chikungunya

Positive results for potential first chikungunya vaccine

French-Austrian drugmaker Valneva's vaccine candidate against chikungunya, a mosquito-borne virus that causes occasional outbreaks across the world, showed promising results in a large new trial, a study said on Tuesday.

Do mosquitoes prefer one blood type over others?

Mosquitoe-bites are a menace for everybody. Especially, during this season, due to the risk of dengue, chikungunya etc.

DENGUE, CHIKUNGUNYA / DNCC mayor cancels leave of officials

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) cancels leave of all officials of its waste and health management departments in a bid to control the spread of dengue, chikungunya and other similar diseases in the city.

DSCC launches healthcare service for dengue patients

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) launches a healthcare service for the people affected by dengue and chikungunya in the city’s different areas.

Guppy fish to be released in Dhaka south to curb mosquito-borne diseases

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) will release Guppy fishes in drainage and sewerage lines to curb the menace of mosquito-borne diseases including Chikungunya

No one to own up to chikungunya, measles, but the victims?

Chikun-gunya in Dhaka and measles in Sitakunda, Chittagong have combined to highlight public health mismanagement at its height.

City Governance: Who’s to blame for failure?

He once again expressed his utter frustration that the city corporation he has been leading for over two years lacks adequate jurisdiction to better serve the city dwellers. He finds it difficult to develop the city by preparing a master plan because his office has no control over parks, canals, roads and drainage system.

The fight against Chikungunya

While Chikungunya continues to wreak havoc in Bangladesh, it is unfortunate that it has no vaccine and that physicians seem to have limited knowledge of this infection so far.

Chikungunya Outbreak: Authorities failed to act timely, promptly

The number of chikungunya cases continues to increase with city dwellers blaming the authorities' failure to take timely and preventive actions for the outbreak of the disease.

July 10, 2017
July 10, 2017

Help desks at all hospitals to tackle Chikungunya

Health and Family Welfare Ministry directs all public hospitals and medical colleges across the country to open help desks to effectively tackle the already wide-spread Chikungunya menace, transmitted to humans by infected mosquitoes.

July 10, 2017
July 10, 2017

‘1 in 11 affected by chikungunya’ is fake news, IEDCR clarifies

The Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) has objected to the news about actual numbers of chikungunya affected people in Dhaka city.

July 10, 2017
July 10, 2017

HC wants to know steps to prevent Chikungunya

The High Court yesterday issued a rule asking the government to explain in three weeks why it should not be directed

July 9, 2017
July 9, 2017

City stung by chikungunya

As many as 566 people in the capital have been diagnosed with the mosquito-borne chikungunya disease, according to findings by the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research which conducted laboratory tests on patients from mid-April till the first week of July.

July 4, 2017
July 4, 2017

Writ seeks order on govt to control chikungunya

A writ petition has been filed with the High Court seeking its directives on the government to take necessary steps to control mosquito borne chikungunya in Dhaka and other affected areas of the country.

June 24, 2017
June 24, 2017

Murphy's Brother-in-Law

The red marks on my three month old's face are definitely not mosquito bites. And mosquitoes are something we are REALLY scared of.

June 22, 2017
June 22, 2017

Holidaymakers urged to be more conscious about chikungunya

Health experts urge the homebound people, who are leaving Dhaka for celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr, to keep clean their houses and remove all potential stagnant water sources to prevent the outbreak of chikungunya disease.

June 19, 2017
June 19, 2017

Fighting mosquito menace

The health and family welfare ministry in association with the two Dhaka city corporations organised a 'symbolic' awareness campaign on Saturday

June 18, 2017
June 18, 2017

Aedes Alarm: Govt goes for 'symbolic' awareness campaign

Against a backdrop of the chikungunya outbreak, the health and family welfare ministry in association with the two Dhaka city

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