Bangladesh has recorded over one lakh dengue cases for the third time since 2000, when registering of dengue patients began in the country, while deaths and hospitalisation from the mosquito-borne disease continue.
Five more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Wednesday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 556 this year...
Three more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Saturday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 548 this year...
Five more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Thursday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 541 this year...
This year鈥檚 death toll from the mosquito-borne disease dengue surged past 500 on Tuesday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services...
Speakers at a roundtable claimed that underprivileged areas were ignored in the application of insecticides and other anti-mosquito initiatives.
At least six more people died of dengue and 882 affected were hospitalised in the past 24 hours till 8:00am on Sunday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services press release...
Entomologists and public health experts on Sunday said that there was no alternative to public engagement in preventing dengue which had been taking heavy toll on people...
Three more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Saturday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 488 this year...
Three more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Friday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 461 this year.
Seven more people died of dengue in the past 24 hours till Thursday morning, raising this year鈥檚 total deaths from the mosquito-borne disease in the country to 482...
Ten more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Tuesday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 471 this year...
Eleven more people died of dengue in the past 24 hours till Sunday morning, raising this year鈥檚 total deaths from the mosquito-borne disease in the country to 459, including 234 women.
THE proposition that 78 per cent of the dengue patients recorded as residents of Dhaka鈥檚 south city areas in hospital documents are from outside Dhaka is worrying on a couple of counts. This brings to the fore the weakness of the reporting mechanism put in place in hospitals. This also stands to frustrate any plan to fight against the disease. Above all else...
Dhaka South City Corporation officials have said that many dengue patients taking treatment from hospitals situated in areas under its jurisdiction actually came from outside Dhaka...
Ten more deaths due to dengue were reported in the 24 hours leading up to Saturday morning, raising the total fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 448 this year...
An integrated mosquito management was emphasised to prevent dengue fever that has created a huge public health concern in Bangladesh over the years...
THE dengue outbreak, with at least 82,120 cases of hospital admission and 422 deaths from dengue, is worsening by the day as the government is yet to develop an effective mechanism to trace source vector mosquitoes and prevent further spread of the virus. Entomologists and virologists consider source detection, the spots from where the...
The agencies concerned across Bangladesh have yet to develop an effective mechanism to identify the spots from where the dengue virus is spreading, undermining the ongoing efforts to control the viral disease and its casualties.
Eight more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Sunday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 415 this year.
Five more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Saturday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 407 this year...
The number of dengue deaths and hospitalisation has been increasing significantly across the country even in the month of November.
Eight more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Saturday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 350 this year.
Five more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Friday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 342 this year.
Six more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Tuesday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 326 this year.
Six more dengue patients died and 1,297 were admitted to different hospitals in the country during the last 24 hours till Monday morning.
Ten more deaths due to dengue were reported in the 24 hours leading up to Saturday morning, raising the total fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 310 this year...
Nepal is fighting a surge in dengue cases, a potentially deadly disease once unheard of in the country's high-altitude Himalayan regions, as climate change and urbanisation nurture fever-bringing mosquitoes in new zones.
Seven more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Tuesday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 297 this year...
Four more deaths due to dengue were reported in the 24 hours leading up to Wednesday morning, raising the total fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 290 this year...