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  • Locally-produced dipstick found effective in detecting cholera

    icddr,b communications March 12, 2019     No Comment     Infectious Diseases

    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

    icddr,b communications February 3, 2019     No Comment     Community Health, Infectious Diseases, mhealth

    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?

    Farasha Bashir January 7, 2019     No Comment     Child Health, Infectious Diseases

    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

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  • Health insurance critical to achieving universal health coverage

    Farasha Bashir December 12, 2018     No Comment     Community Health, UHC

    Bangladesh has taken considerable steps to ensure UHC can be achieved by 2030, but it still remains an uphill battle. The government’s low health spend, 2.8 per cent of its GDP – one of the smallest in the world, has led to substantial out-of-pocket (OOP) healthcare expenditures, rising from 55.9 per cent in 1997 to

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  • Why are garments workers more prone to violence at home?

    Farasha Bashir November 25, 2018     No Comment     Community Health, Gender

    One of the most prevalent public health issues plaguing the world today is violence against women and girls. Not only is this a violation of fundamental human rights, but the negative effects of such abuse can last a lifetime and even span generations, impacting the health, education, and employment of millions of women and their

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