05 March 2007
Bangladesh begins new polio drive with 700,000 volunteers
Dhaka, Bangladesh: Some 700,000 volunteers will deliver polio vaccinations to about 24 million children on in an effort to eliminate the disease in Bangladesh.
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03 April 2006
Management of Acute Respiratory Infections by Community Health Volunteers
This paper assesses the role of management practices in improving the competency of community health volunteers in diagnosing and treating acute respiratory infections among children. Data were collected by a group of research physicians who observed the performance of a sample of 120 health volunteers in 10 sub-districts in Bangladesh.
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14 October 2004
Volunteers for medical camp in Bangladesh needed
Dinajpur, Bangladesh: Since 1995, Bangladesh Rural Iimprovement Foundation (BRIF) has been organizing eye treatment camps providing free medical and surgical treatment to poor rural people suffering from eye disease.
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21 December 2002
UNV launch book on volunteering in Bangladesh on IVD
Dhaka: A new resource on volunteerism -- "Volunteers in Bangladesh" -- was launched today by the Youth and Sports Secretary Jamal Uddin at the Department of Youth Development Auditorium in the capital Dhaka in celebration of International Volunteer Day (IVD).
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01 December 2002
Volunteers in Bangladesh
This document, released during the International Year of Volunteers 2001, depicts the history of volunteering in Bangladesh and includes testimonies from prominent persons on the importance of volunteerism for the country's success.
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