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A logo is pictured outside a building of the World Health Organization (WHO) during an executive board meeting on update on the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, in Geneva, Switzerland, April 6, 2021. Photo: Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

Huge volumes of Covid hospital waste threaten health - WHO

Even before the pandemic, around a third of healthcare facilities were not equipped to handle existing waste loads, the WHO said

Biggest health risk factors
By The Numbers

Biggest health risk factors

Govt to clear dues, dialysis will continue at CMCH
Health

Govt to clear dues, dialysis will continue at CMCH

BMDC bans practice of 2 Indian doctors 
Health

BMDC bans practice of 2 Indian doctors 

Despite multiple technological breakthroughs in the fight to control Covid-19, twice as many people died from it in 2021 compared to 2020. Photo: Reuters
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Health innovation for all

A boy sleeps as he rides a bicycle in Kabul, Afghanistan October 18, 2021. Photo: Reuters
South Asia

Donors back $280 million transfer for Afghan food, health

Health innovation for all
Analysis

Health innovation for all

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Covid-19 in Bangladesh

Two years into pandemic, Bangladesh still unprepared for next one: Report

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Health

Vaping remains a popular aid for quitting smoking, study reveals

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Bangladesh

188 dead, 729 fresh AIDS cases diagnosed in Bangladesh in 2021

CMED’s trained paramedics go door to door documenting health conditions like blood pressure, diabetes, BMI etc. Photo: Courtesy
Panorama

CMED: Providing villagers with affordable healthcare at home through ‘health accounts’

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Health

Japan supports medical project for improvement of neonatal and child healthcare services

2,199 doctors get promoted 
Health

2,199 doctors get promoted