Singapore will raise the upper age limit for first-time blood donors to 65 from 60, effective Jan. 2 next year, the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) said. Under the new rules, first-time donors will be allowed to give blood up to one day before their 66th birthday, while repeat donors may continue
An unchecked influx of people into Dhaka from insufficiently served countryside demographically elevates the Bangladesh capital to world's second-densely-populated city but downgrades its basic civic services - healthcare, in particular, left in disarray. According to a recent UN report, Dhaka is
More than 500 underprivileged and needy people received free medical consultation and healthcare services at a daylong medical camp organised by Emadia Foundation in Syedpur of Nilphamari district on Sunday. The camp was held at Hatikhana Khanqah-e-Emadia in Syedpur, where patients were provided w
Health Adviser Nurjahan Begum has urged medical professionals to draw a firm line between their political affiliations and their duties, warning that hospitals must never become extensions of party activity. Addressing physicians, nurses and staff at Chattogram Medical College Hospital on Friday a
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
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
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
