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The Outstanding Organisation : ICDDR,B

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The icddr,b (International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh) is a world-renowned, non-profit international health research institute based in Dhaka, Bangladesh, dedicated to saving lives through breakthrough scientific research, clinical care, and innovation.

History and Background

Origins: Founded in the 1960s as the SEATO Cholera Research Laboratory during a major cholera pandemic.

Transition: Officially established as icddr,b in 1978 through a government ordinance and international recognition.

Core Donors: Supported heavily by global agencies and core grants from the governments of Bangladesh and Canada.

Major Scientific Achievements

Oral Rehydration Solution (ORS): Co-developed and successfully trialed ORS in the late 1960s, a simple fluid treatment credited with saving tens of millions of lives globally.

Zinc Treatment: Pioneered evidence in the 1990s showing zinc shortens diarrhea duration, leading to worldwide WHO adoption alongside ORS.

Matlab Surveillance: Operates the world's longest-running continuous health and demographic surveillance site (HDSS) in Matlab, Chandpur, since 1966.

Clinical Care & Operations

Hospitals: Runs the world's largest diarrheal hospitals—the Dhaka Hospital and Matlab Hospital—treating over 250,000 patients annually, mostly free of charge for the poor.

Broadened Scope: Expanded research beyond cholera to address malnutrition, pneumonia, emerging vaccines (cholera, typhoid, dengue, COVID-19), and maternal-child health.

Diagnostics & Services: Offers advanced laboratory testing, vaccination programs, and specialized traveler's health clinics.

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