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Our research is addressing some of the world’s most pressing health challenges.
We aim to ensure that our evidence and experience is widely shared.
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icddr,b ED Prof John Clemens wins Prince Mahidol Award in public health jointly with Prof Jan Holmgren
icddr,b scientist Dr K Zaman wins 2019 Charles C. Shepard Science Award for the second time
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
ACCA Approved Employer – Trainee Development, Platinum – icddr,b is the first and only research organisation or public body in Bangladesh to receive this award.
icddr,b's bubble CPAP with a simple bottle safeguards children with pneumonia
Why are C-sections on the rise?
Support the world’s largest diarrhoeal disease hospital
Handwashing with soap has been considered one of the most effective ways of reducing infectious diseases and it is imperative to identify the barriers to handwashing behaviour to improve adherence. Two recent studies by icddr,b scientists explored solutions to encourage handwashing.
Lead chromate, a toxic, industrial pigment, is being added to turmeric to enhance its brightness, suggests new evidence from an icddr,b study with collaborators from Stanford university.
In the South-East Asian region, hypertension affects one in three adults and the trend is ever increasing. The prevalence of hypertension among all adults and elderly people (60 years and above) in Bangladesh is 25% and 40% respectively.
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".
At the world’s largest diarrhoeal disease treatment facility, we provide treatment for over 200,000 patients free-of-charge. Find out how we do it.
January 28
The 15th ASCODD has been scheduled for Dhaka, Bangladesh during 28-30 January, 2020 with the theme of “Typhoid, Cholera, other enteric diseases and their relationship to nutritional disorders:...
