by Shawn Coles | Jun 22, 2007 | Other News
While normally we expect to see a large increase in patient numbers just before the monsoon season begins, this year the Dhaka Hospital faced an earlier surge. As February drew to a close ICDDR,B began seeing large numbers of children arriving at the hospital for...
by Shawn Coles | Dec 21, 2006 | Other News
Bill and Melinda Gates made an unannounced visit to ICDDR,B in Bangladesh in December 2006. Their foundation has donated generously to the Center, especially for pneumonia studies. Upper respiratory diseases hold the number one cause of death among children in the...
by Shawn Coles | Jan 24, 2006 | Articles
Sustainable Farm Practices Improve Third World Food Production ScienceDaily (Jan. 24, 2006) Crop yields on farms in developing countries that used sustainable agriculture rose nearly 80 percent in four years, according to a study scheduled for publication in the Feb....