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DUCECP extends eye care services for the poor

Dhaka Urban Comprehensive Eye Care Project (DUCECP) has incorporated new features in its ongoing five year project to bring more people under its comprehensive eye care services. The project’s focus is to provide treatment care at minimum to free of cost more on hard to reach poor and extreme poor … [বাকিটুকু পড়ুন]

Protect all children from measles through vaccination

Although there is safe and effective vaccine available to protect against measles, the disease still remains the fifth leading cause of death among the children under five years of age in Bangladesh. Millions of children mostly from the urban poor, street children, and rural hard to reach areas are not … [বাকিটুকু পড়ুন]

Holistic approach for palliative care

Palliative care is an integrated approach of treatment for terminally ill patients that improves their quality of life through lowering sufferings and relief of pain. But it is not just only the treatment of pain and disease related symptoms. It involves comprehensive care with physical improvement as well as psychological … [বাকিটুকু পড়ুন]

Know the signs of childhood cancer

About 1 in every 600 children develops cancer before they reach the age 15. The cause behind childhood cancer is still relatively little known. But the overall cure rate for childhood cancer has significantly improved over the last 2 decades in association with clinical trials and the development of new … [বাকিটুকু পড়ুন]

Ensuring equal access to eye care a dire need of the time

Irrespective of gender and age, everyone has the equal right to see the beauty of this world. But access to eye care services for women and girls is not equal to that of men and boys. Only 35 percent of eye care services are received by women and girls who … [বাকিটুকু পড়ুন]

Dengue set to peak, stay cautioned

While the country is preparing to combat pandemic H1N1 influenza A virus, another outbreak of a virus called dengue is gradually escalating at an alarming level. City hospitals are seeing huge number of patients everyday. Health experts warned that if proper measures are delayed, the condition could be more fatal … [বাকিটুকু পড়ুন]

Eye health and equal access care

World Sight Day will be observed around the world by all partners involved in preventing visual impairment or restoring sight. It is an annual day of awareness to focus global attention on blindness, visual impairment and rehabilitation of the visually impaired will be observed on October 8. This year the … [বাকিটুকু পড়ুন]

Ophthalmologist or optometrist for eyeglasses?

This is a very common source of confusion. You do not have to see both! Optometrists are doctors (their degree is an OD, or doctor of optometry) who are trained to perform annual evaluations of your eyes, detect certain eye diseases and prescribe eyeglasses or contact lenses for the correction … [বাকিটুকু পড়ুন]

Vision can be saved if detected early

Retinoblastoma: A Childhood Tumour of Eye

A most common primary intraocular (inside the eyes) malignancy of childhood arises from primitive retinal cells of the eye. About 90% cases are diagnosed less than 3 years of age.

A common presentation is white pupillary reflex, some with squint and some with inflammation of the … [বাকিটুকু পড়ুন]

Diabetes nutrition: Including sweets in your meal plan

Diabetes nutrition focuses on healthy foods. But you can eat sweets once in a while without feeling guilty or interfering with your blood sugar control. The key to diabetes nutrition is moderation.

The scoop on sugar

For years, people with diabetes were warned to avoid sweets. But what researchers understand about diabetes … [বাকিটুকু পড়ুন]