More than 120 informal plastic waste workers received basic healthcare services at two special health and safety camps organised by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Tangail and Elenga municipalities on Wednesday. The camps were organised under the Plastics Circularity Project, in
The government will allocate 1.0 per cent of the GDP for the health sector in the next annual budget as the sector usually receives an inadequate allocation, says Prime Minister’s Special Assistant on Health Affairs SM Ziauddin Hyder. At a press conference on Wednesday, Ziauddin said the pri
Sustainable financing and a strong primary healthcare system are crucial to address the growing number of hypertension patients in the country, health experts and officials said at a discussion in the city on Wednesday. They called for controlling hypertension through allocating the necessary fund
Measles continues to spread across Bangladesh, with at least eight child deaths and 126 new infections reported over the past 24 hours. On Wednesday, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said in its regular bulletin that one of the deaths was confirmed as measles, while seven others w
The government has initiated the process of importing 95 million doses of vaccines to maintain a steady immunisation flow nationwide over the next 12 months. At a weekly briefing at the Secretariat on Tuesday, Information Adviser Zahed Ur Rahman said the government has already paid $83.6 million t
Nine more children have died from measles and measles-like symptoms across the country in the past 24 hours, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Of the deceased, three were confirmed cases of measles, while the remaining six exhibited symptoms of the disease, the health
A disorder that affects 170 million women worldwide and is the leading cause of infertility known as polycystic ovary syndrome, or PCOS, is being renamed to improve diagnosis and care, researchers announced on Tuesday at a medical meeting. The new name, polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome, or
Six children died with measles-like symptoms across the country in the 24 hours until 8:00am Monday, pushing the number of suspected measles-related deaths to 350 since March 15, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). However, no new confirmed measles deaths were reported
Health Minister Sardar Md. Sakhawat Husain on Monday said the measles situation is expected to come under control within four weeks as vaccinated people will develop immunity during this period. The number of patients has already started declining, he said while talking to reporters after visiting
Another 11 children have died in Bangladesh over the past 24 hours with measles and related symptoms, including four confirmed cases, according to health authorities. During the period, 282 new measles cases were detected across the country, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said i
