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As Bangladesh ages, support systems fall behind (opens the original)
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Naharul Ahmed, 72, retired in 2010 after more than 25 years as a depot manager at a private chemicals company in Gazipur, without a pension or any other retirement benefits. He returned to his village and tried to make a living from his land and fish farming. But a stroke in 2015 left him progressively weaker and dependent on regular medical care and medication. He now needs medicines costing around Tk 2,000 a month, while he and his wife depend on their children for daily living expenses. Nahar
Bangladesh cholera vaccination: 82.6% coverage, 8.52 lakh miss first dose (opens the original)
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Bangladesh’s first-round oral cholera vaccination (OCV) campaign reached 82.6 percent of its target population, with Narayanganj recording the lowest coverage. A total of 40,47,018 people were vaccinated against a target of 48,99,440, leaving 8,52,422 people unvaccinated in the first round, according to data from the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Narayanganj alone accounts for a large share of the gap. Of the 10,32,963 people targeted there, 6,72,287 received the vaccine, leavin
Measles makes sharp comeback in September (opens the original)
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Bangladesh is witnessing its highest daily average of measles infections and hospital admissions since May, health data shows, as the government scrambles to close immunisation gaps with a fresh nationwide vaccination drive. The average daily number of measles cases in the first 26 days of September stood at 1,229, surpassing May’s average of 1,220 and those of all months in between, according to figures from the Directorate General of Health Services. Daily hospital admissions averaged 1,072 th
Fill vacant posts, intensify family planning, JS body directs health ministry (opens the original)
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The parliamentary standing committee on the health ministry today directed the ministry to take urgent steps to fill vacancies in public healthcare facilities as one-third of posts in three major health agencies remain vacant. At its first meeting held today, the committee also asked the ministry to intensify the family planning programme, as the drive has lost momentum in recent years, said two meeting insiders. The country’s ongoing dengue and measles outbreaks and corruption in the health sec
A Tk 50 lakh liver transplant abroad seemed out of reach. Josna Begum got one in Bangladesh (opens the original)
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When Josna Begum’s liver condition worsened, her family began considering treatment abroad. They knew a liver transplant could cost tens of lakhs of taka, but for a family already burdened by mounting medical expenses, the prospect seemed almost impossible. Then a doctor at Mugda Medical College Hospital gave them another option: Bangladesh Medical University’s Super Specialized Hospital. Thus, the homemaker from Dhaka’s Banasree area suffering from liver cirrhosis, became the first patient to u
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