While addressing vehicular noise has been a focus, it is equally vital to regulate loudspeaker usage in communal and religious settings.
One of the major problems in the current healthcare system is the lack of an effective referral system and inadequate gatekeeping at tertiary care facilities. Barring emergency care and referrals from lower-tier health facilities, patients should not visit hospitals as they are meant to provide tertiary-level care
Rising cases of cancer pose a big threat to Bangladesh
Trapped Bangladeshis must be rescued without delay amid ceasefire uncertainty
Otherwise, we might have another major humanitarian crisis on our hands
Lack of career growth opportunities in upazila and rural areas, as well as concerns about personal safety and security, contribute to the reluctance of healthcare professionals to work there.
Better water management can nourish people's lives
Iraq's Baghdad and Myanmar's Yangon occupied the second and third places with AQI of 238 and 193 respectively
What plans do we have to address the growing public health risks posed by air pollution?
Earthquake devastation in Turkey and Syria calls for urgent help for survivors
Authorities must scale up drowning prevention programmes in the district and elsewhere
Why are out-of-pocket healthcare expenses still so high in Bangladesh?
The World Health Organization on Saturday declared the monkeypox outbreak, which has affected nearly 16,000 people in 72 countries, to be a global health emergency -- the highest alarm it can sound.
The largest sustained decline in childhood vaccinations in approximately 30 years has been recorded in official data published today (July 16, 2022) by World Health Organisation and Unicef.
Almost three times as many people have died as a result of COVID-19 as the official data show, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report, the most comprehensive look at the true global toll of the pandemic so far.
A full 99 percent of people on Earth breathe air containing too many pollutants, the World Health Organization said yesterday, blaming poor air quality for millions of deaths each year.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has suspended the supply of India’s first indigenous Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin, through UN procurement agencies, and recommended to countries which received the jab to take actions as appropriate.
World Health Organization member states agreed Tuesday to an independent probe into the UN agency's coronavirus response as US criticism mounted over its handling of the pandemic.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned countries on to be cautious about lifting restrictions introduced to curb the spread of the new coronavirus and voiced alarm it was taking hold in Africa.
