efforts.
The last batch of newly recruited Bangladeshi doctors participating in a joint USAID- Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS)-offered, two-day, in-person training focused on Covid-19 infection prevention and control (IPC) and case management, and is just one example of recent initiatives made possible through U.S. government funding and cooperation.
The training, implemented by international NGO Management Sciences for Health, will enable participating doctors and nurses to effectively treat infected persons while keeping themselves safe and helping to reduce the spread of the virus.
