The government is working to prepare a list of essential medical tests in order to set their prices and bring down healthcare expenses, said professor Md Sayedur Rahman, special assistant to the interim government chief adviser, on Tuesday.
Midland Bank PLC on Monday signed an agreement with BRAC Healthcare, said a press release...
The Directorate General of Health Services confirmed one death and no new Covid-19 infections in the country over a 24-hour period from 8:00am Saturday to 8:00am Sunday...
Healthcare brand Praava Health has recently celebrated its 8th anniversary, said a press release...
THE government has set an ambitious target of administering typhoid vaccines to 50 million children and adolescents, aged between nine months and 15 years, under an Expanded Programme on Immunisation campaign that would begin on October 12. But the response to the campaign has so far been reserved. The Directorate General of Health Services says that..
Three hundred and fifty-six more new dengue cases were reported in the 24 hours leading up to Wednesday morning, bringing the total number of cases to 27, 471 this year...
A SECURE green future is not a slogan. It is a road map for any country that wants prosperity to last. As societies digitise everything from banking and energy to healthcare and education, two questions must be asked together, not separately. Does this system protect people鈥檚 data and livelihoods? And, does it minimise harm to the environment? If the answer to either...
A seminar, titled Beyond the Headlines: Mental Health Consequences of the July Uprising and Milestone Tragedy, on Monday disclosed the findings that 82.5 per cent of the injured in the July uprising were battling depression, while 64 per cent were exhibiting symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder...
The High Court on Monday asked the secretary of health ministry, director general of the directorate general of drug administration and authorities concerned to supply adequate antivenom in all Upazila Health Complexes across the country as soon as possible for snake bite patients...
Standard Chartered Bangladesh and icddr,b have signed a three-year agreement to implement a transformative project to improve reproductive health care for women and adolescent girls in six remote regions of Bangladesh...
MetLife Bangladesh has introduced a new, affordable health insurance solution that offers comprehensive protection against 10 critical illnesses, whose treatment costs can be significantly high...
The Directorate General of Health Services on Saturday said that 202 new dengue patients were admitted to hospitals across the country in the past 24 hours...
One hundred and thirty-four more new dengue cases were reported in the 24 hours till Friday morning, raising the number of confirmed cases to 25,710 this year...
A memorandum of understanding has recently been signed between Ascent Health Limited and Uttara Club Limited in Dhaka.
The Directorate General of Health Services has detected the larvae of the Aedes mosquito, the vector for several diseases including dengue fever and chikungunya, in 57.33 per cent of houses in Rajshahi city...
Despite being home to nearly 70,000 people, Char Asariadaha union located across the River Padma at Godagari upazila in Rajshahi has a state-run healthcare centre, but there are no doctors, nurses and medicine available at the facility and...
Several hospital authorities of China at an event in Dhaka on Friday expressed their interest to establish multiple permanent hospitals in Bangladesh as part of a broader initiative to launch a new era of integrated, high-tech and sustainable healthcare...
The World Health Organisation said Thursday that 99 people were now known to have died from malnutrition in the Gaza Strip so far this year, with the figure likely an underestimate...
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday said that they had set 10 issues in their priority list in the future reform agenda to improve healthcare and health education.
PUBLIC health system stands at a crossroads. For a country that has made significant strides in maternal and child health and lowered infectious disease burdens, a deep contradiction now threatens to jeopardise further progress: the paradox of low public financing coupled with low budget utilisation. In plain terms, not only is Bangladesh spending too little on health...
THE heads of five commissions on tasked with making recommendations for reforms in labour rights, women鈥檚 affairs, public health, local government and the media, set up on November 18, 2024, on August 3 urged the chief adviser to the interim government to take steps for the implementation of the recommendations of the commission and secure commitment from the...
Health rights activists at a discussion on Sunday demanded a high-powered taskforce and an independent commission to implement the proposals of the Health Sector Reform Commission...
PUBLIC health experts have put out a call in an open letter for the chief adviser to the interim government, seeking early action for the implementation of the recommendations of the reforms commission on the health sector. What is special about the event is that the experts who have put out the call were mostly members of the reforms commission, which the interim...
The Directorate General of Health Services on Saturday confirmed two new Covid cases in the country over a 24-hour period from 8:00am on Friday to 8:00am Saturday...
Public health experts, mostly members of the health reform commission, in an open letter to the chief adviser on Saturday demanded immediate actions to implement reform proposals and to incorporate those into the 鈥楯uly Charter鈥�.
People who walk 7,000 steps a day have a dramatically lower risk of a broad range of serious health problems, the largest review of the evidence yet said Thursday.
At least four more people died of dengue and 319 others were admitted to different hospitals across the country during the past 24 hours till Wednesday morning...
The Directorate General of Health Services on Wednesday confirmed two new Covid cases in the country over a 24-hour period from till 8:00am on Wednesday...
The National Citizen Party on Wednesday slammed health adviser Nurjahan Begum for her 鈥榠nactivity鈥� and demanded her resignation, mentioning that she is 鈥榓 glaring example of Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus鈥檚 favouritism鈥�...
AN INCREASE in dengue incidence, both in and outside Dhaka, raises grave concern, calling for early and effective intervention. At least four died of dengue while at least 319 others were admitted to hospital on July 22, Directorate General of Health Services data show. With this, at least 27 died in the first 22 days of July, the highest monthly death toll so far this year. In total...
