Health

With an aim to support countries and territories to build professional competence and capacity to adequately address refugee and migrant health issues, the World Health Organization (WHO) is organising the third edition of its annual Global School on Refugee and Migrant Health in Dhaka with a focus on capacity-building. Over five days, from November 28 to December 2, policymakers, UN ...

With three more deaths from dengue recorded in 24 hours till Sunday morning, the official death toll from the mosquito-borne disease rose to 247 this year. During this period, 513 more patients, including 277 in Dhaka city, were hospitalised, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Among the latest deaths, two were reported from Dhaka while another from ...

Bangladesh on Saturday recorded zero Covid-19 death while it reported 23 coronavirus positive cases. “Bangladesh reported 1.01 percent Covid-19 positive cases as 2,284 samples were tested during the last 24 hours,” a daily statement of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said here. In the past 24 hours, the combined figure of coronavirus infection in Dhaka district and the ...

With record waiting times, staff shortages, financial black holes and now a nurses strike over pay, the UK’s state-run National Health Service is facing an unprecedented crisis. The walk-out by nurses next month heaps fresh misery on the much-loved but creaking institution, just as winter illnesses bite and as the country faces a prolonged recession. Matthew Taylor, head of the ...

Bangladesh on Thursday recorded zero Covid-19 death while it reported 20 coronavirus positive cases. “Bangladesh reported 0.65 percent Covid-19 positive cases as 3,067 samples were tested during the last 24 hours,” a daily statement of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said here. In the past 24 hours, the combined figure of coronavirus infection in Dhaka district and the ...

Bangladesh reported 33 more Covid cases in 24 hours till Wednesday morning. With the new numbers, the caseload rose to 2,036,449, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). The total fatalities remained unchanged at 29,431 as no death was reported during this period. The daily case test positivity slightly dropped to 0.87 per cent from Tuesday’s 0.89 per ...

Bangladesh reported 23 more Covid cases in 24 hours till Tuesday morning. With the new numbers, the caseload rose to 2,036,416, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). The total fatalities remained unchanged at 29,431 as no death was reported during this period. The daily case test positivity rate rose to 0.89 per cent from Monday’s 0.66 per ...

The Directorate General of Drug Administration has increased the prices of 24 medicines manufactured by Libra Pharmaceuticals Limited. The medicine price hike comes at a time when people in general are already affected by the soaring prices of essentials and services as well.

Four dengue patients died and 606 more people were hospitalised with the mosquito-borne disease across the country in the last 24 hours Monday (Nov 21). In the 24 hours, 289 new dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals in Dhaka, said the DGHS release. However, 317 dengue patients were admitted outside the capital. According to DGHS, 1,258 patients are undergoing ...

Four dengue patients died while 646 patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country during the past 24 hours (till 8am today). On November 3, Bangladesh logged nine dengue deaths, the highest in a single day, this year. “As many as 320 dengue patients were hospitalized in Dhaka city and 326 patients were admitted to hospitals outside Dhaka during ...