When USAID Administrator Raj Shah told congress yesterday that 70,000 children could needlessly die should Congress pass a restrictive global health budget, this is what he was talking about.
This is awful work for lousy pay. But it is sometimes the only option for women living at the margins of society. A video from a center that caters to the needs of sex workers in one Bangladeshi city.
Everyday, millions of people who live in tightly cramped quarters pack into overloaded buses to work in a garment factories. This makes for a perfect breeding ground for TB.
HIV/AIDS prevalence in Bangladesh is relatively low. However, the large migrant population is a significant cause of new HIV infections, and as of now there are no national programs that target intervention of Bangladeshi migrant workers.
As I write, I am en route to Bangladesh, courtesy of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria. I will be visiting several programs in Dhaka and Chittigong that the Global Fund supports to prevent and treat those three deadly diseases.
