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High blood pressure afflicts 12 million in Bangladesh

April 7, 2013
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High blood pressure afflicts 12 million in Bangladesh

The World Health Organization (WHO) raises alarm against high blood pressure or hypertension on the World Health Day-13 as the disease kills nearly 1.5 million in Southeast Asia and afflicts 12 million in Bangladesh. High blood pressure or hypertension kills nearly 1.5 million people every year in South-East Asia making it the single-most important risk…

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World poverty is rapidly dropping, Oxford University reports Bangladesh identifies “star performer” nations

March 19, 2013
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World poverty is rapidly dropping, Oxford University reports Bangladesh identifies “star performer” nations

Some of the poorest people in the world are becoming significantly less poor, according to a groundbreaking academic study which has taken a new approach to measuring deprivation. The report, by Oxford University’s poverty and human development initiative, predicts that countries among the most impoverished in the world could see acute poverty eradicated within 20…

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Bangladesh, Germany ink health deal : 19.4 million in euro,

March 14, 2013
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Bangladesh, Germany ink health deal : 19.4 million in euro,

The bank will provide the amount, 19.4 million in euro, on behalf of the German government, a media statement from the German Embassy in Dhaka said on Wednesday. The money from the German funds will be aligned with other external assistance in the health sector, it said. The fund will support Bangladesh in achieving the…

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Bangladesh launches drive to immunise 41mn kids

June 3, 2012
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Bangladesh launches drive to immunise 41mn kids

Bangladesh prime minister yesterday launched a countrywide immunisation campaign to cover 41mn children. The children aged between 6 and 11 months will receive Vitamin A shot while children in the age group of one to five years will receive vitamin A shot. The children in the age group of two to five years will receive…

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Bangladesh: Family Planning for Healthier Futures

May 18, 2012
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Bangladesh: Family Planning for Healthier Futures

If family planning and birth-spacing services were better promoted in countries with high birth rates, 32 percent of all maternal deaths and over 1 million deaths of children under 5 could be prevented. When her first child was only three months old, Laily Begum learned she was pregnant again. After giving birth, she had no…

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Optimism protects against heart attack and stroke, study shows

April 18, 2012
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Optimism protects against heart attack and stroke, study shows

Stay positive – it just might save your life. New research shows being a positive-thinking person can lead to protective benefits for the heart. The study found people with a positive look at life had a reduced risk for heart attack, stroke and other cardiovascular events. Heart disease silently kills women: Why? Heart disease rates…

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Perspective: Poverty, Health And Forced Eviction In The Slums Of Bangladesh

April 11, 2012
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Perspective: Poverty, Health And Forced Eviction In The Slums Of Bangladesh

Note: Venita and Maria live and work in Dhaka, Bangladesh at BRAC, a poverty alleviation organization. Maria passes through Korail every day on her way to work. This piece represents our personal views, though draws on observations of our colleagues and the information we’ve been able to find in local sources.) On April 4, one…

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BASF SE : Launch of Bangladesh’s First Long Lasting Impregnated Net Plant.

March 24, 2012
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BASF SE : Launch of Bangladesh’s First Long Lasting Impregnated Net  Plant.

•Plant located in Social Business Industrial Park in Sarabo, Kashimpur, Gazipur •Focus on production and marketing of specially treated mosquito nets, under brand name Interceptor® utilizing BASF’s technology Dhaka, Bangladesh – March 23, 2012 – BASF Grameen Limited, a social business joint venture between BASF, the world’s leading chemical company, and Grameen Healthcare Trust of…

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Increase Your Brain Power..

February 15, 2012
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Increase Your Brain Power..

Some Way to Better Brainpower……….. 1. Breath deep. More air in means more oxygen in the blood and therefore in the brain. Breath through your nose and you’ll notice that you use your diaphragm more, drawing air deeper into your lungs. Several deep breaths can also help to relax you, which is conducive to clearer…

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon lauds Bangladesh’s progress on women’s and children’s health.

November 16, 2011
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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon lauds Bangladesh’s progress on women’s and children’s health.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) and his wife, Yoo Soon-taek meet a mother and child at the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research in Dhaka. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today spotlighted the progress made by Bangladesh in advancing women’s and children’s health, lauding the South Asian nation for its efforts to end the tragedy of millions of…

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Beware of fattened cattle.

November 4, 2011
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Beware of fattened cattle.

Cattle markets in northern districts see a good number of giant cattle brought for sale as sacrificial animals ahead of the Eid ul Azha but a large portion of the impressive animals are artificially fattened and diseased. Consumers are exposed to serious health hazards as a section of unscrupulous traders, out to make quick bucks,…

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Inside Bangladesh’s organ bazaar

October 28, 2011
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Inside Bangladesh’s organ bazaar

Mehdi Hasan’s scar runs in a wide arc from his waist to a point just beneath his rib-cage. The jagged pink laceration still aches, the 23-year-old says, a daily reminder of the operation he underwent in the capital Dhaka five months ago, in the hopes of raising some quick cash. In exchange for 60 percent…

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“Develop network with peers in Bangladesh”-Ambassador Akramul Qader urges expatriate doctors.

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and State Minister Mr. Akramul Qader attended the annual conference of Bangladesh Medical Association of North America, Louisiana chapter in Orleans, Louisiana and addressed a…

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Bangladesh opposes proposed dams in Meghalaya: Minister

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Meghalaya has made it clear that the dams which are to be built across the Myntdu and Umiew rivers would not have any negative impact…

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