Dengue cases cross 50,000 in Dhaka division as outbreak strains hospitals
Health-directorate figures show admissions up 38 percent over last week, with the heaviest load in Mugda, Mitford, and the Shaheed Suhrawardy hospitals.
By Rumana Akter·
Health-directorate figures show admissions up 38 percent over last week, with the heaviest load in Mugda, Mitford, and the Shaheed Suhrawardy hospitals.
By Rumana Akter·
An editorial on the gap between hospital-admissions data and ward-level transmission, and why we still cannot answer the simplest question parents are asking.
By Mahmudul Hasan·
Hospitals in Dhanmondi, Mohammadpur, and Mirpur are reporting sustained increases in nebulisation visits among under-fives, paediatricians say.
By Imran Hossain·
Three decades of midwifery investment, community clinics, and Bangladeshi exceptionalism are running into a stubborn last-mile problem.
By Nasrin Sultana·
Bangladesh's health spend as a share of the national budget has barely moved in a decade. The case for a 10 percent floor has stopped being aspirational.
By Arif Khan·
The UHC service coverage index has risen, but financial protection has barely moved. Where the country goes from here is no longer a technical question.
By Arif Khan·
BHRF's reporting team in Sunamganj reviewed nutrition-screening data from twelve community clinics. The story it tells is harder than the national figures suggest.
By Farhana Islam·