It is estimated that even today >500,000 deaths in newborns occur every year due to serious infections. However, little is known about what microorganisms cause these infections, which makes it difficult, if not impossible, to save lives through informed-treatment or …
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And with that ends another successful pneumococcal meeting…
Today was the last day of the 11th International Symposium of Pneumococci and Pneumococcal Diseases ISPPD-11 conference in Melbourne. The meeting is held once every two years where people working in the field of pneumococcus come together to talk and …
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New Typhoid Vaccine is on its way to South Asia
On January 3rd 2018 the World Health Organization declared the prequalification of a new typhoid conjugate vaccine specifically targeting low- and middle income countries. The news came to us as a pleasant surprise and we are all grateful to Bharat …
Women’s Day Celebration at Kumudini Hospital
Every year March 8th marks International Women’s Day celebrating the progress of gender equality and women empowerment. On this day everywhere around the world, women organizations and global movements come together to stand as a united force, reminding us to …
Uniting to fight respiratory diseases: Second RESPIRE meeting starts today in Dhaka
Child Health Research Foundation is pleased to announce the commencement of the second RESPIRE Meeting in Dhaka, Bangladesh, from 7th through 9th February 2018. Each year over 7.1 million people die due to respiratory illness and a third of these …
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Prof. Ruhul Amin elected as the President of South Asian Paediatric Association
CHRF is thrilled to share the exciting news of Prof. Dr. Md. Rahul Amin, our very own Treasurer, has been elected as President of of South Asian Pediatric Association (SAPA) for SAARC countries. Dr. Amin graduated from Dhaka Medical College in …
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