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Field workers have been told to identify every eligible child and close gaps between rural, urban and hard-to-reach areas. The directive follows an independent review of Bangladesh’s immunisation and disease-surveillance programme.
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The government plans to begin community mental-health services in about 20 upazilas, with an eventual ambition to reach 500. State Minister MA Muhit says the programme will build local support and a trained workforce. National expansion remains a stated objective, rather than completed service coverage.
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Six children died with measles-like symptoms in the latest daily reporting period. The combined suspected and confirmed death tally reached 1,170, including 104 confirmed deaths. Health authorities also recorded 1,074 suspected cases and 139 laboratory-confirmed infections, which remain separate reporting categories.
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Nine dengue deaths and 1,954 hospital admissions were recorded in the latest 24-hour bulletin. Annual admissions reached 103,396 and deaths 316. The prime minister has called for stronger public-awareness work and coordination, with particular attention to areas reporting more infections.
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Health authorities reported four more dengue deaths and 2,167 hospital admissions in the latest 24-hour period. The 2026 totals reached 307 deaths and 101,442 recorded cases. These are figures reported through health surveillance, not an estimate of every infection in the population.
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Two children died with suspected measles in the latest reporting period. DGHS recorded 1,269 suspected and 152 confirmed cases. Since 15 March, the combined death count is 1,164, comprising 1,060 suspected and 104 confirmed deaths—not 1,164 laboratory-confirmed measles fatalities.
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Patients are struggling to obtain intravenous saline as manufacturers report reduced production and higher input costs. Industry representatives say producing a bag can cost around Tk120 against a regulated Tk87 retail price. A price-review proposal remains with the health ministry.
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Bangladesh’s health authorities reported five dengue deaths and 1,935 hospital admissions in the latest 24-hour period ending on 8 October. The year’s reported death toll has reached 294, with 94,151 hospitalised cases. The numbers represent a new daily update, rather than a revision of the previous day’s figures.
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The government plans to spend $130 million over five years to expand eye-care services, including training and facilities outside major cities. A proposed campaign targets one million free cataract operations and ten million pairs of spectacles. The figures are programme goals announced on World Sight Day, not services already delivered.
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The United States is supporting Bangladesh's measles-rubella catch-up vaccination campaign through UNICEF, targeting 3.4 million children aged six to 59 months. US diplomatic representatives visited a Dhaka vaccination site as the outbreak continues. The figure is the campaign's target population, not a count of children already immunised.
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