disease-surveillance

Environmental activists have called for ensuring a clean environment, regularly destroying Aedes mosquito breeding sites, effective disease surveillance, rapid diagnosis and treatment, and active public participation to combat dengue. They made the call at a human chain in front of the National Press Club on Saturday, October 10. The event was jointly organized by the Environment and Climate Change Movement (PARIJA), Jonoudyog, Environment Movement Platform, Poribesh Barta and Mukto Bayu...

Three more children died with measles symptoms in the country in the last 24 hours. No one died from confirmed measles during this period. A total of 1,201 people were infected with the disease in the 24-hour period. The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) provided the information in a statement Friday. The figures cover the period from 8:00 am Thursday to 8:00 am Friday. The DGHS said the total number of deaths from measles and measles symptoms in the country this year has ris...

Eight more children have died with measles symptoms across the country in the past 24 hours. With this, the total number of deaths from measles and measles symptoms has reached 1,044 this year. During this period, 1,320 new cases of measles symptoms were reported. The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) disclosed the information in its regular measles report on Wednesday (September 16). In the 24 hours from 8:00 am Tuesday to 8:00 am Wednesday, no child confirmed to have measle...