“This funding builds on more than $1 billion in health assistance provided to Bangladesh over the past 20 years and underscores the long-term US commitment to ensuring access to quality, lifesaving health services for all people,” the American Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl Miller said on Thursday. In Bangladesh, USAID also officially launched an online training course on COVID-19 for Bangladeshi doctors on Thursday. The course jointly created by the USAID, health ministry and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University provides doctors with useful information on COVID-19, including how to deal with it as a health professional while ensuring one’s own protection and safety, a US Embassy statement said. It offers free access to the doctors anywhere in Bangladesh through the government’s e-learning platform Muktopath. The activity is being implemented by Johns Hopkins University’s Centre for Communication Programmes, and the online platform is managed by Access to information (a2i), a cabinet division under the Bangladesh’s ICT division that supports the government’s digital Bangladesh agenda.

Source: bd News24 May 07, 2020 17:45 UTC