A total of 3,837,612 children have so far been vaccinated across the country in the ongoing nationwide typhoid vaccination campaign. The campaign, which launched on October 12, will continue till November 13. Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), Prof. Dr. Md. Abu
Over the past 24 hours, dengue has claimed one more life in Bangladesh, raising this year’s toll to 243, while 755 people were admitted to hospitals around the country. According to Thursday’s Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) bulletin, a woman aged 40 died from the mosquit
Around 6,000 students in Malaysia have been infected with influenza and some schools have been closed for the safety of children and staff, an education ministry official said. “We already have extensive experience in dealing with infectious diseases from the COVID-19 pandemic,” direct
The World Health Organization on Monday issued a health advisory warning about three contaminated cough syrups identified in India, urging authorities to report any detection of these medicines in their countries to the health agency. The WHO said the affected medicines are specific batches of Col
The WHO South-East Asia Region has made the fastest progress globally in reducing tobacco use, according to the latest ‘WHO global report on trends in prevalence of tobacco use 2000-2024 and projections 2025-2030’. Yet, with more than 322 million adults and 8.6 million adolescents in t
Bangladesh launched a nationwide vaccination campaign on Sunday to protect millions of children from typhoid, a deadly and increasingly drug-resistant disease that poses a growing public health threat. The month-long campaign aims to immunise around 50 million children aged between nine months and
The dengue crisis in Bangladesh continues to deteriorate as five more patients died and 953 were admitted to hospitals across the country in the 24 hours leading up to Sunday morning. With the latest fatalities, the total number of deaths from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh has risen to
A month-long nationwide campaign for free typhoid vaccination for children aged nine months to 15 years will begin on Sunday. "Under the Typhoid Vaccination Campaign 2025, about five crore children between the ages of 9 months and 15 years will be given one dose of injectable typhoid vaccine free
Bone marrow transplant services have resumed at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) after five years. The service was inaugurated on Saturday at the hospital’s new 10-storey building by Health Adviser Nurjahan Begum. She said, “The transplant services have restarted at DMCH. Patient
Bangladesh has the potential to emerge as a global leader in eye health research, combining its strong public health network with innovative partnerships that link poverty alleviation to vision care, says Prof Nathan Congdon, Research Director at Orbis International. Speaking to The Financial Expr
