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Bangladesh achieves Hepatitis B control: WHO
Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . Dhaka | Updated at 03:01am on July 28, 2019
Bangladesh is among the first four countries in WHO South-East Asia Region to achieve Hepatitis B control, with prevalence of the deadly disease dropping to less than one per cent among...
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Public health in jeopardy
Manzur H Maswood | Updated at 12:00am on July 20, 2019
Public health in Bangladesh has become highly vulnerable in the face of phenomenal rise in adulteration of foods, serious contamination of drinking water, substandard and date-expired medicines and...
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SCI Int’l Hospital offers low-cost treatment
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 02:17am on July 02, 2019
New Delhi-based SCI International Hospital in India offers medical treatment with affordable cost for in vitro fertilisation (IVF), male infertility, urology, orthopaedics and ENT to patients all over...
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BSMMU conducts successful liver transplant surgery
United News of Bangladesh . Dhaka | Updated at 01:48am on June 26, 2019
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University has conducted the first-ever liver transplant surgery, demonstrating the public hospital’s progress in modern healthcare service...
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Dengue menace on rise
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on June 25, 2019
At least 853 dengue patients were hospitalised in the capital since January and two of them died in April. And at least 741 of the dengue patients were hospitalized in the capital since May, 586 of them...
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26pc deaths in Bangladesh due to poor diets: Lancet
Manzur H Maswood | Updated at 11:55pm on June 24, 2019
Low intake of right kinds of food such as fruits, vegetables and whole grains and high intake of wrong kinds of food like sodium appear...
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2 crore children to get Vitamin A on Saturday
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 01:32am on June 21, 2019
About two crore children, aged between six months and five years, will be administered Vitamin A plus capsules under a national campaign on Saturday.Children, aged...
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Unnecessary C-sections in Bangladesh rise by 51pc in two years
United News of Bangladesh . Dhaka | Updated at 07:03pm on June 20, 2019
Medically unnecessary caesarean section operations increased by 51 per cent in Bangladesh over the past two years costing patients 483 million dollars per year, according...
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One third of global population lack basic hygiene: UN report
United News of Bangladesh . Dhaka | Updated at 11:53am on June 18, 2019
Some 2.2 billion people around the world do not have safely-managed drinking...
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Encephalitis from litchis kills 31 children in India: official
Agence France-Presse . Patna, India | Updated at 05:21pm on June 12, 2019
At least 31 children have died in northern India in the last 10 days from a deadly brain disease believed linked to a toxic substance...