The government should amend the tobacco control act as soon as possible to reduce premature deaths linked to the consumption of tobacco products, Prof Dr ABM Abdullah, personal physician of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, said at a roundtable yesterday.
Speakers at a memorial event yesterday said continuing the fight for a pro-people healthcare system in the country would be a real tribute to Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury a fearless freedom fighter and founder of Gonoshasthaya Kendra.
Experts has advised the authority to ensure excessive trans fat free foods in a bid to reduce heart disease of the countrys people including youths. They said excessive level of trans fat in food is one of its major causes. Trans fat-induced heart disease risks will be on the rise unless