Shasthonet- a social media dedicated to health service
The number of social media platforms are mushrooming everyday as the time ticks on. With the digital age in full swing, a world class social media has been developed and launched in Bangladesh and it is the about to make our life easier. Welcome to the world of Shasthonet.
While asking about the site created by healthcare ideas Limited, the software manager of Shasthonet, Bikash Roy explained, “Shasthonet has been developed under the social networking structure to connect Doctors, Potential Patients, Pharmacies under one common
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Zika in BD confirmed
Bangladesh confirmed on Tuesday its first case of the Zika virus in an old sample of blood from a 67-year old man who had not been overseas, health ministry officials said.
The man lives in southeastern port city of Chittagong and was well, junior health minister Zahid Maleque told a news conference. None of his relatives had tested positive, he said.
Mahmudur Rahman, director of the ministry’s Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research, said the man had never traveled outside Bangladesh.
“The virus was foun...
“The virus was foun...
Medics work to save poor children in Bangladesh
Standing in the hospital corridors with other parents too anxious for news of their children to sleep or sit down, Abdul Rajjak’s face crumples with relief when he finds out his son has survived life-saving but high-risk open heart surgery.
Rajjak tells a story all too familiar in Bangladesh, where congenital heart disease is common. Even in the capital, Dhaka, there is a shortage of doctors for paediatric surgical cases.
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In Bangladesh, where many poor mothers don’t receive scans, the need for pa...
In Bangladesh, where many poor mothers don’t receive scans, the need for pa...
Lipid-based supplement to improve infant health
Fortified, lipid- or fat-based nutritional supplements provided during pregnancy to women in Bangladesh reduced stunting, abnormally low weight and small head size in babies born to these women, reports a team of University of California, Davis, researchers who led the international project.
The lipid-based supplement was more effective in promoting healthy birth outcomes for infants than just iron and folic acid prenatal supplements, commonly recommended for pregnant women.
Findings from the study, which tracked the health of more than 3,000 participating women and their infants, 
Lions Club arranges free diabetes check-up
Lions Club of Dhaka Dilkusha Green, Lions Clubs International, District 315 A1, Bangladesh has organized a free Diabetes Check-up Program in World Diabetes Day among the mass people at Dilkusha, Motijheel recently.
Region Chairperson Headquarter of Lions Clubs International, District 315 A1 Ln. Kutubuddin, 
Region Chairperson & President of Lions Club of Dhaka Dilkusha Green Ln. Mohammad Mizanur Rahman, Zone Chairperson Ln. Qamar Uddin Ahmed, Treasures Ln. Kazi Imtiaz Uddin Ahmed, Ln. Kaiser Ahmed Tanvir, Ln. Lutful Alam, L...
Region Chairperson & President of Lions Club of Dhaka Dilkusha Green Ln. Mohammad Mizanur Rahman, Zone Chairperson Ln. Qamar Uddin Ahmed, Treasures Ln. Kazi Imtiaz Uddin Ahmed, Ln. Kaiser Ahmed Tanvir, Ln. Lutful Alam, L...
Chronic diseases hitting poorest households hard
The number of people in Bangladesh dying from chronic diseases such as cancer, diabetes and hypertension—long considered diseases of the wealthy because the poor didn’t tend to live long enough to develop them—increased dramatically among the nation’s poorest households over a 24-year period, suggests new research from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
The study, published Oct. 13 in the International Journal of Epidemiology, found that the rate of people dying from chronic conditions between 1982 and 2005 fell amon
