The prevalence of hypertension and other non-communicable diseases in Bangladesh is increasing at an alarming rate. According to a report by the World Health Organization, 283,000 people died from cardiovascular diseases in Bangladesh in 2024, with hypertension accounting for 52 percent of these...
The interim government is set to fix the prices of 295 essential medicines, with the new rates to take effect within the next few days, according to Dr Md Sayedur Rahman, the special assistant to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The announcement was made at a press conference at...
Suffering from some eye-related ailments, I visited a hospital specialising in ophthalmology last evening. It has been 5 years since my last visit, and while the whole process was quite fast, the financial cost at the end was quietening. And it posed an epiphany - a visit to a specialist...
The government has brought into force a far-reaching amendment to the country’s tobacco control framework, significantly tightening restrictions on the production, sale, promotion and use of tobacco and nicotine products. The Smoking and Use of Tobacco Products (Control) (Amendment) Ordinance,...
Bangladesh’s healthcare sector has failed to achieve the desired level of development due to only 1% of GDP allocation, inadequate infrastructure, lagging adoption of new technologies, shortage of skilled human resources, high cost of healthcare services, management inefficiencies and weak...
Health authorities have issued a renewed warning over the spread of the Nipah virus in northern Bangladesh, citing a high mortality rate and persistent risky consumption habits in several districts. Nipah, first detected in the country in 2001, is known to cause acute inflammation of the brain and...
