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
26 Jan 2012
icddr,b Studies Gender Based Violence Against Women
Although Bangladesh has attained a remarkable success rate in increasing literacy rates for women, and decreasing the mortality rate of both mothers and children, recent studies by both WHO Bangladesh, and the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Surveys indicate that violence against women is increasing. More
Feature
16 Oct 2011
Fighting Cholera in Somalia
“Don’t let the gunfire bother you; it’s usually nothing. However, don’t linger near windows, but if you do find yourself near one when gunfire breaks out, duck!” explained Amadou Phillipe, a doctor at Banadir Hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia.
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29 Jan 2012 - 02 Feb 2012
Computational Genomics and Bioinformatics
11 Mar 2012 - 05 Apr 2012
Introductory Course on Epidemiology and Biostatistics
03 Jun 2012 - 14 Jun 2012