The state-run, 20-bed Infectious Disease (ID) Hospital at Mirerdanga in Khulna city is struggling to function amid allegations of negligence in patient care, an acute shortage of manpower and a lack of essential medical equipment. Established 56 years ago, the hospital has no administrative...
The government will extend its measles-rubella vaccination campaign to all remaining districts and upazilas from 3 May, Health Minister Sardar Md. Sakawat Hossain announced on Sunday (5 April). Speaking at the inauguration of an emergency measles-rubella vaccination programme at the Nawabganj...
The government will launch an emergency measles-rubella vaccination campaign from Sunday, prioritising children in 30 upazilas across 18 districts. The Directorate General of Health Services confirmed the development on Saturday (4 April). According to sources, the programme aims to vaccinate...
A sudden rise in measles infections and child deaths has triggered widespread concern across the country, with hospitals reporting a steady influx of patients and at least 10 districts now affected by the outbreak. At the Infectious Diseases Hospital in Mohakhali, 22 children have died up to March...
Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Hossain has expressed hope that the national e-health card will be launched by June to make the country’s healthcare system stronger, more coordinated and more effective. He said Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has directed the implementation...
The long-running double-digit expansion of Bangladesh’s pharmaceutical market has come to an end, with growth in prescribed medicine sales slipping into single digits as rising production costs, prolonged inflation and the weakening taka converge on both households and manufacturers. Low-income...
