Health

Common people being discriminated in Dengue prevention efforts

Staff Reporter Speakers at a roundtable discussion alleged widespread discrimination in the application of insecticides to control dengue mosquitoes, claiming that underprivileged areas are neglected in anti-mosquito measures. The discussion,

Call for protecting Human Rights of key populations from risk of HIV/AIDS

TDS Desk A seminar was organized on the occasion of World AIDS Day, focusing on the theme of the rights of key populations in Bangladesh. The event took place on

Sex workers and HIV in Bangladesh: Bridging gaps for a safer future

TDS Desk Hira Akhter was born as a daughter of a sex worker. At the age of 12, she got a job in a humanitarian agency providing education, counselling, and

40 doctors didn’t return home after training abroad

TDS Desk Health Adviser Nurjahan Begum said that more than 40 doctors did not return after going abroad for training. It is a waste for poor countries like Bangladesh. In

Kolkata hospital says won’t treat Bangladeshi patients

TDS Desk A hospital in Kolkata’s Manicktala area said that it will no longer treat Bangladeshi patients, citing protests over alleged atrocities against minority Hindus in Bangladesh. An official from

Amendment of Tobacco Control Law and ban on E-Cigarettes demanded

TDS Desk Members of the anti-tobacco youth society and Ahsania Mission Youth Forum for Health and Wellbeing have called for the swift passage of proposed amendments to the Tobacco Control