By Shamima Shiraji, Senior Research Investigator, Child Development Unit, MCHD To some people in Bangladesh, the essence of the word “research” is an enigma; for many, it remains a subject of intense curiosity, especially when it comes to psychological research. Our journey to research in a remote, riverine area with challenging transportation was arduous. As
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Contextualizing the deadly 2023 dengue outbreak in Bangladesh
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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Evolving marriage dynamics in rural Bangladesh
Over the last four decades, Bangladesh has gone through massive liberalization and commercialization of traditional agriculture and experienced increasing market integration. The transition into a commercial, market-oriented economy often leads to changes in social dynamics, for instance by increasing wealth inequality and levels of education. A new study in Evolutionary Human Sciences from icddr,b and
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A letter from a dreamer
‘When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it’- a popular quote by Paulo Coelho, always motivated me to aim for the impossible and to believe in the unimaginable. This is my journey in the making. Being born in a small town, I had a big dream of becoming a
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When there is a will, there is a way
It all started over a cup of tea and a discussion about how hard it is to get a decent sanitary napkin in this locality, if you haven’t brought one with you, when it’s your “that time of the month!” The frustration of not having a decent pharmacy nearby got us to think about what
