Cardiac Implants For Children: Top hospitals using unauthorised devices
Unauthorised companies are smuggling a number of cardiac medical devices into the country and selling those to some of Dhaka’s top public and private hospitals without proper vetting, raising questions about health regulations and patient safety.
1y ago
$27b health budget in the works
The government is preparing a $27 billion budget for the upcoming five-year health sector plan, up 52.5 percent from the ongoing programme that ends in June 2024.
1y ago
Of lost loved ones and incomplete goodbyes
Asrafullah Jamal, a dengue patient being treated at the capital’s Kurmitola General Hospital, had a difficult time bidding farewell to his son, Kazem Ashraf.
1y ago
A trip to Germany to learn fogging!
Experts have raised questions about a recent foreign trip by four government officials and a ward councillor to Germany to acquire skills in operating mosquito fogging machines.
1y ago
How others control dengue
In 2010, Kolkata city had faced its worst dengue outbreak -- an event that prompted the municipality to draw up a definitive plan to control the menace.
1y ago
Should Bangladesh try Wolbachia?
Many countries including Singapore, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and Brazil are opting for the Wolbachia method for dengue control.
1y ago
Dengue Outbreak: Platelet kit crunch delaying treatment
Treatment of seriously ill dengue patients is being affected by an acute shortage of the kit needed to extract platelets from whole blood in a method that requires only a single donor.
1y ago
Neglected, they demand fair pay, promotions
It was 2021. Braving flooding in the Padma basin which disrupted daily life and rendered vast stretches of land uninhabitable in Manikganj, a group of local health workers toiled tirelessly to safeguard the health of children disregarding their own.
1y ago
October 15, 2020
Lagging behind in vaccine race
Bangladesh’s refusal to co-fund the trials of a Chinese Covid-19 vaccine has narrowed down its options for getting vaccines when they will be ready, experts said.
October 14, 2020
IEDCR Survey on Covid-19: Herd immunity in some city areas?
The epidemiological study, which found 45 percent of the respondents in the capital to be carrying Covid-19 antibody, indicates that residents in some parts of the city may have developed herd immunity, say experts.
October 3, 2020
Chinese Vaccine Trial in Bangladesh: Sinovac now wants co-financing
The much-talked-about mass trial of a Chinese coronavirus vaccine in Bangladesh has become uncertain after drugmaker Sinovac Biotech Ltd asked the government to co-finance the initiative.
October 1, 2020
Act fast to get WHO-okayed antigen kits
Bangladesh should take an aggressive initiative to obtain effective yet low-cost antigen testing kits approved by the World Health Organization, said healthcare experts.
September 30, 2020
Antigen Test Introduction: DGHS keeps on dragging its feet
The introduction of antigen tests for suspected Covid-19 patients still remains uncertain, as health officials are yet to start the process of procuring the kits, despite getting the nod from the government over a week ago.
September 29, 2020
When your food and lifestyle turn you into a heart patient
Who would have known that trans-fat intake would cause the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people when French chemist Paul Sabatier won the 1912 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering the hydrogenation method to produce it?
September 22, 2020
Antigen-Based Testing: Public hospitals get the green light
After months of bureaucratic tangle, the government has permitted antigen-based rapid testing for Covid-19 at the public healthcare centres.
September 21, 2020
Daily new cases drop
Comparing with the previous epidemiological week, the number of new Covid-19 cases have drastically decreased.
September 11, 2020
Chinese Covid-19 Vaccine Candidate: Clinical trial begins here this month
Already trailing behind in the race to get a potential Covid-19 vaccine, Bangladesh is all set to start the much-talked-about clinical trial of the Chinese shot by the end of this month.
September 8, 2020
Covid-19 in Bangladesh: Muddled response marks 6 months
The present Covid-19 situation suggests actions taken by the government made little impact on containing the virus, say public health experts as today marks half a year since the first novel coronavirus cases were reported in the country.
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