Measures, Gaps, and Mitigation Strategies in Bangladesh’s COVID-19 Response

AbstractThe Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) spread rapidly from China to most other countries around the world in early 2020 killing millions of people. To prevent virus spread, world governments implemented a variety of response measures. This paper’s objectives were to discuss the country’s adopted measures to combat the virus through June 2020, identify gaps in the measures’ effectiveness, and offer possible mitigations to those gaps. The measures taken included screening device deployment across international air and land ports, flight suspensions and closures from COVID-19 affected countries, and declaration and extension of a national public holiday (equivalent to lockdowns in other countries). Identified gaps were test kit, PPE, ICU beds, and ventilator shortages, limited public awareness, and insufficient coordination and collaboration among national and international partners. Proper and timely risk mapping, preparedness, communication, coordination, and collaboration among governments and organizations, and public awareness and engagement would have provided sufficient COVID-19 mitigation in Bangladesh. </jats:p

Data for: Newcastle Disease Prevalence in Rural Poultry in Chittagong, Bangladesh

These data include following information regarding households sampled in Chittagong, Bangladesh: chicken and duck population size; household type (mixed versus single farming) and location; bird ages, sex, breed, and vaccination status against NDV. Data were also collected on Farmers’ socio-economic status such as education level and primary sources of income. Data on household management practices included source of chicken feed, proximity to commercial poultry farms, poultry housing type, cleaning practices, litter and dead chicken disposal, and primary challenges to poultry farming. Sero-positivity for NDV and results of HI are also included for chickens testing sero-positive for NDV

Data for: Newcastle Disease Prevalence in Rural Poultry in Chittagong, Bangladesh

These data include following information regarding households sampled in Chittagong, Bangladesh: chicken and duck population size; household type (mixed versus single farming) and location; bird ages, sex, breed, and vaccination status against NDV. Data were also collected on Farmers’ socio-economic status such as education level and primary sources of income. Data on household management practices included source of chicken feed, proximity to commercial poultry farms, poultry housing type, cleaning practices, litter and dead chicken disposal, and primary challenges to poultry farming. Sero-positivity for NDV and results of HI are also included for chickens testing sero-positive for NDV.THIS DATASET IS ARCHIVED AT DANS/EASY, BUT NOT ACCESSIBLE HERE. TO VIEW A LIST OF FILES AND ACCESS THE FILES IN THIS DATASET CLICK ON THE DOI-LINK ABOV

Manufacturing civil society and the limits of legitimacy: aid, security and civil society after 9/11 in Afghanistan

This article traces the effects of the increasing securitisation of aid and development in Afghanistan after 9/11 on aid policy and civil society. It argues that although aid has not been wholly subordinated to security objectives, security interests have been sufficient to shape the objectives, policies and practices of aid policy in Afghanistan in significant ways. Furthermore, it is argued that the securitisation of aid has not only nurtured a 'rentier' civil society, comprised of an assortment of donor-funded NGOs, but also promoted a particular model of state–civil relations that prioritises service delivery over the deliberative role of civil society. The article begins by outlining the key changes in aid policy in Afghanistan since 2001. It then explores the effects on existing civil society of external donors' attempts to manufacture a liberal civil society. Finally, the article examines the short-term impact of security policies and objectives on civil society in Afghanistan