The Chinese government has donated dengue prevention materials to help Bangladesh deal with the dengue cases effectively.
The materials would be handed over to the government of Bangladesh at a programme to be held Thursday morning at the Directorate General of Health Services, said an official.
Special assistant to the chief adviser for the ministry of health and family welfare Professor Md Sayedur Rahman, Charg茅 d鈥橝ffaires of the Chinese embassy in Bangladesh Liu Yuyin and director general of DGHS Professor Md Abu Jafor are scheduled to join the handing over ceremony.
Bangladesh witnessed 19 deaths and 5,951 dengue cases in June as the mosquito-borne disease continues to spread rapidly across the country with the onset of the monsoon, according to the DGHS.
The number of dengue cases in June marks a significant rise compared to May, when 1,773 infections and three deaths were reported, the DGHS said.
