Health

The NHS is coping well with the doctors’ strike in England, the head of the health service says. In a letter to health managers, NHS England chief executive Sir Jim Mackey said while it was still early days in the six-day strike, which began on Tuesday, the NHS was in “as good a place as we could hope” after the ...

Recent research has highlighted significant shortcomings in the enforcement of tobacco control laws in Bangladesh, despite strong public awareness and support for smoke-free environments. The findings were presented at a dissemination conference organized by Bangladesh Center for Communication Programs (BCCP) and Bangladesh Tobacco Control Research Network (BTCRN), in collaboration with Institute for Global Tobacco Control (IGTC). The event took place ...

When Gen Blades set out to hike South Korea’s Namsan Dulle-gil trail, she didn’t expect to be slipping her boots off halfway along the track. An outdoor education lecturer and researcher based in Castlemaine, Victoria, Blades was tackling the 147km trail in Seoul when the terrain abruptly changed. Ahead lay a damp stretch of clay – known as “hwangto” – ...

Resident doctors in England have begun a six-day strike, their 15th in a long-running dispute over pay. The strike began at 07:00 BST on Tuesday and promises to cause significant disruption to services, with resident doctors (formerly called junior doctors) making up nearly half of the medical workforce in the NHS. Senior medics are being drafted in to provide cover ...

A measles vaccination campaign will begin in the two Dhaka city corporations, as well as in Mymensingh and Barishal city corporations, on 12 April, Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Husain announced on Tuesday. The programme will be expanded nationwide from 3 May, he said. “We will continue this vaccination drive without interruption. To ensure public health and ...

At least 11 people died after developing measles symptoms, including one confirmed measles patient, in the 24 hours till Tuesday morning, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Dhaka division saw the most fatalities with six deaths. As a district, Dhaka also topped the list of fatalities over the 24-hour period. During 8am Monday-8am Tuesday, 1,236 people were diagnosed ...

Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md. Sakhawat Husain has told the Parliament that a total of Tk4,394.08 crore has been spent so far on purchasing vaccines to protect the people of the country during the COVID-19 pandemic. He provided this information on Tuesday (7 April) in response to a starred question from treasury bench member Joynal Abedin (Feni-2) on ...

A deepening measles crisis has triggered widespread fear across Bangladesh, with 138 children reported dead and around 9,000 infected as of Sunday. The outbreak, now affecting 56 districts severely, has raised alarm among families as children continue to succumb to the disease amid an acute shortage of vaccines. Data and expert analysis suggest that the deaths are linked to systemic ...

Experts have identified a significant gap in sustainable financing despite the alarming rise of hypertension and other non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Bangladesh. At a webinar titled “Sustainable Financing for Hypertension Control: Bangladesh Perspective” held on Monday, the speakers stressed ensuring adequate budget allocation in the upcoming national budget for FY2026-27 to combat NCDs, particularly to ensure the availability of medicines ...

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) today (6 April) reported the highest single-day hospital admissions for measles and suspected measles cases in the country, amid a growing nationwide outbreak. In the past 24 hours, a total of 1,462 patients, both confirmed and suspected, were admitted to hospitals, marking the highest daily figure so far. During the same period, seven ...