Unique health ID for citizens under way: minister
Health minister Samanta Lal Sen on Tuesday said that the work was under way to create a shared health record for every citizen, providing a unique health ID...
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2.6m die annually due to alcohol: WHO
Alcohol kills nearly three million people annually, the World Health Organisation said on Tuesday, adding that while the death rate had dropped slightly in recent years it remained 鈥榰nacceptably high鈥�...
Inequitable access to health care in CHT a persistent concern
NEARLY three decades after the signing of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Accord in 1997, the healthcare system in the region still remains underdeveloped, particularly in the remote areas. In the past few weeks, in three remote villages of Baghaichari upazila in Rangamati, people with symptoms of diarrhoea and fever have been suffering with...
Health crisis strikes in Rangamati villages
Three remote villages in Rangamati鈥檚 Baghaichari upazila are grappling with outbreaks of diarrhea and fever and the situation is getting worse as these areas are not...
Holidaymakers mustn鈥檛 ignore dengue menace
THE dengue menace is lurking around the corner. Since January, at least 39 people have died of dengue and 3,150 people have been affected by this dengue fever. During festivals, as the prices of all essentials increase, so does the suffering. The threat of infectious diseases to public health increases too...
Doctors鈥� negligence of duty will not be tolerated: minister
Health minister Samanta Lal Sen on Sunday warned that doctors鈥� negligence of duty in the government hospitals across Bangladesh would not be tolerated....
Increased health budget unlikely to help people
The government proposed a Tk 3,356 crore increase in budget allocation for the health and family welfare sector for the FY2024鈥�25 which experts viewed...
Health sector sees little uplift in new budget proposals
Though he emphasised the government鈥檚 commitment to bolstering the health sector, finance minister AH Mahmood Ali has slightly increased the allocation for the ailing healthcare system in the National Budget for the fiscal 2024-2025....
First fatal human case of H5N2 bird flu identified: WHO
The World Health Organization said Wednesday a person in Mexico had died in the first confirmed human case globally of infection with the H5N2 variant of bird flu.
Some Gazans drinking sewage water: WHO
Some Gazans are now reduced to drinking sewage water and eating animal feed, the WHO鈥檚 regional chief said on Tuesday, pleading for increased aid access immediately to the besieged territory...
Govt must take mosquito density survey findings seriously
THE pre-monsoon mosquito survey of the Directorate General of Health Services that has found a high density of Aedes mosquito in Dhaka is worrying. This suggests the failure of mosquito control programmes. Dengue prevention efforts of the south city authorities, as the survey finds...
WHO condemns 鈥榓brupt halt鈥� to medical evacuations from Gaza
Desperately needed medical evacuations from Gaza 鈥� already very limited 鈥� came to a full stop when Israel launched its military offensive on Rafah three weeks ago, the...
Medics, WHO say north Gaza hospitals barely operational
North Gaza鈥檚 last two functioning hospitals, Al-Awda and Kamal Adwan, are barely operational, doctors and the World Health Organisation said on Tuesday with the Israel-Hamas war now in its eighth month...
Failure to keep unapproved drinks off market unacceptable
THIS is unacceptable that the authorities have not yet been able to make producers withdraw unauthorised electrolyte drinks even after a court order to this end. The authorities first failed to take action on their own against the unauthorised production, marketing and sales of electrolyte drinks...
Govt urged to ensure health coverage of all
Development activists on Sunday urged the government to sketch a roadmap to achieve the World Health Organisation鈥檚 universal health coverage by 2032 for attaining the United Nations鈥� sponsored Sustainable Development Goals...
Investment in mental healthcare can reduce suicides: discussion
Researchers, practitioners and activists at a discussion on Friday said that investment in mental healthcare remained neglected over the years in the...
DGHS holds meeting on public health
Directorate General of Health Services held a meeting titled 鈥楳apping Public Health for Global Health Security: Surveillance System, Public Health Laboratories, and...
Hajj pilgrims get Tk 100 off on bKash payment for health check-ups
Hajj pilgrims can now get up to Tk 100 cashback or discount on bKash payment for health check-up at selected hospitals and diagnostic centres in Dhaka and Chattogram, said a press release...
Lecture on health benefits of fish held at NMST
Students and teachers of Daffodil International College, Dhaka participated in a science lecture on the health benefits of fish during an educational tour at National Museum of Science and Technology in the capital on Wednesday...
Cardiovascular diseases kill 10,000 Europeans a day: WHO
Cardiovascular disease is responsible for 40 per cent of deaths in Europe, the WHO said on Wednesday, urging Europeans to cut their salt intake...
Hospital blames patient鈥檚 relatives for lift dysfunction
The authorities of Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmad Medical College Hospital in Gazipur accused the relatives of the dead patients for pushing lift to dysfunction and death of the cardiac patient on Sunday...
Mismanagement in public health system proves fatal yet again
MISMANAGEMENT and corruption in the public health system proved fatal again as a cardiac patient died while being stuck inside a malfunctioning lift at the Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmad Medical College Hospital in Gazipur on May 13. The attendants of the...
Special public fund for cancer prevention, treatment sought
Public health activists and physicians at a conference on Friday urged the government to create a special fund for cancer prevention and treatment to help poor people to fight the disease...
Hospitals ordered to remove illegal canteens, pharmacies
The Directorate General of Health Services ordered all government hospitals across the country to remove illegal canteens and medicine shops from hospital compounds...
Timely demand for a health promotion authority
PUBLIC health policies are designed more for health services delivery, especially in the management of non-communicable diseases, than for health protection and prevention. Experts, therefore, at a workshop that research and advocacy organisation PROGGA...
Health promotion authority sought
Speakers at a workshop on Thursday emphasised the necessity of establishing a health promotion authority in Bangladesh, similar to those in Thailand and other countries, for sustainable health development and effectively combating...
Unilever, GAIN launch project to improve public health
Unilever Bangladesh and the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition are collaborating on a pilot project, aimed at enhancing the environmental sustainability and public health of Bangladesh鈥檚 urban areas, titled 鈥楩or People and Planet: Resilient, Healthy and Sustainable Food and Environment Systems.鈥�...
One more dengue patient dies
One more death was reported from dengue in 24 hours till Thursday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 29 this year...