OCTOBER 7 will mark the second anniversary of Israel鈥檚 ongoing genocide in Gaza. The World Health Organisation鈥檚 data page on Palestinian casualties, regularly updated using figures from the Palestinian health ministry and UN agencies, shows that around 66,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza over the last two years 鈥� 30 out of every 1,000 people who were...
THE health and family welfare ministry contemplates outsourcing or contracting out the responsibility for delivering health care in the form of a package of basic services. The process of outsourcing must, however, be strategic. One example of such...
Nearly 42,000 people, a quarter of them children, have suffered 鈥榣ife-changing injuries鈥� including amputations, and head and spinal cord injuries in Israel鈥檚 war in Gaza, the World Health Organisation said Thursday.
There are not enough new tests and treatments in the pipeline to tackle the growing spread of drug-resistant bacteria, the World Health Organisation warned Thursday...
Sri Lanka鈥檚 inflation rose to its highest level in 14 months in September due to higher costs for food, health and education, the country鈥檚 statistics office said Tuesday...
IN THE crowded wards of Dhaka鈥檚 hospitals, where young doctors juggle endless shifts for little pay, the cracks in Bangladesh鈥檚 healthcare system are becoming impossible to ignore. The problem is not merely about overburdened infrastructure or inadequate facilities; it is about the human resource crisis brewing at the very heart of the system. Doctors and nurses, the...
Experts and policymakers at a discussion on Tuesday called for the establishment of an independent pay commission for Bangladesh鈥檚 health sector, stressing that fair salaries are crucial to improving service delivery and retaining skilled professionals...
The United Nations Office for Project Services, in partnership with Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, has launched a transformative healthcare waste management initiative in Bangladesh.
Neither the painkiller Tylenol nor vaccines have been shown to cause autism, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, following comments from the US president and his administration to the contrary.
Bangladesh has not updated its national data on mental health in seven years despite rising concerns over suicide and growing psychological distress.
Green activists and academics at a discussion on Wednesday urged the government to update the current noise pollution control law and strict enforcement to control the ever worsening impact of noise pollution on public health...
Vice-chancellor of Bangladesh Medical University Professor Dr Md Shahinul Alam at a programme at the BMU in Dhaka on Wednesday said that BMU was committed to providing safe healthcare services across Bangladesh...
The Directorate General of Health Services on Tuesday issued a 12-point directive asking hospitals to prioritise dengue treatment as hospitalisations and deaths from the infection were rising across the country.
Sonali Life Insurance Company Limited, one of the leading 4th generation life insurance companies in Bangladesh, has entered into a strategic agreement with MILVIK Bangladesh, a renowned digital telemedicine service provider...
WE LIKE to think that enough food means enough nutrition. It does not. Food is what we eat; nutrition is what our bodies use to grow, stay healthy and thrive. A plate full of staples such as rice does not guarantee that a child will grow tall or that a woman will lead a healthy life. In Bangladesh and beyond, this disconnect fuels a silent crisis: the food鈥搉utrition gap, eroding...
PUBLIC transports remains fatally unsafe for passengers as the interim government has so far kept the sector off its reform agenda. The Passengers Welfare Association of Bangladesh on September 13 reported that at least 86,690 people died and 153,257 became wounded in 62,619 road accidents in 11 years. The number of fatalities, however shocking, is not surprising as...
DENGUE is a neglected tropical disease listed by the World Health Organization. In other words, it is primarily a disease of disadvantaged communities who lack access to proper housing and basic amenities worldwide. The environment that favours mosquito breeding is inevitably hostile to humans. Environmental pollution, poor water management, and inadequate...
Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court on Thursday sent controversial health sector contractor Motazzaroul Islam Mithu to jail in a case filed on charges of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 75 crore...
Jamuna Bank PLC on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding with Apollo Clinic-licensee JMI Specialized Hospital Limited, said a press release...
THIS is a reminder of the silent crisis enveloping maternal health that nearly 77 per cent of pregnant women seeking healthcare services are found to suffer from depression or anxiety and two-thirds endure both the conditions simultaneously. An International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh study, based on data gathered in 2022鈥�2025, shows the alarming...
Seventy-seven per cent of the pregnant women visiting health facilities across the country for services were diagnosed with depression or anxiety and, among them, 66 per cent experienced both the conditions simultaneously, according to a study revealed on Tuesday.
Exhaustion, irregular periods, sudden weight gain and persistent acne 鈥� these signs are often dismissed as 鈥榡ust part of life.鈥� For a female student balancing studies and part-time work, or a mother managing a household from dawn to dusk, enduring discomfort becomes routine. Yet what if these symptoms refuse to subside? What if they are not simply stress or fatigue?...
AN ACUTE shortage of human resources and essential facilities at healthcare institutions in rural areas, especially at upazila and district public hospitals, shows the systemic neglect that has rendered rural health services inadequate. The situation also disproportionately burdens the poor and low-income people as they primarily depend on these hospitals. Ill-equipped...
The World Health Organisation recommended a range of blockbuster weight-loss drugs to treat diabetes and obesity globally for the first time on Friday, calling for cheap generic versions to be made available for people in developing countries.
Rural health services in Bangladesh are reeling from an acute shortage of doctors and essential facilities, leaving patients without timely treatment and forcing them to travel long distances or rely on costly private care.
Bangladesh interim government health and family welfare adviser Nurjahan Begum on Friday urged doctors to refrain from political involvement and prioritise their responsibilities as healthcare providers.
Dhaka South City Corporation and the Directorate of Nursing and Midwifery at a programme on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding to ensure the implementation of midwifery-led sexual and reproductive health services in specific urban health centres of the DSCC...
EVERY year on September 4, the world observes World Sexual Health Day, a global initiative that underlines the essential role of sexual health in human well-being. Sexual health is not merely the absence of disease or dysfunction; it embodies safety, responsibility, dignity and fundamental rights. Promoting it ensures that every individual, regardless of gender, age or...
Private healthcare entrepreneurs on Saturday at a discussion in Dhaka demanded an unregulated health sector, with prices of medicines and services left to the market forces.
The average Bangladeshi people could live 5.5 years longer if particulate pollution met the World Health Organisation guideline of 5 碌g/m, said a new report on Thursday...
