Three more children died with symptoms consistent with measles in the 24 hours until 8:00am on Monday, taking Bangladesh’s combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 683. The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has classified the latest deaths as suspected
Bangladesh has recorded three more child deaths linked to measles in a single day, with 126 new cases confirmed in the same period. The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) regular bulletin on measles said on Tuesday that 93 people have died of confirmed cases of measles across the countr
The first meeting of the newly-formed Coordination Committee on Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) was held on Monday with a decision to develop cost-effective intervention and implementation monitoring frameworks. The high-level meeting, chaired by the Cabinet Secretary Na
A nationwide Vitamin A supplementation campaign has been scheduled to begin on Jun 28, with more than 23.5 million children aged between 6 and 59 months expected to receive capsules. Dr Md Yunus Ali, director of the Institute of Public Health Nutrition (IPHN), said the campaign will be inaugurated
Prime Minister’s Special Assistant on Health Affairs Ziauddin Hyder on Sunday said the government will recruit 100,000 new health workers and 25,000 midwives over the next three to four years to take healthcare services to people’s doorsteps. He made the announcement at a press briefin
Three more children with measles symptoms have died in Bangladesh over a 24-hour period. During this period, 62 new cases of the highly-infectious disease have been confirmed. The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) regular bulletin on measles said on Sunday that 93 people have died of c
The 12th International Day of Yoga was celebrated in the country, as elsewhere in the world, on Sunday to create awareness among all strata of people of its importance and its necessity for a healthy, long life. The Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre (IGCC), High Commission of India, Dhaka, organi
Seven more children have died with symptoms consistent with measles in the 24 hours until 8:00 am on Saturday, taking Bangladesh’s combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 677. The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has classified the latest deaths as su
A senior World Health Organization official said on Friday that 75 medics in the Democratic Republic of Congo had been infected with Ebola and 17 of them had died since the current outbreak started there. Ebola was thought to be circulating months before the outbreak was first declared by Cong
Four children have died with symptoms consistent with measles in the 24 hours until 8:00am on Friday, taking Bangladesh’s combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 670. The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has classified the latest deaths as suspected m
