An unprecedented number of bird flu outbreaks among wild birds and their wide geographic spread are driving an early and strong wave of the disease in Europe this year, the European Food Safety Authority said on Thursday. Highly pathogenic avian influenza has led to the culling of hundreds of mill
The World Health Organization chief said on Thursday that he was hopeful an annex to a pandemic treaty would be adopted next year, saying that he did not see bilateral negotiations between the United States and African states as a threat. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters at a pr
Women from different professions have called for the immediate passage of proposed amendments to the tobacco control law to better protect women’s health. They made the demand on Tuesday at a discussion marking Begum Rokeya Day, jointly organised by the Bangladesh Women Journalists Forum and
Global leaders pledged $1.9 billion to advance polio eradication on Monday, accelerating efforts to protect 370 million children from polio each year amid significant funding cuts. The budget of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, a partnership that includes the World Health Organization and
The government has taken a project aimed at streamlining and strengthening the management of medical, population and nursing education services across the country. The project “Integrated Improvement in the Management of Activities of the Directorate General of Medical Education (DGME), NIPO
Japan is grappling with a fast-growing dementia crisis as thousands of older people wander from their homes each year. Police data shows that more than 18,000 dementia patients went missing in 2023, and almost 500 were later found dead. The number of such cases has doubled since 2012, highlightin
Bangladesh has successfully vaccinated over 42.5 million children in the Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine (TCV) Campaign 2025, achieving more than 97% coverage nationwide, UNICEF notified on Thursday. Rana Flowers, UNICEF Representative in Bangladesh, called the achievement a national breakthrough and sa
The government is set to strengthen reproductive health and family planning services across the country with the introduction of a major new initiative titled "Climate Responsive Reproductive Health and Population Services Improvement and System Strengthening Project for Result." The project
Five more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Wednesday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 396 this year. The recent fatalities occurred in the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and Mymensi
With the advent of winter, noted physician Abdul Kadir urged the parents to remain in high alert about seasonal diarrhoea. He advised avoiding outside food to protect their children from diarrhoea during the winter as the prevalence of various viruses and bacteria increases during this season, rep
