icddr,b library is a modern and vibrant library and information centre equipped with the most advanced tools and information technology for collecting, processing, and storing information. Publication in peer-reviewed scientific literature is a key indicator of quality, and an important step in the dissemination of new scientific information. A Research4Life case study recently featured how
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USAID Bangladesh team visits icddr,b
This week, a delegation from USAID Bangladesh visited icddr,b to experience the organisation’s pioneering and successful journey since inception and learn more about the USAID’s Research for Decision Makers (RDM) Activity, a five-year implementation research project that icddr,b has been implementing since May 2017. The RDM Activity aims at generating evidence and promoting the use
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AI detects patterns of gut microbes for cholera risk
Duke University Researchers from Duke University, Massachusetts General Hospital and icddr,b used machine learning algorithms to spot patterns within communities of bacteria living in the human gut that no human would ever be able to pick out. These patterns could indicate who among the approximately one billion people around the globe at risk of cholera
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Satellites and cell phones form a cholera early-warning system
A new initiative combines satellite data with ground observations to assess and predict the risk of cholera outbreaks in Bangladesh’s vulnerable populations. By Ali S. Akanda, Sonia Aziz, Antarpreet Jutla, Anwar Huq, Munirul Alam, Gias U. Ahsan, and Rita Colwell. Originally published on Earth & Space Science News Cholera, an acute waterborne diarrheal illness, poses a major
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Raising awareness about autism and differently-abled children
In celebration of World Autism Awareness Week, icddr,b organised an arts and crafts exhibition prepared by differently-abled children, to raise awareness and express solidarity with children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) ahead of the Autism Awareness Day on 2 April. The participants observed that autism is not a disease and it should not be a
