Health

Three more children with measles symptoms died in the 24 hours to 8am today (8 July), bringing Bangladesh’s combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 745. With the latest update, the number of suspected measles deaths has risen to 652, while the number of laboratory-confirmed measles deaths has reached 93. A total of 796 new suspected measles cases ...

Medical Reporter : Healthcare services at Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital were disrupted on Wednesday after intern doctors launched an indefinite work stoppage and medical students declared an academic shutdown, protesting the alleged assault on a duty doctor inside the hospital’s emergency department. The clash broke out around 12:45AM and continued till 1:30AM at the hospital’s emergency department and ...

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has directed all government hospitals to continue providing free NS1 tests for dengue diagnosis until 31 December 2026, aiming to strengthen early detection and treatment of the mosquito-borne disease. The directive was issued in a notification signed by Kazi Sharif Uddin Ahmed, Deputy Secretary of the Government Health Management-1 Branch under the Health ...

Prime Minister’s wife and Vice President of the Ziaur Rahman Foundation, Dr. Zubaida Rahman on Tuesday said the government is working to identify existing gaps in the country’s health sector and take necessary steps to address them. “The government is committed to ensuring quality healthcare for every citizen and greater involvement of young people is being emphasized to achieve this ...

Health Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Husain has directed all private clinics and hospitals across Bangladesh to establish labour rooms (delivery room) by Saturday, 11 July. He also warned that institutions failing to comply with the direction will have their licences cancelled. The health minister issued the directive while addressing a programme organised by the Bangladesh Midwifery Society in the capital ...

Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md. Sakhawat Hossain today said the government is working to address the gaps in disease diagnosis and ensure better healthcare services, especially at the grassroots level. Speaking as the chief guest at the inauguration of a two-day international conference titled “Appropriate Technology for Healthcare in Low and Middle Income Countries” at the Dhaka University ...

The government of Bangladesh aims at a “revolution” in the country’s health sector within this year, reaffirming its commitment to improving healthcare services. Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md. Sakhawat Hossain said this on Saturday stressing the need for integrity in public service, saying every official must work honestly and that corruption and bribery would not be tolerated. The ...

Two more children died with measles-like symptoms across Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, while 833 new confirmed and suspected measles cases were reported during the same period, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). The latest measles situation report, released by the DGHS on Saturday afternoon, covers the 24-hour period ending at 8:00 am on July 4. ...

Five children died from measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours till 8am on Friday morning, and no death from confirmed measles was reported over the same period, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). With the latest fatalities, the total death toll from measles and related symptoms has reached 729. During 8am Thursday-8am Friday, 1,107 people have been diagnosed ...

A total of 22,360,509 children have been administered Vitamin A capsules under the nationwide supplementation campaign held on June 28, achieving 98.67% of the revised target, according to the Institute of Public Health Nutrition (IPHN). Confirming the information on Thursday, IPHN Director Dr Mohammad Yunus Ali said the campaign initially targeted 23,514,972 children. However, based on updated data submitted by ...