Health assistance

Health assistance

A file photo of the work abstention programme organised by the Bangladesh Health Assistant Association’s Satkhira unit at Satkhira Sadar Upazila Health Complex on 4 October 2025. Photo: TBS

Health assistants call off strike for nationwide typhoid vaccination

The typhoid vaccination programme is set to start across the country from 12 October

Significant numbers of unreported Covid-19 deaths can falsely suggest to the international development partners that Bangladesh has been little affected by the coronavirus. Photo: Reuters

Inaccurate Covid-19 death reporting can lower international health assistance