On a mid-February morning this year, 65-year-old Abul Kashem was standing in the outpatient department of the 250-bed TB hospital in the capital’s Agargaon. A long-time asthma patient, he found his condition worsening towards the end of winter. Speaking to this correspondent, Abul Kashem, a resident of Adabar, said, “The cold has become milder than […]
The letter further states that the corporation intensifies mosquito abatement programme within 300 yards of any patient's house based on the information provided by the DGHS control room. Also, the DSCC conducts search operations in that area. However, on analysing the list from the DGHS control room, the corporation has found many discrepancies. Hence, the […]
“We are going to publish the findings of the death review soon,” DGHS director (disease control) Sheikh Daoud Adnan told Prothom Alo. Last year, there were 980 dengue deaths in Dhaka city and 725 deaths outside the capital. According to DGHS sources, data of 94 patients was collected from different hospitals in Dhaka to conduct […]
Mirzadi Sabrina said in her paper that the health department has already taken several initiatives to deal with the dengue situation. These steps include increasing surveillance, building capacity of health workers, updating dengue disease management guidelines, reviewing deaths and fixing dengue testing fees. The National Strategic Plan (2024-2030) for dengue prevention and control was to […]
The number of dengue cases in Barguna in the first two months of the year was 21. This year this number increased to 83. However, no casualties have been reported so far this year. There were no casualties even in the first two months of last year. Barguna civil surgeon Mohammad Fazlul Haq said, however, […]
Renowned public health expert Dr Mushtuk Hossain told Prothom Alo that the study showed a correlation between dengue outbreaks and season with essential data. However, apart from environmental factors, the existing poor health system is also largely responsible for the threat of dengue. In the last 22 years, a total of 244,246 cases of dengue […]
According to the Health Department, till last Wednesday, the number of dengue cases this year has reached 3,11,014 and the number of deaths has reached 1,615. The health department only keeps track of patients coming to hospital, but does not have records of patients who receive treatment at home without going to hospital, or who […]
A total of 5,245 dengue patients, including 1,345 in the capital, are now undergoing treatment in hospitals across the country. So far this year, DGHS has recorded 2,99,050 dengue cases and 2,92,266 recoveries. According to DGHS data, September has been the deadliest month so far for dengue outbreak this year, with 396 deaths and 79,598 […]
For the first time in Bangladesh, the second phase trial of dengue vaccine has been successful. Researchers from the International Center for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDRB) and the Larner College of Medicine of the University of Vermont conducted this successful trial. ICDDR, B Senior Scientist and Principal Investigator of the trial Rashidul Haq and […]
From the beginning of the year, entomologists had warned that the dengue outbreak was going to be serious this year. Pre-monsoon surveys by DGHS revealed prevalence of Aedes mosquito in almost every area of Dhaka city. Nobody paid attention to that warning. Dhaka is the most densely populated city in the world as well as […]