Bangladesh Health Watch (BHW), a multi-stakeholder civil society, has initiated a repository of Covid-19 research to bring all the public health research conducted on Covid-19 in the Bangladesh context under one umbrella.
The repository was officially launched at a virtual event with BRAC University Vice Chancellor Vincent Change as the Chief Guest.
Vincent Chang said, “The repository will open more research opportunities. Research is not only important for the career of an academic. Research is also important for the country’s economic growth."
Dr Sabina Faiz Rashid, Dean and Professor, BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health, said, “We have to create a research culture in this country. Researchers struggle with literature review. This repository will make their work easier."
Dr Rounaq Jahan, Distinguished Fellow of Centre for Policy Dialogue and Chair of the Advisory Group of BHW, said, “Finding the relevant literature while undertaking a research is a difficult task. This repository will make this task easier."
The participants of the launching event greatly appreciated the efforts of BHW to develop the repository which will bring all related public health research under one roof.
About 63 eminent researchers, academicians, intellectuals, journalists and news media representatives attended the event.
The repository currently houses 354 pieces of research, ranging from examining the practice of infection prevention policies and guidelines, association of coronavirus mortality with demographics, testing, lockdowns, public wearing of masks, link between obesity and death from Covid-19, fear and stigma associated with the disease, mental health.
The repository is housed within the website of Bangladesh Health Watch and can be accessed through this link: https://r.bangladeshhealthwatch.org/.
