A new outpatient treatment unit was inaugurated at Bangladesh Shishu Hospital & Institute in the capital on Thursday. Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Hossain inaugurated the unit, which was constructed by the country’s leading pharmaceutical manufacturer and exporter, B
The government is set to roll out a comprehensive digital health system by integrating a broad range of eHealth services, including mobile health (mHealth), while expanding into emerging areas, such as big data analytics, genomics, and artificial intelligence, officials at the Ministry of Health an
Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md. Sakhawat Husain hoped the measles situation will come under control by next week. “Measles outbreak has somewhat decreased in the country. Once the nationwide vaccination campaign begins on April 20, the situation will improve further,” he
Measles cases have continued to climb at Mymensingh Medical College Hospital, with 26 more children admitted in the past 24 hours. The influx of new patients up to 9am Friday has pushed the total number of children currently undergoing treatment at the facility to 91. Golam Mowla, associate profe
Two more people have died of measles in the country in the last 24 hours, according to a press release sent from the control center of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Thursday. Along with this, six more people are suspected to have died of the disease. The release said that i
The United States is supporting Bangladesh’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare through UNICEF with an emergency measles-rubella vaccination campaign to deliver over 21.9 million doses, protecting 1.2 million children under age five. This effort reflects the Donald Trump administration&rs
The unrelenting spread of measles in Bangladesh will take time to come under control despite ongoing vaccination efforts, Information and Broadcasting Advisor Zahed Ur Rahman has said. Explaining the delay, he said immunity does not develop immediately after vaccination, particularly among childre
Ten more patients died with measles and symptoms of the disease in 24 hours till 8 am on Sunday morning, taking the total death toll to 151, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Among the deceased, four were confirmed measles patients, it said. During this period, 1,268
The Infectious Diseases Hospital in Mohakhali is struggling to cope with a sudden influx of measles patients, leaving wards overcrowded and forcing families to seek treatment on balcony floors and even in front of elevator doors. During a visit to the 100-bed facility on Friday, nearly 150 patient
A total of 168 measles patients were admitted to hospitals across the country in the last 24 hours, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). The DGHS said in a press release that between 8:00am Thursday and 8:00am Friday, 1,177 suspected measles cases were reported nationwid
