Matlab Health Research Centre

The Matlab Health Research Centre (MHRC) consists of 3 branches: a clinical research branch that provides clinical services and has facilities for clinical research; a community research branch that offers maternal and child health services in the community and provides support to implementing community-based research and interventions; and a health and demographic surveillance branch covering a population of 220,000 in the ICDDR,Bs Matlab study area. The MHRC facilities also include a training centre of international standard, and an administrative and logistic support services branch to facilitate research and training on various areas of current public health importance in Bangladesh and developing countries at large. The study area of MHRC has 4 sub-centre clinics in the field, each covering 28,000 people, run mainly by paramedical staff and a primary care hospital with basic laboratory facilities located in Matlab. Healthcare services provided by MHRC include management of diarrhoea, acute respiratory infectios (ARIs), malnutrition, and other problems of child health and reproductive health. Basic maternity care services are offered through the clinics in Matlab and four sub-centres. Emergency obstetric care, including caesarian section, is also offered in collaboration with the government hospital in Matlab. Alongside the clinical services through the diarrhoea hospital and maternal and child healthcare, MHRC serves as the implementation site for various research projects of other units of the Public Health Sciences Division and other divisions of the Centre.

Matlab Health Research Centre Staff
Administrative Services, Matlab Staff
Clinical Research Branch, Matlab Staff
Community Health Research Branch, Matlab Staff
Staff Clinic, Matlab Staff