Infectious Diseases (Prevention, Control and Elimination) Act,2018

Bangladesh (National)

Issuing Authority: Bangladesh National Parliament

Type: Law/Policy Document

Issued: November 14, 2018

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Legal Topics: Access to medicines and intellectual propertyIsolation, Quarantine MeasuresMovement & Distancing Restrictions

Tags: Access to health servicesAdministrative penaltiesCurfewExposure/transmission/non-disclosureExtraordinary powersHIVInformation/MisinformationInternal BordersLockdown/ Stay-homeMedicines & AccessPhysical distance

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Data from Bangladesh

Cumulative Cases

2,050,060

Cumulative Deaths

29,494

WHO COVID-19 Dashboard. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2020. Available online: https://covid19.who.int/ (last cited: 2024-05-05).

Country Report

Legal System: Common Law

Economy Type: Lower Middle Income

Current Health Expenditure: 2.34% of GDP

Physicians: 0.5809 per 1,000/pop

International Treaties:

  • International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1966
  • International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
  • International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD)

Childhood Vaccine Uptake (measles coverage by nationally recommended age): 95%

Previous Outbreaks: Nipah virusInfluenza