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Govt should heed grievances of wounded protesters

PROTESTERS injured during the student-mass uprising in July-August that toppled the autocratic Awami League government on August 5 having not received adequate support for treatment and rehabilitation from the interim government is unacceptable. About 30,000 people, including many students, were injured in the uprising while at least 708 died...

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Growing early diabetes incidence warrants early attention

AN ALARMING increase in the number of people with diabetes, especially young people, warrants a comprehensive government approach to head off any likely burden on public health. Research show that, especially, Type 2 diabetes, which is usually evident in people aged more than 40 years, is increasing in children and young people, pushing up the...

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7 more die of dengue

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...

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Six more die of dengue, 1,248 hospitalised

At least six people died of dengue and 1,248 others were hospitalised across the country in the past 24 hours till Sunday morning, raising the death from dengue infection to 277 so far this year...

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Govt should investigate dengue further for better management

AN INCREASING number of death from dengue infection may have been the result, as experts believe, of mutation in both the dengue virus and its vector — primarily, Aedes aegypti. As dengue virus has its genome based on ribonucleic acid which can mutate fast to adapt to adverse conditions, experts say that such...

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Growing dengue incidence calls for enhanced measures

THE death of at least 36 people from dengue in the past week and a large number of hospital admission testify to what entomologists warned earlier that dengue incidence would increase in late September and October. At least, eight people died of dengue and 1,017 others were admitted to hospital on October 2, taking the death from dengue infection to...

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Eight die of dengue in Bangladesh in 24 hours

Eight more people died of dengue fever in 24 hours till Sunday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 158 this year.

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Govt should dive into dengue prevention job without delay

THE average daily hospital admission of patients with dengue, which in the first six days in September doubled the number in the corresponding days of August, suggests a potentially threatening outbreak of the disease and a general failure of the health and local government authorities concerned to control the dengue vector during the...

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Authorities must resume all dengue containment activities

A RELAXED anti-mosquito drive in the peak monsoon season in August has resulted in an increase in dengue death and infection. Both death and infection rates have doubled in August compared with that in June and July. At least 20 people died of dengue, as the Directorate General of Health Services says, and 4,041 were admitted to hospital in 21 days...

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Resignation of DGHS director general demanded

Doctors and staff members aligned with Bangladesh Nationalist Party demanded the resignation of the director general and other pro-Awami League officials of Directorate General of Health Services on Monday.

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Robed Amin made acting DG of DGHS

The line director at the Department of Non communicable Disease Control Programme of the Directorate General of Health Service, Professor Mohammad Robed Amin, has been made the acting director general of the DGHS...

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AWC offers complimentary health services to students

The American Wellness Center has launched a new initiative to support students in response to the profound losses and financial hardships endured by many due to the anti-quota student movement, said a press release...

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ACC sues ex-DGHS DG Azad, JKG’s Sabrina

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday filed a case against seven people, including former director general of the Directorate General of Health Services Professor Abul Kalam Azad and JKG Health Care chairperson Sabrina Sharmin Hossain, on charges of cheating people by preparing fake Covid-19 test reports...

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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...

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DGHS holds meeting on public health

Directorate General of Health Services held a meeting titled ‘Mapping Public Health for Global Health Security: Surveillance System, Public Health Laboratories, and...

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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...

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17 Covid cases reported

Bangladesh reported 17 more Covid cases in 24 hours till Thursday morning...

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Drug market regulation must be a policy priority

THE High Court, in a commendable move on April 29, asked the Directorate General of Health Services to take effective steps against the arbitrary price hike of essential drugs. The court gave the directive while hearing...