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
17 May 2012
icddr,b boosts cholera outbreak preparedness in Horn of Africa
Two icddr,b doctors returned to Dhaka on Wednesday, 16 May, after spending two weeks in Kenya and Somalia training local health professionals on how to prevent and treat cholera and other causes of acute watery diarrhoea. 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. Even as I was falling down, my only thought was, ‘Please, God, let my baby be alright’,” recalled Selina.
Train with us
01 Jan 2012 - 31 Dec 2012
Biosafety & Biosecurity Training Program
03 Jun 2012 - 14 Jun 2012
Introductory Course on Qualitative Research Methodology
24 Jun 2012 - 19 Jul 2012