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Could COVID-19 precipitate cardiac arrests in asymptomatic patients?
Watch icddr,b receiving 2017 Hilton Humanitarian Prize
Working to avert disease outbreaks in the Rohingya community seeking refuge in Bangladesh
Recent endeavours in public health research
icddr,b's Senior Scientist Dr Rubhana Raqib selected as one of the 35 new Fellows of The World Academy of Sciences
Dr Firdausi Qadri has been awarded the 2021 Ramon Magsaysay Award, often cited as “Asia’s Nobel Prize.”
Lead polished turmeric widespread, blameable for raised blood-lead level
Today, 14 October 2021 is the International E-Waste Day. Electronic waste or e-waste is currently one of the fastest growing waste streams. This is a leading cause of environmental contamination, posing a severe threat to both the environment and human health. The Environmental Interventions Unit (EIU) of icddr,b initiated a project in 2019 funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), which aims to characterise the environmental burden of e-waste and its adverse health consequences to humans in Bangladesh. The study is currently in progress and expected to generate results in 2022.
This year marks a major milestone in the history of icddr,b. Sixty years ago, at the onset of a major cholera pandemic, the then-South East Asian Treaty Organization (SEATO) established a small laboratory in Dhaka named Cholera Research Laboratory to be operated under National Institutes of Health (NIH), USA.
Bangladesh Country Coordination Mechanism (BCCM) is going to submit a proposal to the Global Fund. As per the requirement of the Global Fund, the grant application needs to be open to professionals for feedback. icddr,b is one of the Principal Recipients (PR) of this application along with AIDS/STD Programme (ASP) and Save the Children International (SCI). Please provide feedback.
Dr Razzak met with the senior leadership team, and toured the Dhaka hospital and laboratories. Dr Razzak was not only impressed by the world class research labs at icddr,b but also the organisation’s dedicated and talented workforce. He said “icddr,b is doing a highly commendable job. We would like to collaborate with this institution to help set-up an international standard lab for the Ministry of Agriculture. We want our staff to have hands-on training here at icddr,b".
With a humble beginning as a laboratory, the institution has successfully expanded its research and #innovation to other public health challenges facing by the global South, and has remarkably contributed to saving millions of lives globally.
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COVID-19 has disrupted health systems, nutrition services, and food systems around the world, including South Asia. Research-based evidence and programmatic experiences are essential to support...
