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Social Stigma Keeps Drug-Addicted Youth Out of Treatment as Bangladesh Faces Rising Addiction Crisis

Families in Bangladesh are often unwilling to acknowledge a child’s drug addiction and delay seeking treatment out of fear of social shame, allowing the dependency to deepen and destabilise entire households, according to officials, doctors and rehabilitation workers. People working on treatment an

Bangladesh Measles Death Toll Crosses 700 as Six More Die With Symptoms

Six more people died with measles symptoms in Bangladesh in the 24 hours to 8:00am Saturday, pushing the combined death toll since March 15 to 708, according to the Directorate General of Health Services. No deaths from confirmed measles were recorded during the period. The information was disclose

Bangladesh Measles Death Toll Reaches 702

Four more people died with measles symptoms across Bangladesh in the 24 hours to 8am Friday, taking the total number of deaths since 15 March to 702, according to the Directorate General of Health Services. No deaths from confirmed measles were recorded during the latest reporting period. The health

Bangladesh Reports 1 More Dengue Death, 198 New Hospital Admissions in 24 Hours

One person died from dengue and 198 new patients were admitted to hospitals across Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, according to a bulletin issued on Thursday by the Health Emergency Operation Center and Control Room of the Directorate General of Health Services.