Combatting Covid-19 and the planned Reopening on 31 st May 2020 Take a ‘whole of the society approach’ - A statement from Bangladesh Health Watch (The Watch)

Bangladesh Health Watch, a citizens’ platform for improved accountability of the country’s healthcare system through evidence based policy review and citizen feedback, is deeply concerned at the recent steep increase in case numbers and continuation of unnecessary deaths due to Covid-19. On the c...

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منشور في: The Bangladesh Health Watch 2020
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spelling 10361-138532020-06-07T21:01:15Z Combatting Covid-19 and the planned Reopening on 31 st May 2020 Take a ‘whole of the society approach’ - A statement from Bangladesh Health Watch (The Watch) COVID-19 Citizen health SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 (Disease)--Bangladesh. Bangladesh Health Watch, a citizens’ platform for improved accountability of the country’s healthcare system through evidence based policy review and citizen feedback, is deeply concerned at the recent steep increase in case numbers and continuation of unnecessary deaths due to Covid-19. On the contrary, Bangladesh remains at the bottom of the league table in South Asia in terms of the proportion of people tested for the disease. It is equally concerned at the failure of much of the population to adhere to basic prevention norms and the rising incidences of fear and stigma in the society. The Bangladesh Health Watch believes that in order to combat a crisis as large and complex as the Covid-19, the country needs a ‘whole of the society’ approach in which every group and individual is mobilized to fight the scourge, as we did in the War of Liberation. Unfortunately this is sadly absent. The Watch believe that the social and scientific aspects of the planned ‘reopening’ on 31 st May 2020 and its likely consequences have not been duly considered. 2020-06-07T18:49:49Z 2020-06-07T18:49:49Z 2020-05-30 Press release http://hdl.handle.net/10361/13853 en application/pdf The Bangladesh Health Watch
institution Brac University
collection Institutional Repository
language English
topic COVID-19
Citizen health
SARS-CoV-2
COVID-19 (Disease)--Bangladesh.
spellingShingle COVID-19
Citizen health
SARS-CoV-2
COVID-19 (Disease)--Bangladesh.
Combatting Covid-19 and the planned Reopening on 31 st May 2020 Take a ‘whole of the society approach’ - A statement from Bangladesh Health Watch (The Watch)
description Bangladesh Health Watch, a citizens’ platform for improved accountability of the country’s healthcare system through evidence based policy review and citizen feedback, is deeply concerned at the recent steep increase in case numbers and continuation of unnecessary deaths due to Covid-19. On the contrary, Bangladesh remains at the bottom of the league table in South Asia in terms of the proportion of people tested for the disease. It is equally concerned at the failure of much of the population to adhere to basic prevention norms and the rising incidences of fear and stigma in the society. The Bangladesh Health Watch believes that in order to combat a crisis as large and complex as the Covid-19, the country needs a ‘whole of the society’ approach in which every group and individual is mobilized to fight the scourge, as we did in the War of Liberation. Unfortunately this is sadly absent. The Watch believe that the social and scientific aspects of the planned ‘reopening’ on 31 st May 2020 and its likely consequences have not been duly considered.
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title Combatting Covid-19 and the planned Reopening on 31 st May 2020 Take a ‘whole of the society approach’ - A statement from Bangladesh Health Watch (The Watch)
title_short Combatting Covid-19 and the planned Reopening on 31 st May 2020 Take a ‘whole of the society approach’ - A statement from Bangladesh Health Watch (The Watch)
title_full Combatting Covid-19 and the planned Reopening on 31 st May 2020 Take a ‘whole of the society approach’ - A statement from Bangladesh Health Watch (The Watch)
title_fullStr Combatting Covid-19 and the planned Reopening on 31 st May 2020 Take a ‘whole of the society approach’ - A statement from Bangladesh Health Watch (The Watch)
title_full_unstemmed Combatting Covid-19 and the planned Reopening on 31 st May 2020 Take a ‘whole of the society approach’ - A statement from Bangladesh Health Watch (The Watch)
title_sort combatting covid-19 and the planned reopening on 31 st may 2020 take a ‘whole of the society approach’ - a statement from bangladesh health watch (the watch)
publisher The Bangladesh Health Watch
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