The allocation for the health sector in the proposed budget for the 2023-24 fiscal year has been reduced to approximately 5 percent of the national budget from 5.4 percent in the outgoing fiscal year

The Covid-19 pandemic, the Russia-Ukraine war, the consequent price hikes and the global economic crisis have impeded the progress towards these goals

The Covid-19 pandemic pushed an additional 35 million people across South Asia into extreme poverty

It is high time authorities looked into the situation and made healthcare affordable for all. While increased budgetary allocation would be an essential component, its effective and exhaustive utilisation is also key.

Twelve-year-old Rubaiya’s world is limited to her bed. A resident of the Korail slum in the capital, she lives in a dark windowless tin-shed shanty. She has not seen a glimpse of the sky in the last three years. The last time she went on a trip outside was seven years ago, at her grandmother’s home in Cumilla.

A decade ago, the government set a target of bringing out-of-pocket health care expenses down to 32 percent by 2032, but the burden of medical spending on people has only gotten heavier over the years.

The spread of dengue across the country requires better public health preparedness

Free medical care and consultancy, year after year – the words may sound like fantasy but in reality, it is a benevolence that is being offered by many. One of these people is Dr Kamrul Islam, who has been winning the hearts of people across the country with his compassion. He has been performing kidney transplants free of cost for the last decade, along with providing his patients follow-up services.

Health sector must reduce alarming rate of C-section

Public-private partnerships can lead to a more equitable and accessible health sector.

Urban healthcare centres, run by the local government bodies, are failing to provide even the basic reproductive health and nutrition services due to a lack of human resources, found a study released yesterday

Patent-free global medicine production is the way to go in order to fight the next pandemic.

Empire of Pain is a wondrous achievement of investigative journalism.

Speakers at a dialogue stressed that the government and non-government organisations must work together to ensure emergency reproductive healthcare and family planning services for women and adolescents.

The lives of about 4.59 lakh children and mothers in South Asian countries are in danger as they are deprived of vital health services due to the coronavirus pandemic, says a Unicef report.

Telecom operator Banglalink on Wednesday launched a digital healthcare service platform called “Daktarbhai” to provide comprehensive solutions to customers.

Rising healthcare costs have become a major cause of pushing people deeper into poverty. According to a 2015 study by the health ministry, out-of-

Improving healthcare services will be priority of the health ministry in the coming years, says new Health Minister Zahid Malik at his inaugural day.

Four months into her pregnancy, Tahmina, 35, found herself under constant stress as she tried to meet the production quota in the RMG factory in Tejgaon where she had been working for the last four years.

We have 70,000 inmates and only six doctors to look after them. Although there are 112 posts for prison doctors lying vacant, the state appears to be happy with the pool of just six doctors. Money literally talks in prisons.