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Dr Sayera Banu awarded the TWAS Fayzah M Al-Kharafi Award by The World Academy of Sciences
Working to avert disease outbreaks in the Rohingya community seeking refuge in Bangladesh
Read our Annual Report 2021
Watch icddr,b receiving 2017 Hilton Humanitarian Prize
Dr Firdausi Qadri has been awarded the 2021 Ramon Magsaysay Award, often cited as “Asia’s Nobel Prize.”
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Genomics at icddr,b
Meet our young researchers to know about their work and ambitions.
Could COVID-19 precipitate cardiac arrests in asymptomatic patients?
Today, icddr,b with support from Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance organised an inception meeting titled “Country Learning Hub for Immunisation Equity in Bangladesh.”
The genome refers to the complete genetic code of an organism that shapes its biological functions and physical characteristics, often alongside environmental factors. The genetic code is stored in the form of a polymer called DNA, which encodes information as a series of chemical bases, represented as the letter A, T, G, and C.
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".
icddr,b has been providing treatment to a record number of diarrhoea patients from the second week of March 2022.
