Key Messages 1. Broader Focus on Nutrition: - Integrate nutritional goals into all stages of intervention design and implementation. - Conduct thorough contextual and process evaluations to address...
Dhaka, Bangladesh, 10 July 2024 - Dengue fever, spread by mosquitoes, is a serious illness causing symptoms like high fever, severe headaches, and joint pain. Some cases can progress to dengue...
In developing countries, including Bangladesh, nearly 250 million children under five fail to reach their full developmental potential due to factors such as poverty, malnutrition, and inadequate...
On 18 November 2023, Bangladesh Society for the Change and Advocacy Nexus (B-SCAN) organised a roundtable discussion in collaboration with icddr,b on the findings of the study titled 'Nationwide...
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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...
Dhaka, Bangladesh, 26 June 2023: The Maternal and Child Health Division (MCHD) of icddr,b organised a dissemination seminar titled ‘Dynamics in Decision Making for Maternal Healthcare Utilization in...
A real time sewage surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 in Dhaka, Bangladesh can detect the virus at least a week ahead of the traditional clinical surveillance can, which relies on testing individual people...
21 NOV 2022 icddr,b has been following a cohort of 3,625 children from 4,436 women since 2001 under a study called MINIMat (Maternal and Infant Nutrition Interventions in Matlab Bangladesh). The...
From 10 September to 14 October 2022, icddr,b sequenced 92 SARS-CoV-2 genomes and found that the virus is still changing over time. During the first two weeks (from 10 September to 23 September),...
From 23 July to 9 September 2022, 38 SARS-CoV-2 complete genomes were sequenced. Genomics data reveals that only Omicron variants were circulating in Dhaka City; 26 Omicron BA.5 and 12 Omicron BA.2...
Newer iterations of the Omicron variant, BA.4 and BA.5 are spreading rapidly and poised to outcompete past versions of the virus, extending the current COVID-19 surge. Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 were...
Understanding community transmission of SARS-CoV-2 remains key to developing effective strategies to combat its spread. icddr,b scientists investigated community transmission of the virus in Dhaka,...
Ventilation in buildings has emerged as a key strategy to reduce exposure to SARS-CoV-2. The virus tends to persist at higher concentrations indoors compared to outdoors, leading to greater risk of...
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Environmental intervention unit (EIU) of icddr,b constructed the first ever jute based (Jutin) eco-friendly shelter in the Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Nationals (FDMN) camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh...
The ongoing Covid-19 outbreak is indeed very stressful for people. Fear and anxiety about the disease is often overwhelming and can cause strong emotions. The primary cause of stress is associated...
As the world enters the seventh month of the global pandemic of coronavirus, more than 10,110,000 individuals have been struck by the disease, which has claimed the lives of over 500,000. Without any...
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Background: Human excreta (faeces and urine) are waste matters discharged from the body due to several physiological activities. Faecal Sludge (FS), the mix of human excreta, anal cleansing material,...
On 12 March, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially defined the COVID-19 outbreak as a global pandemic, when there were approximately 118,000 confirmed cases globally. In response, many...
Dengue, a viral infection spread by the infamous _Aedes aegypti_mosquito, is the fastest growing mosquito-borne disease in the world today, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). It is...
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Background: An estimated 671,000 Rohingya people have come to Bangladesh from Myanmar’s Rakhine State since 25th August 2017. This has increased the total Rohingya population to 884,000 in 13 camps...
