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A 22-Year-Old Student Died of Dengue at Nine Months Pregnant. Bangladesh’s Surge Is Now a Maternal-Health Warning Too
Nur Jahan, a Cumilla college student who was nine months pregnant, died of dengue in Dhaka on Wednesday; her unborn child also died. Her death comes as Bangladesh records its highest daily dengue hospitalisations of 2026.
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More Men Are Getting Dengue, but Women Are Dying at a Higher Rate
Women account for only 38.1% of Bangladesh’s reported dengue cases this year but 58.6% of deaths, according to DGHS data—a gender gap doctors say needs urgent attention even though its exact causes are not yet established.