The metropolitan special judge court on Tuesday ordered to freeze 14 bank accounts of Suchana Foundation of Saima Wajed Putul, South East Asian regional director of the World Health Organization and daughter of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina...
A group of intern doctors and students from both government and private medical colleges submitted their demands to the Directorate General of Health Services on Wednesday, calling for the use of the title 鈥榙octor鈥� to be reserved exclusive for those holding a bachelor of medicine and bachelor of聽 surgery (MBBS) degree and a bachelor of dental surgery (BDS) degree...
THE rate of tobacco use in Bangladesh is alarmingly high, posing significant challenges to public health, the economy and the environment. According to the World Health Organisation, tobacco-related diseases are responsible for eight million deaths annually, with 1.3 million of these attributed to passive smoking. In Bangladesh, 35.3 per cent of adults use tobacco, with...
A POLICY attention on ensuring access to basic sanitation facilities has left other relevant concerns such as faecal waste management and water and sanitation infrastructure maintenance unattended for decades. Experts, entrepreneurs, academics and development partners at a conference in Dhaka on February 25 called for addressing gaps in sanitation facilities. They have...
PATIENTS suffer across the country as the intern doctors of public hospitals in divisional towns went on a work abstention programme on February 23, demanding that anyone without a bachelor of medicine, surgery, or dental surgery cannot be allowed to use the title 鈥榙octor鈥�. Since healthcare services, particularly in the outpatient and emergency departments in the public...
MetLife Bangladesh has expanded its 鈥極ne by MetLife鈥� app (formerly 360Health) beyond Android to iOS and web portals...
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.
Thai prosecutors on Friday formally indicted a fugitive 86-year-old healthcare tycoon for loan fraud worth $480 million, officials said....
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.
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.
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...
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...
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.
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
Public health campaigners, researchers and activists at a dialogue on Tuesday demanded increased taxes on tobacco to increase revenue and protect public health....
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.
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.