Six die of dengue, 865 hospitalised in 24 hours in Bangladesh
Six more people died of dengue in 24 hours till Wednesday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 119 this year...
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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...
DSCC fines Tk 20,000 in anti-Aedes drive
Mobile courts, conducted by the Dhaka South City Corporation, on Sunday fined the owners of six buildings Tk 20,000 after finding Aedes mosquito breeding grounds on their premises...
Holistic approach to mosquito control
THERE was a king in a country. He trusted no one. So he trained a monkey and engaged it in his security. The monkey also remains a constant companion of the king, like a good-natured security guard. One day, the monkey saw the king resting and a mosquito was sitting on his cheek...
One more dengue patient dies
One more death was reported from dengue in 24 hours till Wednesday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 37 this year...
Govt must take mosquito density survey findings seriously
THE pre-monsoon mosquito survey of the Directorate General of Health Services that has found a high density of Aedes mosquito in Dhaka is worrying. This suggests the failure of mosquito control programmes. Dengue prevention efforts of the south city authorities, as the survey finds...
Situation worse in Dhaka south than north
The Directorate General of Health Services, in its pre-monsoon Aedes survey, found higher mosquito density in the Dhaka South City Corporation areas than that of...
Jail, fine if Aedes larvae found in houses, offices: Atiq
Dhaka North City Corporation mayor Atiqul Islam on Monday said that they would take legal actions, including jail sentence and fine, if Aedes mosquito larvae were found in any house or office in the DNCC...
New nets 鈥榩revent鈥� 13 million malaria cases in Africa: project
A new kind of mosquito net delivered across sub-Saharan Africa averted an estimated 13 million malaria cases and nearly 25,000 deaths over three years, the project鈥檚 backers said on Wednesday.聽...