Barguna, a southern coastal district with a population of about 10 lakh, turned into a dengue hotspot last year, recording 15 deaths and 9,534 cases -- the highest for any single district except those at divisional headquarters.

The Health Ministry has selected 33 recommendations from the Health Sector Reform Commission as it seeks to begin implementing the much-needed reform process in the country’s health system.

Investment in the health sector must unquestionably be enhanced with the objective of major overhauling.

A review of a monumental book of great importance, titled '50 Years of Bangladesh: Advances in Health.'

Bangladesh’s economic growth performance has been encouraging, but questions remain regarding the drivers and quality of said growth.

It seems the country’s health directorate has finally been jolted out of its stupor. At a meeting last Wednesday, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) came up with the decision of shutting down all unregistered health institutions within 72 hours. The countdown has thus begun.