Findings from a study yesterday revealed that women health workers have been found to be acting as change makers of society at the community level since the sixties of last century. The study conducted over community health programmes of the government, ICDDR,B, BRAC and Gonoswasthya Kendra in Matlab, Savar and Jamalpur said that the recruitment [...]

Women become more vulnerable when a community faces the negative impacts of climate change, said speakers at a dialogue yesterday.

Women who work out while they are pregnant have slimmer babies, new research from New Zealand shows.

To mark the 100th International Women’s Day, Nari Uddug Kendra, a non-government organisation, accorded a reception to female gold winners of the 11th South Asian Games as well as renowned sports organisers and former athletes at the CIRDAP Auditorium here yesterday.

by Sharmin Chowdhury It is time to de-stress yourself and revive your beauty that has gone weary in the course of your busy life, as RED is now here to rediscover your ethnic definition. Emphasising on bringing out and nurturing the beauty every individual is born with, RED offers a wide range of services and [...]

Women treated for breast cancer are at a higher risk of a relapse if they have “dense” breasts, say researchers, reports BBC. Those with denser breasts are four times more likely to see their cancer return, compared to women with less dense breasts, says the journal Cancer.

Elayne Clift IN 2003, a young woman began talking to Dr Hazel Brown as they prepared to give a press interview at the University of North Carolina (UNC) in Greensboro. “You know,” she said, “my only brother is in prison for life. My only sister had three babies when she was a teenager. In grade [...]

Talha Bin Habib, back from Kurigram Continued river erosion, poor communication system, seasonal monga and limited income opportunities deprive people of Rangpur, Kurigram and Lalmonirhat from taking nutritious diet that usually push them to embrace to suffer various diseases throughout the year. But the scenario of Kurigram district is worst than those of other districts. [...]

The health indicators show that women are in disadvantageous position compared to men in terms of health and nutrition. While facilities are limited for everyone in general, women’s access to such facilities is even more limited. Women’s role as wife and mother is glorified, and girls are married off at an early age, especially in [...]

I was in class seven and taking part in the annual sports competition of our school. All on a sudden, I found my personal attire choked with blood. As I had no idea about menstruation, I got nervous and was crying under a tree,” recalls NGO worker Tamanna Tabassum. She goes on: “Then I got [...]

The residents of Baghuwar have reason to smile. This little village in central Madhya Pradesh is proud of its hygiene and sanitation. Every family has access to a pucca (permanent) indoor, water-economical toilet. ’100 per cent open-air toilet-free village’ proclaims a sign at the panchayat ghar (village council office). “No woman has to suffer the [...]

Do you have fever with a sore throat, a dry cough, tiredness, mild headaches or muscle aches? Answer: You may have viral fever which accompanies cold or flu like syndrome. Get plenty of rest and drink lots of fluids. Sponge your body with water. Over-the-counter- medicines may help relieve your symptoms. Antibiotic is not effective [...]

On this year’s World Health Day, let us focus on addressing issues that can improve health status of women. A wide array of socio-economic, cultural and gender-based inequalities continue to aggravate risk for women. The latest effort in this direction was a symposium on ‘nutrition in women’ held in New Delhi . Its main aim [...]

Experts at a seminar said social stigma is a strong bar to fighting HIV/AIDS in the country, reports BSS. Describing the AIDS as a deadly disease, they said: “We should change our attitude towards HIV/AIDS infected patients for prevention of the disease.” The Experts made the opinion while speaking at a seminar on “Culture Sensitive [...]

A senior official of the International Organisation of Migration (IOM) called for accessible, acceptable and affordable maternal and child health services for all migrants to lessen the vulnerability of women to migration, reports BSS. “Women and girls, especially when forced to migrate or when in an irregular situation, are disproportionately affected by the risks of [...]