A new study with icddr,b and collaborators is looking at how antibiotics are used by people in Bangladesh for illness in humans and also for their livestock and animals. In collaboration with Loughborough University, Durham University and the University of Bristol, UK the study, titled Pathways of antibiotic use in Bangladesh (PAUSE) has identified important
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icddr,b-backed mobile app to notify TB cases
A new mhealth initiative led by Government of Bangladesh and icddr,b shows promise in improving the notification rate of (TB) cases to the National Tuberculosis Program (NTP). This improves the current system of notification that may leave patients without treatment who may as a result spread the disease further if untreated. The mobile app named
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Locally-produced dipstick found effective in detecting cholera
A locally-produced dipstick named Cholkit may help in rapid, early and effective diagnosis of cholera in Bangladesh and beyond, suggests new icddr,b findings. icddr,b scientists in partnership with Incepta Pharmaceuticals have developed the dipstick which went through a rigorous three-year research and development process. Findings from a field evaluation of Cholkit have recently been published
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mHealth platform can help reduce diarrhoeal diseases
mHealth decision support may increase adherence to WHO guideline in treating diarrheal patients significantly, suggests new initial observations from an icddr,b study in collaboration with Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) in Bangladesh. Diarrheal disease globally remains the second leading cause of death for
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Could stool samples unlock barriers in childhood tuberculosis testing?
Tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic infectious disease caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It usually affects the lungs (pulmonary TB) but can infect other places in the body such as the inner organs, bones, the brain, the spine etc (extrapulmonary TB). This is due to the highly contagious nature of the infection, which spreads from
