Dengue is a viral disease that is endemic in Bangladesh and other tropical and subtropical regions around the world, infecting 100-400 million people every year across more than 120 countries. Dengue is transmitted through daytime bites of infected female Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes. Dengue viruses belong to one of four serotypes, named DENV1 through DENV4. More than
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Inclusive global health research: lessons from Bangladesh for future global health crises
The COVID-19 pandemic revealed and amplified health inequities across the globe. The disease affected marginalized communities more severely, while global vaccine inequity likely prolonged the pandemic. This has led to calls to make global health research more inclusive, which would involve valuing and fostering the contributions of marginalized groups and lower- and middle-income countries (LMICs)
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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 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
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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
