Healthcare

Reimagining primary healthcare through the GP system

Despite progress in Bangladesh’s health sector, primary healthcare (PHC) remains inadequate, particularly in rural areas where access to qualified doctors is limited.

What would the healthcare sector of the future look like?

Healthcare around the world is going through unique and dynamic changes.

Public health must prioritise disease prevention

There is a common confusion around the subject of health.

Healing burns! The remarkable benefits of tilapia skin

Tilapia fish skin, rich in collagen, offers a revolutionary, cost-effective burn treatment by promoting faster healing, reducing scarring, and preventing infections. This innovative approach is expanding globally, transforming wound care and sustainable healthcare practices.

India’s visa curbs / A wake-up call for Bangladesh to reform its healthcare

India’s visa restrictions on Bangladeshi nationals, while initially perceived as a barrier, could serve as a wake-up call for Bangladesh to strengthen its healthcare system and regain the confidence of its patients.

$4b spent a year on healthcare abroad

Bangladeshis spend around $4 billion abroad every year for healthcare, according to Malik Talha Ismail Bari, senior vice president of the Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI).

We must protect doctors from violence

Violence against doctors is an issue that is neither unique to our country nor recent.

Develop a patient referral system

Ease pressure on tertiary facilities, re-imagine healthcare system

FY2024-25 Budget / For real growth, invest more into education and health

Bangladesh still struggles to adequately invest in education and healthcare

September 21, 2017
September 21, 2017

Medical facilities stretched to limit

In Kutupalong camp 1, Nasima Khatun, nearly 70 years old, is being carried using a unique device fashioned out of a bamboo stick

September 21, 2017
September 21, 2017

People fork out most

Two out of every three Taka of health care costs in Bangladesh is borne by the people while the rest by the government, NGOs and others.

July 22, 2017
July 22, 2017

Some thoughts on health budget

By all accounts, healthcare is a policy priority for Bangladesh but compared to other sectors, resource allocation in this sector is quite insufficient.

April 12, 2016
April 12, 2016

A hospital for poor

The Sarkari Karmachari Hospital could be an inspiration for our policymakers in designing healthcare services for our garment and expatriate workers and their families.

March 28, 2016
March 28, 2016

Bringing healthcare to the patient

The health, nutrition and population (HNP) sector of Bangladesh has achieved commendable success in recent years.

March 25, 2016
March 25, 2016

Free healthcare for the poor

The government yesterday formally launched the country's first-ever health protection scheme to ensure healthcare for the poor. Under the pilot project titled Shasthyo Suroksha Karmashuchi (SSK), the government will provide health cards to one lakh extreme poor households in Kalihati, Madhupur and Ghatail upazilas of Tangail.

January 18, 2016
January 18, 2016

US Democrats spar on gun control

Candidates for the Democratic race for the White House clash on gun control and healthcare in their liveliest TV debate so far.

November 7, 2015
November 7, 2015

Many unable to decide their healthcare needs

At least 37 percent women in Bangladesh are unable to take decisions about their own healthcare, according to a report published by UN Women...

October 29, 2015
October 29, 2015

5 Bill Gates quotes everyone should hear

Over the years, Bill Gates has given us quite a few pearls of wisdom that perfectly capture his philanthropic sensibility and business acumen.

July 7, 2015
July 7, 2015

Improving social indicators

While Bangladesh has made significant progress in terms of improving social indicators such as a higher completion rate of primary education and access to drinking water, there are regional disparities in areas such as children's nutrition, access to sanitation and maternal healthcare.