Writer · BHRF
Reporter covering vector-borne disease, climate health, and Dhaka's hospital systems. Rumana's dengue-outbreak series won the 2024 BHRF Reporting Award.
3 articles
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·
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·
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·
