Breastfeeding could be key to saving lives of neonates suffering from dehydrating diarrhoea, new icddr,b study suggests. Breastfeeding is known as a highly effective strategy for the prevention of infectious disease–related morbidity and mortality in infancy as well as in early childhood. The World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF recommends early breastfeeding – the
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Supporting working mothers can save children’s lives
New research by icddr,b in Bangladesh urges government to support measures to ensure balance between childcare and work for mothers. In almost all societies across the world, women play a vital role in the family structure responsible for the health and wellbeing of all family members. Usually they are assigned, by custom and norm, to
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Charles Shepard 2019 award goes to icddr,b scientist
icddr,b senior scientist Dr K Zaman with his collaborative team from the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have won the Charles C. Shepard Science Award for the second time! Dr Zaman’s research findings on immunogenicity of type 2 monovalent oral and inactivated poliovirus vaccines for type 2 poliovirus outbreak response, published in the
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icddr,b studies explore the health and well-being of female garments workers
Through a series of economic reforms in the 1980s, Bangladesh successfully established an export-oriented ready-made garment (RMG) industry which has made significant contributions of the country’s economic growth. This sector earns 82 per cent of total export income, contributing 18 per cent to the country’s GDP. The rapid growth of the industry has placed Bangladesh
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icddr,b malaria research team expands remit of work
Researchers working on malaria research at icddr,b have recently worked on a number of important studies in malaria-endemic regions including on enzyme-deficiency which affects over 400 million people worldwide. The recent studies, published in BMC Research Notes and in PLoS One, shed light on further insights into Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency (G6PD deficiency). It is an
