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...
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...