Gazi Towhid Ahmed

Diabetes is not only a health crisis but also a burden on the health sector and the economy as it causes devastating personal suffering and drives families into poverty.

The country can save up to $2 billion a year, thanks to the sliding oil prices in the global market, LankaBangla said in a recent research.

Pharmaceutical sales in the domestic market rose 11.37 percent year-on-year to Tk 11,307.25 crore last year on the back of increased medical coverage of the population and easy access to health care services.