Dhaka, April 30 -- The U.S. Embassy Dhaka's United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is launching its new "One Health" project to improve infectious disease prevention and control in Bangladesh.

Working with the U.S. Congress, USAID will provide up to $26 million over five years and work closely with relevant ministries in Bangladesh to coordinate prevention, detection, and response to infectious diseases among humans and animals, and mitigate other pandemic threats more effectively.

The relevant ministries are Ministries of Health and Family Welfare, Fisheries and Livestock and Environment, Forest, and Climate Change.

"We are pleased to continue our partnership with Bangladesh to protect people from infectious diseas...