, Nov. 27 -- High Commissioner of Canada to Bangladesh Ajit Singh on Thursday said innovations originating in Bangladesh in the healthcare sector continue to transform lives worldwide.

"Public health challenges are transnational. What happens here in Bangladesh matters in Canada and everywhere," he said at a seminar at International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (Icddr,b)'s auditorium in Dhaka.

Internationally renowned nutrition scientist Professor Keith West from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA attended the seminar titled "A Half-Century's Journey of Nutritional Pursuit across Southern Asia"

The event was organised to mark the Icddr,b day to celebrate its 65th anniversary.

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