鈥極ne by MetLife鈥� app expanded to iOS, web
MetLife Bangladesh has expanded its 鈥極ne by MetLife鈥� app (formerly 360Health) beyond Android to iOS and web portals...
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Now or never for pandemic accord: WHO
The head of the World Health Organization insisted on Monday it was 鈥榥ow or never鈥� to strike a landmark global accord on tackling future pandemics, despite the United States withdrawing from negotiations.
Thailand indicts fugitive medical tycoon for $480m fraud
Thai prosecutors on Friday formally indicted a fugitive 86-year-old healthcare tycoon for loan fraud worth $480 million, officials said....
WHO launches plan for free child cancer medicines
The World Health Organisation launched on Tuesday a new platform providing cost-free cancer medicines for thousands of children living in low- and middle-income countries, in a bid to improve lagging survival rates.
WHO launches plan for free child cancer medicines
The World Health Organization on Tuesday launched a new platform providing cost-free cancer medicines for thousands of children living in low- and middle-income countries, in a bid to improve lagging survival rates.
ULAB joins WHO QualityRights initiative
The University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh announces its participation in the World Health Organization鈥檚 QualityRights initiative, in collaboration with the global alliance for public relations and communication management...
Exercise for cognitive enhancement
IN TODAY鈥橲 fast-paced, sedentary world, we are all aware of the importance of regular exercise for physical health. From heart function to muscle tone, exercise is a fundamental pillar of a strong, well-functioning body. However, fewer people recognise its crucial role in boosting brain power. Regular physical activity significantly enhances cognitive abilities...
West Bank healthcare in dire state: MSF
The healthcare system in the occupied West Bank has been in 鈥榓 state of perpetual emergency鈥� since October 2023, the Doctors Without Borders group said in a new report published on Thursday.
AIUB holds educational field trip for MPH students
The American International University-Bangladesh has recently organised an interactive educational field visit for its master鈥檚 of public health students to enhance their practical understanding of occupational health practices, said a press release on Tuesday...
BNP for free health care聽for all
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Tuesday announced proposals for health sector reform to ensure the right to free healthcare for all in the light of universal health coverage.
Time to decentralise聽
IF YOU live in Bangladesh, you live under the shadow of Dhaka. Whether it鈥檚 for higher education, advanced healthcare, legal proceedings, or career opportunities, the capital city is the unavoidable nerve centre of the country. Yet, its overburdened infrastructure, worsening pollution, and staggering congestion tell the story of a country trapped in an...
Social health insurance scheme
ADVOCACY for initiating a general practitioner-based primary health care system, practised in the United Kingdom and in many former British colonies, looks quite rife in Bangladesh whereas the financing avenue urged for the same is the social health insurance-based model, known also as the Bismarck model, initiated in Germany in 1883. The...
Govt not aware of Saima鈥檚 Canadian citizenship: spokesperson
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday said that it did not have any information about Canadian citizenship of Saima Wazed Putul, daughter of the ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who was appointed as regional director for South-East Asia at the World Health Organisation in the past year...
70 killed in attack on western Sudan hospital
An attack on the main hospital in El-Fasher, a besieged town in western Sudan, has killed 70 people and wounded 19 others, the World Health Organisation chief said on Sunday....
SURGE IN COLD-RELATED ILLNESS: Urban healthcare systems strained
URBAN centres, especially in Dhaka, face a significant rise in cold-related illness. The most vulnerable segments, the children and the elderly, bear the brunt, causing overcrowded hospitals and overextended healthcare system...
Stop misuse of allocations for water: discussion
Public health experts and rights activists at a discussion in Dhaka on Wednesday urged the authorities concern to stop misuse of public money allocated for water rights...
Addressing suicide
EVERY 40 seconds, someone dies by suicide. According to the World Health Organisation, over 700,000 people take their own lives every year. While suicide is often the result of untreated mental health conditions such as depression, schizophrenia, or addiction, it is not inevitable. It is preventable. Yet, for many, suicide appears to be the only escape from...
WHO says needs full Gaza access during Israel-Hamas truce
The World Health Organisation said Sunday it was ready to pour much-needed aid into Gaza during the Israel-Hamas truce, but that it would need 鈥榮ystematic access鈥� across the territory to do so.
ACC to send graft info about Saima to WHO
The Anti-Corruption Commission will send corruption information about the ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 daughter, Saima Wazed Putul, to the聽 World Health Organisation through the foreign affairs ministry.
Prisoners鈥� right to health care
LAW and order go hand in hand to ensure justice and well-being of society, to maintain a balance of power, to limit excessive authority that infringes on others鈥� basic freedom and to uphold basic rights for the vulnerable. While the law includes punishment by suspending certain fundamental human rights of prisoners to serve the greater purpose, it is never...
SCB, Bidyanondo providing healthcare in remote areas
Standard Chartered Bangladesh and Bidyanondo Foundation have recently partnered to provide healthcare services to over 2,41,600聽 people from char and other hard-to-reach areas through Jibon Kheya floating hospital initiative, said a press release...
Campaigners seek free healthcare
The Health Sector Reform Commission in 50 days of its formation is still gathering information and opinions on several focal areas such as service improvement while public health campaigners and medical practitioners demand free healthcare at all public health facilities...
Tobacco tax increase demanded to protect public health
Public health campaigners, researchers and activists at a dialogue on Tuesday demanded increased taxes on tobacco to increase revenue and protect public health....
Looking back 2024: Corruption, poor service keep hurting health sector
Quality healthcare for people remained elusive throughout 2024 while the sector saw massive allegations of corruption and maltreatment in the first half of the year.
Eroding purchasing capacity: Low animal protein intake poses health risks
Intake of animal proteins has fallen significantly in recent times across the country, posing severe public health risks particularly for the poor and vulnerable groups of people.
Gaza hospital shut after Israeli raid, director held: WHO
An Israeli military raid targeting Hamas militants has forced a major hospital in northern Gaza out of service and led to the detention of its director, the World Health Organization and health officials said Saturday.
Reforms of health care amidst challenges
HEALTH is a fundamental right, rooted in the belief that access to health care and a healthy environment is essential for a dignified and fulfilling life. This right is recognised globally...
Integrating mental health into health care
THE loss of vision of a large number of people to police firing during the July-August uprising and the subsequent agony have laid bare the pressing need for prioritising mental health in the...
Doctors鈥� cuts from pharmas unethical, illegal, says聽HSRC chief
Health Sector Reform Commission head Professor AK Azad Khan has termed the practice of doctors receiving commissions from pharmaceutical companies as 鈥榰nethical and illegal鈥�. He said that...
A welcome move to better health, education admin
A COUPLE of recommendations that the commission on public administration reforms, instituted in mid-September, says would make are a welcome move. The commission has said that it would recommend the separation of the health and the education cadre from other cadres the way the judicial cadre has been separated from the...