The health authorities categorised Sirajganj as a 鈥榬ed zone鈥� for HIV/AIDS past week as the number of human immunodeficiency virus-positive patients has increased sharply in Sirajganj in the past few years...
Marking World Heart Day, Universal Cardiac Hospital organised a day-long 鈥楩ree Heart Camp鈥� on its Mohakhali premises in Dhaka on Monday, providing specialised medical advice to around 500 patients...
The number of chikungunya patients is rising at a time when Bangladesh has already been struggling with a surge in dengue cases, creating a serious public health concern 鈥� particularly in Dhaka...
The United Nations Office for Project Services, in partnership with Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, has launched a transformative healthcare waste management initiative in Bangladesh.
Ophthalmologists, researchers and health activists on Sunday said that diabetes was responsible for a sharp increase in preventable blindness in Bangladesh, as cases of diabetic retinopathy surged due to poor screening, lack of awareness and limited treatment facilities...
At least one in every six dengue death victims this year in Bangladesh is a child, while children account for nearly one-fifth of the total hospitalisations with the mosquito-borne viral fever, according to official data.
Dengue continues to exact a heavy toll in the country, with two divisions, Dhaka and Barishal, accounting for over three-fourths of the fatalities and nearly three-fourths of total hospitalisations this year.
Speakers at a workshop on Wednesday said that one in every four people in Bangladesh suffered from high blood pressure, stressing the urgent need to ensure uninterrupted availability of medicines at all health centres across the country...
Harmful bacteria, many of those now resistant to commonly used antibiotics, are prevalent at retail meat shops across the capital Dhaka, researchers said, highlighting the food safety risks in one of the world鈥檚 most densely populated cities...
Most government hospitals that introduced private practice for physicians during the previous regime have closed them in two and a half years after its introduction...
Obesity has skyrocketed among children and adolescents bombarded by 鈥榰nethical鈥� marketing of junk food, outpacing undernourishment to become the leading form of malnutrition worldwide for the first time among those age five to 19, UNICEF warned Tuesday...
