Dengue cases cross 50,000 in Dhaka division as outbreak strains hospitals
Health-directorate figures show admissions up 38 percent over last week, with the heaviest load in Mugda, Mitford, and the Shaheed Suhrawardy hospitals.
By Rumana Akter·
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Rumana Akter
Reporter covering vector-borne disease, climate health, and Dhaka's hospital systems. Rumana's dengue-outbreak series won the 2024 BHRF Reporting Award.
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Aedes larvae survey warns of a second dengue peak before September
An IEDCR pre-monsoon survey has flagged 14 wards with Breteau indices above the WHO threshold — most clustered around the new metro alignment.
By Rumana Akter·
Warmer, wetter, sicker: how climate is rewriting the vector-borne disease map in coastal Bangladesh
icddr,b modelling suggests that the dengue and chikungunya transmission window in the coastal belt could lengthen by six to nine weeks within a decade.
By Rumana Akter·