Lack of medicine advertising: Consumers trapped in deceptive practices
Shawdesh Desk: Pharmaceutical companies in Bangladesh are spending approximately Tk6,000 crore annually on activities associated with medicine promotion, including payments to doctors and medical representatives. Despite this, there is no ReadMore
Five more die of dengue, death toll reaches 509
Shawdesh desk: Five more deaths were reported from dengue and 629 more patients were hospitalised with viral fever in 24 hours till Wednesday morning. According to the Directorate General of ReadMore
WHO approves first mpox diagnostic test
Shawdesh Desk: The UN health agency said on Friday that it had approved the use of the first diagnostic test for mpox, a key tool in countries battling outbreaks. More ReadMore
Invisible killer: What is antimicrobial resistance?
Shawdesh desk: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an invisible killer, which is directly responsible for 1.3 million deaths and a contributing factor to five million other fatalities every year. Everyone seems ReadMore
Mpox vaccines expected to arrive in DR Congo within days: WHO
Shawdesh desk: A first delivery of mpox vaccines is expected to arrive in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the coming days, the World Health Organization said Friday. The WHO ReadMore
WHO seeks mpox vaccine production surge
Shawdesh Desk: The World Health Organization on Friday urged manufacturers to ramp up production of mpox vaccines to rein in the spread of a more dangerous strain of the virus. ReadMore
Pakistan announces first case of deadly mpox virus
Shawdesh Desk: Pakistan health officials announced on Friday their first case of the deadly mpox virus this year. ‘The affected person has come from a Gulf country,’ a health ministry ReadMore
2.6m die annually due to alcohol: WHO
Shawdesh desk: Alcohol kills nearly three million people annually, the World Health Organisation said on Tuesday, adding that while the death rate had dropped slightly in recent years it remained ReadMore
