The Bangladesh Breast Cancer Awareness Forum has announced that they will operate on 50 poor breast cancer patients for only Tk 5,000. This will include the cost of bed charge and testing.  The remaining part of the medical expenses of the patients will be collected as a donation from various individuals, institutions, or organizations. In all, the operation will be completed for Tk 30,000, and it will be implemented by Gonoshasthaya Social Cancer Hospital.  The initiative is part of... Learn More

About more than 3 lakh people are suffering from cancer, kidney, liver cirrhosis, paralyzed stroke, congenital heart diseases and thalassemia.  Just as patients suffering from these diseases die of starvation due to lack of money, his family becomes destitute by paying for medical treatment.  The Ministry of Social Welfare, through the Department of Social Services, is implementing the program to provide one-time financial assistance of Tk. 50,000 (fifty thousand) to the poor patients... Learn More

The Bangladesh Competition Commission hosted a validation workshop on June 26, 2024, to discuss the report on the market for Bangladeshi drugs used in colon cancer disease. To implement Section 8 (Ja) of the Competition Act, 2012, the Bangladesh Competition Commission took steps to carry out survey work on 6 products in the fiscal year 2023-2024.  The commission formed a 3-member study team to conduct a market study of the drugs used in colon cancer disease in Bangladesh out of 6 products... Learn More

On November 28, a seminar on breast cancer awareness was held at 3 p.m. in the auditorium of Bangladesh Kuwait Maitree Hall of Dhaka University. The seminar was jointly organized by Amra Nari, an organization focused on women's empowerment, Amra Nari Research and Development, a research institute, and Dhaka University. October is observed as Breast Cancer Awareness Month worldwide. To raise awareness in Bangladesh, 'Amra Nari' and 'Amra Nari Research and Development' conducted various aware... Learn More

A special HPV vaccination program to prevent cervical cancer has been started since October 24.This campaign will be conducted in all divisions of Bangladesh except for Dhaka. Approximately 6.2 million adolescent girls will receive the vaccine. The vaccines will be offered free of charge to girls who are studying in grades V to IX and are between the ages of 10 and 14 years old.Under the Department of Health, the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) of the Directorate General of Health Service... Learn More