According to the guidance of Director of DGHS, 4 Surveillance Team have been sent to Barishal Division under leadership of Additional Director (Admin). All medical team and civil surgeons working in the disaster affected area can take directions about preventives of water borne diseases. A notice has been published in the newspapers in this regard. To see the notice, please click here.

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) built up wide-ranging medical aid in the circumstances arised after collapsing the garments factory at Savar. A notice has been published about donating one-day salary of all officials working under MoHFW to Prime Minister’s Relief and Welfare Fund to help the victims of Savar Tragedy. For details please click here.

The Center for Medical Biotechnology under the Management Information System of DGHS located in Institute of Public Health (IPH) of Mohakhali, Dhaka-1212 organizes training programs for medical teachers, scientists and doctors on medical biotechnology. To help the participants of the training, a resource book has been published.

Recently a new kind of bird-flu (H7N9) virus contamination has been detected in China. By 30/04/13, 120 patients have been lab-confirmed. From these patients, 24 had died by the contamination. Students and other citizens of Bangladesh are travelling to China for educational, business and other purposes. Those who are travelling in Zhejiang, Anhui, Shandong, Jiangsu, Henan, Beijing and Shanghai provinces of China are request to follow the Word of Warning attached in this notice. For details, please click here.