Decades after the first successful trials of an oral cholera vaccine, Bangladesh and other developing countries are beginning to vaccinate those most at risk of the disease. Cholera strikes some three to five million people annually and can kill in a matter of hours if left untreated. Spread through contaminated feces, outbreaks are most virulent where proper sanitation is most difficult: slums, conflict zones and areas crippled by natural disaster. The oral vaccine Duk...

National Tuberculosis Control Programme (NTP) Consultant Dr Mojibur Rahman today said multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is still a big challenge to control in the country due to diagnosis related difficulties.  "Though the government's success in tuberculosis treatment is praiseworthy, due to diagnosis related difficulties multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is still a big challenge to control," he said while presenting the keynote paper at a press conference at the Jatiya Press Club conference room here, BSS reports. Health an...

Two new life-saving vaccines are being introduced tomorrow into Bangladesh’s national immunisation programme thanks to support from Gavi, UNICEF, WHO and the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) partners. More than three million children will benefit from pneumococcal vaccine (PCV), which protects against one of the leading causes of pneumonia, and the Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV) as part of the Polio Eradication & Endgame Strategic Plan 2013-2018. “Pneumonia is one of the leading causes of child mortality in Ban...

several young adults, hence it is important to curb this problem. And thats why Jivesh Shetty with BCUBE (Advanced sports nutrition) explains the importance of exercise to improve health for people with blood pressure issues. He shares some easy fitness tips you can practice everyday to control your blood pressure. Ready? Jivesh explains how you can control blood pressure with exercise, "People with blood pressure (low/high) issues can benefit from both types of training - cardio an...

Autism Spectrum Disorders are characterized by difficulty with communication. Those difficulties can present themselves as apraxia, difficulty with talking at all; scripting, which is memorizing whole television shows, plays, movies or tapes, or echolalia. Echolalia is repeating utterances heard from another person, usually as a response to the other person. Although not strictly confined to children with autism (it can also appear in individuals with schizophrenia) it is most common among children with autism, and can create significant...