Longevity relies on managing diabetes, hypertension

4 November, 2025

Dear All,

Warm greetings Bangladesh!

While I was visiting a hospital in Dhaka city recently, I saw women, men and children there to get treatment for diabetes and hypertension. I talked to a divorced, poor woman of 45 years. She came to the hospital from a remote village in Bangladesh with her daughter.

She was facing diabetes for more than 15 years, and hypertension too for a decade.In Bangladesh, there are many patients of diabetes and hypertension like her suffering from inadequate treatment due to higher cost and non-friendly environment of health services....

Link to read the full write up: https://www.observerbd.com/news/551620

Longevity relies on managing diabetes, hypertension

PARVEZ BABUL, The Daily Observer, November 01, 2025.

Thank you!

Happy reading!

Parvez Babul

01 11 2025

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HIFA profile: Parvez Babul is a health journalist in Bangladesh and write articles on health, nutrition, gender, women's empowerment, climate change and development issues in national international newspapers. His book: Women's Empowerment, Food Security and Climate Change has been published in February this year. He is the Convener of Bangladesh Climate Change Journalists Forum. He has been working to improve health and nutrition situation of the women and children in Bangladesh through working with an international voluntary organization. Parvez Babul welcomes email from the members of HIFA at: parvezbabulATyahoo.com, parvezbabul AT gmail.com