Health

At least 573,000 children under five are at risk of suffering from malnutrition in Malawi, UNICEF warns. Despite recent progress in reducing chronic malnutrition, acute food insecurity—compounded by recurrent climate shocks, preventable disease outbreaks, economic instability,...

Despite the challenges posed by the covid pandemic, Ukraine war and global crisis, Bangladesh remains committed to implementing the UN Sustainable Development Goals, including SDG-3, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Thursday. She made the remarks...

The inception ceremony of the Ekota (Unity) Project, a joint initiative of USAID and Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF), was held on 10 May 2023 at BRAC Center Inn in Mohakhali. The project aims to enhance the...

The Covid-19 pandemic, which has killed millions of people, caused economic turmoil, and exacerbated inequities for more than three years, is no longer a global health emergency, according to the WHO on Friday. WHO chief Tedros...

After the health ministry approved the drug used to terminate early-stage pregnancy, the abortion pill will be made available in Japan for the first time. Abortion is allowed in Japan up to 22 weeks, however, consent...

The public perception of the importance of vaccines for children declined during the COVID-19 pandemic in 52 out of 55 countries studied, UNICEF warned today in a new report on immunization. The State of the World’s...

On April 14th, the Global Leaders Group (GLG) on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) hosted a forum in which government leaders, policymakers and scientists from across the...

Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury, the founder of Gonoshasthaya Kendra and a freedom fighter of the Liberation War, breathed his last this evening at Gonoshasthaya Nagar Hospital where he was on life support, according to the doctors there....

President Joe Biden declared the Covid national health emergency, which had been in effect for more than three years and had supported exceptional efforts to offer care in a country where more than a million people...

A measles and polio vaccination campaign will be launched tomorrow across northwest Syria to protect some 800,000 children under five years from the two potentially deadly but preventable diseases. The vaccination drive, supported by the World...