Patients suffer as DMCH doctors keep outdoor services shut
The doctors at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Monday announced that they would resume outpatient healthcare from today, after two days of work stoppage...
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Demographic transition and its global impact
IN THE 21st century, demographic transition, not an esoteric fact any more, has become a critical issue for policymakers and economists worldwide. The process affects every aspect of society, from the labour market and economic growth to healthcare systems and social security to the extent that supranational organisations such as the World Bank...
A doctor brutally killed
ON AUGUST 8, a 31-year-old doctor at the RG Kar Medical College in Kolkata (West Bengal, India) finished her 36-hour shift at the hospital, ate dinner with her colleagues and went to the college鈥檚 seminar hall to rest before her next shift...
Air pollution shortens life span of Bangladeshis by 4.8 years: WHO
Bangladesh is the world鈥檚 most polluted country and fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) shortens the average Bangladeshi resident鈥檚 life expectancy by 4.8 years, relative to what it would be if the World Health Organisation guideline of 5 碌g/m鲁 was met, says a new global report released on Wednesday...
Getting prepared for Monkeypox
MONKEYPOX is a zoonotic disease with a presentation similar to smallpox. Clinical differentiation of the disease from smallpox and varicella is difficult. Laboratory diagnostics are the principal components of the identification and surveillance of the disease, and new tests are needed for a more precise and rapid diagnosis. Monkeypox earned its name in...
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...
Dengue hospitalisation, death on rise in Bangladesh
The hospitalisation rate from dengue infection and death rose sharply in August amid a relaxed anti-mosquito drive in the peak monsoon season...
Jailed Iranian Nobel winner denied medical care: UN
UN experts on Tuesday accused Iran of denying jailed Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi proper healthcare, saying she reportedly suffered physical violence earlier this month...
Mpox 鈥榥ot the new Covid鈥�, says WHO
The mpox outbreak is not another Covid-19, the World Health Organisation said on Tuesday, because much is already known about the virus and the means to control it...
WHO says mpox 鈥榥ot the new Covid鈥�
The World Health Organisation said Tuesday that the mpox outbreak was not another Covid-19.
Protests widen over Indian doctor鈥檚 rape, murder
Thousands of outraged Indian protesters, including arch-rival football fans and lawyers, called for justice on Monday after the rape and murder of a doctor as widespread strikes by healthcare workers entered a second week...
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.
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...
WHO seeks mpox vaccine production surge
The World Health Organization on Friday urged manufacturers to ramp up production of mpox vaccines to rein in the spread of a more dangerous strain of the virus.
Health ministry issues mpox alert in Bangladesh
The health ministry has said that Bangladesh is on high alert for mpox (previously monkeypox), an infectious disease which has spread across various countries, particularly in Central Africa.
Revamp of constitution demanded
Speakers in a discussion on Wednesday demanded a revamp of the constitution to plug loopholes preventing any dictators from rising in future...
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...
Bangladesh Health Watch demands proper care for injured in unrest
Bangladesh Health Watch, a non-governmental organisation, urged the authorities concerned to immediately issue directives and provide resources to all healthcare institutions for treating people injured amid the unprecedented situation that has been created in the country in the past few weeks.
India, in sickness and in health
IN THE 1980s, a Bengali demographer had rudely but not inaccurately described four north Indian states as sick by giving them the acronym 鈥楤IMARU鈥�, assembled with the first letters of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. 鈥楤imar鈥� means sick or ailing and the four states were singled out for the description for their...
HC asks DG health service to stop corruption in health sector聽
The High Court on Sunday severely criticised the Directorate General of Health Services for alleged corruption in the health sector.
Most people just one medical bill away from poverty
A HIGH out-of-pocket expenditure, poor access to quality health care, rampant corruption, poorly regulated growth of private healthcare system and low government investment in the health sector have eroded people鈥檚 access to health care. The out-of-pocket expenditure has also pushed a large number of households below the poverty line...
No substitute to scientific diet for good health: NMST DG
The National Museum of Science and Technology director general, Muhammad Munir Chowdhury, at a seminar said that there was no substitute to a scientific diet for good health...
Covid still kills 1,700 a week worldwide: WHO
Covid-19 is still killing around 1,700 people a week around the world, the World Health Organization said Thursday, as it urged at-risk populations to keep up with their vaccinations against the disease.
Health minister urges reduction in caesarean deliveries
Health minister Samanta Lal Sen emphasised government鈥檚 commitment to reduce the number of caesarean operations in childbirth across Bangladesh....
ACC sues ex-DGHS DG Azad, JKG鈥檚 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...
Construction begins on burn unit after PM鈥檚 China visit: minister
Health and family welfare minister Samanta Lal Sen said on Saturday that construction on a 100-bed burn and plastic surgery unit would begin in Chattogram after prime minister Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 China visit....
Fuel shortages catastrophic for devastated health services in Gaza: WHO
The World Health Organisation chief has warned that a dire lack of fuel could have a 鈥榗atastrophic鈥� impact on already devastated health services in the war-ravaged...
Govt reaches healthcare services to people鈥檚 doorsteps across Bangladesh: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said that her government reached the healthcare services to the people鈥檚 doorsteps across Bangladesh....
Deplorable absence of efforts to ensure workplace safety
AN INCREASE in workplace death by 22 per cent in the first half of 2024 from the 2023 corresponding period points to a continued criminal negligence on part of the authorities in ensuring workplace safety and labour rights. A Safety and Rights Society report, made public on July 1, says that at least 475 workers died and many became injured...
SAU teacher Ibrahim receives PhD thesis award in Italy
Sylhet Agricultural University鈥檚 fisheries health management department associate professor Sarker Md Ibrahim Khalil awarded the best PhD thesis award at the 28th Italian National Fish Pathological Conference in Italy recently...