Health

The number of child fatalities in the ongoing measles outbreak has hit 950, with seven more children dying from measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours till 8am Wednesday, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). A total of 1,098 new suspected measles cases were reported during 8am Tuesday-8am Wednesday, bringing the total number of suspected cases nationwide to 152,736. ...

We have done keto, paleo, and intermittent fasting. We have sworn by them and given up on them in turn. However, the diet in question here is less about losing weight and more about reducing inflammation. Here’s why — Chronic inflammation in the body is a central driver of cardiovascular disease, cancer, and other illnesses. Thankfully, certain diets endorsed by ...

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has reached 5,515 confirmed cases and killed 2,642 people, with 51 new cases detected in Ituri and North Kivu provinces. According to a report by Al Jazeera, the update came on Sunday as Pope Leo called for international action to help contain the epidemic, which is now the deadliest ...

The Bangladesh Association of Pharmaceutical Industries (BAPI) has urged the government to assign the production of essential medicines to state-owned Essential Drugs Company Limited (EDCL). BAPI leaders said it is difficult for private pharmaceutical companies to produce many essential medicines and remain commercially viable. They called for a greater role for EDCL in producing and supplying such medicines. The demand ...

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 ...