Unregulated cattle fattening ahead of Eid threatens public health
With Eid-ul-Azha approaching, a disturbing trend of unregulated cattle fattening has emerged across the country, raising serious public health concerns...
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Health budget 1pc up, but short of reform needs
The proposed budget for the financial year 2025-26 contains Tk 41,908 crore in allocation to the health and family welfare sector. The allocation is 5.3 per cent of the proposed total budget worth Tk7.9 lakh crore.
22 new dengue cases reported in 24hrs
At least 22 new dengue patients were admitted to hospitals across the country in the past 24 hours till Saturday morning, according to the Directorate General of Health Services...
Midland Bank, Generic Healthcare join hands to enhance healthcare access
Midland Bank PLC and Generic Healthcare Ltd, an innovative digital healthcare service provider, signed a memorandum of understanding to improve healthcare access and delivery among the underserved communities...
WHO begs Israel to show ‘mercy’ in Gaza
Fighting back tears, the head of the World Health Organisation on Thursday urged Israel to have ‘mercy’ in the Gaza war and insisted peace would be in Israel’s own interests.
Early execution of health sector reforms warranted
THE health sector reform report, of all the reforms commission reports, is better poised for a fast implementation, having faced little criticism and barriers as there is almost no contention about the report that recommends steps for the improvement in the health sector. What the authorities now need to do is to set strategic priorities and identify enablers and barriers to...
Identifying priorities, enablers, barriers suggested
Setting strategic priorities and identifying enablers and barriers are immediate tasks for implementing the Health Sector Reform Commission’s recommendations, said experts at a seminar held on Tuesday...
Israeli strikes kill 52 in Gaza
Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli attacks on Monday killed at least 52 people, as the military pressed a newly intensified campaign in the war-ravaged territory...
Soforon holds mental healthcare workshop for July uprising survivors
Soforon Foundation has recently held a workshop titled Nirban on the mental healthcare of the survivors of the July uprising at the BRAC Centre of Mohakhali in Dhaka.
Of proposed health commission
THE health reforms commission in May put forth a set of proposals to transform the healthcare landscape. Major recommendations include the establishment of a permanent, independent health commission, the recognition of primary...
Health vs medical approaches
HOSPITALS are the preferred choices in the health system, both by policymakers and the populace, due to their grand visibility. But are hospitals that deal with sick people able to deliver the whole spectrum of health services effectively and efficiently? Often ‘medical’ perception prevails over ‘health’ care when ‘medical’ is only a part of overall ‘health’ care. Hospitals...
Welcome pieces of advice to straighten health sector
THE recommendations of the health reforms commission, formed on November 18, 2024, in a report submitted to the government on May 5 after missing out its extended deadline of April 30, appear good steps towards ensuring health care as a fundamental right and improving the health services that have so far been in a deplorable condition. The prime among the...
Air is toxic, but choice is clear
AT 8:30 in the morning, Gulistan grinds to a halt. Buses idle in thick columns, rickshaws wedge through slivers of space, and motorcycles sputter past, releasing fumes into the already noxious air. For the office-goer inching forward in the gridlock, it may seem like just another Dhaka morning. But what fills their lungs is far from benign — it is a cocktail of toxic gases...
Free primary healthcare suggested as right for all in Bangladesh
The Health Sector Reform Commission on Monday recommended reforming the constitution to recognise primary healthcare as a fundamental right of the citizens, urging the interim government to ensure free primary healthcare...
Enhancing efficiency of healthcare financing
THE health sector may claim notionally to cater universal health coverage as the doors and the windows to all public health facilities are open to all citizens. The universal health coverage, however, relates to three specific dimensions, not available now in public health facilities. These are the quality of service and equitability with its two dimensions — reaching everyone...
Eight Secrets of Healthy Living Without Medicines launched
Cardiologist and alternative physician Dr Mujibur Rahman’s book titled Eight Secrets of Healthy Living Without Medicines was unveiled at a seminar at the RC Majumder Arts Auditorium of Dhaka University on Friday...
Immunisation failures may weigh down public health
THE current state of immunisation in Bangladesh, which, introduced in 1979, has failed to achieve a full coverage as yet, is worrying. The UN Children’s Fund, the World Health Organisation, and the vaccine alliance Gavi have said that about half a million children continue to miss out on full immunisation; about 400,000 of them are under-immunised. At the same time, 70,000...
Health, well-being marketing fest held
Brand Practitioners Bangladesh has recently organised the ACI Nutrilife Presents Health and Well-being Marketing Fest 2.0 in Dhaka...
BUP seminar sheds light on growing health risks due to climate change
The Centre for Higher Studies and Research of Bangladesh University of Professionals organised a seminar, sheding light on the growing health risks due to climate change in the coastal regions of the country, at the BUP in Dhaka on Sunday...
WHO announces major overhaul, layoffs amid US funding cuts
The World Health Organisation chief acknowledged Tuesday that United States funding cuts had left the UN agency with a huge budget gap, forcing it to slash operations and lay off staff...
Yunnan-Bangladesh medical education, health care prog held at BMU
The Yunnan-Bangladesh Education and Healthcare Cooperation Programme was held at Bangladesh Medical University in Dhaka on Monday...
BUET holds 5-day eye camp
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology has started an eye camp to ensure the eye health of teachers and students of the university...
Ex-DGHS driver Malek, wife jailed in graft case
A Dhaka court on Wednesday sentenced Abdul Malek, formerly a driver of the Directorate General of Health Services, to five-year imprisonment and his wife Nargis Begum to three-year in jail for amassing illegal wealth...
Nations reach deal in principle on future pandemic response
World Health organization members on Saturday reached agreement over how to tackle future pandemics after three years of discussions, the co-chair of the negotiating body told AFP.
Health services almost absent in jails
Health services are almost absent in the jails across the country as only two doctors are posted against 141 vacant posts to attend 70,000 inmates in the 69 jails.
Transforming Bangladesh into a healthcare hub
Bangladesh, one of South Asia’s fastest-growing economies, holds immense potential in the healthcare sector. However, the country’s health system currently faces several critical challenges — particularly the high cost of treatment, increasing patient outflow to foreign countries, the rising burden of cancer and chronic diseases, and heavy reliance on imported...
Fund cut threatens maternal health, say UNICEF, UNFPA, WHO
The UNICEF, UNFPA and the World Health Organisation on Monday said that Bangladesh's progress in maternal health could be at risk due to announced and potential funding cuts by key development partners.
BPA demands reform in child health sector
Bangladesh Paediatric Association in a meeting in Dhaka has demanded the reform in the existing child healthcare sector of the country...
Combating disinformation
IN THE digital age, disinformation has emerged as a major challenge, affecting politics, public health, and social stability worldwide. Disinformation refers to deliberate falsehoods spread to mislead or manipulate people for political, economic, or ideological gain. Unlike misinformation, which is unintentionally incorrect, disinformation is crafted with intent and is often...
World Health Day today
The World Health Day-2025 will be observed on Monday in the country as elsewhere in the world with the theme ‘Healthy beginning, hopeful futures’...
