Dr. Ramim Islam looks inside the surface. A medical officer specializing in internal medicine at Mymensingh Medical College Hospital (MMCH)- he can decipher the complexity of the interconnected anatomy, “All of the organ systems in the human body work synergistically. I look at it as a whole because a problem in one area can cause complications in another.”
Dr. Rehana Akhter has been with the Obstetrician-Gynecologist department of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) for over two decades.
Medical practitioners are risk assessors. “We handle the quality of life so our approach considers the worst outcomes with every case,” states Dr. Rehana Akhter. Millions of doctors, nurses, and technicians are courageous front-line workers in light of COVID-19 - “The possibility that my peers and I are putting each other at risk during our daily rounds has heightened a sense of alert in all of us.”
Regional cooperation towards a unanimous vision to promote the ‘Localization’ agenda is one of the key focuses of the Asian Preparedness Partnership (APP). The 6th Regional Steering Committee Meeting of the APP on 11 December 2020 provided an avenue to consolidate that vision.
The fourth virtual meeting of the Regional Technical Working Group on Advancing the Private Sector Engagement in Disaster Risk Management (RTWG-PSE) took place on November 25, 2020. It sought to discuss case studies including those related to COVID-19 for knowledge management and exchange, share recommendations as the group enters 2021, and tackle the preparatory arrangements for the meeting of the Asian Preparedness Partnership Regional Steering Committee Meeting (APPRSC).
From the dry-cleaners around the corner to the carpenter that makes our house a home, service sector workers are the backbones of our everyday. The sector makes up 61% of the gross domestic products (GDP) and employs more than have of the Philippines.
If success is a journey, our everyday transport is what gets us there. There are 15 million locals on trains while others hit the road on jeepneys (small buses) or tuktuks (tricycles) on any given weekday across the Phillippines. It everybody's destination that is helping this industry grow in the nation- the transport and logistics sector is expected to create 7.5 million jobs and achieve 5% of employment by 2022.
Isolation is a norm for marginalized people. When a pandemic strikes, their exclusion from basic services is amplified. Their economic burdens and vulnerabilities commonly become a matter of survival. The Rural Education Economic Development Society (REEDS) has its expanded services, to help farmers, widows, the disabled, and the transgender community during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Doing business is largely a family affair in the Philippines - 80% of enterprises are family-owned or family-controlled. Microenterprises are the most intimate and the most common of these businesses.
Pandemics create a state of alert, enforcing changes in daily behavior. The COVID-19 outbreak introduced the new normal into our everyday life. Social distancing and isolation have become conventional for prevention and safety. However, drastic changes in conduct take administration and direction.
Kalaga represents woven allegory in Myanmar. The tapestry work is commonly known as shwe chi hto (golden embroidery). Dating back to the 19th century- Kalaga threads history, portraiture, and folklore with opulence to decorate and adorn royal courts, palaces, and pagodas.