World Leprosy Day (WLD) is annually observed around the world, including in Bangladesh, on the last Sunday of January. This year, it will be observed on January 28. Leprosy is an infectious disease of the skin and nerves which, if not diagnosed and treated quickly, can result in debilitating disabilities. The effects of leprosy are exacerbated by the negative stigma surrounding the disease. In 2016 over 214,000 people were diagnosed and millions more go undiagnosed. Today, it is not just the disease that is forgotten, but the people too. The day aims to raise awareness of a disease that many people believe to be extinct, when in fact around 210,000 new cases are diagnosed each year, and we believe millions more people are living undiagnosed.
Bangladesh has recently observed a campaign week on family planning, maternal and child health care with the theme ‘Make a Planned Family, Prevent Maternal Mortality’. This campaign was conducted by Information, Education & Motivation (IEM) unit of Directorate General of Family Planning under Ministry of Health & Family Welfare. It took place on 30 December, 2017 to 4 January, 2018.
Diabetes is a non-communicable disease. World Health Organization thinks diabetes is a major cause of death and physical disability of people worldwide. Any male, female and child may be affected by diabetes. Due to lack of unconsciousness, not diagnosing the disease at the right time and using insulin irregularly for diabetic patients, the number of women diabetics in the world, including Bangladesh, is increasing. Uncontrolled diabetes increases the risk of diseases like blindness, heart disease, kidney failure, stroke and physical disabilities.
Child Obesity in Bangladesh: Threatening to Our Next Generation
Obesity and overweight in children and adolescents has become emerging public health concern in low and middle income countries along with developed countries now-a-days. In countries where the number of overweight children is high due to malnutrition, Bangladesh is the first of those countries since long. Overweight and obesity rates of children and adolescents have been increased tenfold in the last four decades. Very recently, popular medical journal ‘The Lancet’ published that there are 124 million overweight boys and girls now across the world. T
Urban Primary Health Care Services Provide Treatment at Low Costs
Hamida Khatun, a 34 years old woman, belongs to a lower-middle class family living at Farmgate in Dhaka city. In September 2017, Hamida thought she would never survive her fourth pregnancy. Out of her three previous pregnancies, all home deliveries, only one child had survived. She needed to take surgical delivery which was not possible to make at home. She also needed to take proper medical care with a lower cost at her last stages of delivery. Searching for a reliable and affordable healthcare facility,
Excessive Cold in 2018: Effects of Climate Change in Bangladesh
The winter in Bangladesh was generally considered as pleasant. Usually lifestyle change in this season and many activities like, visiting countryside with family and friends, picnic, travels, sightseeing, festivals, fairs, ceremonies take place in this season. Many exotic and indigenous vegetables and fruits give the markets a colorful look and consumers make delicious food items. One special activity in the winter of Bangladesh is making of various types of country cakes (locally called pitha) with rice, coconut, molasses made from the sap of date palm, spices and many other ingredients.
Eminence Greets the Newly Appointed MoPT Minister- Mustafa Jabbar
Mustafa Jabbar, one of the legendary personalities of the Bangladeshi ICT Community, is currently serving as the President of Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS), the largest national trade body for IT and ITES of this country. The founder Vice President of BASIS has dedicated his life for good of the ICT industry while playing different roles over the period of last 29 years.
HPN LEADERS INTERVIEW
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EVENTS: Thalassemia Awareness Programme
At least 12,000 to 15,000 children are born in Bangladesh every year with thalassemia, the most common congenital disorder in a human body, and the parents who carry the abnormal genes pass it to their kids.