IEDCR confirms HMVP case in Bangladesh
A case of Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) has been detected in Bangladesh, according to the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research.
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All 5 diagnosed with Nipah infection this year die: IEDCR
All the five people who were officially diagnosed with Nipah virus infection this year died, said the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control, and Research on Thursday...
67 Chikungunya, 11 Zika cases reported in 2024: IEDCR
Bangladesh has recorded 67 cases of Chikungunya and 11 cases of Zika virus so far in 2024, according to a report of The Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research...
Growing early diabetes incidence warrants early attention
AN ALARMING increase in the number of people with diabetes, especially young people, warrants a comprehensive government approach to head off any likely burden on public health. Research show that, especially, Type 2 diabetes, which is usually evident in people aged more than 40 years, is increasing in children and young people, pushing up the...
Govt should step up dengue prevention efforts
WITH at least 42,470 cases of hospitalisation and 214 deaths from dengue, the outbreak situation is likely to get worse this year unless the government takes urgent steps to contain the spread of the viral fever. Virologists and physicians are also concerned that the outbreak may turn more fatal this year as people are reporting their experience of being infected...
Robed Amin made acting DG of DGHS
The line director at the Department of Non communicable Disease Control Programme of the Directorate General of Health Service, Professor Mohammad Robed Amin, has been made the acting director general of the DGHS...
Govt must take mosquito density survey findings seriously
THE pre-monsoon mosquito survey of the Directorate General of Health Services that has found a high density of Aedes mosquito in Dhaka is worrying. This suggests the failure of mosquito control programmes. Dengue prevention efforts of the south city authorities, as the survey finds...
Timely demand for a health promotion authority
PUBLIC health policies are designed more for health services delivery, especially in the management of non-communicable diseases, than for health protection and prevention. Experts, therefore, at a workshop that research and advocacy organisation PROGGA...