Leather processing is big business in Bangladesh, India, and other parts of the developing world, where regulations are lax and poisons run freely.
Rising sea levels and intense cyclones have turned the drinking water saline in coastal Bangladesh. The villagers cope the best they can.
Open Society Foundations instagram takeover with the Global supply chain of cotton industry project
Those who work in Bangladesh's textile industry know that a change in public opinion in the West could mean that they are out of a job.
Photographer Jost Franko follows the path of cotton in Burkina Faso, Bangladesh and Slovenia, where he finds farmers and textile workers who are often struggling—underpaid or mistreated.
Climate change is affecting vulnerable populations of Bangladesh. They are adapting in a number of ways, setting an example for the developed West.
As some of the accused head to a Bangladesh court, Al Jazeera looks at the aftermath of the epic factory collapse.
Grantee Carina Storrs tells Ikonokast's Mike Haubrich why vaccines don't always work in developing countries.
Boosting the performance of the rotavirus vaccine in low-income countries is a pressing public health problem. A team of researchers are attacking it from several angles.
The rotavirus vaccine is now included in routine immunization in many countries around the world. But can researchers find ways to boost its performance to save more lives in low-income countries?
Rising sea levels will displace millions of people over the next century. In Bangladesh, the mass migration has already begun.
Contraception delivered through female community health workers has helped reduce birthrates and infant mortality.
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