Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md. Sakhawat Husain on Monday said the government’s special measles vaccination campaign has achieved encouraging success in tackling the recent outbreak of the disease. “More than 20 million children across the country have already been vaccin
The World Health Organization said on Friday that there are 906 suspected cases of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, including 223 suspected deaths that are being investigated. An outbreak of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola is continuing in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, wi
A legal notice has been served seeking action against those responsible for the deaths and illnesses of several newborns at Ad-din Hospital in Dhaka’s Moghbazar, along with compensation for affected families. The notice was sent by Supreme Court lawyer Ishrat Hasan via email on Friday. The
The deaths of six newborns at Dhaka’s Ad-Din Medical College Hospital the day before Eid-ul-Azha have triggered panic among patients and relatives, prompting a wave of departures as multiple authorities launch parallel investigations into what went wrong. Police, the hospital's own investiga
Bangladesh has recorded five more deaths of children linked to suspected measles in the past 24 hours, while health authorities confirmed 51 new infections nationwide. The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said in its regular measles bulletin on Thursday that 88 people have died from c
Another five children have died from suspected measles in Bangladesh over the past 24 hours, as health authorities recorded 62 new confirmed infections amid a widening outbreak. None of the latest deaths was laboratory-confirmed measles cases, according to the daily bulletin issued by the Director
In response to the ongoing measles outbreak in Bangladesh, United Medical College Hospital has launched a dedicated measles management system to provide specialised care for infected children while ensuring the safety of patients across other hospital floors through strict infection-control measure
Another 10 children have died from measles and related symptoms across Bangladesh in the last 24 hours, with one confirmed case and the remaining nine showing signs of the disease. Health authorities also detected 53 new confirmed infections during this period. The Directorate General of Health S
Seventeen children have died of measles or measles-like symptoms across Bangladesh in a 24-hour count. It is the second time in a month that the daily death toll has hit a record of 17. The previous instance was on May 4. So far, 87 people have died of confirmed cases of measles since Mar 15, acc
Sixteen children have died of measles or related symptoms in the past 24 hours, while 128 new cases of the disease have been confirmed. Of the 1,306 people who have come to hospitals with measles-like symptoms over the period, 1,169 have been admitted. So far, 86 people have died from confirmed c
