ResearchBangladesh provides a unique research context with proximity to poverty, malnutrition and disease. Technology enables locally collected data to be accessed globally by international academic and research institutions collaborating with icddr,b to address the most critical global health concerns.
Saving livesFor more than 50 years, icddr,b has provided practical, low-cost, lifesaving solutions to health problems that affect billions of people living in poverty across the globe and in its host country of Bangladesh.
Hospitalsicddr,b hospitals in Dhaka and Matlab provide an opportunity for scientists and health professionals to cooperate on research, treatment, training and development. They deliver quality health services to the people of Bangladesh and save lives on a daily basis.
Dedicated to saving lives, icddr,b is an international health research organisation located in Bangladesh. Through translation of research into treatment, training and policy advocacy icddr,b addresses some of the most critical health concerns facing the world today.
News
13 May 2013
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon commends icddr,b's role in Bangladesh's MDG health success
13 May 2013 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon applauded the Government of Bangladesh and icddr,b at an event on Monday, May 6 for their instrumental roles in developing innovative solutions to the worlds “most pressing global health challenges.” More
Feature
Matlab's Kangaroo Mother Care: Saving Lives
At 26 weeks pregnant, the last thing Selina remembered was the look on her mother-in-law’s face as she slipped and fell. “I hadn’t noticed the puddle of water as I was carrying something heavy, and I simply slipped.
Train with us
19 May 2013 - 30 May 2013
Introductory Course on Qualitative Research Methodology
23 Jun 2013 - 04 Jul 2013
Evening Course on Epidemiological Research Methods and Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS)
15 Sep 2013 - 21 Sep 2013