Health

Cigarettes may deliver nicotine through broadly similar mechanisms, but they are sold at markedly different prices creating a market divided into low, medium, high and premium tiers. In Bangladesh, research has documented a clear price-tier structure in the cigarette market, with consumers’ choice of brand influenced by both price and income. This raises a question beyond taxation and production costs: ...

Health Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Hossain refunded Tk 200 to a patient who was asked to buy saline from outside despite supplies being available at Naogaon 250-bed General Hospital. The minister made the refund during a surprise inspection of the hospital on Sunday morning. He visited different wards, the operating theatre, pharmacy and kitchen, and spoke to patients during the ...

More than 16,000 doses of the Ervebo vaccine arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) late Friday, an AFP journalist saw, as the country faces the deadliest Ebola outbreak in its history. The DRC’s 17th Ebola outbreak, which has killed thousands of people, was declared on May 15 but is thought to have been spreading for several weeks prior. ...

A nationwide two-dose oral cholera vaccination campaign began on Saturday, aiming to protect more than 5.17 million people in 14 high-risk upazilas and police station areas across Bangladesh. The first dose of the free oral cholera vaccine will be administered from 22 August to 21 September, while the second dose will be given between 26 September and 25 October. Health ...

The Ebola outbreak raging in the Democratic Republic of Congo is growing “exponentially”, with more than 2,500 deaths now recorded, with half in the last 20 days, the United Nations’ senior Ebola coordinator said Friday. The Ebola outbreak is already the biggest in the country’s history and is spreading faster than any outbreak on record. According to the latest figures, ...

Health Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Husain has inaugurated a preventive oral cholera vaccination campaign in Dhaka. He launched the programme at the auditorium of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) at around 9:45am on Thursday (20 August). DSCC Administrator Md Abdus Salam chaired the inauguration ceremony. Under the campaign, the first dose of the oral cholera vaccine will be administered in ...

Congo’s Ebola outbreak has surpassed 5,000 cases, with health officials warning that the virus is spreading at an unusually fast pace and putting pressure on response efforts in one of the country’s most remote areas. Data from Congo’s Health Ministry showed that 5,021 cases had been recorded as of Sunday, including 2,378 deaths. The outbreak is unfolding amid insecurity, displacement ...

The measles situation in Sylhet remains concerning as another child died while undergoing treatment with measles-like symptoms in the past 24 hours. During the same period, 108 people with suspected measles were admitted to hospitals across the division. The number of deaths among patients with measles symptoms in Sylhet division has now reached 139 since January 1. The information was ...

Advanced eye care services will be introduced at the upazila level, with separate outpatient and inpatient departments and operating theatres planned at 151-bed hospitals being constructed in every upazila, Health State Minister Dr MA Muhit said on Tuesday. He made the remarks as the chief guest at the formal launch of the World Health Organization’s ‘SPECS 2030’ initiative at the ...

Seven more people died with measles symptoms across the country in the last 24 hours, with five of the casualties reported from the Dhaka division alone. During the same period, 1,031 new patients exhibited measles symptoms, while 80 individuals tested positive for the disease, according to the daily measles situation update released by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) ...