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Safe water franchises in arsenic-hit India, Bangladesh

Rural housewives in countries such as India and Bangladesh, where ground water has high levels of arsenic, are being encouraged to set up businesses to sell safe water to save lives in their communities and earn some income. U.S.-based social enterprise Drinkwell Systems has developed a new system for removing toxic heavy metals from water and is seeking to scale up the process by selling the technology to water2-640community-based entrepreneurs with microcredit loans. Drinkwell CEO Minhaj Chowdhury said the company had sold 208 units a...

Bangladesh reports 9 Nipah virus cases to date

The Bangladesh Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) has reported a total of nine human Nipah virus cases this year as of Feb. 2015. Of the nine cases, health officials report six fatalities, or a 67% case-fatality rate. fruit-batThese cases are from 6 different districts. The districts are: Nilphamari, Ponchoghor, Faridpur, Magura, Naugaon, Rajbari. Median age of the Nipah cases 13 years (Range: 2 to 45 years). 5 (56%) were male. One cluster was identified in Naugaon, consists of three Nipah encephalitis cases,...

No nutrition survey in India in last 10 years; BD performs better

They may have lower growth rates than India, but Bangladesh, Pakistan and Nepal are more prompt about conducting regular surveys on the nutritional status of their population. The last nutrition survey done in India was ten years ago despite its unacceptably high levels of malnutrition. During this period, neighbouring nations have completed two surveys. rohingya-childrenThere has been no district level nutritional survey in India since 2002, more than 13 years back. National Statistical Commission chairman Pronab Sen when sp...

Energy drinks bad for youngsters’ heart

Excessive consumption of energy drinks can trigger sudden cardiac deaths in youngsters, apparently healthy individuals, warns a new study. The study published in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology focused on how the marketing of these drinks as a means to relieve fatigue and improve physical and cognitive performance may be ignoring dangers. drinks“As energy drinks consumption continues to grow, physicians are advised to ask adolescent patients whether they consume energy drinks, to be aware of the symptoms of energy drink overconsumption, and...

Formalin not a health hazard, says FAO expert

Sridhar Dharmapuri, a Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) food analysis expert, has advised Bangladesh not to pay much attention to the presence of formalin in food items as he did not find this naturally occurring organic compound as a health hazard. formalinWhile speaking at a scientific conference in Dhaka on Sunday, he said that Bangladesh should monitor the use of pesticides and metals in food which are more actually ‘hazardous’ to human health. He said that the actions must be taken based on scientific evidence and not on perce...

Construction of 3 public toilets in city kicks off

Initiative for introducing a planned sanitation system in the capital has been taken. As part of this, works of installing three public toilets was started in city’s Indira Road, Tejgaon Truck Stand and Nabisco Intersection. Photo-1-1Dhaka North City Corporation Administrator Dr Rakhal Chandra Barman today inaugurated the construction work by laying foundation stones of those toilets. He hoped they would be able to establish a planned sanitation system for the city dwellers. In last year, Dhaka North and Dhaka South City Corporations,...
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