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Your genes likely determine your risk of diarrhoea
Dr Firdausi Qadri has won the Independence Award 2023, Bangladesh's top state honour.
On 11 November 2023, the Honourable Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, has virtually inaugurated the groundbreaking ceremony for the 'Multipurpose Disaster Resilient Shelter Isolation Centre cum Hospital Complex' at the Teknaf campus of icddr,b. This significant event unfolded during her visit to Cox’s Bazar, where she also inaugurated Chattogram's Dohazari-Cox's Bazar Rail Line and Matarbari deep seaport channel.
A series of recent studies conducted in Bangladesh by icddr,b and collaborators have made major contributions to our understanding of how the host genome — the genetic makeup of the infected individual — can shape whether and how severely an individual is affected by many diarrheal diseases.
Over the last four decades, Bangladesh has gone through massive liberalization and commercialization of traditional agriculture and experienced increasing market integration. The transition into a commercial, market-oriented economy often leads to changes in social dynamics, for instance by increasing wealth inequality and levels of education. A new study in Evolutionary Human Sciences from icddr,b and collaborators — led by Susan Schaffnit and Mary Shenk from Pennsylvania State University — examined the effect of market integration on love and parent-arranged marriage decisions and outcomes in Matlab, Bangladesh. With more access to education and wealth, are youths more likely to take charge of their own important decisions like marriage?
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.
