Two more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Saturday morning, raising the fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 1,652 this year. During the period, 362 more patients were hospitalised with the viral fever, according to the DGHS. Read: Stopping early marriage is must to reduce maternal mortality rate: Health Minister A total of 2,412 dengue patients, including 611 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country. So far, the DGHS has recorded 3,16,773 dengue cases and 3,12,709 recoveries this year. Read: Dnet organises day-long health camp at Udayan School September has so far been the deadliest month for the dengue outbreak this year with 396 fatalities and 79,598 cases, according to DGHS data.

Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Thursday said the government has introduced emergency healthcare services for 24 hours at 500 public healthcare centres to reduce child and maternal mortality rate in the country. "We will introduce emergency healthcare services at 400 more health centres in phases," the minister said. He made the statement as he joined a discussion meeting organised on the occasion of "Family Welfare Service and Promotion Week" at Bangamata Fazilatunnesa Mujib Hall in the capital's Minto Road in the morning.  Read: Vector-borne diseases like dengue rising due to climate change: Zahid Maleque The health minister also emphasised on stopping early marriage, encouraging institutional delivery and introduction of emergency healthcare services round the clock to achieve the target of reducing child maternal mortality rate. He said, "In Bangladesh, 65,000 children and 4,500 mothers die every year. Maternal mortality rate will be reduced by 70 percent by 2030 while children mortality rate will be cut by half during the same period." Stating that the caesarean section has increased at an alarming rate in the country, the health minister said, "Many mothers are showing interest in caesarean delivery without any reason. "This is not desirable at all." Read: Dnet organises day-long health camp at Udayan School "Once the baby is delivered by caesarean section, the mother may have problems in delivering the baby later. She may suffer many other problems for life. It can't go on like this." "We all need to work together to reduce the number of home deliveries and caesarean deliveries in the country by more than half," the minister said. Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Prof Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam, Vice Chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Prof. Dr. Md. Sharfuddin Ahmed, Director General of the Directorate General of Medical Education Professor Dr Tito Mia and senior officials of different relevant healthcare organisations addressed the discussion.

Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque has attributed the rising prevalence of dengue and other vector-borne diseases to climate change. He said this while addressing a round table discussion organised by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on the theme ‘Launch of Asian Development Bank-led climate and health initiatives’. Also read: Dengue: 2 more die; 682 hospitalised in 24hrs To mitigate the detrimental effects of climate change, Malek urged increased cooperation among developed countries and expanded support for developing nations, according to a press release of the ministry. "The strong countries of the world cannot avoid responsibility for this climate change and its harmful effects. For this reason, the strong countries of the world should cooperate more to reduce the damage caused by climate change. Expand, enhance cooperation in lagging countries,” he said. Malek highlighted the challenges faced by Bangladesh's health sector due to climate change, citing the proliferation of vector-borne diseases like dengue. Also read: Dengue death toll crosses 1600-mark “In addition to natural disasters, various vector-borne diseases are increasing due to climate change. Among them, the increase in Aedes mosquitoes is one of the reasons for the increase in dengue infection rates worldwide. As a result, we have to spend a lot to manage these diseases. Hospital beds are filled with dengue patients. As a result, on the one hand, costs are increasing, on the other hand, more dengue patients are admitted to the hospital, and other patients are deprived of normal services,” he said. He also mentioned the establishment of a climate-friendly vaccine plant in Bangladesh with the support of the ADB. He urged other development partners to enhance technical and financial cooperation in building climate-resilient health systems. Also read: Google connects Bangladeshis with trusted information on dengue fever

Three more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Sunday morning, raising the fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 1,632 this year. During the period, 742 more patients were hospitalised with the viral fever, according to the DGHS. Read: Dnet organises day-long health camp at Udayan School A total of 2,970 dengue patients, including 855 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country. So far, the DGHS has recorded 3,13,706 dengue cases and 3,09,104 recoveries this year. Read: Google connects Bangladeshis with trusted information on dengue fever September has so far been the deadliest month for the dengue outbreak this year with 396 fatalities and 79,598 cases, according to DGHS data.

A day-long health camp was organised by Dnet at Udayan Uchcha Madhyamik Bidyalaya with technical support of UNICEF Bangladesh on Saturday. The initiative is supported by the Directorate General of Family Planning (DGFP), Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), and the Ministry of Education (MoE). Representatives from the above-mentioned organisations and government bodies were present at the occasion. Bangladesh has one of the world’s largest and fastest-growing adolescent populations; therefore, the government has taken some necessary steps in the past few years to recognise adolescent healthcare as one of their top priorities. However, it has been observed that there are fewer interventions in terms of knowledge sharing or service-seeking activities conducted for urban adolescents than for rural adolescents at the national level. Read: Bangladesh registers 5 new Covid-19 cases in 24hrs To address the situation by supporting the government’s effort to safeguard the aforementioned target group, DNET and UNICEF decided to organise the health camps for urban school adolescents. The health camp introduced a national adolescent health website and mobile app. It conducted basic physical examinations, including eye check-ups, and provided awareness on sexual and reproductive health, nutrition, child marriage, hygiene, and mental health amongst the students of class six to ten. Read: Speakers at D.Net-Unicef roundtable urge greater attention to mental health  

Seven more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Thursday morning, raising the fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 1,622 this year. During the period, 877 more patients were hospitalised with the viral fever, according to the DGHS. A total of 3,479 dengue patients, including 908 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country. So far, the DGHS has recorded 3,11,891 dengue cases and 3,06,790 recoveries this year. September has so far been the deadliest month for the dengue outbreak this year with 396 fatalities and 79,598 cases, according to DGHS data.  

Eight more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Monday morning, raising the fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 1,606 this year. During the period, 920 more patients were hospitalised with the viral fever, according to the DGHS. A total of 3,493 dengue patients, including 1,011 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country. So far, the DGHS has recorded 3,09,087 dengue cases and 3,03,988 recoveries this year. September has so far been the deadliest month for the dengue outbreak this year with 396 fatalities and 79,598 cases, according to DGHS data.      

Three more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Sunday morning, raising the fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 1,598 this year. During the period, 971 more patients were hospitalised with the viral fever, according to the DGHS. Read: Speakers at D.Net-Unicef roundtable urge greater attention to mental health A total of 3,595 dengue patients, including 1,017 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country. So far, the DGHS has recorded 3,08,167 dengue cases and 3,02,974 recoveries this year. Read: City corporations, municipalities should take long term plan for curbing dengue: Health Minister September has so far been the deadliest month for the dengue outbreak this year with 396 fatalities and 79,598 cases, according to DGHS data.

Twelve more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Friday morning, raising the fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 1,595 this year. During the period, 759 more patients were hospitalised with the viral fever, according to the DGHS. Read: Bangladesh registers 5 new Covid-19 cases in 24hrs A total of 3,924 dengue patients, including 1,046 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country. So far, the DGHS has recorded 3,07,196 dengue cases and 3,01,677 recoveries this year. Read: Speakers at D.Net-Unicef roundtable urge greater attention to mental health September has so far been the deadliest month for the dengue outbreak this year with 396 fatalities and 79,598 cases, according to DGHS data.

Bangladesh reported 5 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours till Saturday morning. With the new numbers, the country's total Covid-19 caseload rose to 2,046,056, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Read: Dengue: 12 more die; 759 hospitalised in 24hrs The official death toll from the disease remained unchanged at 29,477 as no new fatalities were reported during this period. The daily case test positivity rate declined to 0.76 percent and 657 samples were tested, said DGHS. Read: Speakers at D.Net-Unicef roundtable urge greater attention to mental health The recovery and death rates remained unchanged at 98.42 percent and 1.44 percent, respectively.