A new outpatient treatment unit was inaugurated at Bangladesh Shishu Hospital & Institute in the capital on Thursday. Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Hossain inaugurated the unit, which was constructed by the country’s leading pharmaceutical manufacturer and exporter, B
The United States is supporting Bangladesh’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare through UNICEF with an emergency measles-rubella vaccination campaign to deliver over 21.9 million doses, protecting 1.2 million children under age five. This effort reflects the Donald Trump administration&rs
The unrelenting spread of measles in Bangladesh will take time to come under control despite ongoing vaccination efforts, Information and Broadcasting Advisor Zahed Ur Rahman has said. Explaining the delay, he said immunity does not develop immediately after vaccination, particularly among childre
Ten more patients died with measles and symptoms of the disease in 24 hours till 8 am on Sunday morning, taking the total death toll to 151, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Among the deceased, four were confirmed measles patients, it said. During this period, 1,268
The Infectious Diseases Hospital in Mohakhali is struggling to cope with a sudden influx of measles patients, leaving wards overcrowded and forcing families to seek treatment on balcony floors and even in front of elevator doors. During a visit to the 100-bed facility on Friday, nearly 150 patient
A total of 168 measles patients were admitted to hospitals across the country in the last 24 hours, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). The DGHS said in a press release that between 8:00am Thursday and 8:00am Friday, 1,177 suspected measles cases were reported nationwid
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) is going to establish 170 city health centres in the metropolitan areas of Dhaka and Chattogram within the next three years to address serious health-service deficiency in urban areas. The Health Services Division under the Ministry of Health and F
Seven more people have died in the past 24 hours after contracting measles or showing its symptoms, according to the Directorate General of Health Services. Of them, one died from confirmed measles infection, while six others died with symptoms of the disease, the health directorate said in its bu
Ten more people have died of suspected measles in the country in the last 24 hours, according to the control centre of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). In a press release today, it said that in the last 24 hours, 1,248 new suspected measles patients have been identified across th
Health Minister Sardar Sakhawat Husain Bakul has blamed the ‘mismanagement and failures’ by both the Awami League government and interim administration for the surge in measles cases. On Monday, he said the last special measles-rubella vaccination campaign was held in December 2020, mo
